AND WE ARE BACK!

Good morning all! I am happy to announce that the Bearded Devil and I are back from our extended blogging vacation (ie. The off-season). That isn't to say that we haven't been watching mountains of football (and diving, and gymnastics, and fencing, and cycling, the olympics really added some variety to our sports watching routine). This summer was FULL of it. MLS games live and on television (lots of DC United and Portland Timbers....poor poor Timbers), THE EUROS (Germany was ousted in quite the upset but it was all ok in the end because in the LAST GAME I pulled ahead and beat the Bearded Devil in our fantasy league!), and of course the Olympics which end today where we cheered for the US Women's team to take the gold and looked on in surprise as Brazil took the silver to Mexico on the men's side.

We are VERY excited for the Premier League to start back up next Saturday with our boys meeting up with Everton Monday the 20th. Here are some thing we are looking forward to:

Faces we are excited to see:

1. VIDIC IS BACK, Seriously I'm pretty excited about this he is GIANT, he's Serbian, he's bad ass.
2. Shinji Kagawa, he's the first Japanese player on the team and he played well in the Bundesliga so it will be good to see how he fits in.
3. Phil's Tips....seriously Phil, we miss the frosted tips, lets get those back eh? Here lets make a deal, I will make you cookies if you dye your hair...deal? Deal. 
4. NECKBEARD D'ESPAGNA, you have NO clue how much I missed my Neckbeardy Spaniard
5. HOT COACH, oh hot coach, I don't care who you coach...Chelsea, Tottenham, or whether they win or lose (honestly, when you are coaching I hate to say it I hope they lose....its all about my boys you know) but I'm just happy to see you I mean....really...

Even looking quizzical this man is handsome

Faces we will miss:

1. Ji-Sung Park, I can't believe he is going to QPR, but my love for him DOES give me a reason to cheer for QPR and perhaps have some fun argy bargy with the Bearded Devil's brother who thinks QPR is quite literally the devil!
2. Michael Owen, I knew it couldn't last forever but I mean...look at this face...who wouldn't miss this face 

Preparing to ride off into the sunset?

 Faces we will probably miss but aren't sure they are leaving yet:

This is where I will again bemoan the potential loss of Bleh.....I just....I can't I just can't handle it my dearest Bleh I will cheer for you wherever you go forever and always, now that's football commitment. Just don't pull a Tevez on me, I used to cheer for Tevez too, and I swore I always would...until he turned into a giant sniveling brat at Man City and now I look at him with a tinge of sadness, betrayal, and regret...just don't do that to me Bleh, my heart can't take it. 

Season Predictions:

Overall I think we have a great line up, Wayne Rooney looks good as always and I think this will be one of the last seasons we will have with Giggs (oh Giggsy, you fox you), and Ferdinand, and Scholes, and....I hate to say it and it pains me to say it.....so I'll put it in smaller type Fergie all together so I'm excited to see what we will do. We have a lot of young talent and I think we can go places as long as we are consistent game after game and we don't get ahead of ourselves with the easier teams (talk to the bearded Devil about the Everton game at the end of last season, he is STILL angry about that loss and its implications). We were so close to first in the league last season and I think we can do it this season if we really try. (Queue "Chariots of Fire" music, oh hell, here is Mr. Bean playing it at the opening ceremony for the Olympics. Enjoy!) 

We will see you for a Game Day Post on Monday the 20th! In the meantime enjoy the FA Community Shield and the Closing Ceremonies!