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[Rogue219]

Liverpool FC have won in court against New Balance. They are moving forward with Nike kits.

Someone please send a car for Kylian Mbappe now.

 

[ACamp1900]

I remember when the Sounders used to be the villains of the MLS,... now, thank you Seattle on behalf of freedom loving MLS fans everywhere.

 

[Rogue219]

Juventus had scouts at Anfield Sunday to watch Mo Salah.

I assume they had a bag of magic pixie dust with them, too, because that just isn't going to happen.

 

[notredomer23]

Juventus had scouts at Anfield Sunday to watch Mo Salah.

I assume they had a bag of magic pixie dust with them, too, because that just isn't going to happen.

Why? Juve has spent $1B on transfer fees this decade and has shown they will spend crazy amounts in getting CR7. If Pool got an offer of $150MM+ euros they'd be crazy not to take it.

 

[Rogue219]

Why? Juve has spent $1B on transfer fees this decade and has shown they will spend crazy amounts in getting CR7. If Pool got an offer of $150MM+ euros they'd be crazy not to take it.

Why would he go there?

 

[ACamp1900]

Celtic just took all three points in their away trip to Lazio right at the very end...

 

[NorthDakota]

Why would he go there?

Easier league I guess. Possibly money? Weather? City?

I doubt he'd go. If he leaves it's for Madrid. Honestly he's in the right place to finish his peak years. He's guaranteed to play, has a center forward that is fine being more of a playmaker, has a guy on the other wing who commands a ton of attention as well.

Pool v. City will be straight fire. If Pool win, things start looking really difficult for City.

 

[Rogue219]

Easier league I guess. Possibly money? Weather? City?

I doubt he'd go. If he leaves it's for Madrid. Honestly he's in the right place to finish his peak years. He's guaranteed to play, has a center forward that is fine being more of a playmaker, has a guy on the other wing who commands a ton of attention as well.

Pool v. City will be straight fire. If Pool win, things start looking really difficult for City.

The open minded fans in Italy? I'm sure a brown Muslim from Egypt would fit right in with Balotelli and Kouliably for those wretched ultras who hurl racist slurs at Serie A matches. Salah can vacation there. I wouldn't even advise that let alone play there.

It's nonsense. They're not selling him. They're going to do a second addition to Anfield and have the Nike deal coming. They're Champions of Europe and at the top of the English table at present. Serie A isn't what it was fifteen years ago.

Liverpool need to take all three points this weekend at Anfield. They can't afford a draw at home. Looks like City has some injury issues. Liverpool have been conceding first and winning 2-1 a lot. I don't know if you can sustain that kind of performance week after week. Plus VAR has been pretty bad for them.

It's way too early to talk about the title being difficult for anyone. The slate of winter matches is brutal. December and January make or break you. Look at Liverpool's slate of fixtures those two months. It's going to be brutal.

 

[Rogue219]

Celtic just took all three points in their away trip to Lazio right at the very end...

Two of their supporters were stabbed earlier this morning.

Fucking Lazio, fucking Italy. Gross.

 

[ACamp1900]

Two of their supporters were stabbed earlier this morning.

Fucking Lazio, fucking Italy. Gross.

Yep saw that,... the whole dynamic is crazy to me,... the other side would say you were all warned this might happen, why advertise why you are in Rome??? I’ve been there, it’s safe enough, don’t poke the bear. Euro soccer fans though.

 

[ACamp1900]

The open minded fans in Italy? I'm sure a brown Muslim from Egypt would fit right in with Balotelli and Kouliably for those wretched ultras who hurl racist slurs at Serie A matches. Salah can vacation there. I wouldn't even advise that let alone play there.

It's nonsense. They're not selling him. They're going to do a second addition to Anfield and have the Nike deal coming. They're Champions of Europe and at the top of the English table at present. Serie A isn't what it was fifteen years ago.

