LucaAltieri

There are a shit ton of good coaches out there. Hopefully we'll pick one of them up instead of the usual 'jobs for the boys' stuff.

It's going to open up a more interested league to be honest. Now that Galaxy aren't the only ones getting the players it should be more of a fair game. I think I may start watching it again this season, does anyone over here have the rights? Not as far as I can tell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Soccer_on_television

Rumours are that Drogba is on his way to Seattle when his contract in Turkey is up. Not sure how I feel about that. Generally I don't like MLS signing players near the end of their careers but Drogba is still doing the business.

As someone who has kids I can say that I sympathise entirely.

Worked fine for me. What trouble are you having? It won't let me click on "Login/Sign-up" or "Start playing." Nothing happens. Weird. No, worked fine for me. Maybe you have something disabled that it needs.

Worked fine for me. What trouble are you having?

Yup, anyone even remotely decent is expensive. Plenty of cheap dross, of course. Just no one you'd actually want.

MLS Fantasy Soccer is back. http://fantasy.mlssoccer.com Feel free to join league: 1031-187 Coming in under budget is hard.

He did exactly the opposite at Real Madrid, particularly in his last year there. Always deflecting blame. Did a lot to change my opinion of him tbh. The situation at Real probably wasn't the ideal setting for him. Jose's hands were a little tied with their "galactico" recruiting policy, and the pressures to play certain players. It's the exact same reason he fell out with Roman during his first Chelsea spell (if we believe rumors). I think the only draw he had to Real Madrid was the prospect of getting one over on Barcelona.

No offence but that sounds like a load of s****. I know - straws being clutched at. he seemed quite sincere about it. oh well, we can still live in hope. I'm just desperate to believe there is a buyer out there. Interesting....Their CEO owning the Dallas Stars is decently relevant. Hope he's partnering with Jerry Jones Whoa!! wait ... Who owns Sandman hotels? Tom Gaglardi ?? Tom is the CEO or something. He's also owner of the Dallas Stars. However, his dad, Bob, is the one with money. Worth just under $2 billion Canadian. Which is roughly equivalent to chicken feed and dirt. All of this is irrelevant anyway because the story is made up.

http://nbcprohockeytalk.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/x610-25-e1340552399519.jpg%3Fw%3D320 Guess who wins this time?

Complete coincidence, of course.

What a name They're real. And also Canadian. Sounds like a logical progression: 1) Own 27 hotels in British Columbia. 2) Buy a British football club. 3) Profit. Let me just fly to Dubai to confirm.

They're both loans with a view to a permanent deal. We're trying them out first to see if they're a good fit. We did the same thing with Ben Arfa & Stephen Ireland. It means nowt. We won't sign either of them though You seem very confident given that you can't possibly know that.

They're both loans with a view to a permanent deal. We're trying them out first to see if they're a good fit. We did the same thing with Ben Arfa & Stephen Ireland. It means nowt.

No one knows anything. It's rampant speculation ranging from "honourable Joe falls on his sword," to the even more ludicrous "Mike sacks Joe for doing exactly what he wanted him to do," conspiracy theory.

Likewise. I'd appoint James or Neesy before Kinnear.

I'm pretty sure he really did have the power to sign players, hence us not getting anyone signed once he took over those duties. Even if we're notoriously slow in the transfer market normally, signings did seem to dry up more once he became DoF. It implies to me he really was in charge of all that.

Is no one really considering the option that maybe he really did resign (rather than being sacked) because he feels he didn't get the job done? "Judge me on my signings." It's a thought.

Replaced by De Fanti, perhaps?

Resigned. Still never been sacked...

He'll go the way of Laurent Robert - we'll get some good goals out of him but his attitude means we'll see him fall away when he does leave.

Best in the business.

You mean Pardew said he wasn't ready to play and was absolutely correct? Who'd have thought it?

Eventually it reaches a point where you take a decision he won't turn it around and you try to get rid of a player. I wouldn't in the slightest bit bothered about selling him because he offers the sum total of sweet fuck all at the moment and for this entire season and he can't keep getting away with the logic of keeping him because he had a good 6 months when theres a diabolical 18 months that show his major faults as a player. And he can't hide behind oh but we're not creating chances blah blah blah because we have been creating chances this season, other players have been scoring goals why can't he? But it's not just a good 6 months vs. a crap 18 months. He's scored goals everywhere, his entire career. Including here. He lost confidence and has struggled since. Statistically this is the worst form he's been in, as far as I can tell. I don't know what it will take to turn it around. But I believe he's potentially much more valuable to us over the next 3 years than flogging him on the cheap and starting from scratch with another, cut price, gamble. He didn't just stop being a good footballer overnight, despite what his current situation might suggest.