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Look who is speaking. Over my dead body those two are DMs. Sure they defend alot but they sure as hell aren't DMs. Makelele was a DM, Touré is a B2B.

http://backpagefootb...stelrooy/48865/ Henry v van Nisterooy.

I want Valencia to win La Liga. There have been nine teams to win La Liga in it's eighty-three year existence (three seasons didn't happen due to the civil war, so really it's eighty). Real Madrid and Barça have won a total of fifty-three times that leaves twenty-seven titles split between six clubs.

List five that are better and five reasons for each why they are better. And don't forget players like Yaya Touré and Cheick Tioté don't count as they are B2B midfielders and not pure DMs. Just curious to see who you think is better.

Since Cap was banned shouldn't his team be removed from the league?

I never said 'not at fault' or 'give him time'. Try and not put words in my mouth, thank you.

Inuyasha? moar liek yugyo Nobody can sell shit to kids like the Japanese.

They could also kill us with their five midfielders against our two.

I forgot about Juan Mata.

You'll smile a lot in Glasgow, just make sure your smiles are never a Glasgow one.

"SHOOT!" - A common scream when Torres is in and around the opposition box. Always disappointed but never surprised when he tries to dribble past 4 defenders and the keeper.

My suspiscions infer that Ivanovic and Terry have niggling injuries so they may just miss this game. Torres may just be dropped after his moody fit during his substitution. Juve are going to dominate the midfield from the 1st minute to the 90th and while Chelsea may have a 'superior' squad, Juve has one of the best man motivators in Europe [Conte] and not to mention some of the best chemistry in Europe (in my mind second only to Barça). This will be a very tough game for Chelsea and I fully believe Juve will win 3-1. The bianconeri have incredible belief in their abilities and in Conte's. They beleive in his leadership and philosophy 100% and that in itself is very dangerous. When the masses blindly believe in a cause and a leader, the revolution suceeds. Chelsea Sturridge Bertrand - Hazard - Mata Lamps - Mikel Cole - Cahill - Luiz - Azpi Cech Juventus Vucinic Giovinco Lichsteiner - Vidal - Marchisio - Isla Pirlo Chielini - Caceres - Barzagli Buffon

I've said it once before but Torres reminds me of Heskey. Not in playing style or anything, but in my mind they fit into the niché of "Striker that are afraid to shoot". I feel he tries to make sure that every shot results in a goal rather than taking a pot shot like nearly every other foward in the world would do. I think he is afraid of failure and afraid that his finishing will be called into question. It's hard to criticise his shooting when he doesn't take too many shots.

Who is this Aiden Huzzah fellow I keep hearing about on the commentary?

We all know that Super Lamps isn't the player he was. Age and a few injuries have really caught up to him and we can't forget that he is 34. Lamps has always been at attacking midfielder, or even sometimes a secondary striker and those positions are a far cry away from playing as a centre midfielder. He has been getting foward ever since day one of his Chelsea career and that was well over a decade ago so it's unfair to expect him to adapt to entirely different role with ease, old dogs don't learn new trick all that well. Not only does he have to adapt to new expectations and duties but he has to break many of the habbits that made him so fantastic for so many years. When was the last time you tried breaking a habbit? Remember how difficult it was? Often these habbits are just auto-pilot actions that you do without realising because it's ingrained into your ethos. I fully believe his performances would be at a much higher standard if he was playing in a more attacking role; the stamina and physicality may be gone but all of the technique remains. You can criticise him all you want, but never forget that while he may fail at times you can never fault his effort. 100% all the time everytime, the results aren't always there but the passion is.

However Squawka claims he made 17 passes. But I'm inclined to believe the match stats more than Squawka.

Well that is what the match stats said after the game...

Torres made an impressive four passes against QPR.

I don't have anything against RDM at all but if Real Madrid keep playing the way they are....welll, let's just say if it came to choosing between Di Matteo and Mourinho, I know who I would choose.

And people say that Danny is selfish. He has made at twice as many passes as Torres.

Who is this Aiden Huzza I keep hearing about?

Who is this Aiden Huzza I keep hearing about?

Italians gonna catenaccio. Haters gonna hate.

Two own goals don't count.

This thread is an atrocity. I want to purge it from TC.