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Yep, Ba, Cisse, Cabaye and the entire Newcastle lot were also great shouts for this award. And I imagine 'Scotty' is on the team because he's English/British and epitomises the stereotypical English 'hardman' in midfield, clattering in on dirty Johnny Forriner.

Left wing? Why not. It'll be a while before Cole goes down the Paulo Ferreira route of making 3 appearances a season and by that time he could be ruined.

Manager of the Year is an even worse sham than PFA Footballer of the Year. Invariably it goes to the winner of the PL, if there's any justice it should go to Pardew. What he has done at Newcastle has been nothing short of remarkable, and had we been 3rd or better I would be rooting for them to finish 4th.

Hmm... perhaps BST is with daylight savings changes and GMT is standard British time? Somewhat similar to AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) and AEDT (Australian Eastern Daylight Time).

I think they are the same thing, lol.

On the main site it usually has the kickoff time in GMT. You can figure out when the games starting by looking up the current GMT time and then subtracting the kickoff time from the current time.

Why is the Kalou topic archived?

Fair enough. He's been outstanding for Arsenal so far and a key reason as to why they're 3rd and not 13th.

I would say these days we have a bigger global fanbase. Liverpool haven't been at the top for an entire generation, I'd wager that most English speaking people my age are either Man United, Chelsea or Arsenal supporters. Liverpool would be a distant 4th while those 3 would be pretty similar in terms of global young fans.

He's finished, I think, and will only get worse every season since he has lost much of his pace.

Not unless they once played under Jose Mourinho. Him and his 'untouchables' shit has fucked up most of his clubs when he leaves.

Someone should have a word with both the admins of that site and ask them to merge

Hahaha most of my best mates are Man United fans. They're a good, friendly bunch. There's plenty of banter but its all good natured ribbing.

Happy Birthday, John Michael Nchekwube (not sure which is your first name)! Have a good one

But you can get Chelsea's exact shirt on my link!

Spuds are imploding and they'll probably finish 6th or even 7th.

Use this, Spike! You can even get the Chelsea kit on the shirts http://www.footballuser.com/post

I don't think they would have given up on La Liga. Can you imagine a team as successful as them giving up on anything? Maybe they're just rubbish

I would be certainly willing to contribute, but my voice on tape is just awful!

I can't for the life of me understand the adulation Torres gets. He cost 50 million, big deal; if Bosingwa had cost 50 million would we still see the same?

This pearler from RAWK had me in stitches for 10 minutes! It was with regards to the Forbes list of Richest Football Clubs. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAAAAAA

No, I don't think so. The biggest crowd he's faced were 60,000 at Emirates yesterday and that stadium has all the atmosphere of a funeral. Put him in front of 90,000 Cules in a high pressure match and he'll take a while to get used to it, a while we can't afford. Not to mention he'll be targeted by the players and the fans because of his inexperience.

I was talking about deploying Kalou as a purely defensive player, to do nothing but chase and tackle and when he does get the ball, lay it off to a better player or dribble it as far as possible. Mata's a bit too good for that. Mata can start, if, say we get to the 80th minute at 0-0 we could sub him off for Kalou or a defender. If we're 1-0 up, get Mata off at the hour mark to save him up for the Newcastle game because Barcelona most likely won't score 3 in half an hour.

Hey UC, I have to thank you for your idea! It was great I'll try and stay sober enough to get home in time for the match.