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Indeed. One of my fears about this summer is we try to buy another squad player, like, Pienaar.

He & Essien combined very well, which then poses a problem for Carlo. If it's 4-3-3 it's not like he can take out Lampard, so Ramires loses out & if it is 4-4-2 we lose the width Ramires provides on the right. Cech Ivanovic - Luiz - Terry - Cole Mikel - Essien Ramires - Lampard - Malouda Torres/Drogba , but it does accommodate that combination of Mikel-Essien which allows a good balance between defence and attack. I'd love to see Carlo experiment with this. This is ideal. Maybe not on the Drogba/Torres front

Well the more we expand, the more that will stay

That doesn't surprise me one bit. It's a shame he'll be taken out the squad on Wednesday for Ramires.. Never know, Carlo could surprise us

I can agree with that, especially the last part. I'd be delighted to see Roman's giving Carlo a chance, and it'd be a massive middle finger up to the media who have made his sacking official by their papers!

Why am I not surprised

Another tabloid report backed up by no evidence.

The next one should be much more open. Copa Del Rey final!

Congratulations to everyone! You deserve a lot of credit too Steve! All of you admins do!

Good chronological post Ollie. Thing is though that period when Ray was sacked was very strange. I still find it hard to think the departure of one man caused to many problems within the squad in terms of morale, motivation, discipline ect. Things must've gone on behind closed doors that shook the team to the very core. Whether it was a public incident that caused Wilkins' departure or something else, I guess we'll never truly know.

Did Lamps bury that shot?

An excellent piece by ESPN on Cole's consistency over the years :cfc:

This is a season of first for José! First home loss in 9 years & first time he won't win the league in his début season (I don't know about Porto).

Pedro's was absolutely pathetic! Glad the referee booked Pique

These theatrics are amazing. Makes Drogba look like an angel when he used to do it!

I couldn't believe I was having that! Having rich friends has its benefits

Time to beat Ben Foster

Last night.. x8 x3 x1/2

Casillas Ramos - Albiol - Carvalho - Marcelo Khedira - Pepe - Alonso Di Maria - Benzema - Ronaldo v Pedro - Messi - Villa Xavi - Busquets - Iniesta Adriano - Pique - Puyol - Alvez Valdez Very very interesting from Mourinho. He's playing 5 defenders & 1 central defender tonight! Pepe in central midfield

Hahaha SkySports have Capello as a pundit.. He's just reading of a sheet

Their emblem looks way too big

I won't lie eldo, you're right. Us, who think Carlo is not good enough, do get personal too. Hence my over all message at the end of that post. Let's forget all this "spoilt fan" nonsense, this thread is tarnished with little digs like that.

Is this Copa Del or La Liga?

Ramires & Alex will come back for this one. Wouldn't be surprised to see Torres start with Benayoun.

Cheers