LDN Blue

God this is a right shit one. But seeing as my philosophy is AnyoneButUnited, Arsenal please.

Speaking of media. Check this Liverpudlian campaign to boycott The Sun. http://dontbuythesun.co.uk/site/

Frank Arnesen to join Hamburg as sporting director That's that then. Wonder who's replacing him though..

Haha don't worry, people appreciate it! Well Ollie said stewards kept telling them to sit down today. Depends which stewards you get really, sometimes they let you do your stand up chants, other times they make you sit down

There's the opposition views sorted Steve But thanks for that mate! It'll be pretty emotional for Gronkjaer to play his old club, I hope he receives a warm reception in the return leg.

Robben's sale was justified imo. He was injury prone when we had him, and he didn't really take as many chances as he could have. Sturridge is a different case entirely.

This is why we must ignore most media reports. They'll say anything to make people click on their links. For example we're being linked with Fellani right now in some media outlets, but no-one's making a thread, because we know it's likely to be a bunch of b/s. My policy. Only trust SkySports and BBC for reports. Maybe newspapers like TheGuardian when they give quotes. Never NotW or DailyFail. There are stupid websites like Goal, TribalFootball or CaughtOffside which should never be trusted either. We're being compared with the likes of Tottenham because that's how bad our situation is now. We're slipping into Europa zones so the media-attraction downgrades.

Yeah it's just like Styles said. Him being 31 is good, because that means he's the stepping stone for the likes of Kakuta and McEachran as opposed to being against their development. With Ancelotti this may not be the case since his policy is age > ability. But another manager would look at Yossi as the man to make way for youth integration.

Agreed, was quite difficult to choose who to play there really. I'd forgotten about Mikel, so really: Ramires - Mikel - McEachran Lampard - Zhirkov Torres Would work better. However Lampard's looking off-pace lately so it's a risk.

Sigh it's a shame beating them would only hand Arsenal the title really.

The team must be built around Torres for this to happen. Cech Ivanovic - Luiz - Terry - Cole Ramires - Lampard - Malouda Anelka - Zhirkov Torres The emphasis of Carlo's tactics must be, supply Torres with the ball, and support him if he lacks the chance to shoot. Carlo must fill Torres with the utmost confidence

Time for Torres to shine

Yeah that was the one. If you sign someone who's played in the Europa League and you're in the Champions League then you can register 1. Luiz played for Benfica in the Champions League and Europa League, that's why we couldn't register him anyway.

This sums up Coyle's influence. Burnley fan at that wrestlemania thing, years ago.

Good to hear that from Carlo. Hope he's watching all our loanees though, including Mellis, Rajkovic ect

And that Luiz fella! Looks like he's flopped as well, £75million down the drain!

Ah that's a bit harsh, no? Maybe he honestly feels he can using his Milan Labs tricks with them as opposed to your theory?

Exactly. This story honestly made me feel so sick

True but I think that's where we blame the players. Carlo came out and said sexy football had cost us (can't remember when). Every season the league gets harder and harder, our players have now failed to adapt, failed to improve and I blame them and Carlo at the same time. I'd understand if the board does sack him, I'm personally not calling for it though.

I was almost sick when I heard this. How disgusting has humanity become? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-12514285

Yeah I get that, but let's not forget, he's not stupid. Yes he's got major flaws, but a fundamental error in this season was having such a thin squad. Remember when we win under Carlo (90% of the time) we do it in style. With fluency and flare. So he does know what he's doing when his tactics are right. Maybe I'm still delusional, I don't know. But I want to give him 1 more season.

Preciesly. That's what needs to happen now, Lampard is walking proof of this.

Yes. My belief now is we let him honour his contract. He's signed for one more season, we should give him the resources to let him fix this next season.

You win with that. The old-guard simply need to look at someone like Ryan Giggs. He's 37 and still, whenever he steps on to the pitch, his work rate is immense! Especially playing wide, that really shows his dedication for the cause.

Definitely. I really can understand why Carlo made dodgy changes though, our bench is empty. 31 year old Anelka was just a substitute Carlo must've been cringing over, realising his mistake to send Sturridge out on loan. Even Lampard looked off pace today. Not sure anyone would've complained if we'd seen Josh come on for him *cue the 'he's too young' critics*