Blue In Green

Take preseason with a pinch of salt. If Stoke beats us 4-0, then we have serious problems. The most important thing to have is on our side, at least in the short-term: time. Be patient, kinks will be worked out, players will be brought in, tactics will catch on and performances will improve. We are two preseason games into the schedule. (Oh, it was 2-1. Nice catch.)

Roma wants CL football. Good for them, they looked dire at times last year.

This is bullshit. We're talking about PRESEASON games in JULY. AVB and his staff have A MONTH to do what he sees fit to the team. Good God, some of you are freaking about how we played against MALAYSIA. This is a man trying to instill new philosophies into his team. If you thought everything was going to magically click and we'd win 12990488913139007395132-0, I want what you were taking. If you actually thought that, you overrated the impact of a new manager. I'll leave you with a thought: last summer, my "local" MLS team Kansas City Wizards played a friendly against Manchester United. The Wizards won 2-1. The next morning, the local newspaper's sports section headline read "Man Who"? How did that team do? Was that loss a sign of things to come for them?

Oh FFS...

THE WORLD IS ABOUT TO END! AMERICA WILL DEFAULT ON AUGUST 2 AND THERE WON'T BE ANY MONEY LEFT ON EARTH! WE HAVE TO GET NEYMAR, LUKAKU, SANCHEZ, PASTORE, DI MARIA, CRISTIANO RONALDO, MESSI, RUPERT MURDOCH, KOBE BRYANT AND SUPERMAN NOW BEFORE ZOMBIES EAT THEIR BRAINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's okay. Take a deep breath. Have a drink. Everything will work out in the end. We'll be fine.

Not a thread worth reviving.

Torres was a bad buy. Get over it, hope he contributes, if he doesn't, we're stuck with him because no one will take him with the wages he's on. After the Shevchenko folly, I hoped Roman had learned his lesson. Obviously, he didn't.

Barca are a bunch of cunt-punters.

Why, this is almost humor.

AVB is putting emphasis on possession out wide. I like this a lot.

Accountability in the media? The Murdoch scandal must have scared the crap out of the media outlets in Great Britain.

I don't know...:unsure:

The CL matches, because everyone knows that's the competition Roman cares about most. Outside of that, I think the Derby della Madonnina will be very interesting. The Scudetto hasn't left Milan in almost a decade, and I don't see anyone taking it away anytime soon.

At least the countryside looks nice...

Where I live, people stand on a parking lot, barbecue, drink cheap beer and play cornhole before going into Yankeeball stadiums. Is that kind of similar to the pub concept?

George W. Bush? Tony Blair? :unsure:

Don't get the whole "stripes inside stripes" concept, tbh...

In my country, we want our players to go abroad...

Cech must be moving on soon. There's no obvious reason to bring in his successor now, he's 29. The only logical reason they could be doing this is if he wants to leave or the club think he is expendable.

This topic said the 3rd kit was revealed and it isn't. Who do I neg rep?

I don't know anything about this man or his methods, but his name is Paco, and anyone named Paco is good enough for me.

Where is the Telegraph on the media respectability scale? Is it closer to BBC or Bloody Rupert? This oversight error makes me think it's toward the ladder.

Downing for 20 million, Carroll for 35 million...nice to see jingoism alive and well in English football.

Obviously, England will win the 2014 WC because of this talent... *lobs grenade into enormous ant hill and runs for his life*

Mikel has been playing on the first team consistently since the days of The Special One. At this point, I think he is what he is. Should he be a starter? That's debatable, but I doubt he makes any more significant leaps.