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Handball!!!!!!

Really pissed that Barton is still on these freekicks.

Cabaye much further forward than last week.

Come on!!!

I say this all the time, but I can't believe this isn't on TV in the UK. Pretty ridiculous.

Holy shit it's early. Still feeling optimistic. Come on!

Just set up my ESPN3 to tv connection. Going to try to get some sleep before the early kickoff. 7 a.m. is just brutal. Can't wait!

Feeling pretty good about this. At worst I see it being 1-1. Wouldn't be surprised if we won by 2 goals. No idea why I feel this way.

Imagine, wow. N-O will find a negative slant to it though. There probably would be a real negative slant actually. "Following his solid performance in the derby, highlighted by his tremendous free-kick winner, we feel that Ryan can be a performer for us this season at left back. With Shane available as cover, we can now shift our attention to other areas of the squad."

As much as I hate Platini, I think this is a good thing.

Excellent news if true. Gets to play regularly and it's highly unlikely his value would drop as a result since it's not very high to begin with. If he performs well it could go up. Harper is fine as second choice.

Arsenal's lucky Udinese lost some key players from last season. God I would love it if they went out.

I just put their game on to get a look at him and he's promptly subbed off.

Sturridge is not a realistic option - not only for us, but probably every other team in the world. Think after his preseason he's become a serious part of AVB's plans.

I know this is said all the time, but it really is mind boggling that with all the money they have spent and the players they have collected that Gareth Barry is still one of the first names Mancini puts on the team sheet.

There is in the USA (ESPN3.com), so there's hope of finding it somewhere for those that aren't going.

agreed Not the thread for this argument, but no.

In Soccernet's team of the week: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story/_/id/943901/team-of-the-week:-august-14,-2011?cc=5901 Becomes less meaningful when you see that he opted for Saylor over Colo.

Fucking finally.

On a side note, sometime between the end of last season and this season Fox Soccer Channel has changed from using EPL (which they didn't even use that often) to saying/writing BPL all the time. Not sure if they were forced to because of the sponsor or what, but it's really bothering me.

Won't be far off anyway in the next few years. Jones, Smalling, Cleverly, and Rooney make a pretty good spine. Add Sturridge, Wilshere, and Johnson (if he can play regularly) and there may be some hope.

Him and Wilshere could be pretty great.

Wow. De Gea should have done much better there.

Far, far from it.

Obertan coming on around the 60th minute might scare the ever-loving shit out of them too.