Not the handroom.
League play returns today after what seems like a month off. It wasn’t, but there was enough drama for a month in the last week with the World Cup qualifiers. Riots, upsets, controversial plays and Irish luck conspiracy theories. You couldn’t really ask for more as a fan.
Hopefully league play can match the excitement. Liverpool is facing a must win tie against Citeh having won only one match in the last nine. The Reds injury crisis seems to be abating thanks to placentas, odd as that may seem.
There are some other games in multiple leagues across the continent. There will be some good calls, bad calls and controversial calls, but let’s not get out the flamethrowers just yet.
Select games after the jump…
English Premier League
07:45 ET Liverpool v Manchester City
10:00 ET Birmingham v Fulham
10:00 ET Burnley v Aston Villa
10:00 ET Chelsea v Wolverhampton
10:00 ET Hull City v West Ham United
10:00 ET Sunderland v Arsenal
12:30 ET Manchester United v Everton
La Liga
12:00 ET Deportivo La Coruña VS Atlético Madrid
12:00 ET Tenerife VS Sevilla FC
14:00 ET Real Madrid VS Racing Santander
16:00 ET Athletic Bilbao VS Barcelona
Serie A
12:00 ET Bologna VS Internazionale
14:45 ET Fiorentina VS Parma
Bundesliga
9:30 ET SC Freiburg VS Werder Bremen
9:30 ET VfB Stuttgart VS Hertha Berlin
9:30 ET Schalke 04 VS Hannover 96
9:30 ET VfL Wolfsburg VS Nurnberg
9:30 ET FC Cologne VS TSG Hoffenheim
9:30 ET Eintracht Frankfurt VS Borussia Monchengladbach
12:30 ET Borussia Dortmund VS Mainz
sigh.
/puts away flamethrower
come on you reds!!!!!!!
4-4
man, is Adebayor a lazy git
Shay Given is just incredible
I was going to come here and talk about football, but since I’ve never played in an EPL game, Dustin says I can’t talk about them.
Agger will find a way to miss four months with a cut over his eye.
I <3 Shay Given. With Citeh's porous back line, he is like a man at a mark, and remains unflappable.
@NYK: Roy Keane disagrees. Given is supposed to be everywhere at once.
Spurs-Wigan got moved to tomorrow, and still won’t be televised. Crap.
This guy doesn’t realize Slovakia isn’t Slovenia.
jesus christ, we’re the walking f**king wounded!
We need to stop complaining though, because Jack Wilshire is hurt.
@phil – some of the guys on the pitch right now haven’t ever played an EPL match either.
HEY-O!
/get it? Because they’re not good.
De Jong is really a nasty beast.
it would be so awesome if we could play with 11 men sometime today
Bellamy’s two years is now one year.
Babel needs to come off. What a f**king nightmare.
Does Babel have Alopecia, or is that chalk all over his head?
I foresee a Pepe Reina injury after the 3rd sub has already been made, requiring a Stevie G appearance in net
Geez, it’s like ‘Pool are taking sniper fire…
Babel actually was playing well too, what a shame. There is no way in hell Carragher is seeing this game out.
‘Pool are playing a very disciplined match right now. Need to create some chances, though
Sweet Wolverine jacket on the guy in the front row there.
Oh no Kolo Toure is hurt HOW EVER WILL CITY OVERCOME THAT KEY LOSS????
This is the s**te luck derby. Now Toure is down.
“Sense of bewilderment now as Ryan Babel limps off, victim of a clash with Steven Gerrard”
Really BBC? I know Gerrard and de Jong look so much alike, so I can see that mistake being easy to make.
Not sure why I insist on reading liveblogs of a game I’m watching on tv.
Agger has a concussion. Thirteen months recovery time, as a guess.
If Tevez does retire, he has a long career ahead of him as a Gaddafi impersonator.
‘Pool starting to put some pressure on goal now…
Scott Norwood is taking over for SWP in the wide right position.
Anyone listen to The Football Ramble? I’m slowly coming around to their position on SWP.
LOOK AT THAT JERK, HE DROPPED HIS NOTES!
This ‘Pool/Citeh game is absolute s**te thus far.
And good morning to all, btw.
I like how ESPN has both a “Soccer” and an “MLS” tab on it’s bottom line.
This announcer clearly has a fiver on SWP scoring. Absolutely ripping him, AND suggesting that that was a penalty.
