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Anyone got any idea on who'll win in the Tigre vs. Palmeiras match tonight? Had a medium size stake on both Juventus + Palmeiras winning. 4/1 odds I think it was. Getting a gut feeling it'll be a draw.

I didn't think the Man Utd fans were particularly impressive throughout the game: Only the first 20 and last 20 minutes. I was also surprised by the Real Madrid fans. I thought they'd be louder. Just a reminder to me that, in my opinion, we have the best away support in the Champions League (even though we're out of it... for now.) with Arsenal fans close behind us.

If I was Real Madrid's president, you know what I'd do? Sell Modric AND Kaka, sign Benat for around £15m to rotate with and eventually take over from Xabi Alonso and sign someone as back-up to Ozil - Isco probably. Both are 2 top Spanish talents. The wage bill would be less, the fees would be decent, so yeah.

Every single time he's been rested, I believe Watford have conceded the first goal in all but 1 game. Says quite a bit!

Kaka is iconic though and still offers decent qualities in league games - he's really picked it up this season (well, lately anyway; not the full season.) He'll always sell kits with his name on the back. I can't say the same for Modric! It's kind of like Torres with us. He cost a lot (like Kaka), sells loads of kits with his name (like Kaka), and can occasionally offer something (like Kaka). He also cost way more than he's worth (like Kaka) so the Real Madrid board don't want to look like idiots by off-loading him (like our board) Even with those points taken into consideration, neither are top footballers anymore - yet they're kept around for those exact reasons (i believe).

This won't be easy - but it won't be hard. I expect 'em to attack us harder than Praque, thus leaving space in the midfield for us to exploit. They play much more expansive football than Sparta which usually benefits the likes of Hazard/Moses, doesn't it?

Because their board is stupid like ours And we could include someone like Essien in the deal. That, plus the fact that hardly any other clubs will come along with that sort of money for him and he's considered a flop so far in Madrid - so they may want to get rid of him since he won't be starting ahead of Alonso/Ozil like originally considered.

Yeah that's who I was thinking of; his face was in my head, just not his name! Edit: Has anyone else read/heard that quote of Mou Mou's recently (I think) saying he wants Inter to be in the final of the Europa League so he can go watch them with Inter's president? I actually think this shows he's aware Inter are now competing as a smaller club and are thus likely to take the EL seriously while it's just a side-thought for Chelsea. So basically, again, I think we're the more viable option (I've seen some people reporting that he could return to Inter. Heh.)

I said it as a half-joke a few months ago, but again and more serious now - why not sign Luka and Alex Song..? Alex Song is overrated for his season last year with Arsenal, but if you really look into his skill-set, I think if we were more flexible with our tactics, those 2 would create the best midfield pairing in the Premier League. I also feel that Mikel would flourish with either Song/Modric beside him, but heh, chances of this happening are slim, aren't they? I still don't believe Modric was anything near the reported £40m Tottenham wanted from us for him, but if we were to get him now for £25m from Madrid I wouldn't complain.

HOLY FUCK

How many teams ever in history have survived against Real Madrid while being a man down? Not many i bet.

The ref really is clueless.

LOL

Rafael is honestly such a dick

It's sad how prone Vidic is to injuries and just getting hurt in general. If he'd been our player I'd openly say he's one of my favourite defenders.

OH MY TITTIES!

Varane is cool

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I want Zouma. With the right club (which I believe is us), he and Varane will form a solid pairing for the France national team some day.

I feel sorry for avid Serie A followers. The newspapers over there are horrific. Tuttosport are claiming that Juventus will try and sign either Bale or Nani for their Left-wing-back position...

@, Bitch.

Oh it's a real thing! I think it's original name though is Hawaii Maui Waui or something. Here's what it looks like:-

You can't walk for 1 minute where I live without smelling weed. There are 0 police. They just do a weekly check-up AKA come and get their own weed! You'd be surprised how great the quality here is in Scotland; both grown & imported. You can get Purple Kush, White Widow, Pineapple Express etc. And that's just from dodgy looking people in the local pub!! Then there's the local product which isn't great - probably best used in brownies etc. It'll be a shame if/when I move

Well that's him off I guess. Someone bring me fire. Lots of fire. And a pinata with Gourlay's face on it. Or better yet - bring me Gourlay.

No offence, but people who think he'll take over at United I feel don't know his character too well. He wants to be considered THE best. He would certainly not have the same time & resources that SaF has had at Manchester United, so he'll always be 2nd-best manager in their history if he goes there. He's our best manager ever. Porto's best manager ever. (I think) Inter's best manager ever. And he had every chance and intention on becoming Real Madrid's best manager ever. If he was to 'follow in the footsteps' of one of the greatest instead of going head-on against him, it would be completely out of nature and possibly damaging to his career on reflection when people consider the all-time greats. This is why I see it being us or Manchester City. (C'mon, he won't go to PSG! Not for the next half-a-decade at least. He has more ambition than that.)