New Link

Added a new link today to Football Transfers Information, a decent looking site that has info on players and teams that might be making moves. Good clearing house of rumour information which will be the topic around here for the next two months.

A Goose, A Donkey and a Monkey’s Head

And so a summer’s worth of transfer and contract gossip begins. I hear in the last few days that Freddie and Patrick are ready to sign new deals, while there’s still no news on whether Ray, Keown and/or Seaman will be back… since the obvious target of the summer signing season would seem to be coverage in defense I give you this idea, another soon-to-be-deemed Wenger-diamond-in-the-rough: Jeff Agoos!

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Headaches, Heartaches and Home Spun Lies

By Geoff Przekop

During the post-season, many of us will turn our attention to other leagues in progress, such as the 2003 MLS season or the 2003 Mexican Apertura when it starts in late August. Any football fan will need to find their football fix somewhere on their televisions or in their bars for the next few months and Dream Team just doesn’t cut it.

Whatever competitions you may be watching, whatever players you will be rooting for, any passionate fan will find themselves drifting off to a magical, sometimes torturous land where rumor and speculation are kings and queens. Arsene Wenger to Real Madrid? What about David Seaman retiring? And why the hell didn’t we make a bid for Tim Howard? Speculation is a drug we chose to take to fill the often slow and boring off-season, even with the heartaches and headaches it brings afterwards.
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