Official Ongoing Football/Soccer 2011/2012

[darkendofthestreet]

Would be even funnier if Joe Cole managed to get Champions League football while Liverpool end up in the Europa League.

[Seamus]

We would recall him out of spite

[darkendofthestreet]

Hahaha.

[delgriffith]

I want Laurent Blanc to be United manager some day.

[miss black america]

Pep told the club he wants 2 go (something he has been thinking about for 6 months). Club asked him 2 sleep on it.Tmrr confirmation

i know la masia is ingrained in the barcelona team moreso than guardiola but if he does go (on sabbatical most likely), this does seem like end of an era stuff

[d2michael]

Mourinho....wins! (in mortal kombat voice)

[number none]

I want to believe this but Balague isn't exactly the most credible source

[Lucky]

It's on the BBC too.

[rivalité]

I want to believe this but Balague isn't exactly the most credible source

http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/all-sports/blog/2011-07-31/balague-everything-agreed-mata-join-arsenal

[Lucky]

Anyone watching Athletic vs Sporting?

Susaeta

[pana]

yep

the chest-down/assist was good

[Lucky]

man, some of these tackles

[mites]

dammit.

COME ON BILBAO

[pana]

this is a good game

2-1

[Toofer_Spurlock]

Bilbao are always mad exciting.

[Lucky]

Yeah, this is my favourite team to watch in I don't know how long.

Gonna be so depressing if this team gets broken up this summer/Bielsa leaves.

That was Ibai's first goal for the first team btw.

[mites]

yeah I was about to ask if that counted cause my stream froze and started back up on commercials

[mites]

why would biesla leave? unless some huge club comes a calling [like everton] there would be no reason for him to move on

[Lucky]

Don't know how reliable 'goal.com' are but they say Barcelona. That makes sense seeing as Guardiola said a while ago that Bielsa was the best coach in the world.

I'd like to think he wouldn't leave Athletic after one season.

Blanc and Valverde seem to be the others linked with Barca.

I hope all this is bullshit though and everyone stays where they are forever.

[mites]

I wouldn't want biesla at barca, but he would make a lot of sense there.

extreme economic disparity suxxxx

[Lucky]

Wish I had bothered to save enough money to see them this season [while all the players are still there/still at San Mames] like I planned

[Toofer_Spurlock]

Bilbao just scores awesome team goals. I think that's why they are so fun to watch.

[pana]

Valverde has wasted a lot of time in the corrupt as fuck greek league / oly and i think he'd suck at Barca

Blanc would be better at United or something, don't see him as a good fit for Barca

Bielsa is the only one who could go in and have immediate success (and build for the future)

so it makes sense, if Pep insists on leaving

[Toofer_Spurlock]

It's hard to fathom the stress Pep must be under if he's making the decision to step down.

[bicycle made for two]

Played while it was freezing last night, dominate but end up losing 2-1 for the vast majority of the game because we were restricted to just giving the ball to our best player to take long range pot shots and hope one sneaks in. 1:30 left on the clock, quick throw in, ball arcs in from the left, ball hooks in off the crossbar for 2-2. We score another one pretty much straight from the kickoff because the opposing team just loses all hope straight away and their keeper lets a weak shot squirm under his body and in.

Cue delirious joy, 0:20 left. They boot the ball up in a last attempt to save the match, get a throw, and they get a shot off. It hits the post, hits our keeper Andrew who has no idea what's going on, ricochets off the legs of one of the many defenders in the box, hits the post again and trickles past the line just as the ref blows the whistle. He rules no goal and all hell breaks loose. Great game

[pana]

as soon as i saw him fake the defender i screamed GOAL!

[Lucky]

YEAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAA

[Toofer_Spurlock]

!!!!!!

[Toofer_Spurlock]

I think we can all agree Athletic Bilbao is Hipinion's team.

[Lucky]

Yeah. This season has made me wonder whether they will take over from Roma as my #1. Can't leave Serie A behind though.

That was the best anyway.