Love how Van Persie comes straight to Chelsea when it comes to an EPL team to complain about. He has a point, but before he goes calling people out, it happens in every game, every foul, every team in the top flight. United do it, Liverpool do it, and if there's ANY team in the English Premier league who love to complain about officiating, it's Arsenal.

The man has a point though, it irritates me when players swarm the officials to try to encourage them to make the calls they feel is appropriate. Spanish clubs do this better than anyone, but it's an ugly part of the game that everyone participates in. You guys still reading ESPN? I'd stick with the Telegraph, World Football, and Kicker.


JTT might have a problem with me considering I support St.Pauli. :stirthepot:

RvP just hates you guys in Blue :icon17:

Wtf, Mark Hughes just resigned as Fulham coach?

Oooooh, van Nistelrooy on the move into La Liga, he should have something left in the tank for there!

Villa calling for Mark Hughes; quitting the Fulham job is not a huge surprise. Ruud boy going to Malaga though...


Some scathing words from Casillas regarding the quality of the Manchester United side in the CL Final:

Real Madrid's Iker Casillas: we would have thrashed Manchester United too in Champions League final - Telegraph

:bowrofl:

You must be one of those potheads! :icon23:

i thought st. pauli was known for their beer?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...paulisgirl.JPG

@Phelan - I remember that beer from when I studied in New York - I don't believe we get that in Hamburg (or Germany). It's a good marketing ploy though! St. Pauli and the Reeperbahn (Wikipedia this one) are better known for hookers, drugs and alcohol.

No, THIS is a good marketing ploy.
http://www.adrants.com/images/Katari...pauli_girl.jpg

:yum: hahahaha

:eek2:

^This. Not the nicest district in Hamburg, but definitely unique! When I visit Germany again, I'll be back.


And we all know the best beer in Germany is brewed in Bavaria right?

http://intothetrade.files.wordpress....-weizen_bg.jpg

Oh in Germany? Yes, I suppose :)

Now what's the best beer in the world? I'd say Belgium lays claim to that.

How's this for variety blue, now we're talking about beer :rofl2:

The Czechs might have something to say about the best beer.

Really? I want to try some. Any particular recommendations?

I hope their beer turns out better than the Czech who dresses up for Arsenal...

I'm honestly not sure of brands, I've just heard from people that the Czechs are proud of their beer & proud of consuming the most per capita (even more than Aussies).

I'll see what I can find out.

oh **** gomez on the double today against austria. he might actually do some good in the national team!

Gomez wins :happydance:

Germany FTW


USA is getting raped

spain toyed with the USMNT. that was so sad to watch. 2nd half they were playing tiki-taka just because they didn't want to rack up the score anymore.

commentators were retarded as usual, although one of them made me laugh. "please sir, may i have my ball back?"

:rofl2:

Nasri's starting to piss me the fvck off.:shakes head:

+1

if he signs for manchester united it'll be the next saga of Cashley.

the club wont sell him to anyone in England, if anything, he'd go to Italy or Spain. But fvck man, this greedy money sh!t needs to stop. Have some fvcking loyalty man.

Speaking of loyalty:

Chelsea FC ready to accept serious offers for Didier Drogba | FootyBunker.com

:shakes head:

Someone had to make room for Torrres and for some reason it's Drogs who has to go. What a MASSIVE mistake this is shaping up to be.

noooo not drogs. i can't see the blues without him leading the line...

and torres got one in the 4-0 thumping of the US team, but god he looked as bad as ever, missing at least 3 gilt-edged chances. ughhhh. what are you doing roman???

what a summer for you guys, eh jon? carlo is gone, drogs is on the way out, i hear even the skipper might be on the trading block just to liven up the defense and the slow as f*ck midfield...

meanwhile our #1 and #3 player want out (personal and money reasons, respectively), our coach doesn't have a clue yet, and nobody wants to sign for a sinking ship.

:ugh2:

thinking back to the US/Spain game, too bad the US team couldn't convince rossi to play as an American....watching Altidore up front makes me cry.

TELL ME someone else watched the charity game between RM and Bayern. Holy ****, Zidane could probably still play somewhere if he wanted to, he terrorized everything and everybody! Granted some of the defenders were chubby old bastards but still, Zidane's playmaking remains better than most midfielders in the game today!

I missed that game. Where'd you see it & can I see highlights somewhere?

it was actually on FSC. i think offside has some recap vids, not sure if you can get the full match anywhere. it was lopsided to begin with, bayern's 'all stars' were all well past their playing days, and real madrid had...well, a fit zidane to play for them. go figure.

(Video) Real Madrid 8-3 Bayern Munich: Zinedine Zidane Steals the Show At Charity Match | CaughtOffside

whotf is bougherra? some gers 28 yr old who wants to play for arsenal? i don't watch SPL, so someone clue me in on this?

Pherrun I want to play you in FIFA11. Just curious what are you stats? Ill toss it up here since I can never get on XBL anymore

33gp
25w
1d
7l

2.61 goals per game
54% possession

9.21 shots per game
4.24 shots against

66% tackle
82% pass

Team of choice: INTER :D

Ah, Zinedine Zidane. I watched him head-butt Materazzi live in Berlin and loved every second of it.
He was easily one the best soccer players ever.

lol blue i rarely play online in random matches / XBL i think i've played one ranked game. 3-0 win over inter :tup:

team of choice: shouldn't it be obvious?

Torres needs to find his old form sometime during the summer, because clearly Roman is willing to put everything on his shoulders if Drogs is allowed to leave. Worst part about Drogba leaving the club is that he is Chelsea situation is being closely monitored at three point lane. If there is any striker that should be allowed to go, it's Anelka. I wouldn't mind having Hiddink back at the club, or even Mark Hughes. Mostly, I think Chelsea supporters would like some stability; lets have us a manager who will be here for many seasons to come, not be shown the door after a year.

We do have some decent players that we could bring back from loan, and apparently we have a pretty long shopping list:

Chelsea show their intent with £90 million shopping list - Telegraph


It's difficult for to speculate, so we'll just have to see what happens.

Come on play me then! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Do you even go on XBL??

Not much until next month

then next month well play lol

i watched highlights of the 1-0 brazil win yesterday. thanks for the memories, ronaldo. who cares you missed 3 sitters, you were, and still are, the best brazil had to offer.

Miroslav Klose to Lazio! I can't say I blame him. Where would you rather live; Rome or Liverpool? lol

Everton transfer news Miroslav Klose move fails Germany chooses join Lazio from Bayern Munich - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk




Abysmal Chelsea away shirt revealed:
:shakes head:
Chelsea new adidas away kit first OFFICIAL pictures Frank Lampard Salomon Kalou model new kit - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk

I HATE Adidas.

oh my god it's as hideous as arsenal's rumored away kit.

Even worse than last seasons Halloween away shirt. We need a new manufacturer. Give me Umbro or Nike over Adidas any day.

Good for Klose at least he can play CL


Faylun fifa

Only if Lazio can qualify during the playoff round. Italy only has 3 automatic Champions League berths, and those spots have been taken by Milan, Inter, and Napoli. They will also have to beat out Udinese to make it in.

Ashley Young transfer from Villa to United:
Ashley Young takes Utd spree to £55m | The Sun |Sport|Football

Lazio can take Udinese, IMO.

the bank is open at man utd! hooray debt!

rumor mill is going nuts about clichy to liverpool...hmph. not sure what to think.

Arsenal midfielder Abou Diaby: I own & wear a Tottenham shirt - Goal.com <-- LOL he's gonna lose all credibility with gunner faithful next year with this stunt!