This wins for best comedy goal of all time, though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL5Q84ig0ZE

7/27/2010 12:42:26 PM

^^ If you read the description it was the winning goal in extra time for the Iceland national league.

7/27/2010 3:56:49 PM

also easier to coordinate a celebration like that on a penalty when everybody is right there

7/27/2010 5:05:08 PM

^^^ if the keeper hadn't stopped running he could've gotten that

in other news, if someone tried that in a competitive game i was playing in (anything other than pickup), i would've kicked him in the face

7/27/2010 5:27:46 PM

yeah, seriously. I would've come in studs up on that fucker's head.

7/27/2010 7:25:59 PM

It's weird seeing Raul in a Schalke shirt

7/29/2010 2:29:07 PM

Quote :

"It's weird seeing Raul in a Schalke shirt"

I see your Raul in a Schalke shirt and raise you one Guti.

7/29/2010 2:41:20 PM

7/31/2010 4:41:46 PM

DERP

7/31/2010 4:59:04 PM

haha red card for patrick vieira against marco "the ultimate italian douchebag" matterazzi

was not even a yellow card offense....lol why cant the sideline ref come in and tell the head ref that that wasnt a red.

7/31/2010 8:35:17 PM

awesome goal from obinna for inter

7/31/2010 8:51:51 PM

lol own goal

7/31/2010 9:24:35 PM

and then some unknown italian smashes an EPIC 30 yard half volley into the upper 90. 18 year old dude for inter hit prob the greatest goal hell ever score in his life. too bad its a friendly lol

[Edited on July 31, 2010 at 9:46 PM. Reason : f]

7/31/2010 9:45:46 PM

aahha nmind it was City getting raped again

[Edited on July 31, 2010 at 10:24 PM. Reason : they're going to be terrible this year, you cant tell me different]

7/31/2010 10:22:56 PM

I would wait until Tevez, Boateng, Silva, De Jong, and possibly Milner and Balotelli are in the lineup before making any predictions for City's season.

7/31/2010 10:47:53 PM

well the only problem is who fuckin has any idea what their starting lineup will even be? they are talking about offloading 30ish people...who the fuck does that??? ridiculous amounts of money are going to be spent and lost at city. i read that at this rate if they keep doing this the next 3-5 years the will spend over 1 billion dollars on just players bought and released alone.

[Edited on July 31, 2010 at 11:03 PM. Reason : lol grammar]

7/31/2010 11:00:16 PM

apparently money ain't a thing to Sheikh Mansour

7/31/2010 11:12:31 PM

apparently winning ain't no thing (he's heard of) either...

7/31/2010 11:22:28 PM

ohhhh snap

7/31/2010 11:22:49 PM

City official: Man City is a bright young team. They've got a great coach, a promising new squad. Only problem is...[record scratch]...they have to win trophies to get any kind of credibility! But now, they're about to find out that winning trophies isn't so easy!

7/31/2010 11:30:53 PM

hahahahahaha.

In... Mancini's Cup.

Rated R. Staring Tony Danza as Roberto Mancini and Keanu Reeves as Roque Santa Cruz.

7/31/2010 11:32:48 PM

ahahahahaha epic

7/31/2010 11:33:06 PM

you're only bringing up City's past because the only silverware Man U will come close to touching this season is the Community Shield

7/31/2010 11:47:00 PM

what past?

[Edited on July 31, 2010 at 11:49 PM. Reason : dont make me lol]

7/31/2010 11:48:51 PM

wonder why you're a city fan???

7/31/2010 11:51:26 PM

lol, the color of a true Walmart-bandwagon fan of all sports.

7/31/2010 11:53:28 PM

Let's talk about this:
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=810915&sec=transfers&cc=5901&cc=5901


and more specifically, this:

Quote :

"Inter striker Balotelli, 19, had been expected to complete his move to Eastlands by the end of the week but, after agent Mino Raiola held talks with City officials on Thursday, reports emerged of a disagreement over the player's wages."

I will tell you what's going to happen here, and you can fucking take it to the bank.


1. Balotelli signs some stupid deal. 250k a week.
2. Balotelli plays well some games, sucks others.
3. Balotelli is Balotelli, and destroys the locker room.
4. City implodes.
5. Roberto Mancini gets fired.
6. New manager comes in, wants to offload Balotelli because he destroyed the team.
7. New manager can't find any Balotelli buyers, because Balotelli wants too much money to play.
8. Balotelli continues ruining the locker room, season after season.
9. No one wants to go to City.
10. Everyone in Europe laughs at them.

7/31/2010 11:56:26 PM

7/31/2010 11:59:47 PM

hahaha. well done sir. well done.

8/1/2010 12:01:23 AM

8/1/2010 12:03:04 AM

Last season I took a liking to City and recently picked them over Arsenal as my favorite EPL team. Admittedly, the sky blue color of the team's jerseys was one factor in my decision to support City. More important is Carlos Tevez's presence at Eastlands. I have admired his hustle and grit, what Martin Tyler calls his "bulldog-like approach" on FIFA 10, since watching him play in the 2007 Copa América. The recent additions of David Silva, a player whose style of play I hope to mimic, and Boateng, who plays for my favorite international team, helped to tip the scales in City's favor.

8/1/2010 12:49:06 AM

so you decided to like them off what martin tyler said on a video game and the color of their jerseys? and a guy they just purchased this summer for whom you have no idea will even be able to adapt to the english style of play?

8/1/2010 1:07:02 AM

kiljadn, I pray that Balotelli has matured a bit since last season. Maybe he won't do anything as stupid as wearing a United shirt during a televised interview or sticking his tongue out at Huddlestone after converting a penalty kick.

