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Sounds like bullshit to me.

Reckon we can definitely score like, they were scrambling around to sign a CB when they sold Samba without getting one. With no Gouffran and with Shola starting? Not sure I share your optimism.

That's awesome.

They do something quirky. I think the lumberjack guy revs-up and saws off a chunk after every goal. EDIT: yeah the goal scoring player receives the chunk he saws off. I love that shit. Makes me want to yell America!!

Timbers goal was feckin quality.

Looking forward to the quakes opener. Wondo for 30 goals this year.

The bribery scandal had essentially come out the moment they won. Sad but true I guess. I remember seeing a picture of the f***ing money packet. The 24 hour news cycle is amazing for pushing s*** under the rug. There's always some new outrage, so monoliths can just fire somebody and wait 30 days and then go back to their usual business. edit- And the USA should send our women's team regardless. Better chance of winning that way.

Saw this bumped and was really hoping the bribery scandal had come out: Gay Pope Buys World Cup For Muslim Leaders

it`s on youtube for those of you who haven`t seen Great goal and holy shit that bearded fan in the video is a champ. Thought Gimli was a Boro fan for a moment there.

heartbreaking

So true.

Dont kid yourself, he'd reject it and wait for the inevitable increased offer to come in, then do the same again until he's milked them for an astronomical fee. If they wont pay that kind of fee then he wont be going there IMO. Unless he requests the move, which seems incredibly unlikely. Aye, if he held out for 35m for Carrol that puts Ben Arfa around 3.5billion....

Yeah seems like we are using him as our main counterattacking outlet, which works for me because god knows Cisse can't do that job.

Aye, by firing balls off the keepers face for Sissoko to tap in. I am loving the look of their dynamic so far.

you want santon and debuchy to stay back when we are attacking ? 2-4-4 then, why shucks maybe even 2-2-6 or 2-3-5... really its all a bit ridiculous as football is such a fluid game. Main point is: God I love our squad right now.

I like the idea of a 4-5-1 set up like that, moving into more of a 4-2-4 when attacking... With all the movement between HBA, Gouffran and Sissoko it would be a defender's nightmare.

Really excited to see Gouffran play again. To me he's very nearly as important to us as Sissoko, he gives us an edge to the front line that Cisse and the restjust don't provide. I was re-watching the Chelsea match again today and really loving the way that Gouffran was constantly switching flanks, moving into the center and just generally being a nuisance. Seems like a player that can play effectively anywhere across the front line, a bit like Ben Arfa. The thought of the two of them constantly switching flanks and working with Sissoko through the middle is just

seems to me he would have been better off going in head/arms first and just smothering the potential shot. Sissoko was definitely playing for the penalty in that scenario (bless him) and going in feet first didn't have much upside. Yet another instance of us benefitting from Sissoko's running power btw. I am loving Sissoko in this "kick-ass where-ever you want" role. Seems like he could play CM or DM too, but he is just such a pimp as a free wheeling AM that I don't want to see anything else. Can't wait to see him linking Gouffran and Hatem as they switch sides and pound the box from all angles. mmmm... box pounding....

seems to me he would have been better off going in head/arms first and just smothering the potential shot. Sissoko was definitely playing for the penalty in that scenario (bless him) and going in feet first didn't have much upside.

What, the kissing on cheeks? It's a perfectly normal greeting in their culture AFAIK. Uuurgggggh French exchange trip flashbacks. Getting introduced round a group and having to kiss cheeks with every f***er, rank. gahhh they do it in a group? Like a fuckin gangbang at that point... It's weird enough shaking hands one by one with 7 or 8 people, let alone kissing them twice each. Herpes must be rampant on the continent...

Good to hear. Didn't look nice on the replay.

Any word on the injury from Kharkiv?

Oh man this is NOT the thread I wanted to wake up to. We just can't catch a break this season.

Players that routinely hack people but also dive all the time. Drogba is like this... he will foul the s*** out of you one minute and the next minute he is going down in the box under a stiff breeze. The entire Metalist squad was driving me nuts with this. Did anyone else see that tackle where the dude slid in on Sissoko from behind and managed to kick him two or three times in each leg? Like something out of the f***ing Matrix. Ridiculous. Was like playing against 10 shitty Suarez's.