B-more Mag

The theory that playing NFL games in Wembley or Premiership games in the Meadowlands will have anything more than a negligible effect on the general popularity of either sport on the other side of the Atlantic just seems faulty. Sure, there is a critical mass of people in the U.S. that will seek out quality football (there's also got to be at least one American football fan in England), and there's no doubt a Premiership game here would sell out. But playing games overseas seems like it would only make economic sense if, over time, a significant number of people that were not already interested in the sport become interested as a result of those games. One or two Premiership games here or NFL games over there are just not going to do that.

Heard tell God made an offer to Ashley but only if J.H. Christ agreed to manage. H. Ghost in charge of the academy.

Venom -- Welcome to Hell

Looks like Martins is being made available for the right price. Dontcha think? He's available at £13m whether we like or not. f*** all to do with him being made available. True, but those Allardyce quotes practically read like we've started an advertisement campaign to get shot of him. The language "From that point of view he is still a Newcastle United player" gives off that vibe (i.e., from other points of view he's not, and he's available at the right price). Hard to tell with just the words on the page though.

Looks like Martins is being made available for the right price. Dontcha think? Erm, if there's a clause, we haven't got a choice, have we? Oliver had him off to Arsenal iirc. Depends on what the release clause actually says, no? Wouldn't think the clause would require a sale, even if the threshold is met, if player and team both want player to stay.

Has anyone seen Luka Modric play? Young attacking midfielder with Dinamo Zagreb. Wenger may have him tied up with a rofr, but you never know?

Indeed. He'll probably go down as one of the worst signings in Premiership history. Times only has him at 40th worst, so he's got that goin' for him.