European group stage draws are complete!!

Champions League:



Europa League:

Wow Celtic have a mission impossible on there hands in there group. Most of the English teams got an easy enough group Arsenal  might have a bit of a rough time, hope this time Chelsea don't go out in group stages again

Celtic has no chance, they barely beat the Kazakh team to even get to the group stage.  Arsenal definitely has the toughest group, but yeah the other English teams should get out.

@Unsuky, did you watch the games today?  Panic for United fans, and a masterful showing by Arsenal today.

Also Bale move is official FINALLY
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23538218

Sturridge's goal was masterfully executed

I watched the highlights, Liverpools best start in 19 years,  they could be on to something with that form and sturridges form is amazing 3 goals in 3 games. That was a good arsenal side out there today not like the one I seen when they hosted Aston villa. Swansea dominated West brom like flies to poo poo, West borm got no look in should have been like 4-0.

Also man city played a rubbish game this weekend and didn't deserve to win, Hull City played an unbelieveablely good game they where all over them in the first half, they would have won had there chance been goals.

All over twitter, Ozil to Arsenal for €50m.  What a deal, best CAM in the world, young, absolute monster when it comes to assists, still young.

Torygraph has a more ambitious outlay for Wenger:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/10279629/Arsenal-manager-Arsene-Wenger-to-bid-80-million-for-Mesut-Ozil-Angel-di-Maria-and-Abel-Hernandez.html

If Arsenal get Di Maria, Draxler or some other comparable players it will be massive.  Especially after they took a dump on Spurs today.

Kaka to Milan, agreeing to half his wages

http://www.milannews.it/primo-piano/live-mn-kaka-a-del-milan-domattina-alle-12-arrivera-a-linate-121825

Sad story, Kettering Town has been wound up over their debts.

http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2013-09-02/final-whistle-for-kettering-town/
http://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1ll2sg/my_local_team_kettering_town_are_officially_would/

They are such a low level club that of course I only knew of them from playing them in FM, but it's sad to see since they have such a long history.

City got fetching worked, goddamn

manchester teams r a joke

ENGLAND vs MONTENEGRO WORLD CUP QUALIFIER

First half a bit dicey, England showing some promise.  Sturridge's few attempts on goal going laughably wide, only best attempt was Rooney's close-up shot which went the wrong side of the goalpost.  A bit of shirt-tugging by Montenegro players in every corner kick played, but nothing serious.  The England goal barely gets a look-in.

Second half far better.  Rooney scores in the opening minutes with a great short-range shot.  Some good attacking plays by England follow, Montenegro start panicking and forget which way they are shooting, scoring a hilarious own goal.  2-0 to England.  Then, almost out of no-where and totally against the flow of play so far, a fluke long-ball enables Damjanovic to score past Joe Hart, making it 2-1.  Some rough plays by Montenegro earn them a flurry of yellow cards, as they try to somehow get back in this game.  But that's where it all ends for Montenegro; England get a third, then a fourth as Sturridge finally hits the mark from the penalty spot in added time.

ENGLAND 4
MONTENEGRO 1

NEXT STOP POLAND

Game is next Tuesday, England MUST win to qualify automatically, or go into the play-offs if they find themselves second in the table.  But with Poland already out of the tournament with only pride to play for, there shouldn't be much pressure on England in Tuesday's game.

Thanks Skrag

POLAND vs ENGLAND

First half

A little tense.  England bombard the Pole's goal with shots, but it takes a cool header from Rooney to open the scoring.  Poland have a couple of chances on the rebound, with just one or two poles making a daring run across the entire pitch, catching the England defenders off-guard twice, but fail to score on both occasions.  We were lucky.

England 1
Poland 0