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#1 ·
Start of the season last night with some good results. Hull City beat Fulham which i wasn't fully expecting. It's one match but it will be bad for Fulham to be relegated as we can't have Australia's number 1 goalkeeper not playing top tier soccer.

Tonight's matches(Not results just my predictions)
Aston Villa Vs Manchester City - Villa 2-1
Chelsea Vs Portsmouth - Draw 1-1
Newcastle United Vs Manchester United - Man Utd 2-0
 
#32 ·
Yea they are damn talented hopefully they can actually play offensive soccer for once and start scoring goals.

Talent wise they are defiantly up there and adding Deco defiantly opens up the field.
 
#33 ·
I don't think goals will be a problem with Chelsea especially if they band together exceptionally well under Scolari. Scolari likes things under control and "his" way so io think buying Scolari was more valuable then Kaka, Ronaldinho and Christiano Ronaldo together.

I think Chelsea will win the Premiership this year.
 
#35 · (Edited)
I hope you are right my friend and I agree that Scolari is a great add.
I certainly don't but it is looking a likely path.

At least my Australia soccer team won, Aston Villa losing isn't why i am angry it's just who we lost to, MON doesn't look happy either. I am sure Villa will bounce back strong though.

Here is the highlights if anyone is interested between Sydney FC and Central Coast Mariners(A-League in Australia) last night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovzLLuEE78o
 
#38 ·
As a tottenham fan i am already disapointed in this season. I was really looking forward to it but someone had tehbright idea tosell Keane , our mst consistent playr for teh last 3 years. Now Berbatov is going as well so we are left with Darren effin Bent as our sole striker! With all this money coming in we need to get at least one striker but time is running out fast.
 
#41 ·
If only Charlie ( Vedran Corluka ) would move to Tottenham and leave that problematic situation in City with the owner and shit.. we need our players in better shape be4 the qualification 4 the WC.. And Luka Modric would get better since he is friend with Chorluka i only see it as a win move 4 the Spurs
 
#45 ·
I believe that Corluka could play for any team on this planet .. he is one of the better ones we have plus hes young so who ever has him should use him .. this season hes gonna be even better .. didnt watch the game against west ham but i heard that he started some good action which led to 2 goals .. that should mean something.. not only a defensive lad..
Well yeah i do believe that he would play should he move from City .. last season he played most games of all his teammates and u could call him a rookie back then in england .. should Tottenham not get him some1 else will .. and that 1 could easy be ManU.. its only a question of $ when that happens and he wont be worth 10 mil anymore
 
#50 ·
Mascherano is lucky he doesn't get at least booked pretty much every game. He's a good player no argument and he's got great positioning but bringing up one game doesn't change the fact that he hacks at at least a couple of players a game and comes over the top way too often in his tackles.
 
#54 ·
I just don't see Gerrard as a real world class midfielder, he gives the ball away far too often and dives way too much IMO. The best thing he's got going for him is he usually shows up in the big games when it counts.

I just think it's the fact that he's pretty ridiculously overrated especially by the media that makes me dislike him.

I do rate Gerrard, just not to the extent that most other people do. Still, glad he's not playing today.
 
#61 ·
Honestly though putting Robinho in there to make plays for Drogba really would've helped.

Man City defiantly made a big statement today though.
 
#63 ·
Yea but Chelsea is also known for boring play something that giving Drogba help up front would help fix.

Sure Deco and Lampard working together has done pretty well but someone to set Drogba up IMO would be the perfect thing right now.
 
#65 ·
Good luck Charlie stay healthy have fun ..

Didnt Hertha Berlin loan him for 1 year .. and maybe with a deal of buying him after that loan is finished .. salary is split 50% - 50% between clubs .. but anyway

I am kinda surprised that Robinho is in City now.. thats how u forget that u have lost a pretty good defender .. couple of weeks ago their coach was unhappy with the rumors of Charlie going away .. Today hes the happiest person on this world.. how things can change very fast ( Cro Cop fans or should i say ex fans know that very good )

Too many sunflowers .. but i aint complaining
 
#67 ·
Plazz I am a Chelsea man which is why I'm upset.

I like their style of play when it works but when it doesn't it fails badly. And I think a more exicting style of play would fit them better.
 
#69 ·
Well hopefully you are right and Chelsea is fine as currently built. The more I think about the talent level the more I calm down however I will say I hate seeing Anelka in games the quicker Drogba comes back full time and he can go back to the bench the happier I will be.
 
#70 ·
Found this on some Croatian site ..


well maybe they wont get them but with that ambitions they could get the next generation .. money money money must be funny in a rich mans world..

with that robinho money they could have bought whole Bosnian league.. all divisions
 
#71 ·
Yea it'll be interesting to see if Man City will keep spending like this in the future and if they do what Man U, Arsenal, and Liverpool do since they have much smaller check books then Man City and Chelsea do.
 
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#72 ·
Should really rule Arsenal out of the big buying, i mean Arsene doesn't really spend he spend what 10m on Nasri the whole summer (Correct me if im wrong)
I cant wait to see who city start to bid for though! Ive heard rumors they want C.Ronaldo from united.
 
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