Peace.

When Ladyboy gets the ball, you just know you'll lose the ball. Might as well shot the ball in the stand, it is faster..

Mr 50 pound comes on and my stream is suddenly off... lol

Danniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

I dare hope he isn't thinking this for real...?

I'll accord you that TX's words might have been a bit to strong. Though, if you want to take a picture to summarize our season, the purchase of Meireles instead of Modric would be a good choice. Because it says it all. We have passed from a major club to a club battling for a mere Champions League spot. So imo, yes it is a key moment to our season, maybe not the 'worst', but certainly a bad moment - and I say this without disrespecting Meireles, it isn't his fault.

Then, it has been a long time since you watched Barça for the last time. Pep is André's "master", he wants to play the same kind of football. In this sense, it shouldn't be a problem.

^ Messi ?

Yeah, true... It is weird... Though, I don't really think Evra needs Red Nose to make such a thing

Because Evra didn't bring this case to the Police, no ?

So... Luiz-Cahill for the end of the season ?

It is refreshing to see such a modest person in this world of multi-millionaires... And this comment does apply for his sister, too.

I am agree with TX there. Barcelona - despite already having the best midfield in the world with Iniesta-Busquets-Xavi - bought another world-class midfielder in Fabregas, while us - who have a midfield in a deep mess - just have bought a good squad player. This fact means a lot.

If he could give the boot to Gourlay, now..

Hum.. I do not think he is really a brainless defender. You could say he is in the same mould as Luiz, i.e. he is bound to make a reckless mistake here and there... When playing against Villa, in the last January, I thought he had a good game. I know it is only some highlight from youtube, but this video gives a good insight on him (against Hoffenheim) : I don't have Fifa 12...

Rajkovic better than Bruma ? No way. He is just a lumberjack. He looked average in our pre-season tour, while Bruma was good when playing with us. And At Hamburg, this is Rajkovic on the bench, not Bruma..

Yes, could it be in January or during the summer will need a striker, even if Lukaku is getting a more important role in the first team. Comes the end of the season, Anelka, Kalou and Drogba won't any more be wearing our blue shirt. It leaves us with three players labelled as striker, i.e. Lukaku, Sturridge and Mr 50m pound. Danni isn't considered by both the board and André as a striker. Boas has even said he wanted to make him his long term right winger, if I do recall correctly. The Ladyboy has produced nothing for the year he has passed with us, he is bound to finish the season like he started it - thus we can't rely on him. And considering the latest games, André seems to not be satisfied with him. Do the math - we will be short both in number and in quality. Hence, to pair a Higuian/Pato/Cavani with Lukaku would be a good idea, in my honest opinion. The question is when we will need this new striker (January or in the summer ?). We have another option, which is to make Sturridge our number one striker. Though, by doing this we will only move the problem.. Yep. I think we need at least to buy two players, ideally a midfielder and a striker/winger. And on the other hand, we should promote one or two players from our academy. And keep in mind that Gaël Kakuta will come back in January.

It isn't wroten black on with on the official website, but I think it's safe to say it is official according to the following link : Yeah, it does seem we have been lurking around La Masia recently, wouldn't be surprising if we make another Romeu-a-like deal.

Yeah, he has yet to live up to all the hype around him. That being said, he is young and there's a lot of place for him to improve. Plus André will be able to mould him like he wants to, due to his young age. And in my opinion, his versatility could be a good thing for us. Even though many say he is an average player, I think it is safe to say he has a lot of potential, otherwise he wouldn't be scouted by all the good teams in England. So if he does really possess this potential, we should sign him and help him to fulfil it.

Well, if we do not get at least three players in January (either we buy them or we promote them form the academy), I would be quite worried. If you look at it, Anelka has already signed for this chinese team. Alex is out of the team. Kalou has handed a transfer request while Malouda plays less and less. Plus those two are - according to journos - on their way out in the winter. And finally, Josh McEachran is more than likely to go out on loan. At the moment, our team has 26 players (I've counted Essien). So, our team could go from 26 players to 23 (at least since Anelka, Alex and at least one of Malouda/Kalou/Josh will leave) or 21 (if all the players I mentionned above will leave). In those 23 (at best) players, we can really only rely on 20 of them, since there are two back-up goalkeepers and Feirrera who is no more a player, but a translator. At the start of the season, we were already a very tinny squad, so let alone what we will be at the start of February if we don't do a good mercato... Hence if think the board would be insane and careless if he doesn't buy at least two players.

Not Mikel. First off, because we are already short in the midfield, and if Romeu picks up an injury, or if he possibly has a deep in form, we would have no one appropriate to replace him. So even if John Obi doesn't really suit the style of football that André is trying to instill to our team, we should keep him untill the summer, at least. And, we can make some money in selling him. Italian sides seem to be keen to buy him, if my memory serves me right, Torino was ready to propose us around €15m... Though, on Bosingwa I can only be agree with you... I think we also should make a tombola and give him to the winner.

Realistically : • A striker - Whatever his name, as long as he is able to score goals... • A winger - could it be left or wright, someone in the mould of Hazard, Neymar, etc.. • A creative midfielder - Since those chikens are ahead of us in the table, to get Modric is impossible.. So I want us to look towards La Masia, and try this Sergi Roberto • A right back - PS : considering Alex is leaving, a center back wouldn't be a luxury.. Though I changed my mind on Cahill, I'd rather us to wait till the summer and call back Bruma, who I think will be better than Cahill in a short time.

Okay, I am as happy as every one with this news. But something bothers me. Why now, for fuck sake ? Why we try to offload liabilities in the middle of the season, while we could have done this job proprely in the summer... Because let's be honest, all the players announced as goner, we already knew during the summer that they should be sold... That being said, I am still happy they have finally been identified as liabilities and surplus to requirement (better later than never). This month of January should be lively.

Unfortunatly, it's made out of nothing... But it would have been great, though. I am a daydreamer, but I hope this turns to be true lol

Yeah, he does a good job, but he is average in all sides of the game, but he isn't great at one. The first thing which bother me with him, it is that he gives away a lot of ball... His passing game isn't the best, plus I feel he is too much sloppy when doing a pass. After this, I find him a bit too much agressive and reckless when he does a challenge. Against City he could have been send off, and yesterday he should have get a yellow card. @ BL : Don't get me wrong, I do not deny he is bringing something to our team, that's undeniable. At the moment he should compose our midefelder along side Romeu and Ramires.