BlueLion.

Meh.

The worst thing about living in the East Midlands is the amount of fucking gloating little Leicester fans there will be on Tuesday. Ain't no way we're going to win.

I've been able to juggle my commitments whilst doing my BA and MA at university - going to be harder as of the next academic year when I'm a full-time teacher, but it certainly is another string to my bow and I do really enjoy coaching my team. Can't stand managing teams though. That'll be the first commitment I drop. Love coaching, but the stress of a Saturday morning is turning me grey....

Don't forget he signed Robben and Cech, too. Didn't get the credit he deserved but you have to say he underachieved with the squad at his disposal in 2003/04. We should have won the UCL without a doubt. Fernando Morientes will always haunt my dreams.

Stephen Fry is utterly fantastic.

Absolutely, but the FA in particular want GKs to (arguably) be more proficient with their feet than with their hands, since 75% of a goalkeeper's workload is distributing long. Hence why Neuer is so celebrated. He's so proficient with his feet he's technically a centre midfielder. So coaches like me have to go back to the FA to be re-coached whenever a new initiative is launched. I was lucky enough to complete my UEFA B late in 2014, so after the change in the coaching syllabus, but my GK Level 1 (2011) and Level 2 (2012) are moreorless obsolete now based on their content. The courses change on a yearly basis.

You can't really use the CL 2012 final as a criticism of Neuer when the goal Cech conceded was one of the softest in CL history. Football's a funny game... Cech made a penalty save in normal time and then two in the shoot-out to become a legend. If Drogba hadn't have scored and we lost 1-0, a lot of people would have blamed Cech for us losing, and quite rightly so, IMO. The fact is Neuer has revolutionised the position of the goalkeeper to such an extent that the FA are asking people like me who deliver UK Level 1/Level 2 Goalkeeper courses to use him as a case study for almost every different technical and tactical element the position entails.

He's cute as fuck tbf

1. Max Meyer Job done. Love that kid.

As an aggregate over the past three seasons. Yes Neuer makes mistakes, but so do all the rest.

1. Neuer 2. Courtois 3. Buffon 4. de Gea 5. Cech Can't really argue about those five being better than the rest. You can suggest a change-around regarding the order, but I honestly think only Neuer is a better all-round keeper than TBO.

I have absolutely no emotional attachment to the bloke, but it is hilarious that he's still played more games for Chelsea than Liverpool.

José will probably play Bego in all the Europa League games though, so at least he'll play another 30 times before the end of the season.

Buzzing for Thursday night football again.

It'll be 70 points for top four and between 35-30 points to avoid the drop, IMO. I think that you're spot on when you say that this season, it'll be a new low for top four qualification - which we'll still miss out on - and a record for most points for a relegated team There are 23 games and ergo 69 points remaining. Considering that, at the moment, going by our form over the course of the season, we're averaging five points every five games, at that same rate we'll end up with 38 points and be in the Championship by August. Which is exactly why we need a new manager. He's lost the dressing room. That's the only remaining explanation. Let's say we can "transform" our form and pick up ten points for every five games hereon-in. Could potentially lead to us picking up around another 45 points, which again would leave us with only 60 points. Last year, that equated to 7th, In 2013/14 and 2012/13, 8th, in 2011/12, 7th (and thus lower than we even finished that year). Fact is, we're fucking doomed, and finishing top eight from here is optimistic with the current outlook. To put it into perspective, even if we win all of our games between now and the end of the season, we'd have less points than we accrued last season. In other words, in 15 games this year, we've dropped more points than we did in 38 last season.

Alright nobody likes a gloating bastard

100% agreed. I love the bloke to the moon and back, but he's shown no indication that he's going to change it...

Deserves to be at a better team.

Wonder if PSG will swap him for Luiz? He looks so lethargic all the while. Think he's lost his desire to play for this club.

Hahaha we sold Mata and KdB for him

Useless. Shite. Tell me one thing he offers that RLC doesn't? Mikel and Ramires are better defensively. Ramires is more dynamic. Mikel is more composed on the ball. Even fucking Maniche was better than this fraud.

Done with this oxygen thief.

Think he could have done better in the lead up to their goal, tbh. Glad he's back though.

Why the fuck would he want to come here?