The Ultimate Football Thread 2013-2014 Vol. 4 EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A etc

I had my criticism of Levy & the sad sack side he built around Bale, but I like some of the talent he's gotten in this summer transfer window. It looks like he & AVB might be getting French defensive midfielder Etienne Capoue from from Ligue 1 Toulouse for a reported £9m transfer.
 
Speaking of Ronaldo, I can't believe it's been 10 years since his debut at Man United. Wow, time flies.


No one really knew what they were getting at first.




 
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It's funny how Madrid fans hated the buy of Modric at first, now they are calling him the next Pirlo.

And to think Chelsea was so close to getting him 2 years ago. :smh:
 
Fear The Ibis said:
It's funny how Madrid fans hated the buy of Modric at first, now they are calling him the next Pirlo.

And to think Chelsea was so close to getting him 2 years ago. :smh:
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Pirlo? Who said that?

Most Madrid fans didn't hate the signing, was a little surprising because we didn't need him and he wasn't the sexy big name people wanted last summer.
 
Gervinho's deal is a permanent deal. United with his former coach, who can hopefully get the best out of him like he did in his Lille days. Best of luck to him. As frustrating of a player he was at Arsenal, certainly did bring something that other players didn't

Wellington Silva is loaned to another Spanish club again. Good chance we'll let him go next year. Granted, it depends on how things go. But frankly, things haven't been going great. He's had a good preseason playing with the reserve team. The potential is there but his attitude may still be an issue.
I'm not sure how close we were to signing Bernard. I know we were scouting him and I'm not sure we've made an initial bid. My initial concern was his price, especially since I didn't know much about him. But seeing what he was sold for, I still think the price was too high. Considering that we still seem to be going after Suarez and have other players to buy.

@LeFrenchGooner According to @MikaMartinHaim now, El Jadeyaoui is officially an Arsenal player (he was right about the RvP deal last year.) He's a Ligue 2 player, 26yo and currently on trial at Arsenal. So, yea...that's that
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Fear The Ibis said:
It's funny how Madrid fans hated the buy of Modric at first, now they are calling him the next Pirlo.

And to think Chelsea was so close to getting him 2 years ago. :smh:
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Pirlo? Who said that?

Most Madrid fans didn't hate the signing, was a little surprising because we didn't need him and he wasn't the sexy big name people wanted last summer.
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Reporters did label him one of the worst Madrid signings ever :lol:
 
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:wow: at that table :lol: guess we've been doing addition by subtraction but if it remains like that then the board should be embarrassed
 
If Bale does stay, I'm very interested in how well the Spurs will do this season. They've had a great transfer window. It'd be fun to watch.

If he does go, they need to do it sooner than later - use all that money before the transfer window closes.
 
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Premier League TV and Internet Schedule For U.S. Viewers
soccer on tv Premier League TV and Internet Schedule For U.S. Viewers
Browse the schedule below for Premier League games shown on US television and the Internet, on channels such as FOX Soccer, NBC Sports, ESPN2, ESPN3, beIN SPORT, NBC Sports Live Extra and FOX Soccer 2Go. Also included are listings for Premier League teams playing in the Champions League and Europa League, summer friendlies, domestic competitions such as the FA Cup and League Cup, and games featuring the England national team.Bookmark this page and return to it often. You’ll find the latest schedule of TV games, in many cases posted before the information is officially released.
EPL TV and Internet Viewing Schedule
All times Eastern.

