Blue Armour

I'd be more concerned about Sneijder's wage demand.... 170k a week...and Eto on 200k supposedly....(How the hell does Inter pay for this stuff..?). I'm pretty sure we won't clear the UEFA financial restricions if Wesley comes in, unless a high-earner leaves.... And btw, whatever happened to foreign player quota for every EPL club? Haven't we touched the limit already?

Ivanovic's overall play may be consistently good, but he does tend to make mistakes when switching from RB to CB and vice versa (not an easy task), and does tend to screw up his positioning because of this, just like Bluelion said...It has cost us quite few a goals this past season...

Is that supposed to be Kalou?..

I hope the squad is strong and in good form this season...those last few away fixtures could derail the title race if we're in one....

That's because all the players you mentioned like to cut inside and shoot...not all left footers play that way...

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Anyway..none of this should matter...Hiddink (if he's coming) is a disciplinarian...and should make everyone stay in line...

Maybe ol' Bruce was involved in the rankings...

If you look at the interview, he clearly mentions :"It is better to build a team gradually than to bring in players who will pout and sulk"...no guesses as to who he means there... And as for Kalou and the Tottenham goal celebration, there was civil war going on in his country at that time, with his family in danger,etc... He said later that he felt it was inappropriate to celebrate at the time....

If you're taking everything in absolutes then you might as well have mentioned Cech since even he can cost us a goal... What I meant is that he's more reckless than some of the other defenders and tends to charge at the attacker at every opportunity...this often leaves a gap in the back line which the other defenders often don't fill up in time, giving the attacker(s) space to exploit...and that's just one of his problems...Anyway, he's a good player..I just feel he should be tried out in other positions(not necessarily midfield) Oh, and btw Terry used to be a midfielder

Not because he's gifted, but simply because he may cost us a goal...btw he has played in a LB position (before he joined us) right?

If there are strikers going the other way, .then we'll need him

Chelsea will probably sign Chuck Norris before they sign Neymar...

Not really a winger, but he can play off the striker and drift wide like Anelka, plus he's super strong and can take free kicks...a good choice IMO barring the price tag...

I'd rather Bayern buy Godin and we keep Alex (can't keep having the defence merry-go-round)....Alex's thigh surgery was probably the main reason why Cech didnt win the golden glove this season..As for Luiz he should at least be tried out in the RB or DM positions...Until he curbs out the mistakes from his defensive play he isn't fit to play in the centre....

Meh...a lot of spanish papers favour Real madrid...so no surprises here....

I'm not sure but do you ever get the feeling that the club makes good decisions when things are going bad, and bad decisions when things are going good?

Apparently Inter president Massimo Moratti told Italian media that he's unhappy with Sneijder's recent comments regarding the future...I wouldn't read too much into it, but he did say something similar when Mourinho left and Rafa got the boot....

Legend or not, I still say we keep him..if Ramires and Mikel both get injured (very likely in this league), we need a backup CDM. As I said earlier, we need to strengthen the squad and so we need to ADD not replace..What we do need is one more CAM, since Lampard is the only one we have, and Benayoun gets injured too often. Since its unlikely that McEachran will be used on a regular basis(though I would like him to be) we should sign someone like Sneijder, etc.. If the club removes someone to accommodate excess wages, I rather it removed some dead weight, rather than a regular contributor....

I still feel he's got it, but I've noticed that Essien plays a lot more cautiously (this season) when going in to make a tackle or going after the ball when defending...(usually he harasses the opposition when they have the ball and quickly charges forward after getting back)..maybe he's worried about getting knocked in the knees again....

Ron Gourlay's takin a nap....

To tell the truth I wouldn't mind if the new manager can get them to play close to their 100 percent...

Whoever comes in now, I hope its someone who knows the players to an extent...it will be irritating to see our players, especially the youngsters, having to prove themselves all over again...

Q3: also = if and when do you think we'll get eliminated from the champions league

Yes...and for a fact, this season some of the older barca players like Xavi and Puyol had more fitness problems than usual...but it didn't affect their team as much as ours for obvious reasons....