Liverpool need to take all three points this weekend at Anfield. They can't afford a draw at home. Looks like City has some injury issues. Liverpool have been conceding first and winning 2-1 a lot. I don't know if you can sustain that kind of performance week after week. Plus VAR has been pretty bad for them.

It's way too early to talk about the title being difficult for anyone. The slate of winter matches is brutal. December and January make or break you. Look at Liverpool's slate of fixtures those two months. It's going to be brutal.

Yes the money in England is absurd now but Juve is still Juve,... it’s not like he’d be going to some pub team.

 

[Rogue219]

Yes the money in England is absurd now but Juve is still Juve,... it’s not like he’d be going to some pub team.

They haven't won Europe in 35 years and when they aren't fixing matches they roll over their domestic competition with ease. Salah is in his prime at 27. Maybe in 5-6 years he can go to Italy and pad his medals, but this isn't happening now.

He was brilliant yesterday, too, BTW. His best individual outing in a while. Team performance in general was excellent against a still very quality and deep City side.

Nothing is won yet, but Liverpool are on a generational type of run right now their supporters should enjoy. You never know how long this will last, but they have been dominant now since losing to City last year at the Etihad.

 

[ACamp1900]

They haven't won Europe in 35 years and when they aren't fixing matches they roll over their domestic competition with ease. Salah is in his prime at 27. Maybe in 5-6 years he can go to Italy and pad his medals, but this isn't happening now.

He was brilliant yesterday, too, BTW. His best individual outing in a while. Team performance in general was excellent against a still very quality and deep City side.

Nothing is won yet, but Liverpool are on a generational type of run right now their supporters should enjoy. You never know how long this will last, but they have been dominant now since losing to City last year at the Etihad.

Last two paragraphs there is no issue but they've made the Champions League final twice in the last six years, that's like someone shitting on Liverpool because they haven't won the league title in almost thirty years.... Juve is still a giant.

 

[ACamp1900]

Zlatan's 'thing' always rubbed me a bit wrong... now that he officially left the LAG I'm just over it. His official statement today was,"I came, I saw, I conquered..."

No, you freaking didn't dude, you had some highlight goals and great games against LAFC and that's about it. You won exactly fuckle and accomplished exactly fuckle. If you were this soccer God you swear to be you'd have won something here in the 'lil ole MLS'....

 

[fightingirish26]

Zlatan's 'thing' always rubbed me a bit wrong... now that he officially left the LAG I'm just over it. His official statement today was,"I came, I saw, I conquered..."

No, you freaking didn't dude, you had some highlight goals and great games against LAFC and that's about it. You won exactly fuckle and accomplished exactly fuckle. If you were this soccer God you swear to be you'd have won something here in the 'lil ole MLS'....

At a summer job I had in high school, I worked with this guy who said he used to play in Malmö's academy. He was a striker, and was a few years older than Zlatan. He told me they were in the same youth squad for exactly one game, when he came on as a sub for Zlatan. He eventually missed his spot kick in penalties after extra time. No idea if that's true or not, but it's a fun story.

I'm just glad I never had to root for him. Amazing talent, eclipsed only by his ego.

 

[Rogue219]

Last two paragraphs there is no issue but they've made the Champions League final twice in the last six years, that's like someone shitting on Liverpool because they haven't won the league title in almost thirty years.... Juve is still a giant.

I'm not denying they're a big club. They could sleep walk and win the Italian double.

I'm arguing that it wouldn't make sense for Salah to leave Liverpool and go there while he's in his prime.

It isn't going to happen.

 

[Rogue219]

So in other news, Financial Fair Play dead.

 

[CTIDANDREW]

So in other news, Financial Fair Play dead.

It is a really odd thing to be worried about if Manchester City broke FFP rules or not. I am honestly curious why Liverpool fans even care?

Do people really think it is cheating? Manchester City are owned by one of the richest "entities" in the world. Are they good people, most likely no, and do they participate in questionable ethical behavior on human rights within their own country, probably yes.

