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Time for a nap before the match starts

But they all blend in and are hardly noticeable. Will people pay 1-2 pounds per month to remove them?

Go ahead, mate. @NishC300, has already done a lot of work on news this week.

When the PL ends next Thursday.

Problem is mate, we only have one ad on the site!

Not sure about "prolonging" his career any further. Unless something unpredictable happens like Frank taking a player/coach position, or accepting a HUGE pay cut that would put him on the kind of wages that Paulo was on, I think/hope this will be Frank's last season here.

@, @Strike, @Hutcho, @NishC300, @Barbara, Hey guys, Does anyone want to try to make match report after today's game?

This is a bit late, but here's something that might help: If you're looking for a thread, go to advanced search options, and select "Search Thread Titles Only", that should find you what you're looking for. you can even specify in what section you want to search.

They're not reports. They're actual quotes from the actual president of Roma: http://www.soccernews.com/de-rossi-exit-possible-says-roma-president/122689/

Who cares for "reports" when Roma's president himself said that De Rossi is available? The only interest we had in De Rossi was made up by that cunt Palmeri.

No because our team is not built around our strikers but rather around our attacking midfielders. Bar City, who in the PL has a midfield that even compares to ours?

No. No it won't. It's just preseason. If anything it tells us who still needs match fitness more.

Roma president himself said that they might sell De Rossi so his availability was never in question. If we wanted him we would have signed him by now but I honestly think we were never really interested.

Wrong thread, mate. This is the "surprising" facts thread, not the "boring" facts!

Right. Got that messed up. Thanks for the corrections.

Heard he played with Boro in a friendly yesterday. Not sure how true that is, though.

Seems from preseason Jose thinks more of him as a CB. Shame as I really think he could become a great box to box midfielder.

Exactly. At West Brom, not at Chelsea. How many teams in the PL last season tried to go all out attacking, press high and leave spaces behind the defense against us? Agree on all of the above, but I just don't think he'll be the 'star' of our attack if he comes. He can definitely make a difference like grab the only goal in a scrappy 1-0 away win for example. But I doubt we'll shape our attack around him like United did with RVP or Liverpool with Suarez.

Rooney is valuable because he gives Jose tactical options that none of our current strikers can provide. He is obviously versatile and can play all over midfield and attack (except DM obviously), and he's also the perfect second striker and gives Jose the option to play with two strikers as a plan B like he has been talking about. And obviously he will be an improvement to the players we currently have. The 24m we're willing to pay for him are not just about improving us but weakening united who rely on him a lot. Lukaku was playing that high up against Malaysia simply because of the poor defending by the Malaysians. He won't ever get nearly that much space to exploit in the PL.

Burkina Faso is currently ranked 42 in the world. They won the African Cup of Nations 2 years ago.

I have a better suggestion. How about we see how he actually performs like in his natural position before we start talking about changing his position?

The striker will never be the focal point of our attack, imo. His main job will always be to link-up and create spaces with his movement for the attacking midfielders to exploit.

These rumors of him leaving are normal during contract renewal. His agent is trying to gain leverage.

And whenever we've won the PL, our strikers had barely scored 30% of our goals. Chelsea have relied on various sources for goal for a very long time now and that trend is only increasing with the type of attacking midfielders we're getting. Rooney will definitely be a boost, but he will never be to us what RVP was for united last season.

Well as long as it's a reliable source..