News roundup.

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

News:

Because having Dobby and Falcao and Wazza isn't enough, Thumbsy wants to bring a creative midfielder to Manchester United in the summer.

Tim Sherwood vows to get Christian Benteke firing again to save Aston Villa.

Safe standing trials move closer with Welsh Assembly backing. Apparently 96% of football fans want safe standing at matches.

Arsène Wenger hails Olivier Giroud as a wholly ‘different player’.

Paris Saint-Germain lose four players to injury ahead of Chelsea clash. Time for Super Zlatan to do his thing.

Toni Kroos: No divas at Real Madrid. A little hard to believe, but whatever you say, Potatoni. Also says that Real shouldn't underestimate Schalke because he knows that Benni and Floptelaar and the guys will be out for blood.

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting: Schalke can beat Madrid with di Matteo in charge. Now you don't get too cocky, CM. Remember that penalty against Bayern?

BvB chairman Aki Watzke: Bayern wanted more BvB players!

Hobbit Prince Messi equals La Liga hat-trick record in his 300th league appearance. This is a match report.

Photos (really random ones):

Messi after scoring a hat-trick:



Chicken at training:





Look who's back!



Silly Troll playing butt-ball.



Some Real Madrid stuff:





Arsenal against Boro yesterday. Dumb Baguette killed.




Captain Mats posted this:





And that's it!

Comments

[koyuki]

omg -- potatoni. I love it. Which syllable is the stress? Right now I'm saying it like "poTAYto-ni" which sounds hilarious to me.

And yeah, but he's contractually obligated to say that kind of shit, etc. Ozil has shaded the RM dressing room before too, but I bet if you straight out asked him, he would also say there are no divas.


TINY CAPTAIN RETURNS!!! ♥_♥ we missed you Lahmpoleon.

I can't fault Messi. Happy to hear he got that hat trick. If only dumb baguette had stepped up. LMFAO grandpere was like "I left him on another 55 minutes so he could score another." re: Giroud being kind of sad he did not nab it. IT'S OKAY, YOU HAVE THE ~BEST PRIZE OF THEM ALL~

I hope Jazzy is okay. I was wondering what happened :C

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

Lol, that's how I say it: poTAYto-ni. Credit to mrscrapbag for the great name. I mostly call him Danny Cruz.

Mats looks so much better already

[jesscp.livejournal.com]

Poor boo was suffering, he finally looks a bit more alive again! I hope he will be fit for Friday but it's probably a bit soon for him, as long as he can be ready for the CL pain next week. We will need him so bad I swear.

I know not everyone loves Chicken/TinTin but that boy is my number 1 blonde I swear, he just seems so much happier and relaxed now since he's extended his contract. I'm on my phone but there are so many HAPPY GIFS of BvB from Friday and I just want to post them all because they are amazing.

I miss Jazzy too OP, hope she is alright!

RE: Mats looks so much better already

[aquaecolore.livejournal.com]

Aw Chicken. All those training photos recently are hilarious xD

[aquaecolore.livejournal.com]

I've missed Jazzy's posts as well :(


Lol that Choupo-Moting penalty was something. We all know how those matches are going to go..


I'm sure besides Gündogan Bayern would've wanted Hummels back as well. muhaha xD


There are some interesting transfer rumors here (http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/16/football-transfer-rumours). Like Juventus being interested in Mkhitaryan and Atlético in Santi Cazorla and Juan Mata.
Hmmm

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Gundo and Mats were the first people who popped up in my mind as well. And Subotic also seems possible.

Noooo, you can't take Santi away from us, Simeone! I'll cry my eyes out if this happens.

[marsyke.livejournal.com]

They had Hummels but gave him away. That would be a bit ironic, I guess.
But we have a 1000 midfielders, can we not buy any more?

[enen-chan.livejournal.com]

Awww TinTin looks so happy, especially now that he's extended his contract, and the much better play by BVB coincidence?

Damn, was wishing for a Dumb Baguette hattrick yesterday. I do agree with Grandpère though, he's looking much better since coming back from injury his nickname is becoming sorta ... ironic... is that the right word? i dunno i'm on holiday so my brain is switched off I sort of feel bad for Welbz though; everyone keeps expecting him to be scoring more goals than he has. I don't really know what Grandpère is planning for him, especially with so many options up front, I just want him to do well~~~

Miss Jazzy too~ Hope she's alright...

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

I feel bad for Danny too. You can tell that he's itching for a goal and he was so frustrated yesterday. He needs to work on his finishing because that's what's preventing him from becoming a goal scoring beast.

[koyuki]

lol someone called him the anti-Theo. Contributes to all around play, but can't put the goals in (as opposed to Theo, who is the Upgrade on Poldi [sorry Poldi, I do like you :(] and doesn't contribute much to play other than poking in the goals).

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't call Theo an Upgrade on Poldi though. I find their styles of play different, tbh. Theo has pace which Poldi had too but Poldi has more power, imo.

[koyuki]

hmmmm this is true. Upgrade is ambiguous. How about upgrade in attitude? hahaha. Nah, but Poldi seems unhappy at Inter and I do feel bad for him. I think he's probably going to go in the summer which sucks.

