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When everybody cant help talking about the marvelous strength of City or the good picks of Fergie, his young team etc... it frees some pressure for the contenders behind them. And it's also valid for Liverpool, us and Loserpool are really well placed to exploit the lack of exposure generated by the over-exposition of the 2 Manchester

You are probably right, how to explain that Benayoun played such a little time since the start of the Premier League (even since the team returned in England...) ? Alright against Stoke the choice is understandable but against WBA, Torres lacked direct support wich could have provided Yossi... I don't see Villas Boas considering Yossi as part of his project in one year, he didnt want him this season for X or Y reasons so I don't know why he could be convinced next year... No need for Yossi to prove himself, he has done sufficiently in the past. And especially if we get De Bruyne next summer, he is a versatile player and also a great assist provider, can also deliver very good through balls... Only 20 next summer and I can't imagine Yossi take his marks then. And I dont even consider Yossi's future if Modric join us in January like he is likely to do... Modric's departure really leaves with a bitter taste of a waste ...

He is no longer injured, I though he was injured longer but a Portugese friend said to me that he is OK, he trained normally today and is due to play tomorrow Honestly I think it's likely to go through in January, Spurs did not spend a lot in this transfert market, because of Levy's statements and his controls on the buisness. No huge investments means that there is no really long terms plans planned since this summer, it maybe means that Uncle Arry is not likely to stay next summer... In the most probable scenario of this season, no Champions League for Spuds and Liverpool to qualify in C1, I wouldn't be surprised if Modric wants to leave in January or in the worst case, in the summer in order to play Champions League again

killamanjaro, I hope you are not speaking of Philippe Auclair ?

We are going to LOAN Benayoun to fucking Arsanal and having no one in return, we are going to help them and we are going to weak ourselves We kill in the egg the possibility to help Nando even before having planning to play them together and the possibility to have the services of such a great tin opener... If you want a more funny stat than the 14 goaless games of Nando, you can laugh when you see how long did Nando and Yossi were together on the pitch (yes, when the first one did not replace the second one )

He plays on the wing with Cardiff, the attackers are versatile there. But he has become a great player, great passer and with huge activity on his flank

Great Youtube player otherwise

Fuck the "[...] planning a shock move for [...]" buzzing news... It's really boring...

because Yossi frees the spot for Pereira It becomes really near http://www.abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=284013

He's on the way to Newcastle anyway

I find Johnson even more overrated than Downing to be frank

We had to pick him at Boro, now he is too expensive for the what he can really bring to the squad... Yes, good impact player with speed and pace but he isn't intelligent, his crossing ability is poor (I don't even know if he targets a precise zone when he crosses) and he does not know when to give the ball, like a 18 year old whereas he is 23... Either taking Jarvis, Wolves have no financial struggle and if we put 10~15 on the table he is ours. Jarvis is such a fantastic player, I watch some Wolves games only to see him (and Fletcher also, imagine if we replace Kalou by Fletcher, giving the scot the support striker role Kalou did never have...). I'm sure the greatest replacement for Anelka is Steven Fletcher, he has the quality of a #10 and he is able to play on the wings.

It's absolutely awful, I think half of this forum speaks better French than him Wait a minute, who want him ? Which club is likely to be interested ? He has no solutions apart staying at Munich

According to A Bola, Pereira is waiting for his club to accept the second offer. On the link I did post above, PdC did refuse the first 15m offer in 30 seconds http://translate.goo...r%26prmd%3Divns And what is good with Portugese clubs is that they release the *.pdf of the official statement to the socios to say they have accepted an offer for a player. And it's likely to be finalized within hours

Yes my mistake, it's €uros

Olympique Lyonnais does scout a lot in France at a National Scale (even if they have great local youngsters)... Otherwise you have Stade Rennais, AJ Auxerre, FC Sochaux AS Monaco, Le Havre, Chateauroux who are not bad at all. Rennes is kind of far in front of Lyon in France. I don't fully agree, what make the strength of Porto is their exceptional scouting network in South America of course but also anywhere else in the world, even in Asia (who would have pick Hulk from a Japanese club ?). They haven't really the reputation to form local players...

According to several Portugese sources it's likely to happen within hours for a fee near Pereira's clause (£30m) http://m.ojogo.pt/n.php?id=118021&area=FC+porto&manha=1 http://fcportonoticias.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/alvaro-pereira-nao-escapa-ao-chelsea/

Sorry, I do not understand

My mistake, he did only say that he can reach Messi's level http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2011/20110720_132255_ribery-reve-du-ballon-d-or.html

Equipe de France since many years was already awful, Ribéry and the plastic bitch Zahia D. did not help at all... He went from the official clown of the average french football fan to certainly one of the most hated players of the country... Otherwise he said that at his best he could be better than Messi and that he targets the Ballon d'Or award this year...

