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thought I'd squeezed out a lipton earlier tonight, that explains it... thanks

Who the fuck is Martin Lipton, why even quote a naysaying nobody? Twitter sucks... honestly, why waste nerves on these bitches?

I doubt that if he fails to win the PL or CL, then he pretty much has a sack waiting for him. FA Cup or beautiful (but ineffective) football might save him though.

Courtois already in 2014? Cech is only 29, I'm willing to bet he'll be here longer than only till 2014. Good goalies play until end of 30's, unless he suddenly starts sucking or if he gets sold, which I can't see happening.

I don't think he would, he'd probably just lay back more and stop spending that much money on it

Left, and he can play anywhere on the left side, just like Zhirkov. Wikipedia says he played his first season as a left-back, that means his second season he was a winger?

ACoN gives other players a chance, and I doubt Inkoom would become an indispensible member of the squad right away, so why not. And he would miss what, 3-5 games in january?

Cole and Pereira on left could work out, I wouldn't actually mind him. He was one of the main men in Uruguay's success story in the WC. Malouda can always play in the middle, since it's been his position for a while now. Where did he play under AVB, does anybody know?

He looks beast even next to Drogba

poteito potaato, the point remains fairly the same... expecting it is one thing, liking it to happen is another But what do you think, could Jose have won titles with the pre-Roman team? I personally think the main things he brought with himself were new tactics, new approach, new winning mentality.. new players were a must, he was probably ordered to rebuild the team. If Mancini had been our "revolution boss", I doubt we would have achieved anything. Mourinho turned unknown players of Porto into heroes and champions, I believe he could have done similarly with the pre-Roman squads, no matter how much money he got. But yeah, it's pointless to speculate, maybe I rate TSO too highly

Yes, I know, but you also said that "we'd all like money to buy titles"... I just said that I wouldn't, because then City would dominate over us

Damn, I wonder why everything takes so slow in football, and why everything is so secretive But oh well, football fans need to be patient anyway

Actually I wouldn't, it's enough that money rules every aspect of life, let football be unaffected and require real team spirit and leadership... of course it isn't unaffected, football is business like any else, but it takes more than just money to win in competitive leagues like Premiership and CL... and I'm glad for it.

We have underachieved in the sence that Mourinho got sacked and replaced by donks Grant and Scolari who had no clue. Hopefully with AVB the changing managers like socks has stopped. But in general, speaking of titles, we have done fairly well... of course no CL, that's an underachievement, but look at our unluck in the competition - it's unbelievable... the phantom goal, the weren't-meant-to-be red cards, Terry slipping on the winning penalty, several injury crysises. But only losers look for excuses, so I won't go there... in my opinion there have been unfortunate bad spells, bad decisions, but in general we have done well. Did Man City win the league in their first "sheikh-season"? Let alone back-to-back? No, they didn't, and they're richer than us.

We didn't sign McEachran, he's come up from the academy ranks since he was 8. And Bertrand is at Chelsea since 2006, being on loan somewhere ever since.

I think Alex would be played even with lacking match fitness ahead of Ferreira, get real He has to gain fitness somehow, doesn't he? The first 3 games against inferior sides are perfect games to do it. Or do you suggest dropping him into reserves and play Ferreira against Kenwyne Jones? naah, I wouldn't...

Will Oriol be available for the Stoke game?

Smart move by Barca. 35 is discount price for Cesc, but le goons can't do anything about it, they either sell him for what they offer or have an unhappy player/captain in the dressing room... Arsenal to be dropped from top 4, Spurs to overtake them if they keep Modric (or liverpool if they're lucky). Who can possibly replace Fabregas, perhaps Mata? I think Gervinho was meant to be the replacement of Nasri. And I'm also interested how Barca will use Cesc... I mean they have Iniesta and Xavi in the middle, if they drop Busquets then they will leak goals as a leisure pastime. Or will he be rotting on the bench? I doubt it. Perhaps he's meant to be the long-term replacement of Xavi, who isn't getting any younger.

His body doesn't seem right, looks like Kalou or Drogba more to me

As long as I watched (second half of first half), then he didn't do anything special... he didn't get much service tbh, Belgium's play was quite poor.

fuck international friendlies

this thread is so wrong

wait what? who bickers? who is unhappy at others scoring? did I miss something or is Keane delusional?

Like Mourinho and Villas-Boas have said, team spirit and mentality is the most important thing, not individuals. Without it, City won't amount to anything. Does Mancini have it in him to make this team beat in one rhythm? It will take time for them. 2nd half against United showed they aren't ready to regroup yet under pressure, and are somewhat disorganized.

lol, it doesn't matter that much the song is awesome no matter who posted it first