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That's a horrific stadium.

I've never seen India play (except that 4-0 loss to the Socceroos). Australia are in the AFC, and I've argued for a long time that certain teams in the AFC (Japan, for example) are much better than the majority of UEFA teams. Then China come along and lose 8-0 and leave the Confederation looking like a joke.

Henrique doesn't like Palmeiras, he secretly supports Corinthians/Coritiba/Sao Paulo/any of Palmeiras' rivals

China are fairly useless unless they host the match at altitude, which the sneaky bastards often do in World Cup qualification.

China are absolute piss and wind. An embarrassment to the AFC. Kyrgyzstan would have put up a better fight.

Perhaps, but London will always be a bigger drawcard than Makachkala or Leningrad. They can pack their team in with youth a la Porto and reap the benefits from that, instead of going for the established stars like we and other noveau riche clubs have traditionally done.

They really aren't far away from becoming the next big team in England. Obviously they'll never do it with their current crop but they will be able to buy a brand new, top class squad if Mittal starts to plough his money into QPR rather than his Formula 1 team.

Not that long ago, Arsenal fans could have said the same about us. They're not that far away. If Lakshmi Mittal decides to stop dicking around with Formula 1 and ramps up his investment in QPR (he currently owns about a 20% stake and is far, far richer than Roman) then they can be a real force.

Oliver Kahn played the World Cup final in 2002 with a broken wrist.

Cech speaks perfect English. Why are we forgetting that our last captain was a Frenchman? And other clubs, such as Arsenal, haven't had an English captain for years.

Football matches in Europe sound so intimidating. I'd sooner pick a fight with Mick Dundee than get caught in the wrong crowd.

Someone must make a Sparta! reference. Newton really needs to be kept away from the microphone.

I don't have twitter. If I did I would follow you for sure

Torres came with a 50 million price tag and came from a club we despise. It's obvious that he's going to get a lot of support through thickness and anorexia alike for those reasons.

Not leagues per se, but the Champions League will be only won by 10 different clubs for the rest of its history. (in order of UEFA preference for marketing, brand value, and making money in general) Man United Real Madrid Barcelona AC Milan Liverpool Inter Juventus Arsenal Chelsea PSG/Man City/Anzhi/any other noveau riche club. With the first winner of that lot to take up 10th spot. It will kill off the other great clubs of Europe. Porto, Benfica, Sporting, Athletic (Bilbao), Napoli, and so on... that don't have anywhere near as much marketing potential as those 10 or so I listed above.

Forever alone

You don't need to be a good player to be a great captain, in any sport. Case in point, Misbah-ul-Haq.

So, 'Boswinga'. I have a feeling he will lord it against us.

After stalking @'s twitter, I have found a few more.

No need to worry. We'll give him painkillers before the start of every match and he should be fine. We have to go easy on him in training though. He should do fewer hours.

Power is what we lack.

Shatter the omerta! Good on you, Richard. Now out the dopers.

I don't really care either way about Inter, though they had my sympathies in the CL that year when they knocked us out and proceeded to win it.

No, of course not. What makes you think I'm angry?

Inter finished 6th last season, 26 points off the leader. To say they are on Spurs' level is completely fair. They may be a far bigger club than Spurs will ever be, but they are at this point no better a team than them.