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Can't say I blame him.
What's so bad about playing in Turkey?
Or maybe he wants to play against a higher level of competition? On the one hand, ok, the Turkish League isn't Serie A or the Premiership, on the other hand, Galatasaray is drawn into the round of 16 in the Champions League against entirely beatable Schalke.
Sir, he did not. He warmed up and it looked like he might come on but he never did. The only memorable part of the game was Cesar's double save. That was annoyingly impressive.
I have the same memory. What I remember even more is the announcers talking about it at great length starting even before the end of the first half so maybe that's why we think he came on.
Or it may be that they've gotten extremely comfortable in Milan (which is no doubt the case).
I think this must be it. Too, having no memory of Cisse actually having a touch wasn't a red flag because of the overall pattern of play.
At my two trip to the Lane I had no desire to buy any food or drink as the action is so engrossing the time flies and you're only in the stadium for 2 hours. It just didn't occur to me to even bother with concessions.
I've only ever purchased the scalding hot "cuppa" for the purpose of warming my hands at halftime. I think this may actually be the intended function of the tea sold at concessions because it certainly isn't designed for drinking.
More the supporters, than the club. Also Milan v Istanbul is no contest imo.
Edit: Or what the bear said.
The Old Lady or fascism? Not a tough choice at all.
Also, as somebody who got into soccer watching Baggio, Vialli, Del Pierro, Zidane, Davids, etc., I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for Juventus. It's not like rooting for either of the Milan teams is any better ....
My choice was completely rhetorical. The answer for which club to choose between Juve, Lazio and the Milan clubs is to ask another question!
Looks like QPR are using Tony Fernandes' cash to try to hijack the Loic Remy transfer. I'm guessing QPR is one of the clubs against a Premier League FFP. Interestingly enough, the clubs in favor of a PL FFP are Man U, Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool. Well, I guess it's not that interesting since those clubs stand to gain the most from FFP.
Unlike QPR, of course.
Being loaned to Galatasaray count?
They want to create a version of the FFP that would be in effect within the PL in addition to UEFA's FFP. Man U, Spurs, Arsenal and Liverpool are skeptical UEFA will be able to enforce FFP rules so they basically want the PL to enforce their own version of it. At least, that's my understanding, and they want this to happen before the Brinks trucks of new tv money start pulling up at the club offices.
I am shocked, shocked to find clubs think FFP is a joke.
Vernon Wells, Carl Crawford, Gilbert Arenas, Joe Johnson ...
In football you do just get cut.
Maybe Torres is the British version of Rick DiPietro???
Carroll went from mega buy to the bargain bin faster than most anything in American sport.
Immediate albatross contracts/transfer fees can do that to a player.
Yeah, but that's because a large portion of contracts in the NFL tend to be non guaranteed. So cutting a player actually saves a team cash. When all contracts are fully guaranteed, it only really makes sense to cut somebody if they are below replacement level, and unlikely to rebound.
IDK. Carl Crawford, Matt Cassel, RG3... what, too soon?
For Remy it's easy--big wages and if QPR do go down he's got his foot in the door in England. For QPR...pure desperation. It's a good signing, though and they're after Yann M'Villa!
That describes Torres.
FWIW, Keane scored 3 goals in 7 games for Aston Villa last year. (One was a 3-2 win, so without that the would have been relegated.) You can do way worse than Keane for 6 weeks.
Those players are no longer prominent, they're just expensive.
They were sent away because the new CBA makes their cap hit still count if they were sent down so they are looking to unload them and don't want to risk injury. Previously teams just stashed them away in the AHL.
I don't think he'd even be needed for that long since Togo isn't expected to go far at the ACN, especially as I suspect Adebayor will be sulking through the tournament. I like Keane but I'd prefer they reward Obika for tearing things up for the youth/reserve team.
There's a little bit of gossip now that Willian is trying to force a move to Spurs.
Nothing new on Sneijder.
Everton are close to signing Etienne Capoue from Toulose.
Not much else going on. Arsenal may or may not be in or Diame and etc. etc. etc...
Vincent Kompany had his red card rescinded. I thought it was a reasonable call by the ref but they've has been very quick to rescind red cards this year. My favorite dumb rumor today is that Man City were going to sign Mats Hummels if Kompany has to sit out 3 games. Just so, so dumb.
Daniel Taylor on Johnson's fall from grace.
641, I'm quite sure you know this, but Gomez and Redden would still be with their teams if the new NHL CBA hadn't provided limited cap amnesty for contract buyouts. The details of the rules here matter a lot (as to the nature of the contracts, as the NFL example noted above makes clear).
Oh bull, you can do way worse than Torres.
I don't know how replacement level would apply to soccer as there is no minimum salary, would that be the best player willing to play for free? Otherwise, one man's* replacement player is another's** expensive bosman signing.
*) Chelsea, obviously
**) Everton...
Is Afonso Alves still playing?
