And it's Big Sam on MOTD tonight. Ooh Demo, feel for you.

It's gonna be a looooong season.

after a constipated first half dortmund beats newcomer ingolstadt (the illuminati!) 4-0.

if i'm correct they've scored 12 goals in their last 3 games.

sweetttttt

Who's Dortmund's manager now?

thomas tuchel (tuchel, not tuchus, ha ha)

was kloppo's successor at mainz-- and sort of handpicked by him as his replacement for dortmund as well, from what i understand

they're the same/near "new wave" generation of german coaches, or whatever it is they call them.

tuchel was last year on hiatus after a successful multi-year campaign with mainz. they're not a big club by any means but they're now "stable" on the bundesliga after many struggles. (and today they just beat monchengladbach--last year's 3rd place--2 to 1)

here's a little read about him from the pre-season (well, april, but he wasn't working then)

http://www.dw.com/en/rule-breaker-tu...und/a-17503661

Listened to a podcast today where they were really singing Tuchel's praises. Some of it sounded a bit OTT but he's obviously someone worth following.

Stones hands a transfer request. Well we might as well write off Everton's season potential now. Gutted. And all this does is make Martinez look like a cunt.

Well I take it back on the Stones affair. Well done to Kenwright/Martinez for holding firm and standing up to Abramovich/Mourinho. I really hope you do keep him. It'll send out a great message to the bullies.

wolfsburg without debruyne beating schalke 1-0 at halftime with a bas dost goal

not sure about the debruyne deal status, but fuck man city's petrodollars regardless.

De Bruyne looks like a done deal. According to the people at Wolfsburg the price offered by Man City was "astonishing" and not one they could refuse. Now it just looks like both teams agreeing on the details.

I'm interested to see what all the fuss is about. He did nothing when he was at Chelsea but has obviously improved massively since then. Also interested to see where he fits in MC's midfield. Have to assume he's replacing Navas on the right wing but from what I've read he plays in the centre for Wolfsburg. Surely he won't displace Silva out to the right (assuming Navas is still the player being ousted).

lol wolfsburg is winning 3-0 without him right now.

gotta say i miss his good dribbling and excellent passes but wolfsburg is showing they are not a one-man team. then again schalke isn't doing that great right now.

de bruyne was signing autographs and taking photos with fans on the stands during halftime. they're not playing him because his mind isn't there, they're saying. perisic also on the way out it seems-- leaving for inter, not even on the bench today.

Maybe not a one man team but talk here is that, cos Wolfsburg are in the same CL group as Man U, City have probably done United a big favour in getting De Bruyne.

Group A - Real Madrid, Paris St Germain, Shakhtar Donetsk and Malmo.
Group B - PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, CSKA Moscow, VfL Wolfsburg
Group C - Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Galatasaray, Astana
Group D: Juventus, Manchester City, Seville, Borussia Monchengladbach
Group E: Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, AS Roma, BATE Borisov
Group F: Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Olympiakos, Dinamo Zagreb
Group G: Chelsea, Porto, Dynamo Kiev, Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Group H: Zenit St Petersburg, Valencia, Olympique Lyon, Gent

Horrible group for Man City.

Jeez. This season is already looking like a Bundesliga style run away for City. Oh and thanks West Ham, thanks.

You're so very welcome :)

meanwhile, dortmund started this weekend at the top of the bundesliga table, ahead just on goal difference.

they play again tomorrow.

bayer/bayern starts right now!

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xabi ----------- > costa ==> muller = golaaaaaaazo!

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eta: weird bayern defensive lineup: xabi and alaba as cb? bernat left, lahm right. (boateng redcarded, benatia injured, dante... sleeping?)

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3-0 after 2 stupid penalties, i'm only half-watching at this point. leverkusen started the game with good pressure on bayern's goal but by now have been completely skewered. costa is making me a little sad for ribéry who is now firmly benched.

leverkusen missing son who was just sold to spurs.

Today's win is literally the first time I've seen us beat Liverpool at home in my lifetime. 53 years since it last happened. 53 years!

This'll be the one time I won't begrudge Gomis doing that fucking celebration.

Fucker ruined my fantasy football score this week.