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    European soccer transfer news:

    The summer of 2004, especially after the Euros concluded, was a hectic one in the transfer space. Everton’s budding young star Wayne Rooney, coming off his dazzling debut at Euro 2004, was thought to be a target for several major English clubs - Man U, Chelsea, perhaps even Merseyside rival Liverpool - but in a surprise went to Newcastle United as easily the Tyneside club’s most exciting signing of the 20th century.

    Chelsea, coming into the second year of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s ownership, made a splashy sale in selling Hernan Crespo to Real Madrid (thus denying AC Milan his talents in the upcoming campaign) and rotating around to splurge on Didier Drogba of Marseille. Sweden’s star striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovich, exited from Juventus to be snapped up at Real Madrid as the newest shiny toy of Florentino Perez, building on his strong Euro performance.

    Real’s busy summer did not end with Zlatan. After failing to coax Michael Owen from Liverpool - who chose to stay and continue the club’s resurgence alongside Steven Gerard - the club made a run at getting at least one of the Dutch stars emerged from the Euros. Striker Robin van Persie alongside Zlatan could well have been lethal, but thanks to his deteriorating relationship with Feyenoord management throughout the season Van Persie had already been taken off the board by Dortmund by the time Real came calling, and thus Perez had to go with his backup, but no less of a talent - PSV’s Arjen Robben.

    (Post made by invitation from @Looper)
     
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    Looper

    August 14, 2004: The English Premier League makes it's return to the world, and it is another highly anticipated season. The first matches are on Saturday, where we begin in Birmingham, and Aston Villa meet Fulham. It's a match that is bland for a long while, however, some energy is injected in the very end, as Fulham grab a Collins John last minute winner in Villa Park, getting them a 1-0 win. Next up is Blackburn Rovers-Portsmouth, a match that also produces little excitement. Unlike the previous match, however, no last minute goal arrives, and the match ends in a dull 0-0 draw. For a brief rundown of the next few matches, Southampton defeat newly promoted Sunderland 2-0 on the south coast, Everton struggle in their first match without Wayne Rooney, but the defense stifles the Sheffield United attack in a 0-0 draw, Liverpool throttle Birmingham City 4-1, with a brace from Michael Owen being a big headline, Chelsea beats Middlesbrough 2-1, as Didier Drogba comes off the bench to score two goals in the last 6 minutes to rescue the Blues, and Tottenham cruise to a 3-0 win over West Bromwich Albion. The marquee matchup of Saturday features reigning champions Arsenal meeting Bolton Wanderers. The match is close throughout, as Bolton are able to keep quiet the Arsenal attack. Unfortunately for them, that wouldn't last forever, as Thierry Henry breaks the Bolton line to give Arsenal the lead right before the halftime break. It wouldn't take long for Bolton to respond, though, as Jay-Jay Okocha puts some wonderful skills on display to embarrass the Gunners defense before thumping the ball into the bottom corner. The rest of the game goes off without another goal, and ends 1-1, although the match was a very interesting one to watch.

    August 15, 2004: Sunday would feature two matches, both featuring powers of England. To start, we go to the city of coal, where Newcastle United are playing Charlton Athletic. In an unexpected outcome, Charlton would get two first half goals, one from Kevin Lisbie and the other from Mark Fish, to get a surprising 2-0 win. Newcastle manager Sir Bobby Robson was questioned by reporters why Wayne Rooney was left on the bench for the match, despite Newcastle needing goals late. Next match is one between Leicester City and Manchester United, who are hoping to reclaim their crown after coming 3rd last season. The Red Devils would get the campaign off to a great start, as Paul Scholes and Alan Smith would both score two goals in a 5-1 thrashing of the Foxes. However, the match is also important for another fact, as Diego Forlan would make a huge display as a substitute, with Sir Alex Ferguson saying post-match "He's a huge man off the bench for us. He's going to be our super-sub. I have high expectations for him this year."
     
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    NyQuil

    August 19th 2004: The 2004 Preseason AP College Football Top 25 is released with Ohio State as the clear number 1 team ranked after back to back national championships the rest of the Top 10 goes like
    2.USC
    3.Oklahoma
    4.Miami (FL)
    5.Florida State
    6.LSU
    7.Michigan
    8.Texas
    9.California
    10.Georgia

    Utah is the highest ranked non BCS school being ranked at 19.

    August 20th 2004: Vegas releases his odds for the upcoming college football season with Ohio State the favorite to win the National Championship and 3 peat and the Heisman favorite being Oklahoma quarterback Jason White
     
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    August 19, 2004: Another potential Clippers buyer emerges in a celebrity backed group in the form of a group led by Los Angeles based businessman Eli Broad and containing various Hollywood elite such as Billy Crystal, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.