Note: All Premier League matches on NBC will also be shown live on NBC Sports Live Extra.
Sunday, August 11:
Manchester United vs Wigan Athletic (FA Community Shield), 9am, FOX Soccer
Saturday, August 17
Liverpool vs Stoke, 7:45am, NBC Sports Network
Arsenal vs Aston Villa, 10am, NBC Sports Network and mun2
Norwich vs Everton, 10am, Premier League Extra Time
Sunderland vs Fulham, 10am, Premier League Extra Time
West Ham vs Cardiff, 10am, Premier League Extra Time
West Brom vs Southampton, 10am, Premier League Extra Time
Swansea vs Manchester United, 12:30pm, NBC and mun2
Sunday, August 18
Crystal Palace vs Tottenham, 8:30am, NBC Sports Network
Chelsea vs Hull City, 11am, NBC Sports Network
Monday, August 19
Manchester City vs Newcastle, 3pm, NBC Sports Network
Wednesday, August 21
Chelsea vs Aston Villa, 2:30pm, NBC Sports Network
Saturday, August 24
Fulham vs Arsenal, 7:45am, NBC Sports Network and mun2
Newcastle vs West Ham, 10am, NBC Sports Network
Everton vs West Brom, 10am, Premier League Extra Time
Southampton vs Sunderland, 10am, Premier League Extra Time
Hull City vs Norwich, 10am, Premier League Extra Time
Stoke vs Crystal Palace, 10am, Premier League Extra Time
Aston Villa vs Liverpool, 12:30pm, NBC
Sunday, August 25
Tottenham vs Swansea, 11am, NBC Sports Network and mun2
Cardiff vs Manchester City, 11am, Premier League Extra Time
Monday, August 26
Manchester United vs Chelsea, 3pm, NBC Sports Network
Saturday, August 31
Manchester City vs Hull City, 7:45am, NBC Sports Network
Newcastle vs Fulham, 10am, NBC Sports Network
Cardiff vs Everton, 10am, Premier League Extra Time
West Ham vs Stoke, 10am, Premier League Extra Time
West Brom vs Swansea, 10am, Premier League Extra Time
Norwich vs Southampton, 10am, Premier League Extra Time
Crystal Palace vs Sunderland, 12:30pm, NBC
Sunday, September 1
Liverpool vs Manchester United, 8:30am, NBC Sports Network and Telemundo
Arsenal vs Tottenham, 11am, NBC Sports Network and mun2
Saturday, September 14:
Manchester United vs Crystal Palace, 7:45am, NBC Sports Network, mun 2
Aston Villa vs Newcastle, 10am, TBD
Fulham vs West Brom, 10am, TBD
Hull vs Cardiff, 10am, TBD
Stoke vs Man City, 10am, TBD
Sunderland vs Arsenal, 10am, TBD
Spurs vs Norwich, 10am, TBD
Everton vs Chelsea, 12:30pm, NBC, mun 2
Sunday, September 15:
Southampton vs West Ham United, 11am, NBC Sports Network
Monday, September 16:
Swansea vs Liverpool, 3pm, NBC Sports Network
Saturday, September 21:
Norwich vs Aston Villa, 7:45am, NBC Sports Network
Cardiff vs Spurs, 10am, TBD
Crystal Palace vs Swansea, 10am, TBD
Liverpool vs Southampton, 10am, TBD
Newcastle vs Hull, 10am, TBD
West Brom vs Sunderland, 10am, TBD
West Ham vs Everton, 10am, TBD
Chelsea vs Fulham, 12:30pm, NBC Sports Network, mun 2
Sunday, September 22:
Arsenal vs Stoke, 8:30am, CNBC, mun 2
Man City vs Man United, 11am, NBC Sports Network, Telemundo
Saturday, September 28:
Tottenham vs Chelsea, 7:45am, NBC Sports Network, mun 2
Aston Villa vs Man City, 10am, TBD
Fulham vs Cardiff, 10am, TBD
Hull vs West Ham, 10am, TBD
Man United vs West Brom, 10am, TBD
Southampton vs Crystal Palace, 10am, TBD
Swansea vs Arsenal, 12:30pm, NBC
Sunday, September 29:
Stoke vs Norwich, 8:30am, NBC Sports Network
Sunderland vs Liverpool, 11am, NBC Sports Network
Monday, September 30:
Everton vs Newcastle, 3pm, NBC Sports Network
Saturday, October 5:
Man City vs Everton, 7:45am, NBC Sports Network, mun 2
Cardiff vs Newcastle, 10am, TBD
Fulham vs Stoke, 10am, TBD
Hull vs Aston Villa, 10am, TBD
Liverpool vs Crystal Palace, 10am, TBD
Southampton vs Swansea, 10am, TBD
Spurs vs West Ham, 10am, TBD
Sunderland vs Man United, 12:30pm, NBC Sports Network, mun 2
Sunday, October 6:
Norwich vs Chelsea, 8:30am, NBC Sports Network
West Brom vs Arsenal, 11am, NBC Sports Network
Saturday, October 19:
Newcastle vs Liverpool, 7:45am, NBC Sports Network
Arsenal vs Norwich, 10am, TBD
Chelsea vs Cardiff, 10am, TBD
Everton vs Hull, 10am, TBD
Man United vs Southampton, 10am, TBD
Stoke vs West Brom, 10am, TBD
Swansea vs Sunderland, 10am, TBD
West Ham vs Man City, 12:30pm, NBC
Sunday, October 20:
Aston Villa vs Spurs, 11am, NBC Sports Network
Monday, October 21:
Crystal Palace vs Fulham, 3pm, NBC Sports Network
Saturday, October 26:
Crystal Palace vs Arsenal, 7:45am, NBC Sports Network
Aston Villa vs Everton, 10am, TBD
Liverpool vs West Brom, 10am, TBD
Man United vs Stoke, 10am, TBD
Norwich vs Cardiff, 10am, TBD
Swansea vs West Ham, 10am, TBD
Spurs vs Hull, 10am, TBD
Southampton vs Fulham, 12:30pm, NBC Sports Network
Sunday, October 27:
Chelsea vs Man City, 8:30am, NBC Sports Network, mun 2
Sunderland vs Newcastle, 11am, NBC Sports Network, mun 2
Saturday, November 2:
Newcastle vs Chelsea, 7:45am, NBC Sports Network
Fulham vs Man United, 10am, TBD
Hull vs Sunderland, 10am, TBD
Man City vs Norwich, 10am, TBD
Stoke vs Southampton, 10am, TBD
West Brom vs Crystal Palace, 10am, TBD
West Ham vs Aston Villa, 10am, TBD
Arsenal vs Liverpool, 12:30pm, NBC, mun 2
Sunday, November 3:
Everton vs Spurs, 8:30am, CNBC
Cardiff vs Swansea, 11am, NBC Sports Network, mun 2
Saturday, November 9:
Aston Villa vs Cardiff, 7:45am, NBC Sports Network
Chelsea vs West Brom, 10am, TBD
Crystal Palace vs Everton, 10am, TBD
Liverpool vs Fulham, 10am, TBD
Southampton vs Hull, 10am, TBD
Swansea vs Stoke, 10am, TBD
Norwich vs West Ham, 12:30pm, NBC
Sunday, November 10:
Spurs vs Newcastle, 7am, NBC Sports Network
Sunderland vs Man City, 9am, NBC Sports Network
Man United vs Arsenal, 11am, NBC Sports Network, Telemundo
Saturday, November 23:
Everton vs Liverpool, 7:45am, NBC Sports Network, mun 2
Arsenal vs Southampton, 10am, TBD
Fulham vs Swansea, 10am, TBD
Hull vs Crystal Palace, 10am, TBD
Newcastle vs Norwich, 10am, TBD
Stoke vs Sunderland, 10am, TBD
Man City vs Spurs, 12:30pm, NBC, mun 2
Sunday, November 24:
West Ham vs Chelsea, 8:30am, NBC Sports Network
Cardiff vs Man United, 11am, NBC Sports Network, mun 2
Monday, November 25:
West Brom vs Aston Villa, 3pm, NBC Sports Network
Saturday, November 30:
Tottenham vs Man United, 7:45am, NBC Sports Network, Telemundo
Aston Villa vs Sunderland, 10am, TBD
Cardiff vs Arsenal, 10am, TBD
Everton vs Stoke, 10am, TBD
Man City vs Swansea, 10am, TBD
Norwich vs Crystal Palace, 10am, TBD
West Ham vs Fulham, 10am, TBD
Newcastle vs West Brom, 12:30pm, NBC
Sunday, December 1:
Hull vs Liverpool, 8:30am, NBC Sports Network
Chelsea vs Southampton, 11am, NBC Sports Network
Tuesday, December 3:
Man United vs Everton, 2:45pm, TBD
Southampton vs Aston Villa, 2:45pm, TBD
Swansea vs Newcastle, 2:45pm, TBD
Crystal Palace vs West Ham, 3pm, TBD
Liverpool vs Norwich, 3pm, TBD
West Brom vs Man City, 3pm, TBD
Wednesday, December 4:
Arsenal vs Hull, 2:45pm, TBD
Stoke vs Cardiff, 2:45pm, TBD
Sunderland vs Chelsea, 2:45pm, TBD
Fulham vs Spurs, 3pm, TBD
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for some reason I think this would be hella fun with friends...
 
