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"I realize that a straight red carries a 3 game ban with it"

10/13/2011 1:45:55 PM

LOL

10/13/2011 1:52:02 PM

a whole lot of mad is about to be unleashed

10/13/2011 2:01:11 PM

Rooney hasn't really been doing much in the international arena lately anyway.

10/13/2011 2:57:43 PM

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"Rooney burst onto the scene in late 2002, and was immediately heralded as the new savior of English football. It coincided with the last we saw in English football of Paul Gascoigne, and Rooney was thrust into the national team before the end of his debut Premier League season. He quickly became a key man, and since then, almost every peak and trough in the performance of the national team has been attributed to his contribution, or lack thereof. England was brilliant in the Euro 2004 group stages, and in qualifying for World Cup 2010 -- and Rooney was the figurehead. Yet he limped off against Portugal in 2004, was sent off against the same opponents two years later, was absent for the crucial qualifying defeat to Croatia in 2007 and was anonymous in 2010 in South Africa. England has struggled to adapt when deprived of Rooney, especially in the two Portugal games. His replacement in those two matches was Darius Vassell in 2004 and Peter Crouch in 2006 -- players you couldn't possibly expect to play the Rooney role. That is essentially the problem: a lack of replacement in stylistic terms, which makes it so dangerous to depend so much upon a player who, for all his qualities, is distinctly unreliable. Through suspension, injury or simple lack of form, Rooney is far from a consistent player."

http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/7087447/england-relies-too-much-wayne-rooney-michael-cox-soccer

10/13/2011 3:17:06 PM

Can England rely on any player in their squad?

10/13/2011 4:06:24 PM

good point

10/13/2011 4:50:36 PM

Still love Rooney though.

10/13/2011 6:05:29 PM

it's whatever, not like England were going to win the euros anyway



I've pretty much given up hope

10/14/2011 9:06:31 AM

So Gonzalo Higuain has three hat tricks in his last four games for club and country. Absurd..

10/15/2011 3:18:47 PM

Neymar to Real Madrid for 53M pounds

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/978467/santos-star-neymar-to-join-real-madrid-for-L53m?cc=5901

11/2/2011 10:57:07 AM

ball game

11/2/2011 2:42:42 PM

thanks god it's anywhere but Barca

[Edited on November 3, 2011 at 7:56 AM. Reason : .]

11/3/2011 7:55:59 AM

damn I was hoping City would get him

11/3/2011 8:32:04 AM

Sweet finish yesterday, Cesc.

11/13/2011 10:45:27 AM

ENGERLAND

11/13/2011 4:44:25 PM

^

11/15/2011 7:39:23 PM

anybody got links?

http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/93650/1/watch-manchester-united-vs-sl-benfica.html

[Edited on November 22, 2011 at 3:03 PM. Reason : if anybody else is trying to watch this]

11/22/2011 2:58:31 PM

madrid gets 10 today?

11/22/2011 3:07:49 PM

Don't want be all or anything but I find myself pulling for City a lot lately. I know it initially started because they've got the best chance to beat United for the title but I'm not exactly sure why I find myself cheering for them in the CL.

I think it's because of Balotelli, to be honest

11/22/2011 3:21:34 PM

i see you napoli

[Edited on November 22, 2011 at 4:27 PM. Reason : ^wtf is that]

11/22/2011 4:26:38 PM

lol I'm sorry

11/22/2011 4:28:38 PM

christ dude

city is everything that is wrong with soccer

[Edited on November 22, 2011 at 4:38 PM. Reason : I'll let it slide this time. Don't let it happen again]

[Edited on November 22, 2011 at 4:39 PM. Reason : coys]

11/22/2011 4:38:29 PM

yeah, fuck all that though


All I care about is that they play some nice damn soccer. Much more enjoyable to watch than United's borefest

[Edited on November 22, 2011 at 4:42 PM. Reason : I'm not out buying a City jersey or anything]

11/22/2011 4:41:33 PM

Looks like ManCity won't make it out of the group stages. Napoli shouldn't have a problem with Villarreal.

