dl2009

From RAWK:

Faux hip speech for new player Yup, arbitrary but it was to demonstrate that there are quite a few players out there who could fulfil our needs. It's unlikely that our rivals and other top teams around the continent will snap all of them up. I'd play him over Downing any day of the week!

- - - - - - Suarez Newbie - Belhanda - Gerrard With Stevie and Belhanda constantly swapping positions. Sign a Lavezzi/Kagawa/James Rodriguez/Eriksen/Griezmann/Reus/Lamela for the other attacking position and we're set.

A ridiculously talented clown. He's the sort of quality we need to be bringing in to progress, not the likes of Dempsey and Elm.

If you have any Spurs supporting mates, ask them what they think about Bale today and contrast it with what they told you four months ago. Any money, 4 months ago = Gazza/Barnes hybrid. Today = Bebe

I'd like a qualitative assessment of the chances he has created. I can remember about 6 really good crosses that should've been buried, but I don't recall many (any) through balls and most of his crosses seem to be either over hit - whereby although the attacker gets his head on the ball, it's never going to be directed towards goal - or under hit. Do these count as chances in the stats posted above?

What exactly has he done for both Juve and Milan? I've watched Italian footy regularly since the (James Richardson days) and I can tell you that he hasn't done a huge amount for them. He started off really well for Juve, then played like dog s*** for the second half of the season. The Juve fans forgave him for s***ting out of tackles when he was playing well for them, but their opinion quickly changed and even Melo was getting a game ahead of Alberto. For all the talk of Aquilani perhaps making a difference for us playing further upfield, he hardly scored for them (even when he was playing behind the strikers during the first 2/3 months of the season). Juve chose not to keep him permanently and instead signed a better player (on a free). At Milan, again he started off really well, got injured and has been in (mostly) awful form since returning. He has only scored one league goal for them too and they don't seem too bothered about him leaving. As others have said, it was a poor signing from start to finish. Just because other players we have signed since then have been as bad/worse, it doesn't make the Aquilani transfer any better. I for one am not looking forward to his return.

That's a booking, Shirley??

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I'd swap Messi for Pedro. Leo looks shot.

He's developed into a very good player has Ramirez. If Di Matteo (or is Terry still managing?) was smart, he'd pull Meireles and put on Mister Sitter. This is Fernando's last chance of making the Euro squad and he'll give everything. He still has some pace left and Barca are s*** at defending a quick counter, so he and Drogba could cause havoc. Messi needs to step up another three gears and Fibreglass needs to be replaced.

Which is why I think that although this Barca team are on of the true greats, I think the great Milan team of the 90's and our 80's team were better because they had more variation and they could beat a team in different ways; by passing them to death, by over powering them... hahaha, they've just scored.

Fibreglass has been s***.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeDzduIlBnQ&feature=player_embedded

Suarez Johnson Carroll

And...it's a cup semi, your team is 2-1 down, there's 3 or 4 minutes for them to snatch an equaliser and send it to extra time. Do you a) Not waste time arguing with the referee and simply attempt to get the game restarted as quickly as possible b) Cling on to the ball, remonstrate with the referee and waste almost full minute that could've been used to help your team get back into it c) Do a f***ing stupid impersonation of a shadow boxer and send a message out to your jailbird brother

Shirley our starting line up for the final? - - - - - - - - -Reina Glen - Skrtel - Agger - Enrique - -- - Spearing - Gerrard - - -Bellamy - Suarez - Maxi - - - - - - - Carroll

Maxi and Bellamy changed our shape and changed the match. Distin's gaffe helped a bit, too.

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F**k off Downing. Mumbling as he comes off as if he's had a stormer.

Get in the box Andy!!!! And a miss.

It was a joke FFS. I'm not even on t***tter.

On at 75mins. Let's see what he can do.

@dl2009 You're s*** Charlie! Get well soon

Still doesn't mean that we don't need changes. Bellamy, Maxi and Kuyt/Shelvey (probably Kuyt as he loves the big games).