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LOL - English people don't Yodel.... That's mostly Swiss by the way... Austrians are too busy drinking schnapps and shooting things - mostly Swiss Yodelers and I'm encouraging them to start looking out for Canadians with a gold tooth and a big hat :p At the end of the day - I love our insult swaps - always makes me smile @ work! So cheers!

All mouth and no substance for you though I may live in Austria - but even for your poorly educated, primative little 'Beaver Brain' - I'm actually English - so schnitzels are not my thing...

Hey Nish... I don't think it's so much the fans - I think OT is a VERY LUCKY PLACE for Man U - that's what I mean... Sure their fans are 'Prawn Sandwich Brigade' But, how many important games have Man U won by a fluke bounce or something just breaking for them... I guess that's why it's called 'Home Advantage'... Sure Technically RM have the better players - but as we've seen - grit and determination with a gulf in class can be hard to overcome! RM played well and it could have been 5-2 to them on the night... DeGea played well (about time) - but also RVP choked a bit - is he going to be another Thierry Henry So looking forward to the next leg... As an Englishman - gotta support English clubs, even though I'm obviously not a big fan of Manure....

Yeah -same as N00bs on COD - Spray and Pray Weird situation - I'd be demanding a Poly test

Haha you're such a fucking idiot Honeslty - go eat some geese and play with beavers - FACT: Worst Canadian ever I thought Man U played well in an away leg... I'm entitled to that opinion - so go fuck yourself

Great post However my only addition would be that 'Yes' whilst our players are getting a good run-out and are improving - we had a really gruelling schedule this year and have the smallest first team squad ever! That was a risk We'll soon know if it paid off... I guess the mentality was 'bread today, jam tomorrow'....

Marco Van Basten + Marc Overmats - amazing players Arsenal had a great team then! Also right now we need to find the next Vierra

You can't win the game in the first match - two very good managers - I expected it to be tight and Man U to deliberately break up play and try to expose Reals poor defence... Looked exactly like that... Utd will feel better bringing them to OT with home fan support It's 50/50 and can see Utd sneaking this

I know you live in the bush n'all...But are you absolutely sure you were watching the same game as the other 200million people? Or, more likely - were you in fact watching some Geese vs Beavers and the bus you saw was in fact a Maple Syrup Tour?

1 big word - this rumour is..... BULLSHIT! Not a chance of this being real

Thought the ref was absolutely fucking useless! Bundesliga is poorer for this twat! Dirty fucking Madrid shirt pulling and lifters by the look of them! I fucking hate Utd but hate Spanish clubs more!

Disagree - but it's natural for Belgian supporters, to support their players.... Whatever your opinion on Hazard, could you really see you changing other people's opinions? As they say, 'their perception is their reality'.... Personally, I thought the whole twitter thing was f**ked up and I must admit I did think - 'This c**t better be good!' - I'd say he's having a Good season... I'm not as impressed as I thought I would be, but his stats are good - he does lose the ball a little too often and gives it away cheaply. BUT, this is his first season and I'm sure he will improve. Also - the team around him haven't been great and the manager - well... So - I'd give him an A- or a B+ so far - I'm excited about next season... And hey - haven't you ever done anything you regretted? I think he was just messing around and didn't expect the English media to jump all over it... English media love building things up to drag them down later (when it suits them) - look at the U-Turns on Hazard - one minute banned for life, then as soon as the ex-Pro's and Pro's back Hazard - suddenly Hazard is the saviour of English football and these pesky Ball MEN are ruining it... My advice - never believe the 'press' - life is much easier

Maybe it should read Dermot DUMMY....

Yup.. I get that... but what I'm trying to say is, pre-Benitez appointment - the Board were 'according to most' doing a great job? In terms of finances we're doing the best we ever have... You say we need a 'decision maker' - but the only person that can 'empower' somebody else is Roman... If he doesn't do that - then it doesn't matter who we appoint as CEO... nothing will change...?

But what needs fixing at Board level? Revenues = Good Past Managerial Appointments = Good They made 1 mistake in appointing FSW - and now they need to go? I do think Emanelo could be a position that Ray Wilkins would be best served to fill... BUT - I only have hearsay and rumours... I've not yet seen a comprehensive plan on what exactly needs to change and why. I'm not disagreeing with you - just asking for some more 'details'

Ok - so if he goes back to WBA next year and is again used as a 65 minute sub - why would that be different to us using him in EXACTLY the same way? There's no way that Steve Clarke is going to build a team around a 'Loan' striker... Or any other Premier team... because like Benitez they are 'interim' players... So, the best option is for him to come back, take it like a man, and get playing time with the club that is going to be his future

Erm.. if he's playing for Belgium NT - and we love Hazard and Fellani - who are also playing in the same team - I would definitely say he is ready

But you cannot fix a team without a Manager - that was the whole point of my post...? What exactly needs to change in the Board to make the team play better? Nothing - why? Because it has no 'direct causal' effect on the players. BUT the Board did appoint Benitez - so they do have an influence, but only in one area the Manager. The Managers responsibility is to use the resources at his/her disposal to produce the goods - if they are incapable of doing this, then they need to be replaced by someone competent. So it's a top down / bottom up problem IF THE WRONG MANAGER IS SELECTED - however, when a NEW manager comes in and the players are doing well - there is no need to change the Board as they have fulfilled their requirement... Makes sense to me - but quite a hard thing to describe

Ok... my view on your views 5. Players I think we actually have a big squad of players - with some real gems in there... We need to polish and transition them into the first team. Look at Swansea / Reading / Wigan / Southampton - hardly any of their players would get in the current CFC team, but they have skill, passion, commitment and desire. They also have a clear playing style, methodology and conistent training. They are hard teams to beat as UTD, City and We found out. (Wigan excepted, but 4-1 could have easily been 2-2) So - we need our 200million loanee's back in the summer - somebody (ideally Manager + Tech Director) need to sit down and realisitically evaluate who is going to get game time, which formation(s) - I prefer 2 types of formation, way too one dimensional without - we want to play and which personnel will achive this. We should then blood the players in the first team. Those that need more time should be given another loan spell. Those that have had 3 or more loan spells that are not able to cut it at CFC need to be transfer listed. In all honesty, if we had a manager that was liked and we were winning games - Abramovich, The Board and everything else wouldn't be mentioned.

Yup - I love his work on getting Opposing Fans Reactions Tough gig, but he manages it well

it's not just football it's all jobs. To bring a foreign national in, you have to prove there is nobody else locally with the skill-sets and they have to be an expert. For a work permit in football they generally have to be playing for their National Team to achieve this status...

Yup just stick with BA and Lukaku and ship Torres in the summer and get a 3rd striker... Too much money and can't handle another flop!

Fuck both stories are awful... My friend hung himself on 2nd Jan - he was battling many demons (real and mostly imagined) he left a wife and 3 children behind... @butchercoat - harsh, the problem with that response is - that's what a 'rational' person would do, these people are going down a path where they feel they have fewer and fewer options (they don't) but the mind is a nasty thing when it wants to be. So hope Gazza gets sorted (same nickname as my mate)... The fallout is awful and surely the PFA should be helping as an ex-Pro?

Yup, that was my concern - the trust will be paid lip service whilst decisions are continually made without any thought or inclusion... It's like a cleaner trying to get face time with the president of a company - not gonna happen (although it should)!!!

Fucks sake - Valentines Day - great! That's me fucked for watching this then!!! Birthday, Xmas, Valentines are the 3 days I'm fucked for football and gaming - I can do anything other times of the year with no (minor) complaints... Oh well maybe follow twitter and pretend its work?