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Isn't that exactly what I was just saying?

Great news. Hope he doesn't play this season though, no point risking his recovery by rushing him back because he's not a key player who we desperately need. Just let him heal himself properly and make sure he's fully fit by pre-season.

You have got to be kidding me. At the moment I'd say Neymar is right up there with Messi and Cristiano as far as marketing goes and once he moves to a big European club his marketing value will rise even higher. http://www.sportspromedia.com/notes_and_insights/neymar_is_the_worlds_most_marketable_athlete/ These guys even go as far as say he's the most marketable athlete (not just footballer) in the world right now but I think they're looking a bit too much to the future. Right now Messi and Ronaldo are definitely ahead of Neymar but he's not far behind. We all know how hyped and sought-after Eden Hazard was last year and he didn't even make the list there so you have to understand that Neymar's value is huge. Will be interesting to see where Neymar ends up. The most sensible transfer for him would be Barca or Real Madrid but the way he still keeps on flirting with Chelsea makes me wonder. He's not once mentioned United, City or some other big European clubs but often talks about how his dream would be to one day play for either one of the Spanish giants or us. What I do know is that the idea of having Neymar, Hazard, Mata and Oscar rotating the three AM positions in the 4-2-3-1 would be ridiculously mouthwatering and looks something like my dream squad in FM12 used to be.

I believe that's from the Steaua match, notice the Europa League badge on Terry's sleeve.

Actually Demba Ba is only a year older than Olivier Giroud, the soon to be 27-year-old 'youngster'. From the players you mentioned I would say Ba is right up there with Dzeko / Giroud and while he may not exactly be at the level of Robin Van Persie, the best striker in the world, that doesn't mean he is a bad player and people are overreacting to his wastefulness against West Ham. Sure, he should have scored a couple of goals from the chances he got but other than that his performance was top class and with a little more concentration in his finishing people would be creaming over how good he is. I really don't mind having a striker who, despite occasionally being wasteful in front of goal, always gets in those goalscoring positions because of his great movement and everyone else around him get more space too because the opponent are really scared of him.

Yes, Giuseppe just told me. Hope he gets the tickets delivered to him without any problems.

I agree 100%. Personally I never drive over the speed limit or otherwise irresponsibly in places where there's even the slightest of chance of getting in an accident where other people are hurt. A couple of years back when I still had the motorcycle I was foolish enough to try my limits but even then I made damn well sure it was in a place with zero traffic (a quiet industrial area in the middle of nowhere at 3am, absolutely nothing happening there within a 500m radius). The worst thing that could've happened was hurting myself but I suppose that was the risk I was willing to take (like I said, young and foolish). I despise people who start showing off to their friends by driving irresponsibly right after getting their license and then they go on and kill their friends who are with them in the car when they crash or even worse yet, take out a car full of people who just happen to be driving on the same road when they lose control of their vehicle.

Bitch please, I've done well over 200km/h on a motorcycle. But that's because me and Romper are stupid, don't listen to us kids and drive safely.

Lampard and Ramires in midfield, like that's worked out so well for us before.

Now why the fuck did you come here for? Absolutely nothing to see here.

I didn't get one either.

Ángel Di María? Could well be on his way out if Real Madrid splash the cash on Bale this summer, also he's a Mourinho signing and has been rumoured to be on our radar in the past too.

Good read, although like some people have already mentioned I would have added Witsel, Cabaye and maybe Strootman in the mix as well. Don't really care which individual we go after this summer but one player in the Moutinho / Modric / Benat / Witsel / Cabaye / Strootman mould is a must. All of these guys are great players so I guess we should just go after the one who's available the easiest. Didn't know Benat is out of contract in 2014, it could maybe force Real Betis to sell him for a reasonable fee...

I remember a certain semifinal four years ago. So glad Arsenal are out, they'd probably have gone on to win the damn thing with us finishing fourth and suffering the same fate as Spurs last season, karma and all that. Or Spurs could have finished fourth again and be dropped to the UEL for the second time in a row despite getting top4, that would've been priceless.

Haha, I thought about that too but he spends most of his spare time reading this thread anyway so wishing him a happy birthday here does pretty much the same thing.

Nice to see you online, hope you're having a good time over there! With Chelsea, it's been pretty much the same old bullshit and not a lot has changed while you've been away. Benitez blaming the supporters for the team's bad form and other fun stuff like that. Last game was great though, what a comeback against Manchester United at Old Trafford, haven't seen them so clueless at home since they were beaten 1-6 by Manchester City last season. Hope we beat them in the replay, tomorrow should be another somewhat important match in the Europa League, of course the importance of that game depends pretty much whether you rate the competition or not, I do. Being 1-0 down against Steaua ain't that bad if the team's motivation is anywhere near the level it was last Sunday against United. Keep us updated on how you're doing there, would be really nice to read some more.

Happy birthday, @Rmpr! I believe it's not the 13th there in Brazil yet but what the fuck do I care.

What a second half performance. If the lads play like that from the start United will have no chance in the replay. For once Benitez' substitutions really had an effect on the game but can't give him too much credit for the changes because before the game most of us were already calling for Hazard and Mikel to play from the start. Perhaps it was good this way, now they didn't know what hit them when the game changed so quickly after the double substitution, if both had started the game I doubt their impact would've been as critical as it was in the second half because Ferguson would have had more time to prepare.

Our midfield of two is so much more balanced with Mikel in it (and without Lamps but that's a story for another topic). I was furious when I saw he was on the bench today and I'm glad Rafa realized his mistakes sooner rather than later. Mikel and Hazard coming on so early changed the game in our favour.

"She said no Robin", great from our fans.

After seeing the lineup I placed a cheeky 10€ bet on United to win with the cunt Hernandez scoring the first goal. Doesn't seem like such a bad idea now, eh?

Cech what the fuck

Cech what the fuck

Hazard and Terry on the bench, Lampard and Ramires in midfield. We're fucked.

Maybe so, but would Torres and his family agree to move to Russia, China or something? A return to Atletico out of pity is the best we can wish for imo, otherwise we're stuck with him.