Kostas

Finally woke up in time for a game!

:mellow: So... how many hours untill the kick-off?

It's hard not to understands Dzeko's reaction to that. What a waste of oxygen.

Are you sure you have the right word?

I'd be more interested in older former youth blues. Huth, Cole, Nouble and co

What are the chances of this being labeled a "Roman present" if it happens?

Robinho v2? At least from where we are standing.

What does BST stand for?

May every post on Bielsa stay in this thread. Amen.

Very very disturbing and sad. Hard to believe a single man can create such havoc.

I think it's down to the club being on tour and the manager having to deal with the press and generally talk a lot more often than he normally would at Cobham. Of course AVB is not the charmer/diplomat/bullshiter that Ancelotti was so he may be more blunt or revealing about some things.

OD?

I'm not sure we understand the market in the same way. The rise of wages, taxes and TV deals etc has contributed more to today's prices than all those deals put together, IMO anyway.

A single deal could not hope to affect the market to such extent, no matter how important it is for us.

Care to bet?

Normally I'd ask if this really needed it's own thread but there's no need to under the current climate. He's almost certainly talking about Courtois and Oriol

He's going to the U20s? Another to one to watch then.

Talk about horrible timing..

Very surprising. Not due to his age or his performances but mostly because of what he costs the club. I guess if he is less involved in the first XI than what he was the club could avoid paying his huge bonuses.

Did you expect the head of the team with the highest wagebill in the English football to come out and say our squad is shit and need mayor changes? What is it with people believing everything managers and presidents say about their plans? First it happened with Ancelotti and now this.. On a second thought I doubt you really believe everything that comes out his mouth but if you need a convincing argument you'll have to try harder. The Fulham comparison is laughable, Fulham actually needed those results while we are only playing games for fitness and marketing.

Hopefully for the same reasons Ancelotti did, less pressure, less risk and more time on the ball. He's also probably more suited to the defensive mid role than any other midfielder apart from Mikel.

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It was mostly his face and some of the goals he scored for Ajax but yes his pathetic attempt of exploiting football's rules did play a significant role.

Think they were poached by Arsenal and ManU as their contracts were running out. Not that it matters Henrique's point was too simplistic.

They pay their wages and develop our players?