You should have your own column, Dave.
Ah, well at least you came clean. I thought maybe the subject matter was too easy to require expletives this time around.
"Diego Costs is a f*cking mard tw*t"
That's a davet010 original...
;)
When I think of davet010 originals I think of the pet names of players you hate, like 'Shrek' for Wayne Rooney.
Sterling sure fits right in with City's attacking players, doesn't he? Didn't seem to get in the space of others, offering width and running at defenders at pace they may have been lacking a bit last year. Apparently it was like that straight away in pre-season, but with pre-season being pre-season you never really know.
Looks like Jose is writing the match reports now. Unbelievable...
Match report: Manchester City 3 Chelsea 0 from the official Chelsea website
What would you expect from a match report written by the teams involved?
"Diego Costs is a f*cking mard tw*t"
That's a davet010 original...
;)
Finally we can both REALLY agree on something. I really liked what you said comparing Aguero, a class player, with Costa. Because all Costa has done this season so far this season is pick fights. Seems to have completely forgotten about the goal scoring from last year.
EDIT: Everton seem to be in for Yarmolenko. This is terribly exciting for me, and I shall now commence drinking in pre-celebration.
Hey, its back!
I don't like Costa. He takes cheap shots, and falls to the ground if someone looks at him wrong. Last year he got some favorable calls, and he also scored goals and caused problems. He seems to be causing more problems for his own team this year, though I know we are only two games in. Falcao and Remy haven't looked great either.
Curious if these are actual problems, or just some rustiness.
Hey, its back!
Love that Lukaku is portrayed with the fan be accidentally clocked. (Context, for folks who didn't see the story).
Agreed that Costa is a piece of work. Would love to see him and Mourinho fall out and start blaming each other for Chelsea's struggles.
Maybe Chelsea's locker room could serve as an ad hoc Thunderdome?
Well, that's still better than all your offers for De Bruyne being a smokescreen for not signing De Bruyne.
Shame Cabella never got a chance to shine in the middle for Newcastle, but he's gone to Marseille now after an unimpressive single season.
His replacement is Florian Thauvin, who I do not know much about, although French paper L'Equipe seem to have their own opinion on our newest acquisition:
"You really hope to sell cheese to tourists for €50?" "Why not? The English spent €17m on Thauvin"
Shame Cabella never got a chance to shine in the middle for Newcastle, but he's gone to Marseille now after an unimpressive single season.
His replacement is Florian Thauvin, who I do not know much about, although French paper L'Equipe seem to have their own opinion on our newest acquisition:
I don't know much about Thauvin (haven't even tried to look up his stats) but I'm skeptical that the difference between him and Cabella is worth £12m, less what you expect to get selling Cabella to Marseille next summer.
The English press seem to be hyperventilating over Jonjo Shelvey after two games this year. Since moving to Swansea he's been a good player and he did play very well in the first two games but it seems a bit much for the New (English) Charlie Adam.
Why put up a whole statement if all you have to do is say YEAH SURE YOU SIGNED UP ANDY CARROLL YOU MUG.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/...
5 million for a 31 year old? Hmm, don't want to advance my Austin agenda too much, but if someone is willing to pay 5mil for a player with no resell value, why not invest 15 in someone who's much better and will probably have same net cost considering they would fetch 10 million for him after if they'd get relegated this year
I think Bournemouth could afford Austin's fee without a problem, but the wages if they were to get relegated would probably be a big issue. The prospect of paying wages that apparently put Newcastle off to a player for 3 or 4 years in the Championship is something I'd want to avoid if I were Bournemouth. Whether it's a decline in performance or a major injury being the cause of getting stuck with him I don't think that's a risk a club like Bournemouth can afford right now.
£5m for 31 year-old Glen Murray seems pretty dumb to me though. This summer's Rickie Lambert transfer I guess. I don't see Murray doing a lot to help them stay up.
I'd take a shot at Balotelli on loan before giving Murray a multi-year contract but my Mario soft spot is probably blinding me. Probably been hit in the eyes by too many shots from 25+ yards out.
The biggest issue with Austin is the fact his contract is up at the end of the season. I think he'll leave this window though, QPR are just putting that figure there to see if anyone will stump it up before deadline day, and with the new TV deal coming into play from next season, he is valuable to them.
Dave, I get your point, but any team that got promoted to PL has to have this kind of money to burn.
Singing one 15-20 million player after getting promoted from Championship was how I've always rolled in FM.
(Hey, maybe what I really want is to go back to playing FM instead of reading football news.)
This "under the radar" bid was probably so under the radar that Woodward neglected to mention it even to Barca executives. Safer that way.
I'm sure Woodward will get around to bidding on Neymar if Neymar's release clause gets bumped up from whatever ridiculous symbolic figure it already is. I can't believe he's still at Manchester United after how he handled the Fellaini transfer.
Obertan is starting again for Newcastle today :(. I like the guy as a player, for a club of Newcastle's stature he's a decent guy to have as your 4th-best wide player, but starting him again and again is madness.
=O 0-0?! 0-0! =D
Shame we couldn't get the 3 points as well with some good chances from Mitrovic and Cisse at the end. Excruciating final 15 minutes to watch, but hopefully this kick starts our season.
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