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So for some reason Fox Soccer Channel is show "local" Los Angeles adds for Sunday's match v the Galaxy. The use such superlatives as "the monsters from across the pond"
"powerhouse"

and then in some really annoying voice say stars like:

"David Silva"
"Gareth Barry"
"Jerome Boateng" - ummm WTF? I almost vomitted
"David Beckham" - I did vomit....

OK forget the fact Boateng is gone, I am thinking, really? Of all the other players they could have picked Boateng was the 3rd choice? LA is not known for it's large German population. And people wonder why 'soccer' doesn't make it in this country....

Anyway, this should be fun, Real dismantled them on Saturday.

Dude. The promos on ESPN for City v. Whitecaps has been "Gareth Barry and Manchester City" take on the Vancouver Whitecaps.

DCA wrote:Dude. The promos on ESPN for City v. Whitecaps has been "Gareth Barry and Manchester City" take on the Vancouver Whitecaps.

I get that though, he is an England international, it plays to the US biases.

We have plenty of other England Internationals (Hart, Lescott, Milner, Richards, Johnson, SWP, etc) so it's a bit strange that they have given Barry the top billing!

King Kev wrote:We have plenty of other England Internationals (Hart, Lescott, Milner, Richards, Johnson, SWP, etc) so it's a bit strange that they have given Barry the top billing!

it is very strange.

King Kev wrote:We have plenty of other England Internationals (Hart, Lescott, Milner, Richards, Johnson, SWP, etc) so it's a bit strange that they have given Barry the top billing!

He's got more caps than the others; not quite as many as them put together but it must be close.

A little offtopic.
Does Kolo have the right to play in this tour? Or the ban doesn't allow that even in a friendly game?

PeterParker wrote:A little offtopic.
Does Kolo have the right to play in this tour? Or the ban doesn't allow that even in a friendly game?

He's not even allowed to train with the team. he's banned from organised football, full-stop.

mr_nool wrote:

PeterParker wrote:A little offtopic.
Does Kolo have the right to play in this tour? Or the ban doesn't allow that even in a friendly game?

He's not even allowed to train with the team. he's banned from organised football, full-stop.

This is a little odd. When Mutu was banned for the same reason, last winter, after taking sibutramine, he played in friendlies for Fiorentina, and at the begining of the suspension he trained with Dinamo Bucharest.
And Mutu was at his second ban, after the coke chelsea.

Is this game on sunday?

Anybody else going to this match?

halnone wrote:Is this game on sunday?

Sunday 1pm in LA I believe.

Team for today:
Hart, Richards, Kompany, Lescott, Clichy; Johnson, De Jong, Barry, Silva; Dzeko, Balotelli

Kickoff in around 20 minutes.

Gareth Barry kinda resembles Matthew Fox, the actor who played Jack on Lost. That's all I can come up with for his "star power."

First choice minus Yaya & Tevez obv.

LOF has got this down as 22:15, the fixtures tab has it as 21:00 and the OS has it as 13:00.

What the fuck time does this thing kick off. Uk time????

21.00 uk time

But espn is apparently airing it 15 min delayed.

ashton287 wrote:LOF has got this down as 22:15, the fixtures tab has it as 21:00 and the OS has it as 13:00.

What the fuck time does this thing kick off. Uk time????

from LOF:
*Note this game kicks off LIVE at 9pm but this will be delayed coverage starting at 10.15pm from the start.

yeah i just read that bit. Any other sites/streams available?