Maybe it's a little column A, little column B. They do pretty well with British coverage (hyperbole aside), but it seems like most of their continental coverage is second hand.

Yeah for real. Nice goal, but it's really just a one-two where no one picks up the runner.

And their goals weren't fortunate or against the run of play. They outplayed them. I hated to see Iceland miss out on the World Cup the way they did, so it's great to see them push on.

Probably slightly. There's so much money in Russian football that they're able to bring in incredibly good players, and they've always had a tendency to bring in talented young Brazilians looking for work permits. The Dutch league is incredibly weak beyond the top few teams, and even those teams are pretty weak…

Why are there so man Florida fans in Maine?

And why is that?

He's starting from the bench, but I'm very interested to see how he looks. He looked healthy in early/pre-season so that may not be a factor, but as much as United didn't need another striker, they certainly didn't need Falcao. He's going to rely on service from a much less-balanced midfield than in Monaco or Madrid,…

They looked alright today (and Lazio were pretty poor), and Ménez was very good, but with Milan's boardroom, who knows what might happen. I remember when Paris bought Lucas, we were all mad because it would push Ménez out of the team. Some still haven't warmed to Lucas despite him being a better player for that very…

Haha, as long as you don't deny it I'm fine with it.

How can you say Ménez has produced little in 4 years? He was one of Paris' best players before being pushed out of the team by them buying players they didn't need. A hothead yes, but still a very shrewd free transfer.

If you'd watched you'd know why.

Diego Costa is a cunt. Simple as.

Madrid just gave Benzema a big new contract. They need a backup striker, not a starter. Falcao will go to City and they'll send Negredo to Madrid. Jorge Mendes is both players' agent.

They were going to with or without Falcao.

Falcao will go to City, Negredo will go to Madrid to back up Benzema.

TV sat on the bench for a year as captain. Don't rule it out yet.

De Jong is quality. When they took Luuk last year it was only most certainly because they thought they were getting Siem. He's gonna be alright. And Cabella? Chaud.

L1, definitely. PSG, Monaco, Lille, ASSE, OM, OL, Toulouse, Bordeaux and probably Lorient are all better than anything the MLS can offer. MLS would probably start fitting a few teams in around this point with Montpellier, Stade de Reims and Stade Rennais probably on par with the upper-middle of the MLS. As mentioned…

I think you may be overvaluing how much players care about fan presence. Obviously it's a factor, but I'm not sure it makes the top 5.

I don't think Di Maria goes to United for exactly that reason. A lot of players are too good for Monaco, but that hasn't stopped anything. A lot of players are too good for Paris too, but it stops even fewer. PSG was my first love growing up, and it's hard even to watch them anymore. It was much better when we were…