Would be good and bad though. Good b/c fuck ManCity, I don't ever want to see them winning the UCL. Bad b/c they would be able to go all out to win the league.

11/22/2011 5:58:46 PM

I like Mancini better than Ferguson's bitching ass, so I'd root for him over him but I just don't like what City stands for.

I'd love life of Basel can beat Man U though and none of them go through. If London is the only England city to go through.... LOL.

11/22/2011 9:58:21 PM

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"Ferguson's bitching ass"

...says the Arsenal fan. As long as Wenger is your manager you shouldn't criticize other teams for having bitchy coaches.

11/22/2011 10:57:32 PM

i thought nym headed up the west ham fan club

11/22/2011 11:16:47 PM

Quote :

"I think it's because of Balotelli, to be honest"

11/23/2011 2:57:15 AM

He pulled a heelfan and now has two teams

Pretty excited for Milan/Barca today. I want a offensive game with lots of chances. I'm thinking that both teams already being through helps that.

[Edited on November 23, 2011 at 5:59 AM. Reason : .]

11/23/2011 5:36:27 AM

Quote :

"As long as Wenger is your manager you shouldn't criticize other teams for having bitchy coaches."

This is true.

My team's coach, on the other hand, is a pimp

11/23/2011 8:08:09 AM

When your manager's strategery to a player is "Just fucking run around a bit", he's a real pimp

and Kenny hasn't beaten him yet

11/23/2011 9:59:02 AM

Kenny hasn't wanted to beat him yet. He'll do so when he's ready

11/23/2011 10:07:10 AM

'arry

11/23/2011 10:41:06 AM

First Prem game I saw in person was at Upton Park so a I do like West Ham. To keep my Spurs hate going I also pull for Arsenal. It's not like I'm bonuses ding between Barca, City and Inter here...

[Edited on November 23, 2011 at 11:22 AM. Reason : iPhone fail]

11/23/2011 11:21:37 AM

bonuses ding

11/23/2011 12:05:58 PM

epic auto replace

11/23/2011 12:17:09 PM

Fml

11/23/2011 1:35:06 PM

I feel like that's probably something Apple does on purpose to make your life more interesting.

11/23/2011 1:48:38 PM

Arsenal wins the group

11/23/2011 4:38:15 PM

that chelsea game was pretty good, at least the last 20 minutes or so

11/23/2011 4:41:34 PM

Ultimate troll if Arsenal are the only English team to make it out of the group stage.

I doubt United blow it, though..

11/23/2011 4:43:23 PM

Since Basel was once captained by Joan Gamper, I still hold some hope of a miracle due to proxy of Barcelona.

11/23/2011 8:53:37 PM

Basel winning would be so delicious

11/23/2011 8:58:40 PM

Vermaelen breaking Bender's jaw...he's out until 2012 with a double jaw break and damaged MCL due to the collision.

11/24/2011 8:47:39 AM

goddamn. sucks.

11/24/2011 2:07:02 PM

Anyone watching Spurs? Have a better view of that red card. Kind of looked like it hit the dude's body.

11/30/2011 3:47:29 PM

Just saw the highlight from behind the goal and it was definitely a handball.

I'm about ready for Spurs to get out of this comp in general. You win nothing and all it does is distract our players from the real goal (top 4) on top of making them play extra meaningless minutes.

11/30/2011 4:08:59 PM

lolsenal

What that keeper just did was the single dumbest thing I have ever seen a player do in soccer ever.

12/6/2011 3:25:12 PM

Way to shit the fucking bed, Valencia. A perfectly good opportunity to eliminate a team that no sane person could possibly like, and you lay an egg like that.


And supposedly AC Milan have a deal with Tevez, just have to work out the transfer with City.

12/6/2011 6:31:51 PM