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Of course not. That has all been the cause of hooligans hijacking the true meaning of this protest. Yet, once again, the actual reason for the violence of yesterday has been ignored.

That ball from Silva for the first goal was dropped in an area of uncertainty between defenders and keepers. It's not one you can really blame on him, and it's not an error of judgement Rio was more at fault for not jumping with Lescott. He's a fantastic goal keeper, his distributions and reactions are sublime. I think he's going to be a top keeper for them this season, but I've been tracking him since he made his Athletico rise to fame 2 seasons ago.

Lol wut? That was his only mistake, with a ball hit very hard. Other than that, he was quite solid imo.

Haha yeah, I'm serious. I think he's become a victim of speaking his mind too quickly. Words being taken out of slight context perhaps. He knows he's not breaking through the Barca squad now, so what's his remaining option? To shine at the club he's been "sold" to. In this aspect I'm glad he's got this motivation in him, albeit it's for reasons we're not going to be happy with but it's better than nothing. He's not unhappy to make the move, that much is clear.

Fair enough, Rangers are a top club so they can really give him good experience (like he needs anymore tbh) Will also strengthen our ties with them.

Good, the more rest he is, the fresher he'll be for the season

He's right though. They will be a threat.. .. For Europa League places

Not by choice

City have no room for him & if it came down to choice of offers, I have no doubt he'd choose United.

Meh, I'm not too disappointed with this transfer window. It was better than last summer's, and it's clear Villas-Boas has been well informed of targets coming in and leaving. It's certainly been better than last summer's window. We've signed future prospects, not finished goods. Courtois, Romeu & Lukaku will be good additions when they're integrated into the squad. I have a feeling we're not done yet, but that remains to be seen. Ourselves, United & City will all be challenging for the title, this I don't doubt. We ridicule City, but they are a genuine threat. That being said, I don't see them going all the way with it.

Guess we'll be seeing him in a United shirt very soon then..

It's true, at the same time it won't stop Lampard from accepting playing in that role.. Knowing it's temporary with our lack of DMF's. His long ball delivery is still very good, so it would make up for his lack of aggression and with Ramires helping him out in that area, it wouldn't be the worst option to try. Usually I'd agree with the Josh calls, but against a physical, aggressive side like Stoke, he'd be crushed.

If Mikel is out, Lampard should be brought in to sit deep. Ramires is not a DMF in my eye, he's a box-to-box player. Lampard's shown in pre-season he can sit deep, not saying it's ideal for him to play there, but I'd rather Ramires was in his position than Lampard was. Agree about Anelka & Kalou too, but since there's no-one else to play there..

LOOL ahh

What dya mean?

Could work. But I think this game would be too soon. Perhaps vs WBA

In what role & system?

Before next weekend? Perhaps.

The protest started because police killed a man. The riot started because police beat up a 16 year old girl. She threw a stone at them, and they proceeded to beat her up. Respect to the people of Tottenham for these protests & subsequent riots, it's nothing the police there don't deserve, got a lot of friends up there who've seen worse from those police there. "What the bourgeoisie, therefore, produces, above all, is its own grave-diggers. Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable." - Karl Marx

Considering we're playing Stoke, I'd play the line-up as: Cech Ivanovic - Alex - Terry - Cole Lampard Ramires - Benayoun Kalou -------------------------- Malouda Torres It's sad we still have to put Kalou & Malouda in our prospective line-ups but I guess we just have to trust our tactics will mean minimal touches from them.

Yeah, look at the time though, 10:27am. The deal was struck somewhere in the late afternoon/evening

Sigh -- As for the actual transfer: Nice to see an end to this. Another young signing bodes will for our change in policy, whether or not he'll be a "heskey" or "drogba" remains to be seen, but there must be a good reason why Europe's top (including José's Real Madrid) were chasing his signature. Jury's out in that regard. He's willing to wait for his chance which shows good character. It's convinced me Danny will play out wide, which I think we all predicted regardless of this transfer. Lastly, are we now calling Gourlay a hero?

In case anyone cares what actually happened: A gang banger tried to shoot at a police officer, the officer fired back, shot and killed him.

Who cares if he dreams of going back? 1. They may not even want him 2. We make a profit regardless 3. He can change his mind by winning. The argument of by fans that we shouldn't have a player who doesn't want to play for us is bogus. He just said he does want to, just wants to go back one day. Isn't that something we expect from players of another club?

Thank heavens.