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How were the goals?

Don't mean to be negative but if we get Liverpool we'll probably lose. Not because they're better but because they're always up for these big games more than us. Like Layla said it would be utterly depressing to lose to them three times in a row

I don't think AVB is lying. When he's talked about mata, etc he's said they were interesting players but never explicitly said that the club weren't going to 'progress in their interest'. He did say something similar when talking about Pereira in the summer and he wasn't lying.

AVB has said that the club isn't going to progress on their interest in Willian Sounds like it's not gonna happen.

Agreed. And if any young player should be getting chances atm, it should be Lalko

I know lol just cause he has a "cute" face So annoying!!

Don't really know how it happened considering the amount of football he has played. He has a huge fanbase already.

^ lmao. Piazon is no way ready for first team action. It will be 18 months at least until he is ready, if at all.

He would have been better than Casillas for sure imo. Casillas isn't as good as how people make him out to be (IMO)

Such a pity. If not for Stephen Hunt's boot, he would be #1 right now.

Hate it when these newspapers/statistics sites add in some random person just to emphasize how pathetic the others have been. Ever since Howard's fluke goal, it's been him. The joke is funny the first time. Not after seeing it everywhere. And for an actual newspaper to print it...... sigh

IMO he has been given plenty of time. The creativity issue is still understandable... that isn't really his fault. But his touch, ball control, confidence in front of goal, inability to run past defenders, etc hasn't shown much improvement since he joined us and if after 18 months (and 50 million pounds) he still doesn't produce the goods.....

During Shevchenko's time we had plenty of quality players in our side so we didn't suffer that much when he flopped in a goalscoring sense. Drogba took charge. Now we only have a bunch of old players. We simply cannot afford to give him more time.

Nice You work at an Apple store, right? Or is it a computer store that sells Apple products?

What are you studying, Steve?

^ In that article Jaimin posted.

lol somebody probably posted a link on a Groningen board

I would prefer to have him stay at Chelsea. As an attacking option, I'd rather see him coming on as a sub than Malouda or Kalou. He is young, hungry, quick, and defenders don't know anything about him. We should give him a chance. If he doesn't get much playing time, then send him on loan in the summer. But I think we should have a little faith in these young kids and give a couple of them a chance when the more experienced players in the same position aren't doing well. I'd certainly prefer to see Lalkovic and now De Bruyne coming on and playing them against tired defenders instead of Malouda coming on and shooting from 80 yards or Kalou falling over the ball.

"When Willian arrived at Shakhtar in 2007 he penned a five year contract, which ends on June 30, 2012." Does his contract really expire in 6 months? I'm sure Shakhtar must have made him sign a new contract since then

Ohhhh! I completely misread the second part of that paragraph. :doh: Sorry, RottenBanana!

Excellent read. Thank you so much for sharing and translating. Where was it posted? In a newspaper?

Comparing how much television money teams from the PL and La Liga get. Amount for PL teams is under "Total" and amount for La Liga teams is under "Ingresos"

How was the Portsmouth game more important than QPR? They're in the same competition so I don't get it...?? If anything, QPR is a "more important" game because 1) it's the fourth round and 2) they're a better team (although that's probably debatable lol)

I will be furious if Arsenal sign him and we don't even make an effort

yeh but he's sitting on his ass so that picture is accurate