Madmax

Welcome, stick around and keep posting!

Nice listen, thanks.

Welcome!

So who do you think will be ... 1. The Champions : 2. Top 4 : 3. Relegated : 4. Signing of the season : 5. Surprise Manager sacking of the season : 6. Over-achieving team of the season : 7. Flop of the season (Team) : 8. Flop of the season (Player) : Mine : 1. The Champions : Man City 2. Top 4 : Man City, Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool 3. Relegated : Blackburn, Norwich, QPR 4. Signing of the season : Shay Given to Villa 5. Surprise Manager sacking of the season : Arsene Wenger 6. Over-achieving team of the season : Stoke City 7. Flop of the season (Team) : Aston Villa 8. Flop of the season (Player) : Andy Carroll

I broke my foot while playing Football Manager. Beat that, bitches

Cahill you legend!

Welcome back BB!

Sorry to hear that Jimbo. Hang in there for your sis.

Crikey we've got tons of members. This should be fun, hopefully everyone stays active right till the end.

Thoughts go out to him and you mate. Stay strong.

AvB : No Chelsea player is under evaluation atm. We're still searching for possible additions to the team. But overall we're happy with the squad we have. ....................................................... So, no more outs then. Considering the squad rules, max 1 foreign player in. Has to be Modric or maybe Perreira.

Did you get that from the presser? Any more team news re Alex, Ivan and Mikel? Thanks in advance

Of course Lipton would make juvenile attempts at 'getting back', considering he got absolutely toasted by Gigi Salmon on live television.

Maka looks like Akon

Cheers Ollie.

I'm 6'3'', 13 stone with no paunch. What size would fit me well? M/L? Reason I ask is because I'm unaccustomed to UK/European size definitions.

^Tommy10 hates you.

No, I said that football fans expect spending to bear instant results, but titles can't be bought.

That's exactly what I said :mellow:

It's unfair to compare a newly moneyed Chelsea with the seen-all, survived-all United who have been under the charge of the same man for a quarter of a century now. Just spunking tons of money on players and wages doesn't bring instant results. I know we'd like it to, but it doesn't. It takes time to get them together and forge them into a team that has a winning attitude and a determined personality. Group ethos doesn't evolve in a day. The problem is Jose walked in, won loads of stuff and went away, making it seem oh so easy. Like we've found out, it isn't. Jose was and remains a unique manager, much like Ferguson. It all boils down to continuity and placing trust and confidence in the right man. Unless we do that, we'll keep having periods of sporadic success like 09-10 and more such topics will keep on springing up.

Don't think so. 3 leagues in 8 years is a good achievement, considering this club didn't really have a winner's mentality before that. We've been the 'nearly men' on several occasions too, esp. 2008 and with a bit of luck going our way would have done even better domestically. In Europe, the story is there for all to see. I reckon some fans do feel a bit underwhelmed by our record post the back-to-back titles, but I'd put it down to the somewhat exaggerated expectations triggered by those two wonderful years under Mourinho.

Kalas, anyone?

What's up with Ivan? Hopefully AvB has the balls to pick Kalas if that's what it comes down to, unlike Carlo who picked Paulo over Bruma in a similar situation.

Did a piece on Lukaku here - http://www.bluetinted.com/Site/Articles/Articles.aspx?articleid=105 if anyone fancies a read.