Comments on: News you all can use, a.k.a. “Don’t always believe the media.”

By: Genis

Genis — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:41:03 +0000

Iniestinho (or Andresinho)!

By: Isaiah

Isaiah — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:54:21 +0000

Apparently Iniesta just scored a wundergoal for Spain against Belgium. Can’t wait to see the replays.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:45:46 +0000

in response to IceMel, i personally love the polo shirt jerseys, i.e. Holland’s world cup jersey, inter’s jersey last season.

anyways… i was really excited this summer about the prospect of signing Arshavin, he is a very good player, i woulda have perfered him to Hleb, but i guess at 30 million i wouldnt have signed him either

By: BA

BA — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:29:41 +0000

Arshavin outstanding against Finland again today. not to belabor the point….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsBE7HUICt8

By: Isaiah

Isaiah — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:27:27 +0000

If we're talking about soccer-demeaning ESPN commentators, look no further than Jim Rome, that bloviating retard. I love the word bloviate.

By: Kxevin

Kxevin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:17:42 +0000

The Alonso thing just won’t go away. He’d be a replacement for Yaya’s jock from a defensive standpoint. That’s about it.

Nothing against Alonso, who is a fine midfielder. But we already have what he does in Keita and Busquets. So why send away the one rock-solid, purely defensive DM that we have? I don’t get it.

Thankfully, it’s Sport, which was why I didn’t worry about it when it first surfaced. Yes, Liverpool has said that they would let Alonso go for the “right offer,” which has to tell you something, right?

I could see, if Yaya goes, chasing an attacking midfielder I could see. I just don’t think that Alonso is the kind of DM that we need another one of.

By: BA

BA — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:34:29 +0000

Xabi Alonso a replacement for Yaya over the winter? that’s what Sport is reporting, via Pep’s blog. thoughts?

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:40:59 +0000

i dont know if this is true or not, just something i have picked up on, but collared shirts tend to be teams’ away shirts. i wonder if it has anything to do with looking “well dressed” for away games as visitors?

By: IceMel

IceMel — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:26:17 +0000

…at some point I will tell my “love story” on the previous post, but you know one of the things that lead me to take soccer seriously (as a USA sport fan) was the abandonment of the the “wussie” polo shirt look. The 2005-6 kits of Barca, Fenerbahce, Werder Bremen, PSG, US Lecce drew me in.
I see more collars sneaking back into style now…not good move to attract Big American He-men to the sport. We save our man-crushes for brutes…not guys dressed for the yacht club…

By: Kxevin

Kxevin — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:12:39 +0000

They have a partnership with the San Jose Earthquakes, Andrew. Presumably, given their Premiership status, however, the ‘Quakes are probably reconsidering that partnership.

But it involves player loans, training method swaps, etc.