interesting read: discontent w/ Arsenal's financial model . . .

BBC Sport - Alisher Usmanov criticises Arsenal board over 'lack of investment'

I can't believe it!!!!! I hate SB and Uncle Fester now!!!!!

Especially for Thiago Silva, he is unreplacable! Milan is offical taken off from the top club list... Sad...

I don't buy SH*T about what Usmanov puts out. He's taken advantage of the RvP situation to stir the pot even more. I don't care if he sounds like the white knight in this mess. If he truly loved the club, he wouldn't have put out such a stupid letter.

agreed, that new away kit is absolutely hideous. :shakes head:

:icon18: I like it:p

I like the new away kit. I wish the socks were a solid color, though. I like hooped socks, but not with a hooped jersey. Too much of a good thing.
It's crazy that even AC Milan can't fend off the oil money plaything people.

amen

This can only be good for the game in Scotland:

Rangers relegated to Third Division after vote - ESPN Soccernet

Ignoring that the game is generally crap there, it sucks that such a duopoly has had a stranglehold on the league. Hopefully someone can challenge Celtic. That said, I don't really care about the SPL other than thinking the Old Firm Derby is fun-- sucks it won't be played for a few years, aside from a cup tie, perhaps.

Dont they say the Celtic/Rangers rivalry is bigger than the Redsox/ Yankees rivalry??

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Yeah, out of all of them? I like the away kit the most, but thats akin to me choosing how I want to die. God DAMN we look ugly this season. The home Jersey blue band addition is just an excuse to make more money off of people who buy kits year after year. :facepalm:

Motherwell put on a good show last season...but then they fell apart :roflpuke2:

I hated last year's kit but love this one. I'm almost tempted to buy one. Of course, it will be without a name.

I know these days are long gone, but I wish the kits didn't have sponsors. At least it's not like some French (& other leagues' teams) with multiple sponsors across the kit.

:rolleyes:


Didn't they win the cup or something?

Yes, they did...but their league charge fell way short.

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^ I NEED ONE OF THESE.

cow - really? the home or away kit?

agreed :shakes head:

i have some hope that T. Silva will stay, we need at least one TOP player on such a great team. Aside from this what boggles my mind is that they are going to a team that won't win the Champions...don't care how many top class players they have, they will have to work a lot aka Manchester City to become a serious contender....don't Ibra and Silva want to play for a competitive side for that tourny? I know the money is great, especially with Ibra being 30 already.....still *sigh* :shakes head:

That's a start, perhaps.

Interesting. I use Mueller prewrap around my shin guards each game as I hate the way the sleeves that came with my shinguards fit me.

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It would be nice to not have to constantly buy new rolls. I'm nervous about how this sleeve thing would perform-- playing in goal, I dive & slide a lot. Being that I'm wearing pants & gloves, it's hard to adjust shinguards if they get out of position. I wonder whether the sleeve thing would keep things in place.

You should try them & let me know.

I don't know which I'd buy (if I do). Probably the away considering the home isn't that different from any other year. Or maybe I'd buy both.

yes, every top team needs a top player

....*stares at highbury longingly*

i am seriously thinking it now. need to research costs.

:tup:

40 bucks a pop...not so sure anymore :rofl2:

For what they are, it's not a terrible price. C'mon, Phelan, you know you want to test them!

donate some cash to me so i can afford them and i'll write it up in a review nice and pretty ;)

$10?

What is this nonsense?! Professional sports teams changing their jersey only to make more profit off of the fanbase. Pfeh I say!

every little bit helps, i'm poor :roflpuke2:

seriously, i would like to give these a try. i just can't afford them right now. i can use those $80 to feed me another week :facepalm:

Oh, they're $40 per leg?!

i think that's right.

Shop Storelli

it doesn't say $40 for both...

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RvP looks like he's aged like 8 years in the span of two months.

^^ Naw... He just highlighted his hair with white color. It's new trend.:D

ESPN was talking Dempsey going to Liverpool this morning? :excited:

I'll believe it when I see it. And when I see it, I'll be upset that Arsenal weren't in for him.

Report: Ibrahimovic subject to 75 percent tax on income in France - Goal.com

^ LOL. 75% taxes!?

They even said that chances are he's not leaving his current team. I'd just love to see a yank on a championship contender, and for the moment, it's probably either him, Donovan, Bradley, or Howard. And of the three, he's probably the best right now.
insane

& then, NECK

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He's like a giraffe! :icon17:

He helped create the clone army.

http://www.moosemix.com/maxwell/CW-P...an_kamino1.jpg

:bowrofl:

holy **** hahaahahah

:roflpuke2:

I bet hes an EXCELLENT header of the ball.

Have you guys watched any of the pre-season matches ? It looks like Wenger is playing many young players that we didn't see last season in Premier League.

Will these young guys be playing this next season regularly ?

I'm curious to find out what role Giroud and Podolski play . .

Juventus Puts Together $110 Million Van Persie Package: Roundup - Businessweek

holy ******* ****.

I wonder if he/ his people overvalued him, considering there's only three known clubs in the reckoning.