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Weeaboo Name August 22nd, 2013 8:27 AM

Seems I was right about him moving on. Only David Fox left if it happens, anyone want a decent ball playing midfielder?

Whilst he was never a regular he showed glimpses of why Lambert got him in. Decent positionally, comfortable on the ball and doesn't lose too often in the air. If he steers clear of injury I think you could have quite a player on your hands.

If it goes through I'd imagine Norwich have a new Bassong/Turner level signing almost completed. Should be a good end to the transfer window.

Eruption August 23rd, 2013 12:41 AM

That's very good to hear, we'll need him when Woodgate inevitably gets injured.

Meanwhile the McCormack saga continues, I hope it ends with him in a Boro shirt. Him and ayala would make me quite positive for once.

Weeaboo Name August 23rd, 2013 9:16 AM

If McCormack is the Leeds guy then that would be a pretty great signing. I had a mate in high school that could have been his twin.

Seems Elliott Bennett picked up a pretty nasty injury last weekend. Out for 6 to 9 months. Really sad considering how good his pre season has been, how much sharper and more confident he looked in the Everton game and generally how much of a nice guy he comes across as. From a footballing point of view I wonder if that means another signing will be made, or perhaps Elmander will be used as the 4th choice winger. We have the twins in the development squad but I can't see Hughton putting them in in a Premier League game, at lest until safety is ensured.

Eruption August 23rd, 2013 1:11 PM

It is indeed the Leeds guy, we've had 3 bids rejected and one supposedly accepted. Not sure what's happening now.

That's a shame for Bennett, I like him because of football manager experiences. :p

Weeaboo Name August 24th, 2013 10:14 AM

Eh, I thought Norwich would have moved past that kind of performance. Oh well.

In other news, my fantasy Championship team are tearing it up, despite the fact I only picked ex Norwich players.

http://i.imgur.com/YXsyp2T.png

Eruption August 24th, 2013 11:29 AM

I assumed you would be disappointed, a loss to one of the newbies isn't good.

By contrast, my Championship team has took a huge fall this week, Jordan Rhodes was the only player who scored me points. That said 4 of my players play tomorrow.

30 points so far in gameweek 2 of the Premier League one, not sure if that's good or not.

TY August 24th, 2013 11:31 AM

Well thats more than i got for today... I only have 8 points >.>

Weeaboo Name August 24th, 2013 12:34 PM

FPL team didn't do so well. Glad I put Shawcross in though.

Eruption August 24th, 2013 2:47 PM

30 points sounds good then. :D

Redmond looked very special on MOTD (admittedly it's highlights but still), but it also looks like Hughton will have to have a word about his long range shooting.

Not sure if people will have seen this already, but I found it pretty odd. (Link)

Aeroblast August 25th, 2013 1:54 PM

Cardiff beat Man City 3-2. Kim bo kyung had a nice game and he was involved in Cardiff's equalizer. Joe Hart had a poor game, yet again.

Eruption August 25th, 2013 2:20 PM

I was looking forward to catching that one on MOTD2, but unfortunately it's on tomorrow instead. I like Kim, he was very good last season and I'm sure he'll continue to do well in the Premiership.

Boro drew 2-2 at Wigan today, very respectable result, but we threw away 2 points pretty late on which is annoying.

I watched a delightful game between PSG and Nantes not so long ago, very entertaining. PSG running out 2-1 winners there, but Nantes gave them a really good fight.

Amore August 26th, 2013 2:24 PM

United vs. Chelsea seemed relatively boring on MOTD2...Cole's dive was hilarious though. Glad to see Rooney getting a start - that was basically Moyes telling Jose where to shove it :P. Worked too, he was all over the place as usual. (In a good way).

Eruption August 26th, 2013 3:18 PM

I caught the first 45 minutes of that game, a tactical battle more than anything which neither side wanting to lose so early. Rooney looked pretty good, but after his performance vs. Swansea I wouldn't be surprised if playing him was actually tactically motivated rather than transfer motivated.

Pave Low August 27th, 2013 1:08 AM

I think that the whole game was played tactically minded seeming as both managers were desperate not to lose that game. Both defenses played well in the game, Chelsea's full backs probably the better defenders in that game. But yeah it was quite boring considering the lack of good chances throughout the game, in the last 5 mins was where I think the United defense had opened up slightly and allowed Chelsea to knock on their door but they still managed to defend the threat well.

