suposedly he's after two german guys, can't remember their names, and maybe christian eriksen, which looks the best of the rumors to me. Kompany's 4 match suspension should help a bit, along with City losing a few guys to the African nations cup (both of which are also screwing me in fantasy selections). There's a big opportunity for Tottenham right now as thet still have a game in hand and are pretty healthy, especially since they'll get City during Kompany's suspension. I thought the card was a joke personally, but with today's rules, I can't see the card being recinded.

Agree on the card. Thankfully it didn't completely ruin the game.. Did he tweet something about it after the game that led to the suspension or something?
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automatic for second red of season. one game for first. It will end up being 2 carling cup and 2 league games if they don't appeal. If they appeal and the FA decides the appeal to be frivilous, they will add another game. supposedly mancini wants to get a center half on transfer to replace him temporarily, but City can't until they complete some transfers out due to FIFA fair play regs. rumors of ballotelli moving on, but i don't see that. Tevez to milan seams likely though.

Liverpool headed for 10th. :wall:

Still bummin after the Spurs V City result today.
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yup. terrible. will spurs get another chance at them? balotelli needs to be annihilated by someone during his next game.

Balotelli is great, such a perfect villain. I'm kinda liking Man City, nice to see them rocking the boat a bit, the league needs it. This Tevez soap opera is amusing, too. Silva is an amazing player to watch.

Chelsea is a sorry team but gotta love Norwich City. Quite the coaching job there.

Tottenham looks weaker with Bale inside. Other than his goal, he seemed invisible against ManC.

Arsenal was foolish to send Frimpong out on loan. He looked fantastic for Wolves until he took the boot to the head. Arshavin is useless. This Ox-Chamberlian kid was great.

Liverpool has to be the biggest disappointment of the season. At the end of last season they were playing the best soccer in the EPL. Too bad they are run by idiots. Carroll has been a disaster, Henderson, Downing, and Adams are not good enough, they were plain stupid to give up Merileis, and this young Spanish defender they sent away to Norwich is looking like a steal. Losing Lucas hurt, but so has getting Gerard back. As incredible player as he is, his one man team all over the field style seems to create enough uncertainty in his teammates that their play slows and they underperform.

scott - no more spurs v. city games, city beat them twice. they're hamstrung in those games because city still owns adabyor (they loaned him to someone, who then loaned him to spurs I think), so he can't play against them. but city is just plain better overall. They did not have either of the Torre brothers on Sunday.

a four game ban is under consideration for Balotelli for the stomp, even though the match official didn't call anything. given the FA's recent history of dealing with non-england internations, it would not surprise me. That could be his ticket out of england since the manager and balotelli's agent both seam to be leaning toward a transfer to Italy anyway.

it almost seams that liverpool has the same management as the red sox the way they're going with bad big money signings and locker room turmoil. oh wait, they do. now they want demba ba? Newcastle just brought in a young up and coming striker so maybe its time for them to sell high on Ba in Liverpool with overpay. Liverpool could end up being Newcastle's sponsor on the road back to the being an elite side by financing all of their signings.

Liverpool looked great today against Man S h i t t y! Dominated much of the game and got a much deserved draw in the end. Amazingly Gerrards presence in the lineup didn't seem to confuse and befuddle his teamates....on to Wembley!
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ManC looked limp against Everton. Awful movement off the ball, few people other than Silva trying to make something happen. They seemed unable to rise the occasion, everyone looking to someone else to save the game. Content to outclass the other team rather than outplay them. Hardly the stuff of champions.

Can say the same for Arsenal vs Bolton. Chamberlain looked special, but Arteta and Song don't have any push in the center and Ramsey, try as he might, is more a box to box guy than a playmaker. Loads of possession but no real idea what to do with it.

Man U v Chelsea this morning on Fox. Should be a great match, especially considering the standings.
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Funny how they are hyping it considering Chelsea's unsuccessful season but with City's win yesterday it's definitely a big game for united. Hoping for a big game from Rooney and a united win but at some point I would like to see Torres wake up and start scoring.....not sure that will ever happen though.

ManU and Chelsea was a fun spectacle......although why AVB didn't shut up shop and call it a day when up 3-0 with 30" to play is beyond me. Was Mikel injured or something? I can't imagine even Man U breaking down a midfield with Mikel, Essien, and this exBarca kid in it.

The Liverpool-Tottenham game was interesting as well. Tottenham is in the running for the league title, but seemingly made little effort to win the game. Not a good sign for them. Liverpool, on the other hand played like demons, but generated very little worth mention.
Now that Capello has quit, Redknap will be very tempted to take the England job. Will he walk out on Tottenham? Nervous times for Tottenham fans I'd imagine.

mikel has a hamstring.

liverpool can really defend. how much offense they can generate is a question though.

tottenham hasn't shown an ability to beat the big boys, and until they do that, i don't see them as a serious contender. although, nobody really looks all that great this year, so if there was ever an opening for them, its now.

i'm really hoping that newcastle can go on a run with Ba and Cisse up front and grab the 4 spot from Chelsea. I'd love to see Chelsea and Arsenal out of the top four.

I think Harry will get the England job. Seems a much better fit than Capello ever was.

