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I know years take a lot from you, I know he's not what he once was, but boy am I happy like a child!!!!!!!! Ladies and gentelman. . . He's back :evil:

Man vs Woman:

lol I think he just slipped. When players try to con the refs, they usually lay on the pitch for a good chunk. Theo's recovery was immediate, and to me that was the goal of the day. Yeah, the EPL derbies got out of hand. ManU-Arsenal, Spurs-City, Spurs-Liverpool, ManU-City, and now Chelsea-Arsenal. Last season these games were 3 goals max. Now it's like watching Barcelona play Almeria. Crazy goalscoring, and bar yesterdays game, all of them pretty onesided.

As Ed told, my favorite teams are Juventus, Arsenal, followed by Valencia, and Lyon to an extent. What's your favorite team in Netherlands BTW? Ajax? If so it must be a little weird to have 3 of your fave teams in the same group.

Vintage 50's football today. Two "supposed" derbies ended 1:5 & 8:2. For Arsenal, this game can be a good wake-up call. Forget winning, or a draw... we failed to lose with dignity. I'm just glad that this happened this soon. We're crap since the beginning of the season, with 3 losses in PL, and getting horribly outplayed by Udinese, even though we got through, in UCL. Meanwhile Cesc already won 2 trophies in 2 games w/ Barça. On the other hand Nasri assisted City's first two. I guess we can't really blame those guys afterall.

A couple of days ago a Manyoo fan friend of mine told me that they would crush us this week, now that we lost all these players. I told him that our U-8 team would be enough to beat their crappy squad. But on a serious note, Ryo may be ready to play in junk time against QPR, but we (as fans) can't trust a 16 year old in crucial games. "In Arsene We Trust" Seriously though our transfer policy was pure crap. We should have had sold Cesc and Nasri much earlier, and find the replacements by now. We risked getting eliminated from Champions for no reason, and had the worst start of 40+ years (no goals in first two games). -- Nasri, Mata, Falcao, Eto'o, and Forlan transfers are done. Eto'o became the highest paid player on the planet. I think his absence is a big loss for european football though. And Mata will play Valencia in UCL. -- UCL draw was nice. Group A is promising to be the best group stage of recent memory. All 4 teams have a shot, none of them are locks. A true group of death. Reminds of awesome second group stages of 2001 & 2002. Group G gets unnecessary hate. They have 3 of the lest 4 UEFA Cup/EuropaLeague winners. IMO Shakhtar and Porto are worthy of second round either way. It was predictable that the group that drew M.City was going to be the toughest, and the one drawing Porto was going to be meh. So I'm not surprised that much. Barca - Milan will provide the best matchup, but neither won't have a hard time to get to the next round. As usual Manure got the easiest draw. New season same old United. <_<

Well Kaka is my ultimate favorite player to whom I've been introduced in the 00s, so I'm not claiming I'm unbiased. But I believe if he gets more playing time, he'll recover quite a bit. His speed won't be there, but his technical abilities should be. I know for Real it's hard to let go of a player you've payed this much. Plus he is not a trouble maker, so they are not in a hurry to get rid of him, but I'd guess they're realizing that his value will only go down as time passes. I'm certain they can find a middle way if they want to work things out (which they probably won't, and don't). Sorry for my mistake Though I have a french friend whose lastname is Hazard, so that must've gotten me confused. Since he is a Belgian, maybe you can fill me in about him. Some media here heir him as the new-coming of Zidane. I get a feeling that's a bit over the top, yet that he can be a great addition for us. And one last think: Did anyone notice Meireles pointing his middle-finger at somebody after the 2nd goal. Suarez immediately took his hand down, so the refs won't see it, but the camera was zoomed at them!

Did you guys watch her on Late Night with Conan O'Brien? Her appearance was so pleasant (as usual), but this time she had an extra surprise. . . a rap performance dissing paparazzies, and I lost myself while listening to it. So funny, and so damn cute :

How sweet! Just got our ass kicked. Congratulations Ed & TheEnigma!! I hope Udinese does the same to us to! We really need to hit the rock bottom before jumping back to the top.

^ Mata to Chelsea I know Kaka' is not the same, but maybe more play time is exactly what he needs. It's not like he is out of shape or anything. He has great body of work, and even if his injury will never heal 100%, he may make a decent comeback if given the opportunity. I have a feeling that Wenger will be willing to pay Hazard, as he has to buy someone, and he has a soft spot for french players. Another option is Lazio's argentinian Mauro Zarate. I used to really like him for a couple of years, but last season he was oddly ineffective. So his name doesn't get me that psyched at all.