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Mourinho to continue pursuing signing of Wayne Rooney despite Manchester United standing firm
Jose Mourinho will continue to pursue the signing of Wayne Rooney despite Manchester United’s insistence that the England forward is to remain at Old Trafford.
Mourinho to continue pursuing signing of Wayne Rooney despite Manchester United standing firm
Still trying: Jose Mourinho is still pursuing Wayne Rooney despite Manchester United's insistence that they will not sell him Photo: AP
By Steve Brenner10:30PM BST 08 Aug 2013CommentsComment
The Chelsea manager has seen two bids , the latest one believed to be in the region of £25 million, rejected by David Moyes who maintains the striker will not be sold.
But with Rooney agitating for a move and poised to hand a transfer request in, Mourinho is waiting in the wings and ready to act once given the green light by the 27 year-old’s advisors.
Certainly images of Rooney training with United reserves yesterday will have pleased Mourinho who was licking his own wounds after a Cristiano Ronaldo inspired Real Madrid inflicted the Portuguese’s first defeat of his second coming at Chelsea.
“We are far away so we are not in England to know every detail but, we are doing things in the correct way,” said Mourinho.
“We made the bid and Manchester United have reacted, let see what happens. But we can’t do more than we are doing now.
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“We are doing things legally, making the official bid directly to the club, no interviews or comments or direct relations with the player, no contact, absolutely nothing.
“We are doing everything in an ethical way, so lets see if things change.
“There is no time limit. We have our squad of strikers. We have identified the player as one we would look to have with us.
“We have done it in an ethical way and we are going to do that until the last day.
“And we will see how it comes.”
Chelsea’s final match of their four game US tour is on Saturday in Washington DC against AS Roma and while there has been much for Mourinho to be pleased about in terms of promising youngsters with Kevin De Bruyne , Dutch midfielder Marco van Ginkel and Andre Schurrle all impressing, the need for a stellar striker remains his top priority.
Asked if he would be happy to begin the season without Rooney on board, Mourinho added: “What we have is what we have.
“We have very good young players, they don’t need us to buy players to replace them. What they need is our trust and work and our support.”
Certainly Brazilian defender David Luiz will not be leaving the Stamford Bridge club after Chelsea instantly rejected Barcelona’s 35 m GBP bid on Tuesday with Mourinho urging them not to waste any more time with further advances.
“It’s lost time for them. My advice to them is to go to the second player on their list because they are wasting their time,” he said.
“We don’t want to lose our best players. No chance.”
The coming together of the Portuguese and his former club less than three months after their bitter parting of the ways ensured it was a difficult night for Mourinho in the stifling Miami humidity who was roundly booed by the predominantly Real Madrid supporting crowd at the Sun Life Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins, who saw a fantastic brace from Cristiano Ronaldo help the Spaniards life the inaugural Guinness International Champions Cup with a 3-1 victory.
Ramires, who cancelled out Marcelo’s first half strike, was Chelsea’s most impressive performer but Mourinho knew why Real may have outclassed the Premier League side.
Carlo Ancelotti’s players have been based here for three days while Chelsea have flown in and out of the Washington DC base on matchdays.
“This was a friendly, so there was no celebrations when we won friendlies, and no dramas because we lost,” he added.
“We could see the difference in approach from both teams. They have been here for three days, they are preparing for this match.
“I know the have trained once a day and I know one of those days was a recovery session.
“They play with the best team for the first minute and they made their first change when it was 3-1. We had a completely different approach.
“I need to see my players. I need to make conclusions.”
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So that settles that. People really thought Jose was going to sell his best defender to the team he hates more than anything in the world. :lol:
 