I think Harry would be much better off staying at Spurs. The England job is a thankless one and he has seen many of his colleagues who have taken the position go down in flames. He has a good side at Spurs club (that supported him in his latest tax troubles) that are likely to wind up in the CL next year compared to an England squad in need of a massive overhaul. I think we will use the England job as leverage to get more funds from the Spurs board to be able to sign Bale and Modric to long term deals and buy a new striker.

I agree that would appear to be the smart move, but I think the allure of rebuilding the national team may be too much for him to pass up. I love the soap opera that is the English National Team! What a mess. :rotf2:

England coach is a lot less work than Tottenham coach, and likely pays better. Nice pre-retirement job. He'd probably get a 4-6 year contract. I think he will jump all over it if offered. It isn't like Harry hasn't walked out on other teams before in midseason. Priceless how AVB is pushing him for the job.

maybe that will be mourinho's window to get back to the EPL as rumored.

it would be interesting to see how differently the brits treat one of their own as coach than a foreigner (look at how differently suarez and terry were treated for a similar offense).

[QUOTE=Clogston29;919817]maybe that will be mourinho's window to get back to the EPL as rumored.QUOTE]

I always figured the special one holding out for Sir Alex to retire...Spurs are a step down for him. Don't forget Rafa Benitez needs work too and Tottenham might be the perfect place for him.

he has come right out and said that he sees himself as sir alex's replacement. there are some rumors that united may try to push him toward retirement if mourinno really is available. personally, i hope not. i don't enjoy his strict, defensive style (neither do most of his players). that, along with gigg's retirement, would probably be enough to push me toward being a tottenham fan.

Well there are reasons why Suarez and Terry cases are being treated differently. In Terry's case the police were informed about the alleged conduct by a fan which prompted them to be involved in the investigation which has led to the current charges. Once the police were involved the FA decided to not conduct their own investigation concurrent with the police one. If Terry is convicted the FA will then suspend him.

The Brits have been very hostile to Brit coaches that have not had success. Look at Gordon Taylor and Bobby Robson both had a torrid time while in charge.

AVB :rotf2:

Quite the spectacle, Suarez/Evra. The game itself sorta sucked. Liverpool looked sloppy, ManU a bit dull. But the sideshow was worth the admission.

This will be fascinating to see what the FA does.

The more I read about it, the more I doubt they will act against Suarez. It seems refusing to shake hands is not unheard of in the EPL. Still, I suspect they are going to be very tempted to punish him again because this mocks them as much as it mocks Evra.

The FA is a friggin joke. The double standard shown by them regarding these two cases is ridiculious. Who knows if Suarez, when he called Evra a "negrito" meant it in a negative manner, but by his account, and many others familiar with Central American culture, he likely did not. Evra is a scumbag, he proved that at the last World Cup, and has cried wolf in this manner before; this time it just happened to stick. I wouldn't shake his hand either.

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"Once the police were involved the FA decided to not conduct their own investigation concurrent with the police one." - I guess that's the part I'm questioning. Would they make that same decision if it was not an England international? I doubt it, but its just my opinion. In either case, there seams to be alot more evidence against Terry than there was Suarez.

And i agree on the coach thing in the past, i just wonder if Harry might get a bit for slack. Maybe not.

I think Evra and Suarez are both pricks, but in the interest of moving on Suarez should have just gone ahead with the hand shake IMO. You have to shake hands with guys you hate sometimes, just a fact of life.

lots of boring games this weekend.

The issue with the FA is that if they went ahead with their own hearing Terry's legal team would not let him participate because you can not risk having him say something that will come back to haunt him in the criminal case. In a way that leaves the FA with not much to do. That turns out to be a blessing for Chelsea as they get the player for the rest of the season as they fight for a CL spot where Liverpool lost its top striker for 8 games.

As an Arsenal supporter I thought this w/e went rather well as everyone around us dropped points. Will be interesting to see if the return of Gervinho means Walcott goes to the bench (hopefully). The Mertsacker injury is worrisome. All in all I think the schedule does not favor us getting a fourth place finish.

I agree.

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Just in case anyone missed this...

Aston Villa Mascot Refuses Handshake - YouTube

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LOL Chunkah

Carling Cup was fun to watch :humpty:

Does this count as a Red Sox win? :hihi:
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Great win for Liverpool....Cardiff played great. I'd like to see a rematch in the FA Cup final....and no...eff the Sox. ;)

Man U & Arsenal pulled out some classy wins today too....hate those guys.

AVB fired by Chelski....a team in trouble!!! This brings me joy.
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Not so sure...it make make the tie breaker tomorrow a lot more interesting.

-spence

No matter what they do that squad is going to be broken up at the end of the year. Hard to say if any big name coaches will accept Chelsea's management by committee set up. Rafa may be good for Torres. They had a pretty good understanding at Liverpool

I think Benitez would want much more control than he'd get there.
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DVR is set!
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The plot thickens.

Now we find out what ManC is made of. Kudos to ManU for forcing them to crack.....but if and how ManC responds should be interesting and telling. Good teams take on the personality of their manager and that is probably ManU's advantage.

Tomorrow's Arsenal/Newcastle game is also fascinating. Tottenham must also be starting to get nervous.

Next few weeks are going to be great. Chelsea play Man City and Spurs back to back. Arsenal have Man City and Chelsea in April. Spurs look to have the easiest run in after they play Chelsea. CL fourth spot may be decided by the Arsenal Chelsea game at the end of April.

Awful stuff today...

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