8/1/2010 1:07:13 AM

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 1:09 AM. Reason : f]

8/1/2010 1:08:27 AM

You're comparing apples and oranges, my friend. Carolina is much more like United than City. How does the Wal-Mart/Carolina insult apply to supporters of professional clubs? Is owning season tickets like attending or graduating from UNC? In that case, we are all Wal-Mart supporters of EPL clubs.

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 1:43 AM. Reason : apply]

8/1/2010 1:43:10 AM

nvm

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 3:31 AM. Reason : n]

8/1/2010 3:25:34 AM

8/1/2010 10:05:19 AM

8/1/2010 10:15:37 AM

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2010/08/01/2050929/manchester-city-striker-emmanuel-adebayor-told-he-can-leave-with-



This is a team destined for great things.

8/1/2010 11:39:45 AM

Perhaps Mancini figures that competition for a starting spot between Adebayor and Balotelli could cause a locker room riot. I'm afraid putting Balotelli, Adebayor, Drogba, and Rooney in the same league might start World War III.

8/1/2010 1:08:44 PM

You can't honestly sit there and tell me you don't see this epic implosion coming from miles away.



They can't offload Robinho. They won't offload Adebayor. Tevez has already had a bust-up with Mancini, and there's stories about him not being motivated after they got bumped out of the WC. Balotelli will come in and piss off everyone. They performed terribly in every single one of their pre-season matches. This team is the perfect shining example of what NOT to do when you're trying to build a successful club.

8/1/2010 1:30:13 PM

I wonder if they can offload anybody due to the high wages of the players. Barcelona might make a play for Robinho, but I doubt it.

8/1/2010 1:42:15 PM

I think it has something to do with the wages, but i think a lot of teams are waiting on man city. They're going to go into crisis mode just before the transfer window closes and have to sell off a bunch of players at obscenely low prices. They might be trying to get a decent haul for some of their players right now, but soon they'll have to get rid of them or loan them all out or something.

It'd be pretty hilarious if they had a bunch of players on their team who weren't allowed to play, but are making like 100k plus a week. Man city is retarded, this team is a waste of money and talent.

8/1/2010 1:48:00 PM

Quote :

"Another leading global agent told Soccernet: "The big earners are not willing to go. It is tough to get them out of the club. "Its a case of having to pay them off, offer them hugs sums, millions, just to leave. Or they are going to be forced to subsidise the wages of players they sell. "There is no doubt that City are going to lose a lot of money, on a lot of players. If it carries on like this, then in four or five years, Manchester City would have blown £1 billion on players.""

Quote :

"The player's agents are looking at possible destinations but Adebayor's desire to maintain his £130,000-a-week Manchester City wages are making a move difficult."

^it doesnt really matter how low they go on transfer fees...if the players at city are making 100k plus a week, they arent going to be hard pressed to leave to other clubs and make much less...

so i could scenarios where say they accept a 7-10 million pound transfeer fee for bellamy, but bellamy refuses to leave/sign a contract with said team cause he would make half as much as hes already making at city

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 2:17 PM. Reason : f]

8/1/2010 1:49:03 PM

yea that's true. i would just think a player would be stupid to basically sit out a year just to get paid. man city is really f'ing themselves with this. like that article said, they probably need to pay some of these players off to get rid of them, theyll lose a ton of money with their billion dollar payroll.

8/1/2010 2:13:25 PM

well $150k(100k pounds) a week i think translates to about 8 million dollars a year. im thinking most clubs would pay a lot of these players about half the wages they are making unless they moved to another club that is more prominent than city, but even then they wont make more than what city are paying...hell rooney doesnt even make 100k pounds a week.

so anyway taking a paycut in half is about 4 millon dollars a year, plus i think the EPL or england or whatever dictates this has some sort 50% tax for professional athletes i believe. so then that takes it down to only 2 million dollars a year....i think there are definitely players on that team who wouldnt mind staying on the team and making their wages. they could maybe hope they would be loaned out. problem for city is most clubs arent gonna want to pay the ridiculous wages of the players they loan so citymight still be forced to pay the players wages even while they are out on loan...



all in all this is the exact reason why its shitty to try and buy success. chelsea did it for the most part, but they were already pretty successful this and last decade, or at least close enough to the top and had talent already. i wasnt real happy with abramovich's approach to spend spend spend at first but i think he realized how bad it is for the club and how it ruins the youth program and creates instability in the club so he has now stopped that approach and they appear to be back up on top successfully. for some reason i dont feel like the same will happen with city and i dont ever see them pulling off instant success like chelski did. i really really hope they dont ruin the game in england with this retarded ass approach they are taking

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 2:29 PM. Reason : f]

8/1/2010 2:25:03 PM

article up on soccernet now talking about Dzeko to City

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=811249&sec=transfers&cc=5901

8/1/2010 3:26:18 PM

money aside, there has to be a ton of suitors for a player of this caliber




jt was at that game, remember how mad you were?



[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 3:38 PM. Reason : ]

8/1/2010 3:31:07 PM

^ LOL

Quote :

"hell rooney doesnt even make 100k pounds a week."

I think his new deal puts him on 120k, but the rest of your post is still 100% accurate.



Even Abromavic wasn't this bad, either. He still paid market value salaries, and he refused to be fleeced for players that weren't worth it (the lone exception being Schevchenko).

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 3:39 PM. Reason : City are really just throwing money at anything that will move]

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 3:40 PM. Reason : LOLOLOLOL]

8/1/2010 3:37:09 PM

jtmoneyncsu arsenal fan exposed?????

8/1/2010 3:41:35 PM