Geordie Ahmed

Of course they're allowed to drink water!

Definitely no water

I can see teams paying 5m for Larsson and not thinking twice due to his crossing and set piece delivery.

He was on a free and he didn't have much takers

Happy with this signing, not seen a lot of him BUT from what I have read he will compliment Tiote and Cabaye very well

Now we need a RB and a striker, a CB would be nice too

Starting to feel bad for them.

Nah, not so easily

If they stopped being such pricks I might start to feel bad for them, until then I will continue to 

Carlos Cuellar (or a lookalike) at Tesco, Kingston Park (obviously)

Brilliant pens by the Koreans, congrats

Shite penalty

It must be bullshit when they said if player 'A' can't be bought they'll move on to player 'B' and so on...

 

Time to give up on this fella and offer Simpson a better deal.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lis9iaTsYC1qd3pl9.gif

Quality delivery from Marcelo

Good header by park

wow, Simpson actually beat a player and put in a half decent cross

commentators keep getting mixed up between cisse and ba, just look at their boots if you can't tell the difference you tards

Marv is okay

These commentators are shit

Tiote back on, seems okay

Tiote injured?

Bigi is class like! So mature and tidy.

Yep, been so impressed with him

nice one, was expecting him to celebrate by running to the halfway line

Captain Shola  :smitten:

reminds me, when's ramadan?

Most likely starting this Friday

I know it says 442 but could it not be a 3-5-2 line up?

eh? we only have 1 CB so how on earth will we manage to play 3 at the back?

does cisse fast? ramadans starting 21st july till about 19th august

 

Think he will, but didn't seem that way in Freiburg as they're allowed to eat in Germany.

 

Muslim footballers allowed to eat during Ramadan

 

 

The Central Council of Muslims said it was advising professional football players in Germany that they need not fast during Islam's holy month of Ramadan ahead of the regular season resuming Friday.

 

"The professional player can make up the fasting days during periods when there is no match and in that way show his respect for God and the holy month of Ramadan," council president Aiman Mazyek said in a statement.

 

During Ramadan, observant Muslims fast from dawn to dusk. Several Bundesliga players are Muslim, including many players of Turkish origin and Bayern Munich's French international Franck Ribery.

 

A dispute over the issue in Germany began when the second-division team FSV Frankfurt gave three Muslim players an official warning in October 2009 for fasting during Ramadan and failing to inform their managers.

 

The German Football Federation (DFB) reached an agreement with Muslim leaders on fasting in 2010, allowing players to respect one of the five pillars of Islam while fulfilling their professional obligations.

 

The council had initiated talks with the country's leading professional football associations last year and sought the advice of Islamic scholars to resolve the issue.

 

The Al-Azhar University in Cairo concluded that an exception to the strict Ramadan fasting rules could be made for professional players so their performance would not be compromised.

 

http://www.thelocal.de/sport/20110803-36713.html

 

 

Wish we had the same rule here. 

I don't think Demba fasts on match days

Senegal leave Papiss Cisse out of Olympic squad

Senegal have omitted Newcastle United's Papiss Cisse and Demba Ba from their squad for this month's Olympic Games.

 

The Senegalese federation had been in talks with Newcastle, who were loathe to release Cisse in pre-season with an Africa Cup of Nations next January.

 

Everton striker Magaye Gueye and West Ham United midfielder Mohamed Diame have been included in the squad.

 

Diame, 25, is one of the squad's three over-age players, along with Dame Ndoye, 27, and Ibrahima Balde, 23.

 

Senegal open their Olympic campaign against Great Britain on 26 July.

 

After meeting the Olympic hosts in Manchester, Senegal move to London where they face Uruguay on 29 July.

 

The first-time qualifiers will conclude their Group A campaign when taking on United Arab Emirates in Coventry on 1 August.

read more http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18754732?

Rivaldo still playing? 

Similar to Guthrie, disappointed he is leaving BUT understand and respect his decision

I hope he does well and I think he will, he is better than that division, surprised a premiership club didn't go for him