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Lol, nah, no fear of me ruining this lovely and intelligent thread you have here, just thought i would show my support for Swansea but truth be told im more of a Cardiff City fan (and an even bigger Rugby Fan), im just happy to see a welsh team getting represented on the international stage! Although i fear that with them playing in the English Premier League it will only add to the confusion of people thinking Wales is a part of England. Bring on the Rugby World Cup!
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Man City beat one of the favourites to go straight back down to the Championship. Sure they have a new £40m striker who looks pretty good (no surprise given his reputation and price tag), but they folded against Man Utd the previous week.
Arsenal were woeful last night.
However, it's a marathon not a sprint..
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To be honest I’m not a big fan of City’s home kit this season.
Before the takeover it was ups and downs and many unhappy weekends lol.
Lots of ribbing from other fans.
Due to City going up and down the leagues we never had mega marquee players like we do today.
But we did get good players like Anelka, David James, Andrew Cole, Peter Schmeichel and Robbie Fowler at various points in their careers.
It has always been entertaining supporting City.
And now that we can compete I’m just enjoying it… half expecting to wake up and it’ll all have been a beautiful dream!!
@ Fecam: We were never in the fold against Utd… I don’t think we deserved to go 2-0 up!
But we did bring to light the frailties of De Gea, which I believe is a good thing for all the other teams in the league.
And in respect to Swansea you can only beat the team that’s in front of you.
3 points, the two strikers that played scored in the first game of the season, that’s a good start despite the opponents.
Agureo £38 Million
Carroll £35 Million
Torres £50 Million
Agureo is a bloody bargain compared to those two trouts!
Back To Eso: Do you feel Arsenal and Arsene are treated unfairly by UEFA and the FA?
Wenger could face UEFA punishment
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14553180.stm
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I don't know whether Arsenal get treated unfairly, but some of the stuff they do doesn't make it easy to defend their actions. At this point, I want to get through this month will the least amount of damage. Wenger has put us in this situation by dragging out Fabregas and Nasri transfers while dilly dallying bringing in defensive.midfield reinforcements. On the bright side, we're up 1-0 to Udinese.
On a side note, I wanted to see what team my wife would more identify with. So I showed her all the team logos. The five she liked most were Chelsea, Everton, Manchester City, Manchester United and QPR. Then I showed her the jerseys and the three she liked the most were Chelsea's home kit, Manchester City's third kit and Manchester United's home kit. And of those three, she chose City's third kit as her favorite. She thinks Aguero is hot lol. So yeah, my wife is a very part time City supporter now. Funny though, she subconsciously picked the team with the richest owner that spends the most obscene amount of money. Coincidence?
@Loudwon, I think that means you should send an Aguero third kit to my house ASAP!
I told her Arsenal were playing Saturday (08/20) morning at 6:45am on ESPN 2. She said, "so, we're watching it together?" Nice! Maybe I can get the kids to focus on the game too. I usually watch the games on the PC, but this game will be on the TV which means the channel will be changed from Nick Jr./Disney. One of my two year old sons (I have twins) already shouts "GOOOOOOOOLLLLL" whenever he hears it on TV.
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Haha cool Eso.
Your wife obviously has good taste, but you already knew that dude haha.
Our third kit is last seasons away kit, which was nice of City to keep it for 2 seasons.
And to make it better I've got Yaya Toure on it, our FA Cup hero 
We'll do a trade... I'll send you a City shirt and you send me a cubbies shirt haha.
"I wish I could go back, put some money on the Cubbies..."
All of the teams bar Everton are rich/have money.
Women can smell money hahaha.
Good point, I feel Arsenal get a bit of a rough deal (especially from the UK media) but I actually think a lot of that is because he's a foreign manager with strong views and beliefs.
Its like if there is an English player that has a good game then the media is like they're the best!
Only because they're English and thats why plop like Andy Carroll cost £35 Mil.
So he's as good as Cesc?! Or better than Berbatov or Tevez?!
But good foreign players get overlooked.
A mate (was a West Ham fan) text me yesterday and said "So what if I just brought the whole man city kit".
I joined in my local teams training last night and there he was full kit, shirt, shorts and socks hahaha.
Everyones seeing the light!
One of my two year old sons (I have twins) already shouts "GOOOOOOOOLLLLL" whenever he hears it on TV.
Man that is quality.
So cool that you'll be watching the game as a family.
6:45am... commited!
I take it the boys will be up before then anyway?
Some good games on this weekend... including the battle for top spot (lol) between Bolton and City.
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@ Loudwon, Haven't the English FA made it so that English players are more valuable with the homegrown rules? I think more than anything clubs are buying passports first then looking to see if the player is actually good.
What is the deal with the recent lockdown on immigrants? When I was looking to relocate to England, I saw that the visas were damn near impossible to obtain unless you were a rocket scientist making substantial amounts of money. Are there too many people leeching off the government? I just want to go and get a nice accounting/finance job, buy season tickets to Arsenal games, and enjoy what London has to offer. Are you guys that afraid of foreigners?
To use a British phrase, I think Wenger "has lost the plot." He's lashing out at fans as if we're to blame for him not signing better players or signing players that actually want to play for the club and not use it as a springboard because he pays these young guys outrageous amounts of money. #SpendSomeFuckingMoney lol
I am very committed to watching every Arsenal game. I schedule around it. For games during the work week, I stream them at work and just listen to the audio while sneaking in a few seconds of game play footage while toiling away at spreadsheets. Yes, the kids are usually up around 6:30am EVERY morning no matter what time they go to bed. They have no concept of sleeping late. Yes, my oldest son mimics Andres Cantor very well. I sometimes watch the Primera Division teams (Mexican League) on the Spanish channels as well as catching the Chicago Fire MLS games whenever I can. Both my sons will watch for a while but then their 2 year old attention spans shift to something else like jumping on the couch or destroying the toy bin. Kids...love'em because I have to until they are 18 lol.
@Fecam, I didn't see the game but from what I gather the SPL is rather woeful.
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Yeah the price of English/British players has rocketed due to the 25 man squad rule/homegrown players rule where each squad must have at least 8 homegrown players.
I don't know if the FA meant for the prices to go up for them, I think thats more a result of the rule coming in so the better homegrown players became more expensive.
If you have to have 8 homegrown players you're going to want to have the best ones, but there are only so many good homegrown players. So the rarer the object (good homegrown players in this case) the more expensive they will become... supply and demand?
It seems Labour, when in power let a rather large amount of immigrants in without even having proper registration or checks in place since then people have become increasing more worried about the situation.
Also, yes too many people are leeching off the government, girls with 5 children from 8 different fathers.
Scumbags that have never worked in their lives etc. Its the lazy free loading dumb ass British people that are the biggest problem over 'ere. That and the weather lol.
It wasn't a great game to have all the family watching... although I dont think Liverpool did anything to actually warrant winning. Both goals stink of offside.
And ANOTHER red card on a debut!
Frimpong looked good except for some dodgy tackles. He had a good shot but just wide.
Man City agree deal to sign Nasri
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14628121.stm
Right, so Wenger has the money... go get some players maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!
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It's time for real football yall, go Redskins!
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As much as I want to spout negative things about Nasri, I won't. No player is bigger than the club. That being said a huge relief was felt by all us Arsenal supporters with the win against Udinese. Advancing to the Group Stages of the Champions League. Szczesny with the monster save on the penalty. Hopefully the checkbook is opened and some new signings come in before the Transfer Window closes.
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