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4th manager in a year, when will Muratti realize that it is actually the players that are no longer good enough?

What an absurd idea!

BRENDAN RODGERS says Josh McEachran's loan move to Swansea has been a success — despite a lack of first-team action http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4226146/Brendan-Rodgers-says-Josh-McEachrans-loan-move-to-Swansea-has-been-a-success-despite-a-lack-of-first-team-starts.html Does he think we're stupid!

Just lol!

The only distant possibility of us finishing fourth is a Tottenham meltdown. But we aren't that lucky!

When will we ever play Anzhi?! If I were Roman I'd sell him for anything above 15m.

Well they are both highly-alchoholic anis drinks, but Absinthe is traditionally prepared from a distillation of neutral alcohol, various herbs, and water while Arak is made from white grapes. I have never tried Abesinthe but I imagine the tastes differ due to the diference in the ingredients.

Here in Lebanon it is fairly cheap (20 or 30$ a bottle which makes a lot of glasses since you mix it with water) but the price will naturally be more in australia. It is exported to all over the world, I made quick google search and apparantly the Porter Liquor store sells Arak in Sydney. The best Lebanese Arak is from Kefraya or Ksara.

I thought he was excellent at the start of the season. His form has dropped lately but so have the entire Hamburg defense. We all know he's a good defender, but most centerhalves need good partners in defense to shine. Garry Cahil is prime example of that, I personally never rated him too highly at bolton, but since coming here, he is slowly becoming our most consistent defender. I'd reserve judgement on Jeffrey untill I've seen him play in decent defense.

Actually, I think he "disappeared" a few weeks before AVB left. In fact, he has hardly played a match since the turn of the year (I think coming on for the last 15mins or so against Man utd at home was the only time he featured for us in 2012!)

I'd love something like this for our away kits: Anything but red. Red reminds me of Arsenal and Liverpool and Milan and Spain and I subconciously start cheering the other team on! How about orange?

One of the most popular Lebanese alchoholic drinks is called "Arak". It is clear liquid like: which you mix with a small amount of water to get: and enjoy At first its a bit strong, but once you're used it, it's likely to become your favorite drink.

Arsenal Wenger would never pay 35m for Messi, let a lone Hazard. Chelsea can definitely offer more wages than Tottenham as well, which is why I'm optimistic that we could get him if we really want to.

Just stumbled over this: I honestly prefer our current kit.

Carefreechronicles break down of the goal: http://www.carefreechronicles.com/2012/03/breaking-down-kalou-goal-against.html I thought I'd share this since he is no longer posting here.

I'm not too familiar with those rules, but I thought that in order for a player to be considered homegrown, he has to have spent a certain amount of time with the club before a certain age. Didn't we have the same problem with Bertrand this year in the CL?

I think he meant the place of a foreign player in the team.

Why did I have a feeling that the first one to reply to this topic would be Lebanese? Us Lebanese are extremely proud of our food and will gloat about it in every occasion possible. But yes, it is the best food in the world! But Beirut, man, you forgot some of the most important elements of the Lebanese cuisine: Olive oil (that we just love to talk about how much healthier it is than normal oil), my favorite what we call "yakhneh" which has many many types and is usually some sort of vegetable like spinach cooked with meat and seasonings with cooked rice on the side, and finally no Lebanese dinning table is complete without the best salad in the world: Tabouleh:

Don't mind either. I generally avoid the transfer talk section, though it would be nice to just discuss players we are actually formally linked with; So I voted for yes in both questions.

I'd really like to see oriol in this game. Unless, of course, he is lost in the Bermuda Triangle as zolayes suggested

My bad, but still very impressive.

Didn't you also get a 92nd minute equallizer against me? How do you turn the 'manchester utd luck' option on in the game?

Excellent as always. I see you went back to writing full match reports, either way, always great to read your reports.

^^ Only he in the premiere league has managed to score in all of the FA cup, League cup, PL and CL this season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6epIS9mdOEA&feature=g-u-u&context=G2449461FUAAAAAAADAA Saved our arse yesterday with that save before the goal. Great stuff from big Pete.