At Ibras height, if he couldnt dunk that would be an embarrassment. im sure Ronaldo can easily dunk as well. Dudes vertical against Evra in the CL will be something i remember for a long time
 
I'm waiting for PSV to sell that Williabhgam or however you spell it kids name. Dude is a beast on fifa lmao
 
AZwildcats said:
At Ibras height, if he couldnt dunk that would be an embarrassment. im sure Ronaldo can easily dunk as well. Dudes vertical against Evra in the CL will be something i remember for a long time
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:lol: Ibra would look mad awkward I bet too...No doubt Christiano would be able to dunk, he has incredible athleticism and I'd bet if he dedicated time to almost any sport like he did football he'd be very good at it, dude is just an incredible athlete...they should let him run the point in some EuroBasket presesson games for RM :lol:

Now if messi could get up then I'd be :wow: :wow: :rofl:

This NBC sports coverage for EPL is gonna be sooooo dope though I'm excited no more low quality Internet streams :smokin especially if your provider is signed o with them you get every game not televised online and on demand for replays too, so awesome.
 
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In DC for work (and Chelsea/Roma on Saturday). We decided to stroll around after dinner. Came across part of Roma's squad in front of the White House.

Wish I had a camera on me to get a picture in the low light, but I did get to shake DDR's hand.

He seemed kind of aggrevated after I and a couple of others recognized him. :lol:

A cool moment, tho...
 
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RoOk said:
Pirlo? Who said that?

Most Madrid fans didn't hate the signing, was a little surprising because we didn't need him and he wasn't the sexy big name people wanted last summer.
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They did dislike the signing. Hell, during champions league they mentioned how the fans weren't happy with RM signing him and he has managed to come in handy on a few occasions.
 
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