gary gordon

Ballack is the epitome of a true champion. A great competitor who is very passionate and hungry.. I will truly miss him and never forget him..

Its the rosary.. I think it has a prayer inside it..

Amen to that!

I can see this one getting nasty..... athough i am extremely happy with todays result i still believe we are missing something in defence... If it was a fitter and faster team than West Brom i think our backline could have been in a little bit of trouble in the first half.. When West Brom had possesion they looked ok.. It sure was good to see them switch on in the second half and demolish them though..

Guess whos chuffed?????!!! ME!!!

I'm excited. Although I don't expect to see him play much for the first team. He is still very young...

I don't think he will.. I have doubts about him being around till brazil 2014. But I reckon the euros will be his swansong..

I think the next signing of the season needs to be the person who designs the Marseille kits... That or the Madrid one....

Exactly! Like i said before, we have been blessed with an easy start so hopefully by round 5 we can start dominating again.. The key to our title was beating the top 4 sides.. But, we still need a lot of work against the likes of Everton. Man city, Tottenham and Aston Villa away... If Carlo can treat those games like he did with Man united, Liverpool and arse, than i have no doubt we can pip united for the title...Lets not forget, we are the Champions and most of the smaller teams will play out of their socks to get a result against us, everybody wants a shot at the champ!!... It's arguably going to be the toughest season yet...

Replace Anelka with Sturridge and that would probably be our strongest 11.....

Agree... Ive always thought Kalou has a tone of potential, its just that his body hasn't developed yet and he is still a little on the light side..

I just think if we don't start pulling some early wins together we could face some trouble.. You never know, the first 5 games could be a blessing in disguise..

Man thats fugly! I swear the creative department have NFI...... My 5 year old cousin could design a better kit with crayons....

I don't know about you guys but I'm getting a bad feeling about this season. There are way more negatives than positives. Here is a list of both: Positive's first: Benayoun is a hard worker who can cover a few different positions. Drogba finally had his hernia op. it's only the first time in 3 years we have started the season with the same gaffer. Bosingwa is nearing return. No African nations. Now the Negatives: Most of our players played in the wc finals and had shockers. We all remember what happened in 06. Our players are even older. We've lost Joe Cole, ballack, deco, Belletti,stoch,carvalho,Sinclair and only signed 1 player. Man united will be hungrier than last season. Man city have spent big and grabbed a few very decent players. Liverpool have added a good list of players to there squad. Our Christmas schedule is even tougher than last season.

Honestly I think we went alright. Anelka should never have started and until he clears his head of all the world cup rubbish, he shouldn't be even considered in any starting 11... Other than that i'm pretty happy with our performance....

Honestly I don't want to get too carried away because I know it's pre-season and all but I can't hide my disappointment at what I've seen. We plain and simply look like shit. No direction, unorganized in defence, no ball control, passing is inept and our finishing is shocking. I just hope we don't have the same world cup hangover as 2006. Our players just look like they want to be somewhere else.

I have always rated yossi as a hard worker. He was always one if those players I use to be scared of when we played scum. Hope he has a successful future as a blue.

Of well. Its confirmed. Torres wants to stay with the "best club in the world"... CLOSE THREAD

Great news. But does this mean we lose him for the Copa America?

Hilario has the best clearing kick i have seen in years.....

Maybe he's still hungover from all the World Cup celebrations... Oh wait.....

Besides Kalou's shot into the roof of the stadium, No..

Even though this is only a trial/exhibition i must say we look like we are very dusty.... Hopefully Carlo gives the first team enough time to shake off the cobwebs before Wembley...

Thanks Steve. I'll be watching the stream and recording the one on setanta if they win

What time is the game on in Australia Steve???