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so Čech is giving the conference, interesting... oh ok, Andre is on now

After watching KieranVogel's pictures I realized what this thread is actually about, and I literally started loling at the randomness :D

With our poor defensive record so far, I think a DMF is actually needed... without it, we would be in even more trouble

As I recall, AVB said in post-match that he wanted to do the opposite - kill the tempo after being 2/3-0 up, so Mikel was handy there.

Player scouting can take years, they have trained scouts/coaches who are paid to do that job, who can see details an untrained eye can't. Professional clubs rarely or never give judgement based on one game... It's actually easy to spot talent and skill, it's harder to spot potential.

Isn't it obvious why? Because he's a world-class manager, is respected by all the players and is synonymous with the club, has total backing of the manu board, has a really good scouting team and has an eye for talents.. but so it wouldn't turn into an Alex wankfest, he's still an annoying tit.

Maybe pressure of the big bosses watching the game got to their heads But yeah, keep us posted... I want to know how our first-team boys did.

hmm ok, I'm not familiar with his Benfica career... but it's good then that he's versatile

You're as bad as my PES 2012 BAL manager Putting DL as left-back constantly... he would probably suck there, but who knows

He's probably riding his bike in the mountains now somewhere We can boast with the coolest manager there is

It somewhy mentions LDN Blue's sig pic.. I think it's a false positive. Try loading threads with LDN Blue's posts with a different browser, does it say anything? I use Opera and F-Secure and it has never said anything.

Patience... The team is still a working process under AVB. His first marks this summer were Mata and Meireles, both brilliant signings to be fair.. if we get 2 brilliant signings again next summer, we will be covered all over, and I'm pretty sure we will, as many are on the verge of leaving. And seeing our active interests in players like Neymar, De Bruyne, Pereira etc. shows promise that we are looking in the right direction, even if we aren't going to sign exactly those names, we are still seeing interest from the club towards such type of players... and for me it's encouraging. But for now overall I'm pleased with the team, there doesn't seem to be a screaming need for pure wingers atm, although this might change if Mata and Studge get injured or some shit like that.

It's probably got something to do with his terrible initiation singing, and now they sarcastically call him after Johnny Cash Or maybe they call him that because they consider him to be the same in football as Cash was in singing

Does he speak english?

He's a fantastic player, a real work horse.... BLACK POWER!

Yes, I forgot that for a moment. This would be the perfect game for him though

Bertrand's not in the CL squad. But otherwise I like your line-up, should do the job... Torres is playing well with Danny and Anelka, Lamps and Meireles ahead of Romeu could do a decent job and the defence line looks solid, maybe Alex could get a run instead of JT maybe.

solid

invincible or invisible?

I bet City aren't happy now swooping him to us for Bridge (and SWP?)

Juanny

I think we will get a real taste of title challenge and how strong our competition are in the christmas-new year period (december-january). That's usually the hardest time to play and the season will have gone on long enough to see how far squads can be stretched, fatigue kicks in and no doubt some more injuries and setbacks for the teams. It's important to start growing momentum in autumn to go all guns blazing during the new year's period, that's the way I see it. And if we do well enough during that time, then we can be in a more comfortable position during late spring when every point counts and every league game is like a cup final.

Mata has proved to be handy in breaking down defensive and "park the bus" type of teams... exactly what we were thinking about before we signed him and exactly why we were struggling before to move the parked buses.

I think Mata should have his IQ tested like the rest, I seriously think he'd come near Lampard's MENSA-esque result. A lot of players frustrate during games because they don't have that good pitch vision, we from tellies can see where they could give the perfect pass but often they decide to play it safe. Mata on the other hand makes the right decisions more often than not. The Sturridge and Ramires goals were 50% Mata. I remember when we signed him someone in this forum compared him to Malouda... lol Florent would've probably taken a shot in the Ramires goal situation and instead of lobbing to Cole.

yeah what happened to woods? he came with all the hopes and potential in the world, even played in 1st team at some point i remember, and now he's disappeared. i believe he was even branded as the next lampard.