Essien expression was hilarious. Don't worry he was fine and Essien gave him some gifts.

Just tuned into the U19's, I guess that's why Kakuta wasn't playing in the friendly yesterday.

On the Inter thing as I said before if they win or come close to the CL i'll be amazed no matter who they buy. The team that won the CL with Jose, 6 of the 11 players there were new to the club so Jose had to have had a major impact on them working together as a team. Now Benitez, who has been openly criticized by his own players, is known not to be too close to his players where as Mourinho is the opposite.

I'm not writing Inter off maybe the players that Benitez inherited would be good enough but doubtful.

Holgerius

Sweden16951 Posts

July 18 2010 19:46 GMT

#104

Haha,<3 Essien.

It's great to see him back in action! He's truly one of my favourite players. Every year when I get a new FIFA game the first thing I do is buy Essien to create the scariest midfield combo ever with De Rossi/Essien for Roma. :D He's such a baller. It's a pity he's injured so much.

Btw, Roma won today vs some crappy bullshit team with 13-0. Totti, Vuci and Adriano all scored, yay. And Riise scored a hattrick. XD

duckii

Germany1017 Posts

July 18 2010 23:04 GMT

#105

German Bundesliga, (for those interested)
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You won't find the biggest names in the Bundesliga ( a la Ronaldo, KAka), but the title is always up for grabs and it can almost go to anyone (with Bayern being the favourite every year). The academy system is producing great talent to play in front of the best attendance of any league in the world, with the cheapest prices of the major European leagues, in the best collection of stadiums a country provides, in a league that is has no shortage of excitement and a great atmosphere.
The Bundesliga is the best kept secret in Europe, where you can stand at games, eat Bratwurst and drink real beer (beer showers included after goals)

k enough with the praising...

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It will be exciting to see how everyone does this season. Will Bayern retain the title? Will Schalke face some big problems in the CL and BL with Kuranyi sold to Russia and no good striker atm? How will the 2 newcomers FCK and St.Pauli (pirates! arrrr) fare in the new season? I'm really excited to see some real football again after the World cup :p.

Freaky[x]

Canada995 Posts

July 19 2010 04:26 GMT

#106

I don't know if this interests anybody but I found this nice youtube channel where they draw a small biography of a few great players of the 90's 2000's:

http://www.youtube.com/user/BroadbandTVSoccer

you guys should check it out it's not bad

Klogon

MURICA15980 Posts

July 19 2010 04:42 GMT

#107

Glad to see Essien has some power in those legs again lol

PhilGood2DaY

Germany7424 Posts

July 19 2010 13:09 GMT

#108

On July 19 2010 13:26 Freaky[x] wrote:
I don't know if this interests anybody but I found this nice youtube channel where they draw a small biography of a few great players of the 90's 2000's:

http://www.youtube.com/user/BroadbandTVSoccer

you guys should check it out it's not bad

love the zidane one ^^

sixfour

England11062 Posts

July 19 2010 15:37 GMT

#109

why oh why oh why has joe cole decided to go to liverpool, bbc quotes him as saying it's not for the money and it's not a disagreement with ancelotti, so why the hell would you leave to a team that isn't going to content for anything this year? is he really that bored on thursday nights?

uberMatt

Canada659 Posts

July 19 2010 16:02 GMT

#110

On July 19 2010 08:04 quarky wrote:

German Bundesliga, (for those interested)
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agreed, bundesliga is the league that the other top leagues should be modeling off imo.

hmm, this post sounds sarcastic but its not!! D:

MooCow

1434 Posts

July 19 2010 16:09 GMT

#111

On July 20 2010 00:37 sixfour wrote:
why oh why oh why has joe cole decided to go to liverpool, bbc quotes him as saying it's not for the money and it's not a disagreement with ancelotti, so why the hell would you leave to a team that isn't going to content for anything this year? is he really that bored on thursday nights?

Wish he left for Milan or something but Lpool... really?

It's for the money. The deal being reported is $90,000/wk for 4 years.
Arsenal offered 80k/wk for 2 years
Spurs offered 65k/wk for 3 years.

I'm not a 100% sure these figures are right ( copied it from someone ) but that's a lot of money. I think Torres only makes 110k/wk @ Lpool.

Ancelotti still keeps praising him even after saying he didn't want him to leave etc.

Essien is now a Peace Ambassador for Africa.

uberMatt

Canada659 Posts

July 19 2010 16:26 GMT

#112

thursday nights, channel five

oh liverpool, how silly you are :3

TonyL2

England1953 Posts

July 19 2010 16:41 GMT

#113

Maybe he wants some fun with some easy scouse women

But seriously, I don't have a clue why he would pick Liverpool besides money and how does Liverpool manage to over those wages, because that is one heck of a lot especially with their debt

Lyter

United Kingdom2145 Posts

July 19 2010 17:20 GMT

#114

I think that last season was a bit of a one off liverpool, i seriously see them contending for top 4 again this season, i certainly dont think they will flop hard again, Hodgson has his head screwed on right unlike Benitez, and this is coming from a hater of Lpool :p

kroko

Finland2136 Posts

July 19 2010 17:52 GMT

#115