Man U is yet another example of how relative continuity is important Would Man U be worse off if Moyes was given 3 years? Woodward while good at making commercial deals... Is a dunce when it comes to football personnel
so ... is it your contention that once they found the winning formula, they just abandoned it? if their success was down to doping (or whatever made it not real), why aren't they doing it, anymore?
Palace games are all exciting if you play fantasy soccer, their fans must be hella mad tho (soft goals galore). also citeh can't defend for sht (glad to see boro take more points off the big boys tho).
Well done Boro - they're proving to be tough. Also Pulisic better not go to Liverpool. Besides not wanting him on a team I hate, I want him to stay right where he is for his development. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It certainly is relevant As @cr7torossi pointed out, a team not subject to UEFA testing could effectively engage in full muppet doping
Yeah I think that if you play CL you can't full on go dopeboy you gotta figure out a way to get around the stricter protocols I'd imagine
We are seeing a run of Spanish teams dominate Europe despite their doping scandal. I don't think it matters that much.
If Conte ever gets sacked, I have the perfect headline: "Conte Partiro." You heard it here first. Edit: I'll get my coat. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Cantona on Jose, Ozil's goal, Big Sam, the French President, and Messi. http://video.eurosport.com/football...sage-for-jose-mourinho._vid942157/video.shtml
most chelsea fans on social media have been so vexed at their club...are they now? if so, Abramovich should personally take away their Internet subscriptions.
What do you mean? The turn on Jose has been pretty funny. I called for his ax in October of last year after the Liverpool 3-1 drubbing as I just didn't see how we could continue. I was pretty pissed at the players until December when he got axed. This group is being allowed to play football in a way that Mourinho doesn't understand. It's been fun to watch. I'll enjoy it for as long as it lasts.
James Joyce was very fond of rugby, of the sport of rugby union. If he were alive and living in America, he may have 500 GB of rugby union matches on a hard drive somewhere. Like I do. There is a very memorable scene in the introductory pages of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" in which our protagonist becomes submerged under the scrum of the very muddy schoolyard pitch. A trip Joyce made to Paris in 1923 created a lasting image in his mind, as he witnessed his beloved Republic of Ireland battle the mighty All Blacks from New Zealand, who remain the greatest rugby union side to this very day, having won the last two World Cups in 2011 and 2015, and quite recently smashing South Africa and Australia in the former Tri-Nations championship (with the addition of Argentina, it has been re-christened "the Rugby Championship"). Finnegans Wake is replete with many references to rugby, including this little nugget on p. 457: "'By the horn of twenty of both of the two saint Collopys, blackmail him I will.'" The Republic of Ireland rugby team is unique because there is only one unified sporting federation for the entire sport on the entire island, made up of players from ALL 32 counties. As it should be. None of this Northern Irish rugby nonsense. Or any nonsense involving the "Northern" Irish. There are no "Northern" Irish. That is a horrible fiction and plague on the world. In 111 years, the Republic of Ireland has NEVER beaten the All Blacks. Not once. Until today. At Soldiers Field, no less, where they smashed the world champions from New Zealand 40-29, before a packed house of 62,000 spectators. All of the Irish worldwide are no doubt celebrating. As would Joyce, if he could. Well, except for the "South Side Irish". You know, the ones from, ahem, "Bridgeport to Beverley". I imagine they remain absolutely oblivious and clueless, except I'm sure of them are fans of the strange looking cartoonish Leprechaun that looks really angry when it's putting up its dukes and/or otherwise praying to "Touchdown Jesus". Somebody go tell those "South Side Irish" what the actual Irish did today and the history they made in Chicago.
Just that a lot of the channels talk about sacking the board and how the club is being mismanaged. Just seems hyperbolic since you're getting a new stadium, you have top players, you're wealthy. 100 pct chelsea, younes h-hamou, chelsea fan channel all say this, probably not so much now, but they did a couple of months ago.
For sure. The Church of Mourinho was/is really strong. The board as late as 2 6 weeks ago was the scapegoat for all our ills. Winning cures all.
Having worked in sports for a number of years, for a team and as a journalist, there's fans who whine about everything. The letters I got were always amusing. That said, I'm happy with Conte for obvious reasons. There's a lot of things I like about Mourinho, but there's also a bunch of things that annoyed me about him.
Thank you Watford for pegging Liverpool back.... to a more reasonable 5-1. Man they are going to have some mammoth GD if they keep playing like that! Edit: 6-1 now. Back to their +5 delta. Sheesh.