Koln might escape relegation this (though everyone below 9 is basically still in the danger zone :( ) i wonder if they're interested in taking him back? They gave away the #10 shirt.

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

Hmm, it would be a third spell with Koln if he went back. Anyway, from what I've read, he's coming back to us in the summer. His contract expires next year IIRC, so he'll go only if other clubs want him.

[koyuki]

yeah. I think plenty of clubs would be happy to take him on a free, but he might just serve out the last year of the contract with us. Serve out sounds really dire O_o

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

Some people do it out of loyalty though, Khedira. I think he's in a worse predicament than Poldi. Real Madrid don't even wanna loan him and keep buying younger, shiny players in his position.

[koyuki]

Miro, too, I think after what happened Werder. I think he's injured now but he was languishing on Lazio's bench the first half of this season, ugh. :C

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

I think, with Miro, it's alright. He's 36 years old so the bench is the right option for him. Plus, he and his family like living in Rome and he extended his contract with Lazio last year, I think. Or was it two years ago?

Giroud's first goal

[koyuki]

Here's a fun factoid: all 11 Arsenal players on the pitch touched the ball leading up to Giroud's first goal.


here's the gfycat: http://gfycat.com/GaseousAcceptableAmericanlobster

This is how we use possession, kiddies.

RE: Giroud's first goal

[aquaecolore.livejournal.com]

wow, that's really something :D

RE: Giroud's first goal

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this was brilliant!

RE: Giroud's first goal

[anna-king.livejournal.com]

#teameffort <333

Potatoni = classic! I'm always going to call him that now hahaha XD

RE: Giroud's first goal

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

Haha, it's a great name, isn't it? mrscrapbag came up with that one so you'll have to thank her for that :D

RE: Giroud's first goal

[chuk-is-dazzled.livejournal.com]

thats pretty sweet

RE: Giroud's first goal

[enen-chan.livejournal.com]

this was so beautiful

[chuk-is-dazzled.livejournal.com]

im starting to like liverpool :O like i had no reason to not like them but after watching some of their recent matches theyre kinda winning me over. i feel like im gonna end up switching teams by the start of next season, well epl teams



this was the cutest thing ever OMG, moreno practiced it in training like the week before and did it with sturridge

i bet odegaard wont play CL unless rm is up like 5-0. there was a full legit in the net goal that wasnt counted for castilla in the last match, mess, they should have won

[koyuki]

well with experience cheering for spurs, it will prepare you for the inevitable heartbreak of cheering of liverpool :'D

*punched*

haha, jk jk. But seriously, there's no reason you can't cheer for both teams. Jazzy is a Liverpool fan but she also likes the Spurs. And plenty of Arsenal + LFC fans here (not that you have to like Arsenal of course)

[chuk-is-dazzled.livejournal.com]

lol i know all about heartbreak (from houston teams of all sports lawd) but i wont and cant stop cheering for spurs and city, ill just add liverpool to my list and die whenever they play each other lol. im kinda meh on arsenal, i go back and forth with them but im kinda on the" dont like them" side rn cause they beat city :'(

[aquaecolore.livejournal.com]

not sure if already posted here somewhere but the Bundesliga youtube channel thought Reus and his handshakes with his team-mates after the Mainz match would be worthy of a video :D (blocked in Germany i think, entschuldigung :/)

[eva]

Saw it linked earlier (while I can't watch it, boo), with this commentary:

Reus is staying at Dortmund because he spent too much time learning these secret handshakes to leave them behind http://t.co/sCIojdXeVL

— Brooks Peck (@BrooksDT) 15. Februar 2015

[aquaecolore.livejournal.com]

haha :D

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! XD

[marsyke.livejournal.com]

LMAO!

[the4thjuliek.livejournal.com]

Lmao, Nuri's face. At least Auba and Gundo look psyched up a little.

[cantlogoff.livejournal.com]

mats is looking v good

[dextrosinistral.livejournal.com]

lmao, I do love Potatoni. You guys have come up with some of the best nicknames, lol.

Glad to see Lahmpoleon back! (even if I do want Wolfsburg to upset Bayern's position at the top.)

And Tin Tin does look a lot less stressed now It's got to be the contract, right? Also why they're winning now :D

Dumb Baguette really did kill it yesterday! Too bad he didn't get the hattrick, but it was a good match!

I hope Mats will be back for CL madness, even if not this week.


& joining everyone else in this - I hope Jazzy is okay! Miss seeing her posts.

[marsyke.livejournal.com]

Those Tin Tin pictures are so cute!!

Yeah Lahm is finally getting back!

De Bruyne and Wolfsburg are still massively ambitious and are still chasing Bayern at the top.

[blackjedii.livejournal.com]

just looked at a Starting XI from the CL teams and they mentioned Benni going to United or Arsenal in the summer

I suspect the only way he will leave is if one of the above teams pay his weight in platinum or Tungsten or something also he keeps getting local awards and it's kind of adorable

LAHM WOOO heaven help Bayern in CL if he is not there

and Per scored a backheel goal in training? kawaii desu ne