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Everton's strikers have done nothing this season and could easily have had 3 losses in a row. Their obvious bright spark is Ross Barkley but aside from him I don't see them posing a real threat. Roberto Martinez has tamed the team so much. Too much. 3-0 to us I think.

The ball basically hit off his head with him having barely any idea. Stop bloody going on about Sturridge and 'we shouldn't have sold him'.

OP Lost.

Lukaku wasn't originally going to take the penalty. Apparently he insisted to Mourinho he wanted to take it, to which Mourinho replied: "Are you sure?" and Lukaku obviously said "Yes". Maybe he wanted to do a Drogba. It looked like he was going to replicate his penalty too. Maybe it's not us comparing him to Drogba, but himself trying to write the headlines and just falling short that's affecting him most. Moving on now (promise).

With Ba not moved yet (and there not being much time left for a transfer) I guess I can kinda see Lukaku going on loan now and our options being Eto'o, Torres, Ba. I personally feel more comfortable with this since it's more 'established' etc. but whatever. Glorified friendly I just really wanted to win.

I was going to post something tonight in this thread but now that he's fucked that up it'll be called a 'knee-jerk reaction'. Either he's a boy or he's a man. Either he's a boy and shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath as Torres or Eto'o when it comes to who leads our line, or he's a man and therefore all the emotional investment which goes into posts on here seemingly 'protecting' him from the big bad world are just so uncalled for. I think he's fucked his chance up for this season.

Oscar shouldn't have stopped pressing. Why he decided a casual jog was acceptable there baffles me. Oh well.

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Oscar has the most tackles on the pitch. Once again showing he'll be better than Zidane

Catenaccio

We can't sell Luiz.

I love Gus Poyet when he's a pundit for our games

Goals, or lack of, from a player who isn't a team's primary goalscorer shouldn't be used to determine whether he showed up or not. Work rate. tackling, key passes and the like are all to do with turning up though, and were all usually brought to the table vs. Bayern by Schurrle. Idk if that makes sense, I'm kinda high.

Definitely a game for Schurrle IMO. He's usually turned up vs. Bayern.

Think it'll be Mangala.

We've rejected a loan offer from Ajax. Confirmed by Marc Overmars.

We're gonna win the trophy again. I can feel it in my balls.

Gonna try go to the game vs. Steaua Bucharest. Refuse to be out-sung by them again.

I think our group will end up in the order the teams were picked.

Fuck sake, wanted Celtic more than anything.

I think Leverkusen will do damage to Man United personally! Son has settled in great over there. They're a good team. Very strong and very good on the counter attack. They're basically the team we once were only with slightly lesser players. As for Basel, they've lost all their best players pretty much. They're no longer those giant killers...are they?

Schalke have conceded more than double the amount of goals they've scored this season. The manager is an absolute mess and Huntelaar is out for the foreseeable future due to injury. Hoger is like how Essien was for us before his Madrid loan and Draxler's form has fizzled out for now. Farfan is inconsistent, but he and Clemens should be their only decent attack outlets vs. us. I already have an image in my head of Ivanovic making Draxler cry.

I love this from his interview. So confident and what we need: Today is the Champions League draw. As a multiple winner, you must be excited at that? Eto'o: No. It doesn't matter what teams you are drawn against, big or small, you have to give them the correct level of respect to achieve the right results.

Ron Gourlay: 'Juan Mata is not for sale. David Luiz is not for sale - we have not had a bid.'

Since Eto'o's officially signed now and already has pre-season behind him obviously, would a flight to Prague to take part in this match be too much too soon? Or is that plausible? I guess with Jose anything's possible . I just really think we'd win if Eto'o started and I really don't want us to have to win the Champions League again to have a shot at getting this trophy.