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For fantasy purposes, it seems like Gouffran would play on the left with HBA flanking Cabaye behind Cisse. That leaves out Marveaux, but appears the most likely lineup. Or I guess they go two up top, but either way it seems Marveaux is SOL once HBA returns.
I also just saw the highlight of Messi's goal from the first game. I realize he does stuff like this every week or so, but still, damn. Messi highlight from Copa del Rey.
It's going to be an interesting six weeks or so for Madrid, with three matches against Barca plus the pair with Manchester United.
Beating Newcastle United, amongst other, on the way to the final...
Is it odd for them to contradict the Real president? I always thought they were Real's mouthpiece.
By which I mean transfer rumors. BBC and The Guardian are reporting Spurs are set to go after Mo Diame ahead of Arsenal and Everton. We'll see. Liverpool supposedly after Ashley Williams and Real Madrid supposedly want Julio Cesar. Wenger tells Arsenal fans not to expect any transfers but that may or may not be BS, though it's probably not BS. Red Bulls name Mike Petke head coach after Paulo Sousa backed out and Dave Checketts sold his share of Real Salt Lake and exits MLS stage left.
So, then.
June Jubilee?
Jumpin' July?
You never know when you will need one.
There's some sense of loss in that the Euros have always been hosted by someone, but at the same time hosting the Euros is a huge cost to the hosting country that rarely serves any real purpose.
I like it, too. Hopefully they let some of the smaller countries host and just don't make Paris/London/Barcelona/Milan/Moscow, etc. the venues. Prague and Dublin should be no brainers as venues.
No way would he ever resort to a Redknappism during a game of football. (See if you can find it!)
As I'm reading the rules, there's 13 sites and a limit of one per country. There's just no way to make that exclusive to the big countries. Even if you take your big six and add Berlin, there's still six more to go.
Knowing UEFA they could go London, Madrid, Rome, Istanbul, Athens, Warsaw, Kiev, Vienna, Basel, Paris, Moscow, Munich and Lisbon. 7 cities I'd like to see get games, assuming they meet the hosting criteria:
Dublin
Glasgow
Prague
Tel Aviv
Helsinki
Budapest
Brussels
I do like that we talked about soccer movies and then he wrote about one. It's like he's watching...
Yet nearly universally hated by Europeans. There is definitely a cultural divide on this issue. Maybe we're just used to our favorite teams playing in big events in far off places.
This is the finest soccer forum on the internet. I'd be surprised if he wasn't lurking...
I think part of it is that if I lived in country that hosted some of the games, I want them to host all of the games. Of course on the flip side of that is I might live in a country that would never be able to host all of the games.
As Americans we don't have that as a consideration. We're watching on TV no matter where it's played, so it doesn't effect us.
But their teams are crap, above the arctic circle and/or fixing games!
Although it does offer the chance of seeing this.
Was that Roy Hodgson? Holy crap. Also, as someone who's been out in the woods countless times trying to get a picture of an owl without success, let me just say, #### you football fans of Finland. #### you straight to hell!
edit: Oh, and the irony of an owl holding up a game involving Roy Hodgson is some kind of practical joke by Nature. Good one Nature, that's even better than the red baboon asses.
Utterly immaterial. This is about being a great host city.
The largest stadium in the country only has 40,000 seats and is one of those wildly popular venues with a giant running track around the field.
A host will be expected to build or rebuild a stadium to match the occasion anyway. They can do a reverse Commonwwealth Stadium and fill it up until an athletics track fits in a new stadium afterwards (a Finnish stadium that can't host a javelin event is unthinkable).
Agreed. The US had record crowds with no real league to speak of. Domestic draws are indicative of nothing.
I see Stockholm as being a much more likely venue than Helsinki. For one thing, they have a brand new stadium.
If we're lucky they may even have built some means of getting to that stadium by 2020.
But I have to wonder if having a new stadium really is an advantage. It makes it cheaper to host, but the selection committee doesn't pay for it and architects' renderings tend to be more exciting than real buildings.
I think that UEFA are trying to demonstrate that they understand that the traditional rules for this kind of thing have changed, given the new economic reality in Europe. Pharonic sports projects are going to be hard sells virtually everywhere, especially if the host country can't share the pork across the country.
However, here we think it is bizarre to waste vast sums on stadiums for a temporary event, that the local professional team doesn't even want because they never draw half as many fans as it holds. Whereas in Europe that seems to be the necessarily evil. And in South Korea. And in South Africa.
Our crazy seems a little less crazy than their crazy. USA! USA! USA!
Liverpool continues to have serious social and economic issues. There's no way that throwing money at Everton would be a wise use of the city's limited resources.