However, they bought a proud historic club that had been around for over 100 years before they ever came into the picture and made them intro a world class operation and have spent 100's of millions of dollars (pounds) on improving the facilitates and infrastructure of the surrounding area of where the club is located. I have first hand experience of this when I went over and saw a City game in person last year.

I do not have any proof of this I will admit, but I have to imagine all the construction of the "Etihad Campus" brought countless construction work jobs to the Manchester Community as well as career jobs for those who work at the campus.

City's owners have been a Net positive to the PL as a whole, just as I would admit John Henry has been for Liverpool and Roman has been for Chelsea. They all truly care about the club and how it is run and don't just look at it as a toy that is just an endless money pit for themselves. Something I would accuse the Glazer family doing with Manchester United, and most United fans I have spoken with have agreed.

The owners that Financial Fair Play was created for are the guys like Vincent Tan, and Tony Fernandes who treat their clubs like a toy with no forward thinking of how a football club should be run or how many lives a club truly affects...and once they get bored will just raid and take everything for themselves and leave the fans with nothing.

Rant over, enjoy your inevitable PL Title this year because Manchester City cannot stay healthy and Liverpool just refuse to lose! It has been a great rivalry and I look forward to the next match.

 

[Rogue219]

It is a really odd thing to be worried about if Manchester City broke FFP rules or not. I am honestly curious why Liverpool fans even care?

Do people really think it is cheating? Manchester City are owned by one of the richest "entities" in the world. Are they good people, most likely no, and do they participate in questionable ethical behavior on human rights within their own country, probably yes.

However, they bought a proud historic club that had been around for over 100 years before they ever came into the picture and made them intro a world class operation and have spent 100's of millions of dollars (pounds) on improving the facilitates and infrastructure of the surrounding area of where the club is located. I have first hand experience of this when I went over and saw a City game in person last year.

I do not have any proof of this I will admit, but I have to imagine all the construction of the "Etihad Campus" brought countless construction work jobs to the Manchester Community as well as career jobs for those who work at the campus.

City's owners have been a Net positive to the PL as a whole, just as I would admit John Henry has been for Liverpool and Roman has been for Chelsea. They all truly care about the club and how it is run and don't just look at it as a toy that is just an endless money pit for themselves. Something I would accuse the Glazer family doing with Manchester United, and most United fans I have spoken with have agreed.

The owners that Financial Fair Play was created for are the guys like Vincent Tan, and Tony Fernandes who treat their clubs like a toy with no forward thinking of how a football club should be run or how many lives a club truly affects...and once they get bored will just raid and take everything for themselves and leave the fans with nothing.

Rant over, enjoy your inevitable PL Title this year because Manchester City cannot stay healthy and Liverpool just refuse to lose! It has been a great rivalry and I look forward to the next match.

Don't forget PSG.

There's a lot to unpack here, but the idea that you've conceded the title to Liverpool in November because City "cannot stay healthy" gives me all that I need to not launch a lengthy response.

 

[CTIDANDREW]

Don't forget PSG.

There's a lot to unpack here, but the idea that you've conceded the title to Liverpool in November because City "cannot stay healthy" gives me all that I need to not launch a lengthy response.

It was said in jest...but whatever enjoy cheering for other teams to be banned, suspended, or whatever because of some made up rules. That is exactly what we all became sports fans for after all I guess! Lol

Liverpool have been the better team this season by leaps and bounds. Enjoy your probable first PL title. Hopefully City can get healthy after the X-mas schedule and mount a second half charge like last year to keep things interesting.

 

[ACamp1900]

Fuck all you front runners,....


















Just felt compelled. Fuck y’all once more, have a nice weekend tho,....

 

[CTIDANDREW]

Fuck all you front runners,....



















Just felt compelled. Fuck y’all once more, have a nice weekend tho,....

