Premiership 2008/09

[The Franchise]

Important Week 1 Note:

Liverpool 3pts
Manu 1pt

1 step closer to that bottle of Crown

Man U tied Reading last year in the opening match....no worries they just give the top teams a glimmer of hope before they beat them head to head and show them who is the superior team really is

On a side note I would like to see Liverpool finish second though

 

[Regs]

GERRARD!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYv41vLR80c]YouTube - Liverpool VS Middlesbrough 2-1 (gerrard goal)[/ame]

Top of the table, Franchise. top of the table. Can Man U keep up?

 

[Mr. X]

Arsenal lose to Fulham?? Can't say I saw that happening. Tottenham need to sort some shite out or they are going to fall behind the top 4 quickly and won't be able to keep up.

 

[Regs]

Top 4? You mean top 1.

Currently

 

[Mr. X]

It is nice to see liverpool alone at the top. Hopefully Wigan can pull of the upset.

 

[Regs]

Testing a new auto embed code here, at time of posting, Fullham vs Arsenal being shown...

[ame=http://www.justin.tv/uk_football_1]Justin.tv - uk_football_1's channel - Live Streaming Video[/ame]

 

[Sir M]

It is nice to see liverpool alone at the top. Hopefully Wigan can pull of the upset.

That will probably happen.

 

[lfc3]

Top 4? You mean top 1.

Currently

Very nice indeed. But as the very biggest Liverpool fan I know and for the rest of us, nice to get 6 points, far from convincing however. Yes we have the talent to beat Sunderland and Middlesborough, but from watching them over the first two games, they were simply out worked by two lesser opponents. We were 6 minutes from 1 point last week and 6 this week from none.

Fantastic start. Gotta win ugly sometimes to win the league. Looking forward to the first convincing 90 minutes. Maybe Champs league this week.

 

[Mr. X]

Fantastic start. Gotta win ugly sometimes to win the league. Looking forward to the first convincing 90 minutes. Maybe Champs league this week.

It would be great to see a full 90 minute dominating performance. LFC is more than capable of doing that. I'm just waiting for Keane and Torres to get on the same page.

 

[kjohnsob]

From Football365.com

ARSENAL IN FOR A CANADIAN DUTCHMAN
The Sun this morning reports that Arsenal are set to shun the established talents of the likes of Gareth Barry, and instead stump up £12million for the man they describe as the 'Dutch Owen Hargreaves'.

Whether they see Feyenoord's Jonathan De Guzman as a similar player to Mr Hargreaves - or just that he was born in Canada but chose to play for someone else - we're not sure, but they seem pretty convinced the deal is going to happen.

Apparently De Guzman has been on Arsene Wenger's radar for a couple of years, and is now ready to move in for the kill, beating off (stop sniggering) interest from Everton.

De Guzman is described as 'tough-tackling', and said back in April that he'd rather fancy a move to London.

DUTCH OWEN HARGREAVES?!?!? I always took De Guzman to be much more of an attacking midfielder, than a holding.

 

[djones]

I'm always surprised that JULIAN De Guzman doesn't get more speculation like what's posted above at transfer window time... especially in Spain. He is, arguably the best midfield in North America and one of best defensive midfielders in Spain. He's out of contract in the summer. I know he's getting older (27) but... what gives? Is it because he's listed as Canadian? If Arsenal are really interested in a defensive midfielder with a good track record, Julian is who they should go after.

Me thinks Julian needs a new agent!

 

[johnnybluenose]

Julian is a better holding MF than Jono, Jono is much better at attacking and passing and the offensive parts of the game, and is way younger.

De Guzman now got his Dutch passport and the rest of the EU and now is moving to England.....hmpf.

If he moves that quikly I have no problem calling him Judas.

 

[Rangerforever]

Is it because he's listed as Canadian?

Probably.
As Johnny said, the EU passport makes the whole thing happen way easier - No work permit issues.

Dutch passport - Good.
Canadian passport - Not as attractive with more red tape.

Which is why I'm getting dual citizenship for my kid when he signs with Rangers.

UKpassportforever

 

[Mr. X]

Wow, Man City just became a major player. The Abu Dhabi group has bought out the Thai owner and that club will get a huge injection of cash to spend. Already bids for Berbatov, and Villa. Now I wonder if that will make DIC step up their bid to takeover Liverpool or if they will set their eyes on Newcastle instead.

 

[utah]

Manchester United bag their man Berbatov!

Man City snook up and stole Robinho from under Chelseas nose.

 

[Regs]

man city snook up and stole robinho from under chelseas nose.

wow.

 

[utah]

I like the Robinho signing.
They show alot of Man City games so it will be alot more fun watching Robinho go at defenders. The Thai owner apparently has also been bought out.

 

[totti_10]

Man City well finish top 4!!!

 

[utah]

I can see them finish top 4.
In the last few days they also signed Pavyulechenko(sp?) and Corluka.

 

[kjohnsob]

to sign Robino right after signing SWP, they are the same player. Granted Robino is ALOT better.