It'll be interesting seeing what he does in the transfer window. Not just players coming in. El Symbols knows most about Bayern's individual players and how they're set up but Pep's bound to sacrifice at least one big name as he tries to stamp his identity on the club. I think Robben might go. He's the one midfielder there that I really can't see fitting into a stereotypical Guardiola set up.

good call. i wonder if he'll try to lure away any of his old players

Something that's interesting about that, I think, is that if you look at both teams over the last coupje of seasons, I'm not convinced Barcelona have necessarily been better than Bayern and where I think we've already seen the best of this Barcelona team, I still think Bayern can get better. And we shouldn't forget that under Heynckes last season they finished ahead of Pep's Barcelona in the CL. And Barcelona never even won La Liga that season. On paper, based on recent form, anyway, this is a bit of a step backwards for Bayern.

I AM FUCKING PISSED OFF

fucking comcast (cable co.) dropped goltv (channel) which carries the bundesliga

so that it could show the channel that carries la liga matches

FUCK THEM

i was looking forward to the restart of the matches this saturday

Major bummer. Although in the UK we have to make do with a weekly highlights show (and wading through the online press). There's still a stigma towards the Bundesliga here, and German football in general. At least Pep now going there will now hopefully challenge that. It shouldn't take that for it to start to be taken seriously but that's England, I suppose.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21064709

Sigh. Obviously it would be below him to actually apologise for it.

I fecking love Suarez. Who else would have the nerve to actually admit to being a cheat? He's actually right about the English press as well. Gerrard and Michael Owen dived (in the game that launched him to stardom no less) and the press never gives them shit.

This

Cos I'm biased Phil Neville did after his HORRENDOUS dive against Liverpool.

Fair enough. And did his manager come out against him afterwards? No. Cos Phil Neville may be a little rat faced boy. But at least he's English right? Apart from The Guardian and some people in The Telegraph the UK football press is useless.

well i cancelled my cable which is saving me some 50 bucks a months in various fees, so at least that's one good consequence of this shituation.

only problem is where to catch the games this weekend. OH FUCK. will i have to turn to piracy and shitty video streams narrated in german, interrupted at random times by commercials? fuck my life! (first world problems-- yeah)

luckily the fox website streams all the champions league matches so maybe we'll see a german team ride to victory-- w00t! (though i fear juventus & man u)



yeah but you have your love of west ham to keep you entertained


funny thing though, bayern beat pep's ex-team in the CL last year, ha ha ha.

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ANYWAY, SUAREZ:

it seems to me that he wasn't scolded so much for actually diving than from admitting to his hilarious crimes in a public forum. hilarious crimes which indeed ruin the game, but are nevertheless hilarious. as are his big rabbit teeth. but yea-- scolded from breaking the code of omerta, not for cheating

Um yes he did. He stated how he gave him a massive bollocking about it at halftime and was embarrased by it. And again, yes he did get slated by the press by it.

Hmm. Fair enough, maybe im just too cynical.

Anyway, people seem to think Spurs will beat Man U this weekend. But these people are wrong, because we will lose. Heavily.

Chelsea are apparently due for another snub, this time by Klopp, if they try to get him. Abramovich is now supposed to be looking at Moyes as one of his 'plan B' options. I'd be seriously surprised (and disappointed) if he ends up going there. Chelsea really could be in the shit, especially as Real are also rumoured to be looking at Benitez if, as expected, Mourinho leaves at the end of the season.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-a-plan-B.html

At this rate, there may be just one man left in the frame ...

hA! watched the bayern game in a german-language stream (looked better than the cable transmission actually). i don't understand a word of german but i kept hearing "GARdiola... GARdiola... GARdiola..."
it was a dull match against a shit team but still nice to see robben return from injury.

next, dortmund-bremen... i hear klopp said/will say no to the oligarch? if true, thank fuck for that!

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ps-- hey, look! chelsea-man city battle it out in the seas!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-St-Barts.html



o, wait. wrong petrodollar prince...

If Sven showed up at Chelsea i would wet myself with happiness.

Haha, totally. Abramovich should admit defeat and appoint himself as the next manager. Then he can sack himself mid season.

Why do the commentators on the Bundesliga highlights show always spoil it by revealing there will be a goal before it is actually scored? Pricks.

It drives me mad when they do that on the Championship highlights show. Although, speaking of pricks, Steve Claridge manages to make that show unwatchable anyway. We live in times of shit punditry.

Villa 1 -0 Bradford City

It looks like theyre gonna wipe the floor with them. I hope they win the cup, i like Lambert and imagine if Stilyan Petrov joined them at Wembley to lift the cup? That'd be REAL pathos and emotion in sport, unlike some people