Since my second team is Lazio, I'm very happy with a 2-1 win over Udinese who have stopped us from reaching UCL Qualifiers for 2 years now. We have a very strong midfield now after signing Biglia and Anderson (not the United player). Good to see Candreva stay at Lazio and score on the first game back. And a familiar face on the score sheet, Hernanes. Both Candreva and Hernanes scored Lazio's best goals last season so I'm hoping to see more of that again along with a spot in the UCL.

Also, I would suggest watching Bundesliga Highlights or w/e it's called on ITV4 when it's on, basically a Match of the Day for Bundesliga but no analysis just highlights and plenty of goals. It's good to watch so many goals scored in one match, I turned on 10 minutes in to a 4-2 game followed by a 3-3. Now I watch it every week.

Amore August 27th, 2013 4:54 AM

Yeah, had to give bundesliga highlights a miss last night for MOTD2. Do enjoy them though, started watching around January / February - first match I saw was Dortmund and Nuri Sahin scored, which made me happy :)

Chelsea were typical Mourinho, like Inter - park the bus, even though technically you're equals to the team you're playing, possible even better than them in attack. I know he accused United of having an easy league last season compared to him getting record points hauls, but tbh we made it a hell of a lot more interesting - he wouldn't end the season with a 10-goal game, would he?

Eruption August 27th, 2013 6:03 AM

Hopefully I'll catch some Serie A to provide some input more on Lazio over the season. Now I'm taking advantage of my free BT Sport I'm planning to watch a fair bit of European football. Marseille-Monaco in Ligue 1 sounds fun next weekend so I think it'll be 2 Ligue 1 games in 2 weeks. I think Lazio are on at some point next weekend too so I'll see when that is. They also have a few highlights shows shown quite often.

I'll take your advice on Bundesliga highlights, it's probably the major league I neglect the most.

Weeaboo Name August 27th, 2013 2:15 PM

Yeovil vs Brum game seemed like an odd one. Yeovil boss ordered his team to let Brum score after one of their players scored a goal he didn't consider sporting.

Norwich won 6 - 3 vs Bury. Pretty good I guess.

Amore August 28th, 2013 2:27 AM

Yet Birmingham's manager is still complaining about it. If I were him I'd shut up - Argentina didn't give us a free goal after the "hand of god" incident, Germany didn't walk off the pitch because the referee didn't count Lampard's goal, Liverpool didn't give their opponents a free goal after Suarez used his hand to score. Really he should be thanking their manager for being such a sport.

Eruption August 28th, 2013 3:29 AM

Still if they were to give the goal back, it should have been immediately. They already caused extra time by the time they gave it back.

Here are the fantasy league standings after the second week. A pretty close week which results in only one switch of positions and leaves ShadowExcadrill retaining a nice lead early on.


Pave Low August 29th, 2013 9:11 AM

The Champions League Groups:

Group A: Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad
Group B: Real Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray, Copenhagen
Group C: Benfica, Paris St-Germain, Olympiakos, Anderlecht
Group D: Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, Viktoria Plzen
Group E: Chelsea, Schalke, Basel, Steaua Bucharest
Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli
Group G: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Zenit St Petersburg, Austria Vienna
Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, Ajax, Celtic

So Arsenal are already out...

TY August 29th, 2013 9:18 AM

I can see Ajax reaching the Europe League again, but if they lose too much players it will be hard for them...

Aeroblast August 29th, 2013 9:33 AM

Group A is a very interesting one for me. United will certainly be a difficult test vs Leverkusen.

Amore August 29th, 2013 12:00 PM

Oh god, it is Shakhtar!
Even thought Leverkusen lost Schürrle and Shakhtar lost Willian and the might Fernandinho, that is still quite a tough group. I'd say City almost got an easier one - Bayern will destroy them, but other than that they should do well.
We also appear to have to instances of "Group of Death" - F and H. I'd love Arsenal to finally not make it out of their group. And although I know there's practically no way (now they have Neymar they don't collapse if they lose Messi) it would be great if Barcelona lost out to Celtic or Ajax.

Eruption August 29th, 2013 2:30 PM

By comparison to most of the groups, United have a fairly easy one. But United go out to fairly easy teams at this stage so I wouldn't be surprised to see that happen.

Amore August 29th, 2013 3:42 PM

I suppose it all depends on whether or not we still have Rooney - when the rest of the team is playing awfully (for example against Cluj last season) he keeps on going and occasionally comes up with something good enough (like his ball to RVP against Cluj).
As you said we often fall short. However, with the squad we have, we should get through. Particularly considering we got through the group stages last season with Valencia playing sub-par, Nani and Kagawa not even featuring.


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