o man!

is ferris bueller there?

Haha I said SOME of the finest art. If he was here it'd be ALL. Just having a quick mental relaxer before getting back into the chin stroking

oh no he went to the baseball game

yeah long visits to museums give me headaches

i see too much or something

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eta: so you still flying out of nawlins or not no more?

Agreed. It's a lot to take in in one go. Certainly exhausting. Plus I did did a walking tour of the architecture of Chicago this morning. That was great learning more about buildings that only yesterday I just glanced past.

Nope, still flying to New Orleans. Got an 8am flight tomorrow. Problem is I have I a date here tonight. Better not miss that flight

damn son you work fast :D

Yeeaahhh...the accent has allowed me to be a bit of a tomcat here

ha ha ha ha

yeah, i’ve seen that phenomenon before

anyway if you could stay a while and sell garbage goods on informercials with the credibility that accent gives you, you could get rich very quickly...

It's insane, I know. I seem to become about 3 times more desirable the minute I hit US soil.

so, 3-2, looks eventful

ima pester you again in the trump thread man

watching highlights of this “uefa nations league” business

witf is it?

germany sucking lolol

adiós love...

UEFA brought it in to replace friendlies but they're really the same thing. I didn't bother watching any of it. But then I only really care about Int football during WCs and the Euros, and maybe some of the other proper federation cups.

Looks like Joachim Low's for the chop. I'm just amazed he's still there to begin with.

oh it’s friendlies with your own level?

sounds okay but... hm...

germany lacking a proper centerforward

i mean there’s timo but dont know why he’s not working

think about their championship, it was a 37 year old guy who gave it to them

okay the final was a gotze goal, yes, but the rest was klose

Yeah they need renewing. It's hard tampering with a team straight after they'd won a WC but they needed new blood a long time ago. But I don't watch enough German football to know who's in contention.

Anyway, Prem starts again tomorrow

Sat: Chelsea v Man U (aka Hazard v Jose) looks must-watch, but perhaps a tad early for our rebel colonist friends (12:30 GMT)

Biases aside, if you're looking for an option other than the obvious (above), it has to be West Ham v Spurs. (3.00 GMT) Spurs will be favourites but they're not quite firing this season, and WH are a bogey-team for them. Pelle v Poch; Arnie v Kane, big derby atmosphere. It's probably the biggest game of the season for WH fans but should be a good one for the neutral too, albeit in a weekend relatively low on hi-profile fixtures.

yeah 530 am for me lol

it’s 549 here rn, i can make it tomorrow, for sure catch 2nd half

if Man U play any deeper theyll be in the stard

Hazard's having Luke Shaw and Ashley Young on toast.

1-0 Chelsea (Rudiger) but what was Pogba doing?!?

great goal rudiger huh?

It was an excellent header but Pogba should've stuck with him. Man U are all over the place.

my talking heads saying man u ok but pogba pogba pogba

me i just enjoying chelsea and laughing at sarri screaming “porca madonna “ :D :D

at 1-0 they always have a chance but they're just so slow, and disorganised.

1-1. How the fuck do MU do it?

oh lololololololololol

2-1

And on balance, they probably deserve it. Talk about a game of two halves

2-2

Fair to say the post match interviews will be interesting

hahahaha

all very entertaining

fair result

how nervous you bout spurs?

they gonna show here

first half i thought west ham was holding up well in spite of having the lesser players

only problem i saw was all balls to artie makes their atack predictable

but the injuries on zabaleta and yarmolenko very unfortunate

the goal felt a bit cruel but that’s what better players do

i hope you have a luckier second half

let’s see if chicharito merits attention for something other than his everchanging haircolor

so... end of game, i think west ham deserved better. unfortunately they only connected on offside.

independent of final score you can find consolation in the fact that west ham is now a decent team and if pellegrini stays maybe he can build from here—strengthen strengths, patch deficiencies, prevent excessive dependencies on individual players.

it can get there

Yeah, agree with you. I think a draw would've been fair but we are relying too much on Arnie. We miss a creative midfielder. With Lanzini and Wilshire out Anderson should be that player for us but he isn't really in the right position, and drifts in and out of games anyway.

Losing t Spurs is shit, though. Fortunately it doesn't happen as much as it probably should, given the clear gulf in quality.

you expect pellegrini to hire in january?

if so, who?

So, what sort of football is this? The worldwide roundball one?

the round bouncy one, full of cheating over-paid foreign-types.

We're being linked with a 25m bid to get Dzeko from Roma. I like him as a player and Peelegrini obviously knows him well from their time together at Man City, but Pellegrini is himself downplaying the rumours and, at 32, he seems a bit too short-term for me.

Also talk of a loan move for £60m Chelsea flop Morata. No thanks.

We do need a proper striker. It's a shame Chicharito hasn't worked out but we need more than just a goal poacher. We also need a creative midfielder while Lanzini's out and Wilshire seems past it, even when he's fit.

Anyone watching Man U v Juve? Juve already 1 up without even looking that good. MU are utter shite.

Loving it.

oh holy shit i got busy & sidetracked. lml

MU are appalling.

That would actually be the best thing I would see all year. Please let us happen.

my talking heads (in spanish) predicting a tie and it looks likely. that goalpost/facebounce was lucky.

they saying juve better in first half and comparing to their tie with genoa in the weekend

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eta: looks like no

Any time MU get anything now, it's purely down to the fact they have individual players capable of scoring against anyone. I get the feeling those individuals are playing for themselves now. Not for MU and certainly not for Jose. He's talked in the past about getting players to walk through walls for him. It seems now they're more likely wanting to climb over walls just to get away from him.

wtf? Do you hate West Ham, or something?