I started following Manchester City in 2008-2009 when Robinho, Stephen Ireland, and Martin Petrov were their best attacking players and there was no guarantee of the trophies and talent to come.

Enjoy your weekend as well.

 

[ACamp1900]

I started following Manchester City in 2008-2009 when Robinho, Stephen Ireland, and Martin Petrov were their best attacking players and there was no guarantee of the trophies and talent to come.

Enjoy your weekend as well.

Oh, well then,...

 

[sharksamardzija8345]

Poch out in Tottenham. Yikes, what the hell are they thinking?

 

[Rogue219]

I started following Manchester City in 2008-2009 when Robinho, Stephen Ireland, and Martin Petrov were their best attacking players and there was no guarantee of the trophies and talent to come.

Enjoy your weekend as well.

It was the year the sheikh bought the club though, so your timing was pretty damn good.

 

[Rogue219]

Poch out in Tottenham. Yikes, what the hell are they thinking?

This might make Harry Kane to Real Madrid a reality.

Already reports they want to have a talk with Jose Mourinho.

Wonder what this means for Ole at United.

 

[Rogue219]

159 wins
62 Draws
72 losses

Consist top four finishes for Champions League. Lost a League Cup Final and Champions League Final.

Tough act to follow at Tottenham. To top it off they bring in Mourinho. Not sure I understand paying Poch's buyout and Mourinho doesn't come cheap.

 

[Old Man Mike]

Watched the two USMNT games recently --- not QUITE as painful as those before, but not encouraging of pleasurable viewing once better opponents face off.

Everyone seems to talk about the strikers/forwards or somethings associated with the back defense/gk, but in my opinion, where we don't come close to meeting the challenge is mid-field.

All my listening to the commentators for the EPL convinced me that the midfield is where the games are won (for the vast majority of teams --- why they call it "The Engine Room"). And watching the easier-to-see women's games made that clear even to this amateur. Coaches talk about "bossing the midfield."

Well the USMNT sure as heck doesn't boss the midfield.

That brings me to ask you veterans the question: who the heck should the US play there?

I have a few intuitions that I'm pretty sure are wrong, but I'm going to toss them out anyway. Midfielders need to have a combination of tough aggression (think Liverpool) and play-making footskills (think City.) Who do we have who is even a two-levels down imitator of any of that?

The only tough midfield players that we have there seem to be Bradley (I know the board dislikes him but I think he has the only brains in our whole squad, and the commentators like Lalas and Twellman think so too), and McKinnie. McKinnie is an overt wildman who is on the verge of a yellow all the time, plus has mediocre play-making ability to say the least. His attack potential comes when he is NOT asked to be a provider but instead crashes the box. Bradley seems required to keep McKinnie "intelligent and in control" out there. Because of the lack of good passing skill, is McKinnie a true answer in midfield?

Yuill looked surprisingly calm and competent in the two games. And he didn't quit playing when others took a snooze vs Cuba. Roldan hasn't shown me anything either in toughness nor footskill.

I was surprised at how good Morris and Arriola looked on the wings. Could anyone conceivably imagine letting them be there and making Pulisic our play-making "10"?

Obviously I'm out of my depth here, but some of you guys have been watching these players for a long time.

 

[notredomer23]

Not even really worth analyzing these last two matches because our next meaningful camp isn't until March. You could argue our 4 most important players weren't in this camp because of injury/fitness in Pulisic, Steffen, Adams, and Weah. A lot will change. Some of the important U23s will start to become involved like CCV and Antonee Robinson, and then you have others on the verge of cracking their first teams in Chris Richards, Alex Mendez, Gio Reyna, and Richie Ledezma who if they are getting minutes in Europe, they will definitely get called in to camp.

Only thing we really learned is that Lovitz isn't even CONCACAF level.

 

[Rogue219]

I see a lot in common with the names on this list in terms of their resumes.

This should be interesting either way.