Real Madrid has really started to roll over the last 2.5 matches. Up 3-0 at the 36 min mark today. Every player has fully bought in except for DiMaria, who is making strides tho’, especially today. Jose is focusing on him however, hugging him after a nice breakout pass that led to a goal and scolding him for over-dribbling during a later attacking surge. Ronaldo and Higuain are really clicking and looking for each other, using their gifts in purposeful simple moves instead of useless flash. The player I trust least is Pepe – dude could make a stupid mistake in a big match later this season, either a costly fumble or a hot-headed red card. Ozil is simply the best player on the team. Best vision, best stamina, best teamwork, best first touch, best telling balls. They might actually do some damage in the CL knockout stages this year. Big improvements over the last few matches.

My main thought is I hate any of my teams owners owning other sports teams. It takes away from what should be their main focus which is MY TEAM. So I was against Cuban owning the Rangers or Cubs too.
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As for Henry, he is a hedge fund guy, can’t get more capitalistic then that. Doubt they will like him in England. Also, I think he said he was going to be “thrifty” with the team, doubt that will make many fans happy in the Liverpool pubs. He has been a fine owner for the Sox so far though.

Credit to Fergie and Wenger for adding Cheech and Chamahk. Both are producing.

Walcott on the bench. Ade on the bench for City.

PSV beat Feyenoord 10-0 today, scoring 8 second half goals.

1-0 courtesy of the Greek!

The early red card nullifies any effort to benchmark our development and the 3-points lost to a rival just steepens the CL climb.

deflating – back to square one feeling, sorta – it would be killer to get upset on the road at Wolves next weekend – and Tevez limped off so we might be reliant on lazy Ade at striker – black clouds is all I see

Just saw this:

http://www.bigdsoccer.com/

Aaron Ramsey is set for a return to competitive action in 10 days but is not likely to return to the Arsenal first team until the new year.

HEH

and it is somewhat soccer related (from a blog i read)

A fellow referee, about my age, sent an email entitled “Sad News.” Of course, when I saw the subject line, I got worried that my friend might have a serious medical problem. Here’s the text:

Don’t worry – sad for me, funny for you.

I reffed some games at the grade 5/6 intramural jamboree the other day. While waiting for the horn to signal the kickoff, White team asks me who gets the kickoff. I told girls from each team that whoever guessed closest to my age would get the kickoff (taking off my hat in the interests of full disclosure). After several seconds I asked the Orange player closest to me for her guess. She whispers “67.” As I was about to toss the ball to the White team for the kickoff, the closest White player says “72.”

I told them both they were lucky I wasn’t packing my red cards today.

Best to all,

Jeff

O Glorious Day! Matt Jarvis is what a winger looks like. I love that man.

Rangers fans will sing this forever if Hunter comes up big today.

and it was really quite an awful game.

I’m a little distracted, but given my limited attention span at the moment I can’t decipher his analogies.

Benitez has been eager to set the record straight on his time at Anfield, pointing the finger at former Reds managing director Christian Purslow last month when he memorably said that “white liquid in a bottle has to be milk”.

“I think that Mr Hodgson, he doesn’t understand,” Benitez said. "Every single press conference is even worse than the last one.

“He’s talking about things that he doesn’t know, and some people cannot see a priest on a mountain of sugar.

I finished my exams today, and Football Manager is out Friday.

Ibra missed an open goal lob from 20 yards out – phew. So many gold-plated scoring chances wasted in this game. gak – RM is dominating play @AC Milan, tho’ – so yay

I wish RM was up more than 1-0, because the 2nd half of the Arsenal game looks like a fun watch.

Adam Johnson runs himself into the ground creating a handfull of great scoring opps – nobody cashes in. Poznan buries one of their odd half-chances. Silva and Balo on the bench. Probably see them in the 2nd half.

Came on as a halftime sub today against Napoli, and scored a hat-trick!

3-1 after trailing 1-0 at the half! Bring on the Blues!

Then ManU v City on Wednesday
And thanks to espn3 being on the Xbox now, I can watch the archived games on my tv.