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Carroll has joined West Ham on loan for 2m..

Who here is a frequent Twitter user? No trolling please. Need help for work here.

Cole leaving the 'Champions of Europe'?! Yeah right...

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Despite that second tweet, does Benayoun have a death wish or something??

Strange thing was why give Azpilicueta the captaincy if Montoya is gonna be selected over him.

Is that the first time Mata really got pissed off in a game and especially at the referee??

Not sure about playing Ramires as one of the double pivot. Need to have one of them as the passer, one who can control possession, dictate the game and switching play from one side to the other. Mikel can't do that, Ramires is not that type of player and while Lampard can do that to a certain extent, he's not quite mobile enough these days to be playing there everytime, certainly not against the big teams anyway if we look to attack them.

Last two tries - 81 and 79. :banghead:

CURSES!!!

Ugh! Waking up in the morning to a headache is possibly the worst thing to begin a day with!!

Welcome back mate! Don't think you have to apologize here. Don't think so. Kostas is from Greece.

One question people, have your opinion changed on Gourlay from 'bad' to 'good' this summer?

Would be happy if we get Azpilicueta and Hulk. Don't agree with the price that pesky Porto are demanding but getting the latter would like killing two birds with one stone. Solve our problem on RW and ST.

Not sure if he will be as effective playing on the right as he is on the left. AVB played him on the right a couple of times IIRC last season and he didn't exactly shone in those games.

Wow! Was wishing Spain to get KOed early from the Olympics but didn't quite expect it to happen in the group stage! But given that it happened, good to see us getting Mata and Romeu back earlier. Can now even seal the deal for Azpilicueta ASAP.

Whining? HA! Had we won all of those games, people would be shouting from the rooftop about how great our squad is, we're gonna win it all...

It maybe pre-season but not showing commitment and that bit more desire by using "it's only pre-season" as an excuse is just pure BS. A very lazy excuse at that. IF that was the first or second game, then fine but it wasn't. We have a lot more players this season and none of them have exactly played and staked a strong claim in the first team. And no reason not to do well with Mata. Not being able to keep and pass the ball and defend properly certainly has nothing to do with that! Don't think anyone in their right mind would expect us to play like Barcelona but really though, what is our style of play under RDM so far? We are neither dominating and constantly putting a team under pressure NOR playing on the counter. We just seem to be doing a bit both at the moment.

Bar everyone that is at the Olympics, I'm expecting a full strength lineup here in preparation for the City game the week after. Have to get back to winning ways and do so convincingly!

You're still not answering my question...

Yes but what exactly is your reason for saying Hutchinson is not good for a spot in the 25 men team? You didn't exactly provide a concrete reasoning for it.

Maybe but if a team play well during a pre-season,they will be able to carry momentum heading into the season but right now, we aren't. Only 1 more game to sort things out whereas City still have 4 more, if they have any problems that is.

IIRC, his chances won't be harmed at all since 8 of the 25 players must be HG players and you can only have up to 17 non-HG/foreign players.

Yup. Next season is all about building the foundation to challenge for titles/trophies for the future.

That is just harsh on Hutchinson. Won't be a waste if take a spot in the 25 man team anyway, since he's a HG player. Turnbull, Terry, Cahill, Cole, Bertrand, Lampard and Sturridge are the other 7. Don't think I missed anyone out there.