So THAT'S what it was...

I knew I hated both of them, but I couldn't remember which scored which...

We will always look back on this period of time and wonder exactly that, friend...


1, I can't forgive Iniesta for scoring the goal that knocked Germany out of WC 2010, 2, Iniesta could not carry a team like Kaka did in '07 even if it was him, a bunch of chump players, and Messi, and 3, Mourinho is a total arsch who cares nothing for his players, only his records as a manager, so he should just shut up talking to Kaka like that, Kaka would be a better pick than Iniesta for anyone sensible.

Honestly, I'd like to see Mourinho take over a team that DOESN'T have money growing out their ears and no superstar players just so we could see what he does when he isn't handed a championship-calibre side to start with. He'd be out faster than AVB was at Stamford Bridge.

As for Tevez, I'd take him. If the RVP and Bendtner deals go belly-up, he'd fit the bill perfectly, if mnot better than Bendtner.

Quite frankly, at this point in the current proceedings, I'll be surprised if we qualify for the Europa League next year. Unless we go out and start making deals, we are about as screwed as the Argentine National side would be without Lionel Messi. I say the lads in the offices should call up Arsene Wenger's boss, offer to match whatever Man U offer for RvP plus we throw in Mesbah, and shell out whatever cash we have left and see if we can't pick up someone like Sergio Ramos, who I've wanted to see in a red and black uniform for some time now. Trying to follow up what Ibra did for Milan would make Matri and Pazzini look even worse than I do on the pitch, and we'd still have to worry about Juve getting RvP and ripping us to shreds with him 2+ times a year. I'd like to see Bendtner here, but for the love of God, Galliani, grow some balls and spend some money! I do NOT want to watch us fail this year.

*Slobbering MilanManiac9 scrapes jaw off the ground*

I swear to God, if we get RvP, I will go out and buy the first Milan uniform with his name that I see, the moment they're available. I'd take Van Persie over even Dzeko and Tevez put together, as I can think of no better replacement for Ibra ( (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cry.gif) ) than RvP short of Lionel Messi himself.

I don't care what we have to do at this point, after selling off Ibra AND Silva for what I think was far too little, I want Edin Dzeko, maybe even Tevez to go with him. I wouldn't be too disappointed with Berbatov, either, to be honest.

I wish he'd play like it...

How 'bout a new tradition: the Becks Award, for a serious injury or a hilarious one every week.

This week's Becks Award goes to...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, for leveling our favorite farthead Marco Materazzi!
See ESPNsoccernet for complete details and the winner's photo!

Please help with submissions each week!

You really don't like Boateng, do you, Jack? I think he's a little better than you give him credit for (no offense).

@X-Off: I don't get to play much FIFA, and honestly, I'm not a huge fan of Silva. Call it instinct, intuition, or whatever have you, but I just don't feel like he's the best option we have right now.

Good, we'll need it. In keeping with the National side, we do have a bit of an aging squad. Experience is invaluable, but we still need more young catalysts like Pato. Anybody think we might benefit from a new GK? Not that Everton would ever let it happen, but we could use somebody like Tim Howard. If anybody couldn't tell, I'm not such a big fan of Abbi. I haven't seen Amelia play yet, either, but he seems promising.

As for our serious situation in the back four, what if we looked across the pond? How 'bout Jay Demerit? He had a great WC showing, and I really think we could use that kind of "enforcer."

Here's what I think our starting XI shoud be, and please don't bite my head off, MizNelson:

---Pato---Ibra---Robinho---

--------Ronaldinho-----------
-Gatusso---------Boateng---
------------Pirlo--------------

--Zambro--Nesta--Abate--

------------Abbi--------------

Please, let me know what you guys think!

If there's anybody here in the States that lives in or near Indiana, do they have them at any Adidas store near Indianapolis?

Well, actually, we do kinda want Nesta and Silva sharing a pint or two at the back line, 'cause that would mean a rediculously dominant (albeit rediculously un-Italian, as Andy Grey would say) attack. Especially after that disaster at Cesena, we need to be more assertive all around.

Seriously, guys, I say go after Sergio Ramos. He's a good defender, plus he can score and recover for counters quickly. Plus, with Real going nuts on the transfer market, they've got to get rid of somebody.

But, happily, they will by no means be the last. It's time it was our turn to win the thing. We've waited 111 years.

Maybe they'll have some at an Adidas store when I go to Deutschland next summer (tragically right after the Bundesliga finishes up (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cry.gif) ).

Too bad most of the Nike jerseys look like CR@P this year. But, as is said in my sig, 'It will look perfect on Materazzi."

Pardon the cliche, but nobody said it would be easy. And still, who cares? Difficult? Definately. Impossible? Well, just ask our friends at Adidas:

"Impossible is Nothing."

True, but oh well. I just don't like the guy. He has a bad habit of beating my teams (Milan, FC Bayern Munchen, FC Barcelona, Chelsea, etc.) and I think where he is now will finally halt our little Napoleon's romp through Europe when they embarass themselves like last year.

All I mean is that we should stop acting like Real Madrid, lording our shiny new expensive superstars over everybody, and focus on doing what we are meant to do: winning the Treble. If I recall correctly, it didn't help Real to buy up so many great players much, since they stole our best player and we still beat 'em. I just think that, as great as our new signings are, they're meaningless unless we actually win.

No, I don't think that we should give up on Ibra if we don't win the Treble, that's just rediculous. I didn't mean to piss off the entire forum...

How can a dude who has no mind play mind games?

Yeah, I know Mourinho has a head on his shoulders, but if it were really working right, wouldn't he want to work at Milan?

How 'bout my sig as an example? I tried to put the actual images into the signature entry space, but I got some weird message that looked like it had several different issues.

Oh, and m1ke? What if we had an option to have only an image in the sig, but that it could be entered with the same type of thing ESPN.com uses? Like a text bar with a "Browse" button next to it that automatically opened the Photos file in the user's computer. Maybe that would work.

Just a thought! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

How 'bout next time we display Ibra, it's for helping us lift three trophies this year.

YES!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yahoo.gif) That's it! Thank you!

Don't get me wrong, I love the new kits too. I kust miss the days when we had gold 3rd kits, is all. I'll take a FIFA 2005 screenshot of 'em with my name & number on the back and post it here, just to remind the faithful. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumbup.gif)

Hey, I just saw something on ESPNsoccernet.com:

Click here.

Mourinho's scared of us! If that guy says we're a threat, even with us hating the rat-b@$t^rd, we must be looking dangerous. We might even get to see him crying again!

"Fear... the city is rank with it!"
-Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King

+1 Been saying it all along. Finally, somebody agrees.

Rafa will bring Inter crashing down with him, just like he did with Liverpool.