That "recent photo" of him is shocking. I doubt I'd have recognized him were it not for the caption; he must have gained damn near 50 pounds.
Svennis has found a job! Are you ready to guess? Don't bother because you would never have guessed 1860 Munich!
Svennis has denied that he has taken the job or even speaking with them (which means nothing in an agent-driven world).
In other has-been news Gordon Strachan will lead Scotland, leaving unsaid if it's the coach or the team that's the has-been.
Then this is a very Svennis story as the 1860 chairman has announced he's signed up. Ah, to be Sven for just a day...
edit: And after typing all that Real score on a counter attack just after Valencia almost scored.
I guess maybe somehow Aggro Santos had bad information - maybe, wishcasting, he's trying to seem more important to his twitter followers by claiming a friendship with a star Brazilian footballer - but all things considered I think it's a pretty believable source and tweet. So I'm more just hoping that the surgery is for something less serious than a ligament tear. Parker-Dembele in midfield against United. Eh.
-Also, watching a terribly legal stream of an Al Jazeera broadcast of Real-Valencia, and the set of their halftime show is a gibbering terror of mixed interior design and CGI.
He did that when he was in top form too. I think the football gods have decreed that banging home sitters and tap-ins is beneath a man of Modric's sublime ability, so they temporarily cause all his technique and skill to vacate his body at the critical moment. Only to be returned tenfold when there's an opportunity for him to bend a pearler into the top corner or smack one in from an outrageous angle with the outside of his foot.
"Only golazos for you, Luka. Only golazos. When life hands you a gaping net, you are become Ronny Rosenthal just for this moment."
I don't know anything about either player beyond what I read when Spurs were linked to them over the summer. QPR has pretty much zero forward talent of any note, so Remy should be an upgrade even if various reports of his decline for Marseille are true.
M'Vila is one of the better young defensive midfielders around, in my opinion. He's a beast of a guy physically and an excellent tackler and reader of the game (you'll see this in his interceptions stats). Very good in the air, especially defending set pieces. His passing is probably best described as functional, but that's not a put-down. He's not just a destroyer who dumps it short to a teammate as soon as he can; he's got a solid passing range despite not being particularly ambitious. A big part of his role in the current Rennes team is spreading the ball wide to the wings/forwards, and he's incredibly reliable at that.
I think M'Vila would be another substantial upgrade for QPR; he's got a lot more to offer technically compared to the likes of Derry, Mbia, or Diakite without losing anything on the defensive side. And because this is Spurs Think Factory, if these rumors about Sandro's knee injury are true and he's out for the season, M'Vila would be a great short-term replacement for him and a longer-term replacement for Parker.
Cosmos wants to rise from the ground in Nassau County. It looks more and more likely I'll just go back to my childhood and latch on to the Quakes as my MLS team.
Missing the sitter didn't shock me, fo sho. I think Mourninho has him playing to high up the pitch. He was practically playing right behind Benzema in the first half which I think cancels out a lot of what Modric does so well--transition defense into offense in the most incisive way possible. I think he needs to receive the ball from a deeper position to get a good view of what's going on farther up the pitch. I hope it works out for him in Madrid. If he had forced his move to Chelsea last year I would not have such warm feelings for the little guy but leaving for Madrid this year seemed natural and I don't begrudge him wanting to make the move. In that vein, if Real want to ship him back home, I'd be cool with that.
Not much going on. Liverpool are after Tottenham youth player Alex Pritchard. That could happen as Tottenham recently lost one of their youth directors to LFC and Pritchard is almost out of contract. He's a good looking prospect. Speaking of LFC, it would seem they are the only PL team interested in Sneijder.
Chelsea supposedly have an agreement of first refusal to sign Isco as part of the Piazon loan arrangement. Bums me out that Isco will be going there.
Newcastle have shifted their interest from Remy to the guy probably most like Remy, Lyon's Bafetembi Gomis.
Wenger says it will be hard to sign anyone since they're so good it's hard to find upgrades to what they already have. It would be easy to snark on that, but I think he has a point. You have to spend a lot of cash to get the marginal upgrade from very good to great. Then again, if you can make that marginal upgrade, it can make all the difference. I just don't think it's in Wenger's DNA to pay the cash to upgrade from, say, Giroud to Falcao (just as an illustrative example). So, Arsenal will remain in what RB so eloquently refers to as top table obscurity unless some of the younger players like Ox or Walcott or Wilshere become world class. (I don't think I got that wording exact. Sorry RB!)
I do think Olivier Giroud is pretty good, which means their depth at striker (Walcott's been fine up top, too) is not an issue. They'd need, again, a superstar to make a difference. Someone who thinks Giroud basically sucks could argue that a merely very good striker would be a valuable acquisition.
