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I was being serious Being the best substitute in the history of football has got to count for something?

21 must be retired.

That'll look terrible! In comparison to what might have been, as in building within the power station.

Bump. Marconi Stadium (Marconi Stallions, NSW Premier League) Sydney Football Stadium (Sydney FC, A-League) Stadium Australia (Australian national team) Melbourne Cricket Ground (Australian national team) Etihad Stadium (Melbourne Victory FC, A-League)

I can't wait either

The designer of the Man United kit should be charged with crimes against humanity. Looking at it makes me want to poke my eyes out.

Thats $6.40 in Australia. SIX dollars for a burger?!

Shunsuke Nakamura lol's at the recent progress of this thread. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZoJqDWPUmM

Ivanovic to take an early holiday, then?

Are you talking about his penalties or his free kicks?

An excellent point. All it takes to cause that defence to cack it is a big man up front. Maybe even Heskey and Crouch could give them serious trouble. A duo of a Ramires-like (in terms of pace) striker and a muscular striker would probably put 3 goals past them every game. Not to mention Valdes seriously rivals Djimi Traore in my book as the worst player to win a CL.

Also, the real Greatest Team Ever™ would surely not find it any trouble whatsoever to break down 10 men camped around their own area. Now in theory, there's many a team that can do that for 179 minutes and attack for the remaining one minute. The only reason they won the CL last year was because Real Madrid did not have that defensive discipline despite the best efforts of Mourinho; if Manchester United had played them in the semi's last season instead of Madrid we might have seen Sir Alex lift his 3rd CL title. Liverpool under the earlier years of Benitez probably would have had no trouble doing this mob, either. Pep is heralded as a revolutionary but the truth is any side that is decently built defensively will lol his 3-3-4 nonsense back to the 1930s where it belongs, and indeed, 2 already have.

All this talk of Greatest Team Ever™ fails to take into account that they've only been champions of Europe two times in 4 seasons. The original Galacticos were 3 for 6 in that aspect; and they are still miles behind Ajax and Bayern 70s with their 3 consecutive wins, not to mention Real Madrid's 5 in a row. I'd even have them behind the last team to successfully defend the European Cup, AC Milan of the late 80s. The same goes for Messi. For all his dominance he still has a lower amount of Champions League medals than Clarence Seedorf, and less domestic League honours than Zlatan Ibrahimovich.

Surprisingly low, that. I thought he was on 15 this season.

I see no problem with Kalouda. Blunts our attacking potential, but we have to gamble on Drogba rogering van Buyten et al. There is an argument for Torres in that his recent form will see him get more attention than Malouda would, and he offers far more going forward. His workrate is underrated, but as we saw at the Camp Nou, he seems to like to play his way out of trouble rather than smash it clear.

Here's an interesting read up of a thread on Redcafe. The subject is on Man City's rise to the top. http://www.redcafe.net/f7/930m-what-city-spent-reach-premiership-summit-353196/

Where were you last year when I was completing high school? Zolayes will be delighted to hear that my final mark for maths was 14.17%; following some solid performances including 17/120, 8/60 and 11/100

Kalouda and Ferreira are trustworthy, at the very least. Meireles as well. Essien? I wouldn't trust him with a 5 dollar loan the way he's been playing of late.

Yes, another valid point is that he has gotten many players to play significantly better than they did for months. His team selection and change of the formation have the hallmarks of a virtuoso.

Predator is right, Lahm will be fine either way.

He's far better than any of Essien, Meireles or Malouda as midfielders. For one thing, he doesn't make a habit of gifting the ball away.

Why not:

Repped for that delicious spelling mistake