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You jealous...

In other news i had 7 notifications when i woke up.... Must say it felt pretty special... :dude: until i found out they were all quotes, telling me i am full of bullshit...

Think malouda could go to santos, i do agree though he can still do a job and i was actually fairly impressed when he came on in one of the pre-season games... Think it was the PSG one or MLS all stars... Though if he was to go then it would free up a space and allow another squad player to come through so i don't particularly mind...

I agree... Sturridge as things stand will have a big role this season as torres won't play 60 games this season and Sturridge will have a big part to play as an impact sub, and starting some games when resting torres.... Really hope he doesn't outscore Torres as that would be very bad for the club, as we wouldn't have scored many goals, though we should buy a backup striker as we surely can't just have 2, as that is ludicrous, especially in a potentially long season... Lukaku, has a lot to work on and perhaps hasn't improved as much as we would want him to over the last 2/3 years, though he desperately needs game time, and last year he was not helped at all by never really playing, a full season should be great for him and next year or in a couple of years time we may see his improvement.

It looks like a good article, just was pointing it out... CBA at the moment, but will read it all a little later on... thanks...

Thanks for the link. From a quick glance they seem to have gotten a few facts wrong but still, thanks anyway...

We are not looking for a world class keeper to be number 2 but one that can just do a job... Hilario used to be good, but for me he isn't good enough... I have never really been a big fan of ross turnbull, and he was better 4 years ago... Courtois is our best back up keeper atm, but at his age i don't think he wants to be waiting around for cech to retire, because as Cech is only just 30, he can have another 5 years at the top if he keeps fit and injury free. So he can be recalled, though i doubt he will be too happy to wait for cech... Blackman is someone who i really like and has a lot of potential, so i would put him ahead of Ross and Hilario, and give him a chance, knowing if its just a one game injury or suspnsion he can come in or if its long term we can recall him... Would love to see Sam walker do really well and given a chance but then i am slightly biased there... If we can get a cheap good quality 2nd choice keeper then that would be fine, but really don't think we need to be splashing out on a world class keeper to sit on the bench...

No problem, i definately agree with you, but for some reason i thought i was in the oscar thread, which was why i was confused...

And i think we should initiate regular drug testing...

It's a tough choice but I think i will give you the medal... I don't work on Mondays... :eyebrows:

You may welcome the competition, but if any more people join i'll be in the blue square premier soon...

This thread is probably gonna become the biggest one in TC history... We will have members joining just for the olympic typing competion...

I am YODA, but i think he is gonna leave at some point this transfer window, AVB and co, know he wants to be elsewhere so surely can't keep him now they know that... Also his value is only likely to go down from here, so they may as well sell him now whilst they can get a bit more for him, though if he went to man u then that would be really bad, as Man u's midfield for me has not been amazing in the last year or so, but they have made it work, and the addition of modric would be slightly worrying...

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, different ones make it a forum, i do however disagree with you, in regards to him starting... if we were to sign someone like hulk then the competion for places would be emmence and three of, Hulk,Hazard,Mata, Marin, Ramires and Oscar would have to miss out, though as the squad stands at the moment i can't see him not starting with the alternative being Ramires on the right or someone like Raul merieles i think he should... Marin has looked good on the left and could slot in there if oscar isn't ready, but i am starting to think the Hulk thing won't happen and Oscar will play at CAM with Mata and Hazard either side of him... But we all will just have to wait and see..

But in all seriousness, I agree Modric is the better player, but witsel seems like the sort of player that real madrid could mold into a better one... Modric seems to be better where he can dictate the play himself, whereas as Real, he wouldn't be the "star" and would be amongst several players who are great, maybe not as good at the specific things he does, but perhaps he wouldn't stand out as much...

I sense that i sense what you sense if that makes sense...

Couldn't agree more... The time of making 7 changes to experiment with players has surely passed and now we need to step it up, and give torres, hazard, and marin as much time together as possible, as it looks extremely likely they could be the crucial 3 in attack in the community shield, dependant upon when mata comes back...

ok... thanks for the advice...

He is good, though as some of said he stands out in the "lesser" teams, and don't think he would be a great signing for us... He would be 3rd choice striker, and 10 mil is a bit much imo, when someone like demba ba is 7 mil, or papiss cisse is like 15 mil... So i think there are much better options out there.

Benayoun for me will be leaving, he hasn't played much for us and will not get much of a chance at all. At the moment we have so many people who are ahead of him in our midfield that if he wants to play some football it will probably be better for him if he leaves.

I'm not too worried about his defensive duties, providing he can track his man and has a hugh work rate which he does then its fine by me, he doesn't need to be a ball winner, but a ball retainer and our playmaker, especially if at CAM, which is where we should be... We saw it yesterday, he got passed one man, looked for a pass to put neymar away, it was just blocked then he immediately chased it down, blocked the ball and won it back...

I just checked the league table and the team i picked appear to have lost every game so far and not even scored a goal... Doesn't sound good... Can only improve lol.

Thanks...

Ok i just picked a team that came up...