The infamous celebration Josh eluded to...

God Returns to Anfield

http://eurosport.yahoo.com/30102007/4/benitez-hails-robbie-return.html

All hail the legend! This is the guy, for those of you that don't remember, that was suspended for doing coke and within the first minute back on the pitch, scores a goal, and in celebration runs to the back line, gets down on the ground and snorts the back line like a line of coke. The ref then proceeds to straight red card him, and he went right off the pitch. Amazing.

New Tattoo

Guys, I got a new tattoo! Pretty Bad ass, huh!?

FANTASYSHIP - transactions

josh + j have dropped diego milito and added adrian mutu of fiorentina to their attackers.

c+c have placed a claim for rooney from sim, which was accepted. sim reinstates drogba to his starting lineup. c+c drop henry to make room for rooney.
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fair play to all who've built a lead in this first leg of the cup quarterfinals (and to sim who's already advanced at the expense of joshy). nice work.

heads up for a new page being added to the league site over the weekend: rule clarification. as the league gets a little more settled, it seems like a good idea to have a quick reference for many of the potential sticky points (hopefully BEFORE they can become an issue).

on to week 7!

- colazo

Just heard on the World Soccer Daily podcast...

Some caller: Did you guys know Landycakes (Landon Donovan) is a Radiohead fan?
Host: As a radiohead fan myself, i'm sorry to hear that.
Caller: Yeah, i guess his favorite song is "how to disappear completely"

[hysterical laughter]

ok... nerdy soccer humor. but i just had to share: if you're not listening to the World Soccer Daily podcast (worldsoccerdaily.com or on iTunes), you're missing out. i highly recommend it. makes a workday go twice as fast.

FANTASYSHIP - transactions

- c+c send athletico madrid and the rights to samuel eto'o to ryan+n+a for sevilla
- then, c+c put robin van persie on IR and add sergio aguero of a. madrid as his replacement.
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remember: our games start again as of tomorrow, so if you have any roster changes let me know by friday modnight. good luck!

Why Messi is the best in the World.....

This is my response to the discussion about Messi being the best in the world. Yes, Kaka is amazing, but he doesn't quite deliver goals like this.

Attention all you so called "footy" fans:

Let's see how well you know your players...

Name this player in his tighty whities...

Have fun guessing but choose wisely, if you get it right you might raise some questions:)

Ridiculous Commentators

It pains me to show a clip from a Milan derby where Inter loses, but this is seriously ridiculous and awesome. I don't see John Madden with passion like this, that is for sure.

OOOOOH, SNAP!

Jose Mourinho has gone ahead and admitted what we already know... chelsea supporters are upper crust wankers who care more about the opera than supporting their team.

In the Special One's OWN WORDS: Chelsea fans are "the soft sort of fan who doesn't get behind the team a lot, who don't organise themselves into fan groups, with the cheering on that is characteristic of the image of English football."

Read for yourself.

in the words of a favorite liverpool anthem:
F--- off, chelsea f.c.,
you ain't got no history,
5 european cups and 18 leagues...
that's what we call history.

suckas!

FANTASYSHIP - transactions

In political news today, j+k have dealt the "evil pagan sinners" of rangers to daniel for the self-proclaimed "holy men" of celtic.

in a short statement today, Pope Benedict XVI said: "Go on lads... let's twat those bloody bastards!" Apparently, he didn't hear the question.

in a related note, the twice-yearly Old Firm derby between Celtic and Rangers happens on 20 October if you're interested in a viewing with us. Here's a preview (from last years game):

Old Firm Riot

in other news:
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daniel has dropped reading and added udinese
j+n have dropped real zaragoza and added napoli
johnny has dropped ronaldinho and added emmanuel adebayor or arsenal.
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Ronaldo Good...... Zlatan Better

Remember - Zlatan - Inter Milan, Cristiano - Gay United....... and thats why Inter rules all of your worlds.

The good Ronaldo

To those of you that said I should drop Christiana Ronaldo... I say you can stick his two goals he scored for me this last week (without Championship League games by the way) and stick them somewhere :-) lol just kidding thats mean, but suriously, I think some of you should realize what a great pick he actualy is.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=470397&cc=5901

No one can ever rip Drogba or Robben again

Furthermore, no one can ever claim that Italian football is anything other than a joke. Here is the footage of the most ridiculous thing I ever saw immediately following AC Milan's pitiful loss to pitiful Celtic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejhup40KtGA

Anyone who claims that Italian footbal is legitimate, or anyone who attempts to rip Drogba or Robben ever again, will be immediately named a Dida-head and be laughed at mercilessly until that person falls down onto the floor and begs for a stretcher.

Pitiful.

The season is young but...

So I just thought it was about time that I posted something on here and what better time then after I woop up on Rogue Warriors FC 5 to 1. Granted there is a lot of season left to play but I would just like to point out to all of those who doubted my drafting picks that I am now in 2nd in the table. The only team right now who can talk trash to me is Inter Stout (and they probable will) but as for everytone else, I would just like to quote Nelson Munts and say "haha" :-)

Messi best in the world?

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=468523&root=europe&cc=5901&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab2pos2

There is a gem at the end.

Let the debate begin: while technically listed as a forward, is the Messi(ah) the best of the current attacking midfielder class that includes the likes of Kaka and Christiano Ronaldo?

FANTASYSHIP - transaction

in a move bordering on a political declaration of war:

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james + kim have dropped stuttgart and added RANGERS as their bonus team.
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hide the carbombs.

FANTASYSHIP - transaction

so yeah... about that dropping henry thing... uh, whoops.

so since it's officially a new half-month today:
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c+c have dropped wesley sneijder and re-acquired thierry henry as their second striker.
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