Soccer 2013-2014

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I can't see how anybody will be able to make ManUre challenge for anything next year, it's going to be a 2 year process at minimum. Whiskeynose was the embodiment of ManU success, that's never coming back. I don't think they'll ever be as successful as they just were.
 
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The scary thing is that is only takes 1 Liverpool loss for Man City to get back into the driving seat, and Chelsea or Crystal Palace are games that could potentially cause a slip up. This shit is way closer than it ought to be 8(
 
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Don't think you need to worry about that, Liverpool managers just don't go to Man Utd - would cause rioting
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I was hoping he would be allowed to sit through the summer window.

Then again, if the rumours of van Gaal coming on board are true, the new manager won't be joining the team until late July. On top of this there will be another major change in staff. With that and everyone on earth knowing United are desperate and have really deep pockets, they might have a rough transfer window.
 
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Pks_sl said:
And probably a new young forward considering the previous Welbeck & Chicarito have both signalled for departure.. which in itself is maddening - I love those two.
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How is it maddening that they can't get in the team ahead of Rooney or RVP?

Admittedly it didn't look as if Moyes was capable of getting his best players to gel but it doesn't change the fact Rooney and RVP will always be the first choice under any manager. Wellbeck is like someone combined Sterling and Sturridge but with half the talent and twice the afro
 
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Can't always field em though, shouldn't always field them either. First #11 would normally be RVP & Rooney but after that you can't say Mata & Rooney works out just as well when a team like Everton just sits deep and plays on the counter effectively. Biggest problem I always saw from Moyes is he wouldn't dare drop RVP or Rooney when the opportunity came for it or when it screamed out for it - they can't always perform given injuries, fitness or performance levels drop or if it made sense tactically.
 
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Going to wear a black armband to mourn the loss of the former manager of Manchester Untied, David Moyes. May he rest in peace
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I don't care who the next manager is for ManUre, the squad is such a mess that we're talking about 2 years minimum to get back to challenging and even then there is no SAF waiting in the wings. Rooney, Mata and Kagawa all play the same position and with Rooney on the contract he's on who's going to get started regardless of form? That is Moyes most damaging decision, Rooney and Nani contracts, if he had anything to do with them. What new recruit is going to want to earn less than those two shit stains? This is going to be hilarious.
 
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Premier League seems really healthy at the moment. I've never known anything as good at this year.
 
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Chris_sl said:
Liverpool, Everton, Man City and Man United are all within a 20 mile radius which makes their double defeats to these teams even worse. Also in this area we have Wigan and Bolton who were relegated recently so at least they are not the worst team here.
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Me being bad at english geography wrongly located Manchester kinda near Carlisle upto now, prolly cause of SAF managing United all these years. God i had no idea.
Do they speak that scouse in Manchester as well? I swear that slang makes my ears bleed.
 
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Me being bad at english geography wrongly located Manchester kinda near Carlisle upto now, prolly cause of SAF managing United all these years. God i had no idea.
Do they speak that scouse in Manchester as well? I swear that slang makes my ears bleed.
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No. Listen to Noel Gallagher speak,, that's a Manchester accent
 
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Dyvim_sl said:
Me being bad at english geography wrongly located Manchester kinda near Carlisle upto now, prolly cause of SAF managing United all these years. God i had no idea.
Do they speak that scouse in Manchester as well? I swear that slang makes my ears bleed.
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Scouse is just Liverpool and it's limited suburbs but it's pretty widespread there, they fucking moan constantly too. White trash in Manchester have a Mancunian accent which is equally weird but not annoying, I live and work here and don't hear it often other than the homeless. The towns inbetween have variations of the Lancashire accent so those city accents are in a very small geographical area.

When people say "The North" of England they mean the middle bit of England near the top of Wales, not the desolate wasteland leading up to Scotland with nothing but hills.
 
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I saw a while back a couple episodes of a BBC serie called The Lakes about a guy from Liverpool going inland to work in a restaurant or something. I remember vividly the owner despising the people from Liverpool on the ground that when Irish people came to England, the lazy ones stayed in Liverpool, while the hard working ones went further.

Anyway... Cech injured kinda suck. Injuries a part of sport, but let's hope it will have no impact on the outcome (what ever the outcome is).
 
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I think pretty much the whole country despises people from Liverpool. The Beatles, Thatcher and Hillsborough gets old pretty fast. Thankfully most of them stay there so you have a choice, though sometimes they send TV cameras in.
 
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Yeah, a Manchester resident claiming the whole country despises Liverpool. Rich stuff.....

Atleti - Chelski played what might be the worst CL semifinal I can remember ever seeing, just horrific. Defending with 9 men from the get go by Mourinho, just pathetic.
 
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Only been following soccer for a couple of years now, some basic questions from a Yank about the English leagues:

1. Why is the second tier called The Championship and the third tier called League 1?

2. How can there be a ManchesterUnitedif there is a Manchester City?

3. Why do England and Wales split up for World Cup but are combined for league play?

4. And while I'm at it, how many countries are actually over there on those two islands? I was always thought it was 2: Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I only know that latter name because I was working with the British Navy a few years back and that's what I had to call them in a document I wrote.
 
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1. Why is the second tier called The Championship and the third tier called League 1?
Pretty much marketing. It used to be called Division 1, 2, 3, etc, but when the top division changed to the Premier league, there was a perceived gap between that is the next level down being division 2. So they changed it to the Championship at some point to drum up more support.


2. How can there be a ManchesterUnitedif there is a Manchester City?
The same way there is the New York Jets and the New York Giants.


3. Why do England and Wales split up for World Cup but are combined for league play?
They are still separate countries and have separate leagues. The exception are Cardiff and Swansea who joined the English leagues and have worked their way up from the bottom.


4. And while I'm at it, how many countries are actually over there on those two islands? I was always thought it was 2: Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I only know that latter name because I was working with the British Navy a few years back and that's what I had to call them in a document I wrote.

Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, Sealand!
 
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lol @ sealand. Forgot about that shit.

And speaking of the other countries like Wales...Glad to see Giggs named interim manager. No-brainer while they search, but still glad to see it.
 
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