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On a Sunday morning?

But imagine the joy when you find said smarties weeks later. The ectasy of having no smarties then having all the smarties would be incredible. I drank/got drunk for the first time when I was 14.

Mate, you will never grow up to have a manly beard like me, if you neglect your growing body like that. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Do Scots ever sleep?

If Chelsea doesn't score 100+ goals against Brighton.....

His technical skills make me cry.

Ramires is at his best in the midfield of the 4-3-3. With two other midfielders covering him, he can do his charges through the pitch; which is something I don't think he can do in the double pivot of a 4-2-3-1 . Mata is very restricted on the wings as he can't dictate play, but he is nonetheless capable. His main problem is his lack of pace. Mikel is an absolute beast when it comes to playing defensive football, one of the best players around for the 'catenaccio' approach. He seems over his head with an attacking philosophy.

Hazard - Torres - Marin Ramires - Mata - Lampard Ivan - Luiz - Terry - Cole Cech I don't know. Chelsea has so many good players, but I have no idea what formation they woud fit into.

I'd rather have these problems in the preseason than the actual season, it gives RDM more time to sort this shite out.

The team gels better with Marin on the pitch. Strange that he already has so mcuh influence.

RDM was born in Switzerland to Italian parents. He didn't live in Italy till he played for Lazio. Promising Swiss players Xherden Shaqiri Valentin Stocker Granit Xhaka PS I just found out Sheva retired.

I was expecting RDM to bring in some Italian or Swiss players or at the very least a couple of Serie A players.

Nonsense, even Cristiano Ronaldo is jealous of Joe Messi's immaculate abilities.

My brain exploded from the nostalgia.

Eden will be better than Joe Messi, anyway.

Well, we don't know what to expect from young Thorgan! Maybe It's because Eden Hazard has been here for a while and the idea has settled in. If they had been signed at the same time, which would you be more excited over?

Yep, Marco Materazzi. He also scored Italy's only goal in the WC06 Final.

I would have been frightened if Matrix was leaning on me like that. Matrix was without a doubt a loose cannon, but the hilarity that man produced is hard to equal.

How dare you forget German speaking Belgium! YOU SHALL BE HUNG FOR YOUR CRIMES AGAINST THE SERENE AND MOST BEAUTIFUL KINGDOM OF BELGIUM! Orange - Flemish/Dutch Red - French Green - German

Italy is becoming so poor I bet the unfortunate Football Ultras can't even afford to throw flares at the players anymore...

Given the financial situation of Italy the seemingly have to do this. It's very stupid.

The best part about Stramaccioni from Inter's view is that he knows the youth of the club very well (he won the NextGen Series with Inter). I bet he knows which youngsters are ready to bleed into the first team. Inter, AC and Juve all have such great youth facilities but are terrible at intergrating youth, hence the reason the Italian team has such a high average age. If the best clubs can't bring in youth, the national team is going to falter a bit. Instead of spending €11 Million of a player like Palacio, Inter should try to give a player like Marco Davide Faraoni a chance.

I think Bale should be molded into a Giggs or Beckham type winger not a Hulk or Ronaldo inverted foward. But this is AVB we are discussing.

Fallen down the ladder? AC Milan at the moment is in a much better place than Internazionale Milano. Not to mention he was very good for AC after he was signed on loan as he scored a few very important goals and didn't score a very important one against Juventus (linesman said it didn't go over but it was at least 50cm over). Inter may have won the TIM Trophy against Juve and AC, but I believe that was a fluke at the moment. Here is my prediction for the Serie A 12/13 season: 1. Juventus 2. A.C. Milan 3. Inter Milan 4. Napoli 5. Lazio