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That is disturbing on so many levels...

He looks decent and can hopefully be a very good squad player. But he is in no way near what he once was. He's not as strong, not as fast, and most of all he's no where as dynamic as he used to be. Still, hopefully he can stay away from injury and do a decent job for us at several positions.

I NEVER get sunburned! I think my skin is just too dark. If it's bad, you need to get yourself some lotion for burns like Mebo or something.

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That was obviously an exaggeration that was meant more as a compliment to Josh rather than a dig at Marco. In all the posts where I criticized his passing I clearly stated that I was talking about those two games only.

We should have a daily limit for GIFs instead of limit for likes!

I find it highly unlikely that we asked them to make him captain. There must some issues behind the scenes at Zulte.

Regardless of Mata or anyone else, I doubt that either of Oscar or Kevin will be played a lot out wide because Jose likes width and pace on the wings. I think Oscar is one of a kind, but atm, I just feel Kevin is more effective in that number 10 role. But I am certain both will get a lot of pitch time regardless of who's first choice in some big games.

Personally I thought his passing was decent in the first half and good in the second. His defensive work is what was impressive yesterday.

Well I was coming here to say that I'm very happy...but then I saw this: Why, Tom? WHY?! :banghead:

I never said he wasn't a good player, I just said his passing was off in the first two game which it was,imo.

Just put it up on the main site. Good job, mate.

Great job, Hutch

Why can't you ever make a post without personal insults? You KNOW that what you just wrote is not right. Mikel is never our deepest man. And moving our ball forward from the pivot to the front four was arguably our biggest problem last season. Mikel is also the player who is constantly under the most pressure in our midfield because his teammates use him as an outlet when under pressure because of ball retention skills. On any account, I have long ago given up on any "discussion" with you about Mikel. My post was in reply to The Rising Sun in regards to the claim that Mikel only passes backwards which is obviously a myth since stats show he is the one who passes forward the most among our central midfielders.

It hasn't been mentioned, but Cole was amazing...again! In the first 10 mins when Inter went all out to get an early goal, they put so much pressure on that left side, but just couldn't get past Cole.

I just replied to him in the Mikel thread. Obi had 65% of his passes forward which is more than both of Ramires and Lampard. Absolute myth that Mikel only passes backwards. I'm VERY excited to see a pivot of Mikel-MVG. It will be very solid defensively but can also retain possession very well.

I'm sorry, but that's just a myth. According to Squawka, Mikel played 65% of his passes forward last season which really incredible considering the lack of forward passing options we had. As opposed to 62.2% for Lamps and 63.7 by Ramires.

MOTM performance. Those runs he made at the Inter defense were amazing.

Very impressive defensively in the first real test. He tackled well, blocked passing angles brilliantly. Excellent overall performance.

It might have just been my sleep deprivation, but I think I saw Mikel in the opposition box! Very solid performance. Inter took the match way too seriously. MVG was amazing in his movement and defensive side, especially in the first half but Moses has to be MOTM since he made the goals happen. Oscar's goal alone was worth staying up till 5 am. Good night..or it's actually morning now Oh, and I want some of what that ref is smoking!

As expected his play with his back to goal still needs a lot of work. And that's an understatement!

One hour fifteen minutes till kick off and I'm literally too sleepy to do anything during that time.

There are no friendships when it comes to grape leaves! I'm sooo sleepy. I have no idea how on earth am I going to stay up for the match

Nope, you can't have any They're all mine...MINE!!! *evil laugh*

Vitesse? Or actually stay with the U21s?