Well, maybe defense. Vermaelen has been weirdly inconsistent, which you have to think will improve, and one of Koscielny (also inconsistent) or Mertesacker (unexpectedly cromulent) should be a useful partner for him. Gibbs is very good. Sagna's had a few shockers, but should project to be good. If they could add a defender capable of playing both central defense and right back, that could help in case a bunch of the inconsistent defenders stay that way or get worse.
It was Vela who came off for Holden with about fifteen minutes to go, if I remember the match report correctly.
I hope it works out for him in Madrid. If he had forced his move to Chelsea last year I would not have such warm feelings for the little guy but leaving for Madrid this year seemed natural and I don't begrudge him wanting to make the move. In that vein, if Real want to ship him back home, I'd be cool with that.
I'm with you in wishing Modric success in his post-Spurs career, but I don't know if we should go back to that well if the opportunity arose. Modric has apparently had trouble staying fit enough to play more than one game per week, and I wonder if his last couple workhorse seasons for Tottenham are starting to take their toll as he ages. If I felt more confident that he could come back and replicate his Spurs form, I'd have him in a heartbeat of course. A midfield of a fit and firing Sandro, Dembele, and Modric would be something else. (Admittedly, it appears none of the three are both fit and firing at the moment.)
Of course, there are plenty of reputable cancer research charities KC can latch onto but something tells me they will not...Ira Sohn Research Foundation Park won't give them the sexiness I think they were after with the Live Strong branding.
My initial reaction is shock but this is a league where they often don't pay their players and many of the clubs are broke so I guess all the elements are there for a gambling syndicate to strike.
My take was two-fold. One, I think Dembele's hip is bothering him; he wasn't moving as gracefully and as powerfully as he normally does. Two, yes Mbia did a job on him - ably assisted by Lee Probert, who allowed Mbia to maul Dembele all afternoon with impunity. There were only three fouls called on Mbia the whole game (and five on Dembele, including a ridiculous booking).
14:48 GMT: Savio Nsereko has joined fourth tier team Viktoria Koln. Recently the former West Ham player had been linked with a move to Bundesliga III club Preussen Munster, with the deal falling through at last minute.
The ESPN transfer blog is getting desperate...
I think they're just making those up. I mean, "Tayfun Pekturk," come on!
Word is that Rooney will be back for the FA Cup Replay with West Ham today, as will Nani. On the West Ham side, if you've ever wanted to play defender for a Premier League team in the FA Cup, this might be your chance, because they don't really have anyone healthy. In fact, the defense is so hit by injury that Big Sam has annouced he might "tinkle with the system." I don't know if that's a misquote, or if "tinkle" means something else over there, but it sure it is fun.
I'm having trouble believing that. I figure there is no way he doesn't go to City especially now that his buddy is DOF there and they're attempting to raid Barca's front office staff. On the other hand, I hope it's true as I'm already dreading the endless where will Pep and Jose go? rumor mill.
This would be a true upset for me despite Bayern being a huge club. I have him dead certain for the PL. Well, as dead certain as I can be since I've never met the guy though I've been wandering the streets of New York looking for him...
Fair point.
And Bayern has just announced it. Mmm, crow.
Could you field a Starting XI of Davies?
I think it was a Football Weekly podcast months ago, and I think it was Rafael Honigstein explaining why Pep to Bayern made more sense than any other destination - you have a club structure in place that's much more settled and functional than any of the EPL options, mostly. I've had Bayern for Pep in my head ever since.
This seems like a really terrible time for Bayern's management to be negotiating with the most famous unemployed manager in the world. Heynckes has the club playing what must be pretty wonderful football, and they have a real chance at the big double. Can't they wait with Guardiola?
It seems to be official. I think this deserves a holy toledo, so...HOLY TOLEDO! Good for Pep to zig when they expected him to zag.
Henckes is retiring so I don't think he minds and, if you've got a chance to get Guardiola, I don't think you #### around. You sign him before the sheiks and oligarchs etc. catch wind of it.
edit: Also, please, Foxsoccer, get the rights to the Bundesliga. You've got nothing else!
Pep: I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Edit: is it to late to go with: Ich finde ihren Mangel an Glauben beklagenswert.
I hope the latter.
edit: Tiki Taka Teutons isn't going to stick is it?
A storied club, with a long commitment to youth development, by far the most popular and powerful club in the country's more economically advanced region, based in an interesting, innovative and cosmopolitan city in which he can raise his family.
None of the English options offer all of those elements.
Arsenal would be the closest, I'd guess, but they've already got a manager for life. I don't know enough about Manchester to judge it's cosmopolitan-ness. I hear they have good prawn sandwiches and I'm a big New Order fan. So, that's not bad!
Fuck everything to fucking hell.
edit: coke to matt
And it is run by clowns who have been great at negating the massive advantage they have in domestic competitions.
I don't know enough about Manchester to judge it's cosmopolitan-ness.
I assume that Manchester beats Munich handily in cosmopolitan-ness if the criteria is the presence of actual foreign people. Not so much if it is about the density of international luxury brands.
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