Good thing they can always ask for the teams to be rational and share a new ground. The risk that they get a positive answer to that is infinitesimal.
No way would he ever resort to a Redknappism during a game of football. (See if you can find it!)
That was a great story. Who knew Roman Pavlyuchenko began his career as a Tibetan schoolboy!
While somehow it's entirely fitting and somehow unsurprising that Jonathan Wilson lived and worked at a remote mountain monastery near Dharamsala, it would have been interesting if he'd spent a paragraph telling us why.
You can say this about virtually every city that has just or is about to give a team money for a stadium.
That's a bug, not a feature.
The Finnish hockey league abolished relegation in 2000, but after teams kept responding to being out of the playoff picture by selling their best players to good teams as the playoffs approached, they created a system where the last-place team plays a best-of-7 series against the top team in the lower league.
His hattrick in the last game was nice work. He found the seams for good delivery on crosses, displayed good vision. Let's see if Klinsmann even puts him in his 18 first. He's probably patting himself on the back (undeservedly) for motivating Altidore.
I would fire him. I am not kidding.
I'm considering signing a guy named Panda and another named Bosco just because.
The KHL is probably the closest thing to a North American setup in a major European league (though it is interesting to note that its all Russian predecessor had promotion and relegation). That said, I don't think we will be seeing Torpedo holding up Nizhny Novgorod for a new rink anytime soon.
I suppose this would be an indelicate time to tell you about the pair of screech owls that were hanging out in the trees in my yard for several days and were so dozy at the time I discovered them while clearing brush that they let me take pictures of them with my iPhone from about two feet away.
If this is the case Chelsea will be ridiculously undermanned given their stature. Moses and Mikel are in Africa and will presumably make the knockout stage (surely Nigeria will beat Ethiopia). Romeu is hurt as is Luiz (although he could be back). If Hazard is out as well their midfield is looking awfully thin.
I would guess Bertrand might get some run unless Benitez tries to pair the strikers. Otherwise, I assume Oscar plays on the left although he has shown little appetite for keeping width when put out there.
Disappointing article that doesn't mention TCQ
EDIT: How many lines in great songs are there about putting your foot up in someone's friggin chest!? Just the one! I will not let this drop!
And as far as facilities are concerned, the KHL is still pretty European. Most of the arenas are ancient (by NHL owners' standards) or built for an international event or both. It does look like many have been renovated recently, though. Also most are barely the size of a NA juniors rink, so they're not going to be running into the billions.
Edit: I guess my western conference bias is showing. Many of the eastern conference teams have newer arenas. Which are 5,000 miles from the others.
Eight years ago or so I was awakened one night by something hitting one of my windows. The next morning I realized what it was when I saw the very detailed imprint of an owl on the window. There was no owl corpse, so I suppose it got away with a nasty headache.
Even Tom Hanks is going to drop Aston Villa at this rate. For some reason, I think losing to Millwall is even worse than losing to Bradford City. There's nothing romantic about losing to Millwall.
Talk about a deal with the devil. Always gotta read that fine print.
As much as I want to share your outrage, 1nce Again is more than 15 years old and I wouldn't be surprised if ATCQ predates the cultural relevancy of the writer. People's Instinctive Travels is almost 25(!) years old.
Time to go home. Think I'll listen to Midnight Marauders on the train.
They've got nobody left down the middle, Ramires would probably deputise on the right but he has to play in the middle with Lampard with Romeu/Luiz/Mikel gone. Oscar is basically the only option behind the strikers now, and Mata/Bertrand/Marin are the only wide players available. Maybe they'll try Torres out on that wide right side.
BUY FELLAINI DAMMIT
edit: Actually, he's probably at AFCON, right?
(Essien does not appear to be on the Ghana roster. Are you saying he'd be there in some other capacity?)
(are you from ... the future?!?!?!?)
Yes, it is 17:00 here.
here too!
While I understand your point, I don't think Chelsea is real competition for Everton. They are 7 points clear and Everton is beat up (Mirallas came off AGAIN today). I don't see them as a legitimate threat for the top 3.
Very pleased. Nothing is a lock, he may flop but it is exactly the type of transfer LFC needs to make on a consistent basis. There is some speculation that they may still land Ince as well.
If Coutinho is healthy the interplay between he and Suarez will be a joy to watch.
edit: clarity
Rodgers appears to want fluidity amongst the attackers. Depending on how quickly he adjusts he would replace Downing and primarily play on the left.
Understatement. I don't see how Jol can keep his job.
Turnbull and Terry/Cahill have been just awful.
And now for the day's feature presentation. Since I haven't been impressed by a Spurs cup performance since they played Milan, I'm bracing myself for the upset.
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