Madmax

https://gfycat.com/WebbedCompleteGroundhog This one was a pretty awesome moment as well. Badass Brana. Girl in the bottom right wants some of that Serb dick.

Please, can we make "Que?drado" a thing? I was really pleased when I came up with it after the Liverpool game. Or maybe it was the beer.

Well I'm no scientist or engineer but even I know The Beard adds 300% to your memory everytime you give it a light rub.

Oh sure, it's easy for you with your big engineer brain and your mighty beard.

He wears what he wants, He wears what he waaants; Fabregas is magic, he wears what he wants.

This is getting tedious now. Nathan's the next Piazon who was the Next Kaka; that makes Robert Kenedy the next-next-next Kaka and the next-next Piazon.

Wait, why are his goals not on the list? Because he's been sold? If so, that's downright stupid.

I cannot believe people are seriously mentioning Friedel. He's 43. He's been a pundit on TV for 2 years now. He's 3rd choice at Sp*rs. He's retired.

Thank fuck Juventus saved us from all the sappy buildup that would've surrounded a 'Clasico' final.

Nathan? FFS. Sort your names out, Brazil. Next we'll be signing some ginger guy called Greg who hails from Coritiba.

Juan Que?drado

Fair or not, I wonder if that's put paid to any remote possibility that he'd be with us next season. When the big boss is watching, you need to put in a performance that impresses him. Didn't Mourinho turn up at the Championship playoff (?) last season to watch Chalobah, where he had a stinker?

What is the consensus on this guy? Can he play right wing? Not in the manner of a filler, but as a genuine winger? I don't think I've watched Atleti at all this season.

Tbh, DiMarzio looks like he's talking nonsense. He says we're "negotiating" for Stones and also working on cash + Luis for Koke and Godin. There's no way we're going to end up with 5 centre halves so at the most only one of what he says could be true. I suppose Stones could be a HG replacement if Cahill is sold, but there is absolutely no rumour about him leaving on any respected sites.

Sturridge not good enough to be a front line striker for us? Come on now, let's not be revisionist.

Do you remember when the first photo of him holding the CFC shirt emerged days before the WC? Everyone thought it was photoshopped haha.

100% this, our thoughts match entirely. Koke and a goalscoring wing forward is all we need right now. Zouma's emergence and JT's form means we can hold off on an addition there for one more season. That's not to say that if someone quality becomes available we shouldn't look to take advantage.

Yeah, I don't have it in me to rewatch it. It doesn't feel like it's been 6 years because the anger and hurt is just still so fresh. Coincidentally, today is the exact day it happened back in 2009.

So no game in Japan, then?

I edited my earlier post and don't know if you read it but there's a good chance he's dropped off because he has been run into the ground. In his 2.5 seasons at Benfica he played a total of 56 league games but since he's been back, he's played 50 here already in 1.5 seasons (17 last, 33 this), and will likely end up at 53 by the last matchday. That's a lot of work for anyone, especially one who has to cover so much ground and doesn't possess outstanding physical traits.

£60m? Yikes.

Yes we were only top because of alphabetical order on New Year's Day. Same points, same goal diff, same goals total. We won the league in January when City lost Toure to AfCoN and Aguero to injury(1). It's been all about consolidation since then, which mandated some overly 'safe' play - and that combined with the fatigue of the likes of Matic (2), Cesc, Oscar (the latter two traditionally taper off anyway) and Costa's injuries and suspensions just killed everything. Thank fuck Hazard switched to beast mode and Willian also started turning up on occasion. (1) City dropped 9 points in the period of 30 days between 4th Jan and 7th Feb (2 of them to us at the Bridge). They never recovered. (2) Matic played 33 league games so far this season - he had played a total of 56 over the 2.5 seasons in Portugal. As for why Mourinho let them get fatigued - I don't think we had the quality to replace those 2 guys. Mikel - 2 levels below Matic. Ramires - injured. Cesc - no natural substitute.

I was typing it out but then noticed the ratings were pretty much the same as yours, DYC., just a 1 this side or that in some cases. It's obviously not easy to maintain your form over a season but I think we suffered from too many players having a vast drop off since about February, especially when they're some of your key players - Matic, Cesc, Oscar. Hard to fault Costa too much because he's been out for so long now.

The Guardian says we are in fact looking at him. Absolute no brainer if true.