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Just did a test session with Sh0n3x and played it back afterwards... it looks fantastic... I think we could really go far with this idea!

That's just a shit rumour from an unpopular source... and even if it was a legit rumour, I'd be against the move anyway... 60m is just too much!

That makes any deal right now sound ideal.. except that he'll be cup-tied for Europe.. that's the setback.. ..the other setback, is... say we don't make it to Europe... then we don't sound very appealing to someone like Hazard, do we, compared with the Manchester clubs!

How on earth did you get that visual style for your PC dude?? Here's my desktop at the moment, it clearly shows how much I love snow and cold weather! Haha

No, it was Arsenal who signed Park Chu Young from under Lille's noses, and was because Arsenal had taken Gervinho off them that they wanted Park as Gervinho's replacement... maybe?

What makes you say that?

Sometimes, you have that tick confirmation near their account to let you know the account is real... then again... David Luiz or Salomon Kalou don't have anything like that do they??

There's a picture taken with a phone of him and Joe Cole on there.. you can always tell if it's the real account if you see pictures like that... unless there are phone hackers out there that try and steal those sorts of pictures in which case I do not know how!

Joe Cole has told him good things about Chelsea I hope... good old agent Joe

I agree with everything there, except the Kaka part.. I don't think we need him to be fair.. he's not getting any younger so to speak, and I don't know exactly where he would fit into our setup!

Would love to see that.. but isn't Lampard injured still?

You say something like that, but at the end of the day, compare the Premier League with the Championship, and you'll find that some of the teams in the Championship, are able to concentrate more on the game, rather than bitch to the referee about getting fouled, or trying to play for a free kick. That's why I tend to think that most of the time, the Championship matches are more enjoyable to watch in terms of player competition. Players in the Championship don't give a shit about all that so-called "play-acting"... they are out there to compete for a place in the Premier League. They want to play in the top flight more than anything, and, as a result, this gives the players, something to play for, which helps them concentrate more on improving their game. Premier League players I find sometimes, are more interested in playing for a free kick, argue with the referee, or conduct a bit of play-acting sometimes. You're right there! I think it would disrupt the lower leagues, and I concede, that would be the reason why something like this would be a silly idea! ... however, one way to solve that, would be the possibility of having more teams included in each division, so for example... have 26 teams in the Championship rather than 24.. 26 in League 1 and so on...

I can definitely see your arguement from your point of view! There are some wonderful clubs out there that nurture certain players really well such as Swansea, Bolton, Villa and, as you say, Norwich! Trouble is, people like Grant Holt aren't younger than some of the raw talents we should be nurturing more thoroughly! Holt is a fantastic player, I won't take that away from him, but he's 30, and I don't see him boasting as many years as some of the other young talents knocking about! --- Another reason that I forgot to mention in the article above on having B Teams, is that a lot of the bigger teams would find it ten times easier to follow the homegrown rule, because they would be able to select the best English talents from their B teams, and then register them as homegrown since they would have played there for a couple of years, and would have gained valueable experience in the process!

I can understand that, but a topic like this 'does' make you wonder what kind of possibilities are available, and how it can help youth development!

One question I'd like to ask, is "Could English B teams really boost our chances of England winning a World Cup?" A few weeks ago, Andre Villas-Boas spoke about a possible set-up, where English 'B-Teams' from some of the country's biggest clubs would be introduced in order to establish and bring up some of England's freshest and brightest talents. These teams would compete in the lower leagues such as the Coca-Cola Championship so that some of our youth players would have more of a chance to compete on a much bigger and broader stage, rather than just play against reserve sides. The stupid idiots at the F.A. slammed the idea almost immediately, but I just want to take this opportunity, to iron out some reasons why I support AVB in this idea. First, and foremost, is that it would rapidly improve English youth development! If you take Real Madrid and Barcelona for example, you tend to see players coming through their B sides, and lasting a hell of a long time at their respective clubs, gaining recognition, and thus representing their national side, and becoming key players. Take Andres Iniesta for example! Back in 2003, he was recognised as a huge talent at Barcelona. Back then, there were players like Eto'o, Ronaldinho and Xavi to help Iniesta along. The same is happening to Busquets (bar the incredible play-acting)... these key players underlined in this article have also been a part of Spain's success on the international stage in recent years, winning the Euros in 2008, and the World Cup in 2010... part of the success comes through experience, and some of Spain's B teams provide that, especially when the younger players take on some of the older, more experienced players in order to understand their game! One other key factor in the idea of B sides in England, is that it would benefit the international side greatly. The idea, is to give Capello a headache... more talented players mean more hunger to want to represent their country in later years... with this in mind, it will give some of our young talent, something to work for. Right now, we're st a stage, where some of our young, raw talent get stale by sitting on the sidelines, getting no action at all.. so what do we do about it? We loan them out to Championship clubs, hoping they will get a game or two... sometimes, these clubs are at a strong stage of the season, and they have no space for loaned players to just come into their team and change anything. Instead, they get the same treatment, sitting on the sidelines, then what happens when they come back... you guessed it... more bench warming! B sides can change this drastically. A team of young, hungry players are guaranteed weekly league games on the big stage, and thus, getting more recognition, meaning a possible place in the national side. The more of a headache Capello has, the more chance we have of building a powerful England team in the future... if you compare that with the idea of being singled out while on loan at a Championship club because the manager is happy with the current eleven that he plays every week, that's one hell of an improvement. Spain are doing it, German sides are doing it.. hopefully when Dale Jennings rids the ankle injury he has, he can become the next Michael Owen at Bayern Munich, while playing for the club's second team. England have the chance of doing it as well because we have so much talent to show.. so why not set up a whole team of young adversaries who have bright futures, to go out there every week, against experienced professionals, and show us all what they've got! You never know, Capello could pick us a winning World Cup side in 2014 using this idea!

Swansea are very strong at home.. as Arsenal clearly saw when they went there! If anything, I'm thinking more along the lines of a draw here! Ramires can't play in this one, so we'll miss his surging runs in midfield... we need to play Romeu at DM to conduct a bit of cover at the back, and then have Meireles and Essien as central mids! That's my reccomendation!

No offence, but isn't this thread called "Juan Mata song" .. why are we all talking about Torres' song?

I LOVE Arsenal's poor run of late (amid their immense stroke of luck against Villa tonight), but I fear Arsenal might snatch him to replace Wenger if he ever got sacked!

It's not as if he plays for them week-in-week-out though is it? His talent is wasted at that club! He's behind the likes of James Milner in the pecking order... just saying Would be really good to get Johnson.. another Englishman in the midst of the club... I'd welcome that!

we can beat Birmingham at home! Spuds get Stevenage, lucky b*stards!!

*unsubscribes from his Metro subscription on his iPad2* That rumor is fucking shocking Metro... utterly unprofessional! Go and hang your heads in shame you muppets!

"This young man, he wears 10 He runs down the wing again with a cross from the left and a stunner in the box Juan Mata, our number ten!" best I can do so far!

Linda.... *siiiigh* do I really need to say anything else??

I'd rather see Arsenal face Liverpool, and see Arsenal get stuffed! I want them to go another season with nothing again!

About fucking time someone said something decent!!