markjazzbassist

Brazil (1)3 - (1)2 Netherlands Germany (2)4 - (0)1Argentina

welcome, I'm an american living in new orleans.

we have barry, mccarthy that's it. i don't count gibson, he's always injured. osman is more attacking when Roberto lines him up. so we need a solid person to rotate with gazza and james.

argentina has looked more dangerous, holland doesn't look great. that back 3 is terrible.

let me use a hafnia-ism to explain this. jack rodwell is being offered a free car, will he choose the ford hatchback, or the jaguar? no competition here unless they want to overpay.

Mandzukic is 22m euro or 18m pounds. How is rom 20m? Alexis Sanchez 30m pounds, again how is rom 20m? Mandzukic 60k a week, Sanchez was 75k and wants more. We can afford these guys, what the heck!

Honestly I believe that as well. Negotiated that 2.5m clause to 1m glad of that. Give bill some credit.

made up, finally we get the signings going. another centre mid, 2 wingers/attacking mid and another forward or 2 and i'll be at ease.

i have been holding back from posting here because i've been trying to wait it out and see what happens. but after seeing a lot of great players, good players, decent players, even bad players get snatched up, i'm wondering whats going on. did bob have too much fun in brazil? if barry won't sign or is holding back, then negotiations 101 is get linked to younger better player at same position. why don't we get linked with schneiderlin, or actual players of quality. it's like we just got elected prom king and the only girls that we're asking out are busted 6 out of 10's.

looks like arsenal are going to splash 32m on alexis sanchez, and 10m on mathieu debuchy. i guess after ozil the floodgates have opened over there.

yes they have, but i think the end result will be the same since they have Fat Sam as manager. I think he will get sacked if they don't do really well this year, rightfully so.

minimum qualify for Europe again. Don't care the place, as long as we aren't' relegated. A Europa league win, or cup final to qualify is fine too, just want to continue to be in europe and gain steam there.

Yep, but I don't know which lovern will show up. The one who was amazing for soton, or the one Lyon fans called "the worst defender we've ever had" the year prior. Not too worried about this to be honest.

Brazil 1(1) - 1(2) Germany Netherlands 0(0) - 0(1) Argentina

good for him, there was a link to the red shite, and i cringed. roma has american owners so i'm not surprised there. in other new Aron Johannsson broke his ankle and is out 6-8 weeks. that's why Wondo was subbed in the last match, we only had 1 fit striker. Still kills me that Terrence Boyd didn't make that roster.

because everyone in the world is watching him now, so he has the most exposure and the most eyes on him. the WC inflates values like crazy, and i think they would get the most money now for him. say he goes on loan and scores 12 goals, he just becomes an average striker and no one will think twice about him. but now? he's on top of the world.

rooting for belgium (since they beat the us) and costa rica (concacaf brethren) today. here's to the underdogs!

with terms like "future of english football" being thrown about all the time, 25m is a kick in the balls.

agreed MC. this is just journo spunk. campbell is either getting sold or playing for arsenal, you either cash in or use an asset at peak value, loan would devalue him and he'd be out of the public eye. this is the best time for him right now.

With mandzukic going to Madrid where are people saying Rom will end up now? A long while ago I remember spurs were interested, and maybe Dortmund. But Dortmund got someone from Italy already and spurs have a new manager. Who knows maybe he will fall to us for the right price since all the other suitors have dropped. Plus Chelsea need to sell. Costa and favregas were expensive and with FFP they need to sell.

Although he speaks french arson wenger is French not Belgian.

I think the main concensus here is the problems with the club are CEO elstone and the board. Why doesn't the supporters trust get a petition going against them?

i love the gervinho one, haha

agreed. they could remove the punishment, and as long as he's not in the BPL i could care less.

yankees owners already have a team, Manc City NYC. They partnered with Manc City. I wouldn't be against American owners, but they don't have a great track record. Randy Lerner (Villa), Previous Red Shite (Gillete). I just think Americans don't know enough and don't care enough. Football in England is so intensely passionate (from the fans) that you need an owner who is either just a money bags (like man city) or hands on and in it. No American owner wants to just be money bags, on the whole (stereotype i know) americans are greedier and more narsicisstic, so we'd have some rich guy who didn't know anything about football acting like a boob. no thanks. i'll take a passionate Bill Kenwright who actually knows football, understands the fans, and gets the history here.