    August 20, 2004: The first place Cubs come into St. Louis and hand the Cardinals a devastating loss, beating the Cards 13-2 on the backs of a Sammy Sosa grand slam and 8 solid innings from Barry Zito. The Cubs now lead the NL Central buy 5 and half over their arch rivals.

    August 21, 2004: During a preseason game between the Vikings and Saints in New Orleans, Minnesota’s star wide receiver, Randy Moss, suffers a torn ACL after a hit by Derrick Rogers. Moss will require an MRI and could possibly miss the entire season, according to team doctors.
     
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    Looper

    European Transfers Part II:

    There are more new transfers to report from, and we're going to get into this quick. First, let's take a look at Samuel Eto'o. The Cameroonian striker had a very good run of years at Mallorca in Spain, and rumors of him leaving to join Barcelona were all over the place. However, that move would not be, as instead of staying in Spain, the 23 year old was instead signed by PSG, who were hoping he could help get the club to top Lyon.

    Other minor transfers would include James Milner, who would elect to play for West Ham over other suitors Swansea City and Wigan Athletic. Young Spaniard Gerard Pique joined Manchester United to bolster their defense. Finally, Petr Cech would join Bayer Leverkusen from French club Rennes.

    August 28, 2004: The US Men's Basketball Team loses 83-81 to Italy in the Basketball Gold Medal Game of the 2004 Olympics. The loss sparks outrage from journalists, who call for the firing of head coach Larry Brown.
     
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    More Than A Feeling

    A few WWE related notes

    1. WWE are showing interest in ROH's CM Punk. He is likely to be signed sometime in the next few months

    2. Eddie Guerrero is looking fully clean from drugs. He seems to have finally left it in the past. (this is where we get the big divergence point here)

    3. WWE plan to release Billy Gunn, A-Train, Test, Rodney Mack, Johnny Stamboli, Rico, Nidia, Chuck Palumbo, and Jazz. (Gail Kim is not released here. She is actually pushed over the next few years instead of being wasted, showing how good she is in TNA, and then being wasted again by WWE. We are going to have the women's division of WWE actually be competent instead of just eye candy)
     
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    • More Than A Feeling

    More Than A Feeling

    Transfer rumours and news across the pond

    1. Rangers are heavily linked to Barcelona youngster Lionel Messi. Negotiations are said to be in the final stages. Rangers allegedly discovered the young prospect on the video game Football Manager and are now ready to sign him. (I'm sorry Celtic fans)

    2. Petr Cech had seemingly signed previously for Leverkusen. However, at the last second Rennes dropped the move as Chelsea stormed in offering millions more than Leverkusen had. The deal, which had been announced to the world, had fallen apart. Leverkusen fans were angered and small riots even occurred. As a replacement, Pepe Reina was signed from Villareal.

    3. Phil Neville is allegedly on the outs at Manchester United after the season, Everton, Newcastle, and Championship side Ipswitch (who along with Norwich in second and Wolves in third are leading the Championship) are linked.
     
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    More Than A Feeling

    Writing this as a separate post but the long term plan is to have the UAE still buy Man City and have Messi and Aguero become the most dominant scoring duo in Premier League history.
     

    Nivek

    More Than A Feeling said:
    Writing this as a separate post but the long term plan is to have the UAE still buy Man City and have Messi and Aguero become the most dominant scoring duo in Premier League history.
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    messi is already locked in barcelona, i remember when Barcelona wanted beckhan but the united wanted messi and they shot it down...So sorry that is not going to happen
     
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    Nivek said:
    messi is already locked in barcelona, i remember when Barcelona wanted beckhan but the united wanted messi and they shot it down...So sorry that is not going to happen
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    I'm basing Messi to Rangers off this. It wasn't really realistic that Rangers would get him but they did actually try.
    talksport.com

    Rangers almost signed Lionel Messi from Barcelona thanks to Football Manager, nearly ended up with Andres Iniesta, but the Argentine later branded them 'anti-football'

    Lionel Messi looks certain to go down in history as the greatest one-club man in history (sorry, Jamie Carragher). But his incredible Barcelona career was very nearly scuppered by one one of the mo…
    talksport.com talksport.com
     

    Nivek

    More Than A Feeling said:
    I'm basing Messi to Rangers off this. It wasn't really realistic that Rangers would get him but they did actually try.
    talksport.com

    Rangers almost signed Lionel Messi from Barcelona thanks to Football Manager, nearly ended up with Andres Iniesta, but the Argentine later branded them 'anti-football'

    Lionel Messi looks certain to go down in history as the greatest one-club man in history (sorry, Jamie Carragher). But his incredible Barcelona career was very nearly scuppered by one one of the mo…
    talksport.com talksport.com
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    That's the thing, maybe they saw the name on the videogame and barca when got the offer laughed a them, Rangers, Can't afford it, it would need 100+M and half the team
     
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