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Thanks Justin. Any advices before I watch this?

Proving a point. Whether that point is that Torres is finished or that at his age Drogba is of no use. How did McEachran perform? I'm mostly interested in his ability to keep the ball under pressure and frequency of passing forward as in the game against Portsmouth I was quite disappointed..

Thanks for the report Alex, well written and very informative as always. Hope someone will post extended highlights as I had to miss the game.

touché

Nothing wrong with the emoticon itself but it's being abused. We should inform users of the ability of either repping a post or nodding their heads in agreement. Then again I'm sure we'll see plenty "+1" posts if it is removed.

3 hours 30 minutes.

An excellent write-up on how Villas-Boas prepares for matches.

Both. Considering only transfer fees is an extremely limited way of looking at football economics. Wages have to be accounted if you are serious about discussing the business that modern football is.

I'll take that as a "No".

Have you watched enough games of them to be making such a claim?

I don't believe that. On the other hand I bet we'll have half of the forum patting themselfs on the back for not turning into drama queens once he starts performing again.

Explain.

Been meaning to say this for months. Do we really need the :goodpost:emoticon?

Dunno about the rest of you guys but I'm scared shitless.

Then for the love of GOD stop it.

Aren't you sick of making the same old tired points in every second post? I know I fucking am.

Were they ever here (this summer) ? Had Neymar's thread not been locked we would have analysed by now all his Copa America games, moan about him getting subbed for Fred(?) and post premature welcoming posts as soon as Brazil got knocked out.

I'd agree but then again the Right-Back thread got up to 5 pages so it's not like we're completely sorted even at the back. My points is, while criticism is always welcome, we should be realistic about our squad expectations.

Not that I'd argue that those posts do much disservice to the current/latest form of our forwards but given that our midfield is even weaker in quality and numbers one would wonder how we even got 71 points in a league as hard as the PL.

Not as revealing as I thought it would be but there's some interesting info on some of the drills. Point #2 is the one that caught my attention. It seems we may see the return of crosses from widemen, a tactic which was all but abandoned under Ancelotti. That could mean something about Drogba's future with the club.

You believe journos. Wonder who's more deluded.

As far as natural talent is concerned few could hold a candle to Ronaldinho but Messi has reached a level of quality, consistency and effectiveness Ronnie never did.

You dear sir, nailed it.