@Ryan: It’s too bad that ESPN has figured that out, but Sunil and Bradley haven’t.
We had better win this. Citeh are awful. Absolutely awful.
I can’t figure out why Citeh are so awful. The talent is there. It’s almost like they’ve never trained together.
I know this is dangerous close to “all black people look alike” territory, but I can’t look at Adebayor without thinking of Augustus Hill.
Ade would probably be better off in a wheelchair at this point.
/misses ‘Oz’
I’d take this as a final result. It’ll give the media a chance to bloviate about 6 draws in 6, but all in all I think you have to accept a point at Anfield.
Georger, you racist bastard!
Matt Damon with a South African accent? Swoon . . .
Hey, I’m running down to the cafe, anyone need anything?
Liverpool are leaving themselves open to counter by attacking? What the f**k are they supposed to do, park the bus at home? God ESPN is f**king horrid.
Put it in the onion bag, Georger.
The hell is the Soccer Power Index? If it isn’t sponsored by Castrol, it’s not a viable ranking system.
the fun of having dogs: about the time Toure got clocked, one of my dogs decided to puke on the carpet. I’ll take all of y’all’s word for it that the 1st half sucked…good thing I woke up at 6 f**king 30 am today…
@EF – I need a vanilla-caramel latte and a pain au chocolat.
How the hell is Toure this team’s captain?
The guy who replaced Toure…it’s like he chose a bunch of letters at random for his surname.
/not as racist as Georger
I was going to say they just subbed on an outstanding Scrabble pull.
Who else can you give it to? Half the squad is pants, and the other is a risk to get sent off nearly every game.
Given, obviously.
If Gareth Barry showed 25% of the heart and skill that he did at Villa, he would be my choice.
MARTIN MOTHER F**KING SKRTEL
What is a “rugged South American defender?”
Score. Own goal?
Adebayor scoring goals for fun.
seriously, Skrtel is a scary-looking dude.
And nice marking, Ade.
Seriously Hughes, it’s time to take SWP off.
@Ryan – agreed, he’s embarrassing the family name
Announcer informs the Santa Cruz is on the bench as an option.
I thought we wanted to score goals though?
More injuries!
Barry off, announcers baffled as his career has been “ignited” by playing for City.
….. looked like a handball to me
Stephen Ireland has a good first touch, but no chin.
What if you filled Craig Bellamy’s altitude chamber with horse placentas?
The healing power would be immense.
SWP = The fastest dwarf ever?
Apparently, “altitude chamber” is Welsh for cocaine stash.
@NYK: Here is your latte and pain au chocolat – enjoy!
Announcers full of jokes today, I guess you could say I’m Iraqi.
Pain au Chocolat – staring Lexington Steele and Shane Diesel.
Well that was f**king inevitable.
Well, that’s what happens when you don’t mark in the box.
Adebayor to blame for Skrtel’s goal, Skrtel to blame for Adebayor’s.
Ugh, there is no God.
There’s an accent grave in Steele’s name when he’s in French porn, Georger.
More Saturday morning racism: N’Gog and Babel have similar facial features.
F**KING AWFUL
brilliant turn from SWP
That sucks.
SUPER JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW
Madness
Ahahah, now this what we all expected
Downing on the subs bench for Villa. F**king outstanding.
The Chinless Wonder – what did I say about his first touch? AND THE EQUALIZER11111!!!!!!!
What the hell has happened here in the past 20 minutes?
Why would Hughes not start Tevez in every game?
Jozy Altidore nabs a 2nd start in a row for Hull.
LUCAS LEARN TO F**KING CLEAR THE BALL
You not a proponent of the 2-yard clearing attempt, Georger?
Announcer Ian is quite enamored with the horse placenta thing.
@Nathaniel Up to this point, he and Ireland haven’t worked too well together. Punditry says they make a lot of runs to the same areas, not sure if I buy that.
This Greek dude is made of porcelain.
EF he keeps getting kicked in the stomach by his own players.
Bellamy is the Favre of soccer.
From his ManUre days, I’d say that Tevez is 40x the worker that Ireland will ever be. Regardless of the runs to the same areas.
Oh, I wholeheartedly agree, just saying what the general feeling is.
Pixie on the bench.
Ian makes another placenta joke.
that’s it, I’m getting a placenta treatment. not sure for what, but I’m getting one
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