Soccer 2013-2014

Spain should roll through it. I was tempted to pick Mexico as a sleeper, but they've looked so poor the last 2 months its hard to see them winning any games. Rumor today/yesterday is Barca going in for Torres with 17m bid. Think that would actually benefit both parties, and would give Chelski some cash to throw at Cavani.

Couple good games on today - Uruguay/Spain, Mexico/Italia. Will be interested in seeing how Spain plays after getting bounced in the last Confed Cup. Think Brazil wins it - they looked sharp yesterday.

Great FK from Suarez, but not a good showing for Uruguay. Absolutely raped. Sick of the over-acting bullshit by the Spain players though - they're better than that. Soldado after one game has become a guy I simply fucking hate. What an annoying whiner. Spain bringing on Mata, Cazorla & Martinez in second half just shows how deep they are. Would all 3 be starters for Engerland (and most teams to be fair).

Arse gets a really manageable opening to the season - Hope they take advantage of it and don't fuck around until January like usual. Lots of transfer speculation - Isco to Man City would absolutely devastate me. Best young player in the world for me. Thiago and Illaramendi are up there as well - that entire young Spanish side is fucking ace - and play much more fun football than the senior squad. Arsenal seem to be closing in on Higuain, which would suit me just fine. He'll walk into first team.

Brando_sl said:

Isco to ManC is basically a done deal, sorry to burst your bubble but there is no way he's going to choose Arsenal over ManC. LFC could definitely use Illaramendi to either partner or replace Lucas but that's almost as big of a pipe dream as Isco is for us.

Anyway, pretty poor Brazil/Mexico game. Can't see either even getting close to Spain though at least Brazil will have a chance to play them seeing as how Mexico is done assuming an Italy win starting in about an hour.

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Didn't remotely imply Isco to Arsenal. Isco to Real Madrid is a different story though, and he'd flourish in that system. Having his former manager at City though is the rub, so he'll almost certainly end up there. I simply don't want to see him in the BPL as he'll be the best attacking mid in the league within 2 years. Rate him much higher than all of the German kids (who are absolutely brilliant in their own right).

This Japan/Italy match is ridiculous. Japan coming on and putting in a really tidy shift after getting pasted on the weekend. Honda is a free xfer this summer - a club like Pool/Spurs would do well to pick him up, but that would probably maketoomuch sense.

PSG appears on the brink of total egg on their face embarrassment - First AVB turns them down (good on him), then Capello is supposedly going to be hired as a 1-year stop gap manager until they can make a move for a bigger name - and Capello comes out today and flat denies any link. The problem for a club like that (as City is finding out), is there are only so many world class managers around - and none seem terribly eager to jump into a Chelski like situation.

Ya not sure - and you might be right on January, but he'd ease into a top 6 BPL side with no problem I'd think. I'd like him at Arsenal, but we wouldn't move for him as he'd "stunt" Chambo's growth. He was the best player on the pitch tonight imo. Can't believe Japan lost that - they were camped in Italy's box for the last 20 minutes of the game. Confed Cup is fun, but its only wetting the appetite for the main event next summer. Started to look into tickets/hotels in Rio for the opening stuff - but fucking everything nice is booked up already. My own fault for not locking down earlier.