Count me in the Suarez bandwagon Ed. Dude is awesome. I like Arteta, but I don't think he is the new blood that we need. As good as he is (and I really like him), I wouldn't start him over Wilshere. I'm more concerned about our wingers. I think we will try to get Eden Hazard. Haven't watched that much of him, but I believe he will be doing a decent job. We like to get Mata, but he seem a bit pricey. The player I would like to get the most, and I don't know why this doesn't come up as an idea by the others, is Kaka'. He has lost his speed, and is definitely not the one he used to be. But he plays football straight, and his passing ability can come in handy with our system. Plus he is definitely unhappy in Madrid (at least because he isn't a starter), and Madrid kinda wants to release him too. I doubt he'll go back to Milan (especially after Shevchenko example), as he'll only damage his legacy there, and he definitely won't join Inter. That makes EPL the likeliest destination, and when City tried him few years ago, he had declared that if he comes to England, he'd like to play for Arsenal, or Manyoo. It can be a win-win-win situation, but if I know Wenger, he won't even think of getting a 29 year old. M* - Currently Italian league has no heavy-weight teams, to match up with Barça, Real, Chelsea, or Man.U. But there is competition, like never before. This year Juve looks like finally will be back in the title race. We've added some new blood, with Pirlo and Vucinic being the most important ones, plus last year we struggled a lot with injuries, so this year hopefully we'll get back on track. Juve is also interested in Villareal's Rossi, but seems like it's not going to happen. Inter is likely to lose Etoo to Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala (Roberto Carlos plays for them too). Rumor has it that Porto's Colombian striker Falcao is about to join Atletico Madrid, so I think that means Forlan will be Etoo's replacement. At least there is a league where I have title hopes.

Hey there people Cesc deal finally went through. And Nasri is likely to leave. In a local news portal I had read that Wenger had said "If we can't keep them, we're not a great team." And sadly it's true to a degree. We lost/are losing two of our best players, and especially Cesc will be hard to replace. But more importantly we've lost prestige. Against Udinese we were lucky to not concede any goals. They were better from start to end. Plus there are rumors in Turkey that Arshavin is really likely to join Eboue in Galatasaray as soon as Arsenal buys some other player. I was always pro of Wengers find talents and develope them strategy, but this is getting ridiculous. If we can't keep our players, it's time to spend the money we get. On a positive note: At least Juventus looked pretty good against Inter.

Hey there guys Missed me? To be honest I missed this place a little. Rather a quite off-season so far. I was expecting bigger moves. But I guess the big waves will come towards the end. Pool signed Roma's Keeper Doni, and Roma has targeted Espanyol's Kameni as a replacement. I like the moves Roma is making. They're trying to create a mini-Barcelona (though that's quite a mission impossible, i'm sure they'll be fun to watch.) I also like the moves of my beloved Juve, but I don't like Aguerro playing great in Copa America. He was almost a lock to come to Juve, but this will raise his price, and Chelsea will be there to spoil our transfer. :anger: Manyoo signing Young is also one of the better moves of the season. Bayern fans booed Neuer in a training. WTF??? And boy, what a huge disappointment Neymar is. Lol at Santos wanting 45 mil for him. Loved it when Perez said "this kid is not even worth 15 mil." P.S.: Cesc/Barcelona rumors have become ubber-boring. What's this the 4th straight year?? :facepalm: That was a shocker for me, too. The funny thing is in Argentina they take a look at the overall record in the last 3 years. The funnier thing is, this rule was put in place to protect the bigger clubs. It's even more shocking that they were having bad seasons for 3 consecutive years. When I heard that River Plate was relegated I was like "La puta que te pario. . .", but I'm pretty sure they'll get back pretty soon.

I'm making an official request to add this emoticon:

Damn you "double post". . . . . . OK, Just to make it a worthy post: Michael* I see you struggling with your siggy for quite some time now, so I'm taking over.

A simple solution to Barons case can be counting one of his week scores twice. His final week score (at the end of the league) probably will cause the least confusion, so it might be fair to just add his score as extra points to his overall score. Or he can pick his own week, and let us now previously. But as many said, resetting is another option, and I'm honestly fine with it. I hope Ed didn't take me whining after being the leader of the first week seriously. That's my everyday mood.

^ Juventus And Sevilla had a really disappointing loss at home against Braga. Besides them, IDK. PSV, and Porto were usually there.