Maybe he is a good player but he is a cunt, his lifestyle is the source of many of his injuries... He has a silly mentality for a sportsman, he is selfish and money driven. Overrated player, unable to be part of a team because of his ego and dreamer because he did think that Real Madrid or Bacelona, Chelsea or Inter would offer 80m for him Hello I'm Frank Ribéry, I'm a silly cunt and I convey a deplorable image of what is a professional footballer, I think I'm able to be the next France Captain, I'm one of the leaders of the bus strike in Knysna and over all I want to play on the left because it's where I'm the best. He had a reputation of untoucheable under Domenech on his left wing (with several goals) but Blanc made it clear, he is a player like another and he has to gain his place. Malouda performs in club so he deserves the left wing spot, so Ribéry is on the right by default. Although the rumour has no reliable source and that the transfert is mainly impossible, he is one of the players I hate the most because of the image he conveys

Black Zidane it comes from the English people non-knowledge of French Football and from the French overrating habit about the young players, especially AM (I can't do you the list of all the players one day labelled "new Zidane", Nasri, Meriem, Menez, Martin, Gourcuff, Kakuta...). This surname, apart from joking, is totally stupid like the "new Lampards" etc... Honestly I was not convinced by the idea to replace Drogba by the player in Europe which does look like the most him, but we can see that Lukaku has quality and a huge motivation, he is yet to fully convince me because of some player looks like fantastic at 18~19 and we see that they have the same level and weakness when they are 27... Objectively I did find his moving pretty good for a debutant today, as was his efforts to be available and his way to propose a solution, some support à la Bent. I think it can be underlined without overdoing anything

I did like Lukaku's overall performance, he was available and did show a great understanding with his partners, the intention was really there. His first touches were not that good but it's only a debut. Otherwise, the thing I did appreciate a lot was his Darren Bent style to play a relay with a support player such as Anelka or Bosingwa on the wing and directly go into the box after that, I did read he is a clinical finisher (even if he said he has to improve, but like every other striker !) and pretty clever in the box so he will certainly be very usefull this season by tracking down balls in the penalty box. If we improve drastically our free kicks and corners (with Mata's help, great crossing ability otherwise !) and if we find someone to score goals like Bent it's nearly a guarantee of 10~15 points more than last season !

Wenger has not a lot of money, don't forget they have "only" 25m for Nasri and 15 for Fabregas (they are so bad negociators that they did accept a paying system spread on months for their best and keu player ). They need a Jagielka by example, they can't put money for Sneijder and Jags in the same time. Van Persie and Sneijder are not really friends and Nasri did leave the club because Arsenal didn't want to offer him his 100k demands (if I rember well)... So a 200k it's just impossible.

Scott Dann (4 votes [6.78%) Gary Cahill (14 votes [23.73%] I did vote for Scott Dann rather than for the Chelsea defence in order to bring something to the debate between Dann & Cahill. I must admit I'm a little bit surprised by the results of the poll. I did watch around 15 games of Bolton last season and whereas I can't deny Cahill has some great quality ; I was surprised by the media coverage and all the buzzing around him because I did find that not really righteous... Yes he is solid and yes he has some striker's ways to shoot when he goes forward, some of the goals he did score are classy. But I find that he has too much of concentration skips, he can miss something very easy because he is not always 100% concentrate on what he does. At other times I did find him not very sure before doing an intervention, like if he did fear to miss completely the ball and kick the man... I find him solid in the air but it does not really impress me, his long balls are not so precise and I don't find him as reassuring for a defense that would have us believe. I also base my argumentation on the dynamic of the team, in 2009/2010 Cahill was more in front when his team was not good and I did find him less in front when Bolton perform well in the first months of the season. I did sometimes have even a better impression of Wheater after January... ! For me Cahill has clearly to pass a step in his progression before thinking he can sign for a big club, being more regular and stop doing fucking impredictable mistakes, I'm not a great fan of his mentality either... On the other hand, I think that Birmingham's defenders were the most under-rated of the league, Johnson, Ridgewell and Dann and even Foster were very good although nobody really underlined this. Dann is for me one of the best players in the air, he is terrific, his timing is excellent. He is comfortable with the ball to get the ball out of the defence properly and I find that he has a great tackling ability and a good passing for a CB, I find Dann's last two characteristic far better than Cahill's. Yes, Dann has the reputation to be a player who gets often injured but he is young, under rated and reachable for a price who is far from the usual English over rate system about their players, especially in view of his quality Dann and Johnson were instrumental during the 15 games unbeaten run of the Brummies last season and his injury (not not only, the shit recruits of McLeish, the lack of concentrations of the players... played a big part too) was one of the reasons explaining the fail of Birmingham after the win in League Cup. Cahill is not worth 20m even if Bolton is right to ask this price (because of their debts, Henderson and Downing, Jones's prices...) and I would find that more interesting to acquire a cheap player like Dann, who is homegrown if we need one more CB, ratrger than Cahill who does not convince me at all