you can only have 25! (or has that rule not filtered through to eastlands yet? :laugh3:)

 

Dont think so...

Carling Cup second round draw:

 

Accrington v Newcastle

Portsmouth v Crystal Palace

Leeds v Leicester

Wolverhampton v Southend

Blackburn v Norwich

MK Dons v Blackpool

Tranmere v Swansea

Everton v Huddersfield

Peterborough v Cardiff

Reading v Northampton

Scu.nthorpe v Sheff Wed

Brentford v Hull

Sunderland v Colchester

Leyton Orient v West Brom

Morecambe v Burnley

Birmingham v Rochdale

Crewe v Ipswich

Watford v Notts County

West Ham v Oxford Utd

Southampton v Bolton

Bradford v Preston

Fulham v Port Vale

Millwall v Middlesbrough

Stoke v Shrewsbury

Hartlepool v Wigan

 

Ties to be played week commencing 23 August

Has this been posted?

 

Reds agree deal for winger

 

Manchester United is pleased to announce it has reached agreement with Portuguese club Vitoria de Guimaraes for the purchase of 20-year-old winger Tiago Manuel Dias Correia (better known as "Bebe") for an undisclosed fee, subject to a successful medical in Manchester later this week.

 

Personal terms have been agreed with the Cacém-born (Portugal) attacker.

 

who does everybody on here support?

you can only have 25! (or has that rule not filtered through to eastlands yet? :laugh3:)

 

They will decide which 25 out of their 250 strong squad to pick, where the rest of the players will sit around earning shitloads of money for doing sod-all :P

i could have only dreamed what has happend to city we are mega minted... amd i love it players keep comin...

 

welcome mario

City are not mega minted, but their owners are. I hope they don't get bored of the colour sky blue!

Chelsea complete signing of Brazil midfielder Ramires

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8881118.stm

 

Man City complete Balotelli deal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8910570.stm

 

Balotelli wanted to stay in Italy :o

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8913696.stm

 

Wenger set to extend Arsenal stay

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/8912413.stm

 

Barclays Premier League kicks off on 14 August

 

The new Premier League season kicks off later on Saturday, with many tipping it to be the most competitive yet.

 

Big-spending Manchester City open up away at Tottenham at 1245 BST, with champions Chelsea completing the day's action at home to West Brom at 1730.

 

Newly-promoted Blackpool get their top-flight return under way at Wigan, with a total of eight games scheduled.

 

Liverpool host Arsenal in Sunday's only Premier League fixture, with Newcastle away at Manchester United on Monday.

 

While Chelsea remain many pundits' favourites to retain their Premier League title, Carlo Ancelotti's side could face challenges from a number of sides.

 

Manchester United, who have won 11 out of the 17 Premier League seasons, go into the campaign as their most likely rivals for the title, and having boosted their squad with the likes of Chris Smalling and Javier Hernandez.

 

But Arsenal - who have kept hold of Cesc Fabregas despite Barcelona's best efforts to sign him this summer - Roy Hodgson's rejuvenated Liverpool and Tottenham, who finished fourth last season, also go into the season full of optimism.

 

In fact Spurs boss Harry Redknapp insists his side will "never get a better chance" at a title push, adding: "Yes (it is a realistic aim). There is no point me looking anywhere else. The sky is the limit.

 

"We finished fourth last year and Tottenham will never get a better chance."

 

To do that, the Londoners would have to finish above Manchester City, the financial powerhouse tipped by many to upset the established order at the top of the league.

 

The Eastlands club, backed by billionaire Arab owners, have already splashed the best part of £80m on transfers this summer - and that is almost certain to rise with deals for Aston Villa midfielder James Milner and Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli widely expected to go through in the next few days.

 

They are one of a number of clubs facing a balancing act in the coming campaign, following the introduction of new Premier League rules on squad limits and home-grown quotas .

 

Those rulings have had little impact, though, on Blackpool ahead of their Premier League bow, with Ian Holloway boasting just 15 senior players in his squad before making five signings on Wednesday.

 

West Brom have been similarly active following their promotion, Baggies boss Roberto di Matteo bringing in five new players this summer, while the third of the Premier League new boys Newcastle have bolstered their squad with the likes of Sol Campbell, James Perch and Dan Gosling.

 

Also in action on Saturday are Aston Villa, currently managerless following Martin O'Neill's shock resignation earlier in the week, and West Ham, who will be led by Avram Grant following his summer appointment.

 

Everton - also tipped to do well this season after their last campaign was hampered by a series of injuries - kick off away at Blackburn, Bolton host Mark Hughes's Fulham, and Steve Bruce goes up against one of his former sides when Sunderland host Birmingham.

 

The BBC offers extensive coverage of the Premier League , and UK users will be able to see every goal on Match of the Day and Match of the Day 2. There will also be live commentaries on BBC Radio 5 live and live coverage on the BBC website.

 

The action begins at 1245 at White Hart Lane.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8911803.stm

Confident of a massive win today.... 4 Nil

Shock horror! Already 90 seconds gone and Man City have yet to break through the Tottenham defence. What a waste of money! :o

Wait... there's a match going on NOW?!?

I'll watch it.

let me know if you need any links

 

Is it me or does Gareth Barry look a bit chubby?

let me know if you need any links

 

Is it me or does Gareth Barry look a bit chubby?

 

Gareth Flabby?:rolleyes:

City are all over the place at the back!

City are all over the place at the back!

 

I hear they're already planning to sack half their "starting team" at half-time!:rolleyes:

let me know if you need any links

No, thanks. Here in South America we care about European football, ESPN Brasil is showing it :cool:

 

Very nice match!

Tottenham played much better than Man City, but they weren't lucky enough to score. By "not lucky", I mean "having an awesome GK in the opponent team".

 

But, just like I said before, football isn't about the best, it's about the winner, and Tottenham is not winning. ;)

 

Let's hope they manage to score in the 2nd half, they deserved.

0-0 after 55 mins. Bart you must be having kittens!

Man City seem to come across as a team who seem to be satisfied with taking 1 point from away matches. i cant imagine chelsea, man utd or arsenal ie the genuine title contenders taking that sort of mentality into a game. so until man city change their attitude they wont be lifting any silverware.

Again, nice match. Not as good as the 1st half, but still a good match.

 

The 2nd half was balances, but Tottenham was better overall.

This match shouldn't have ended in 0-0. Tottenham deserved to win.

 

But, like I said, it doesn't matter. They didn't win.

3 goals, an assist and counting for Drogba. Certainly going to lobside the fantasy league standings.

I'm not far behind, got two midfield goals for Malouda :D

City are not mega minted, but their owners are. I hope they don't get bored of the colour sky blue!

 

Or the owner decides to write off the loan, cos HMRC will be coming knocking asking for extra tax and they have it in for football clubs at the moment for some reason :thinking:

Good victory for Chelsea & Blackpool today

Blackpool were top of the pile for the first time in 53 years... albeit for 2 hours!