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I have dissected him in the transfer thread. In general, he is better at defending than Rambo, faster than Fernandinho (but not Ramires), better ball control and passing than Ramires (but less than Fernandinho) and he knows how to shot and head better than both. He will definetly take time, at least one year...

Paulinho is having a very bad game, hope he repeats it on Sunday...

Fuck, that team is so shit! Should have been 1-1 already...

I dont know, but it is less than qualifying for the knock-out stage of UCL.

I think they are good in possession, not very good. Very good is Barcelona and Bayern... I also think their GK is one of their weakness. Overall, that is pretty much it. Well spotted!

Fixed...

Sorry, you dont do it. You simply dont... I am shocked!

LOOOOL Should have been Gervinho though.

They will lose on penalties, Gervinho missing the last one!

LOOOOOOOOOOL, Robinho saying he hopes Chelsea trashes Corinthians 5-0! http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/mundial-de-clubes/noticia/2012/12/robinho-torce-por-chelsea-contra-timao-tomara-que-ganhe-de-5-0.html

OMG, SO FUCKING CLOSE! Almost 2-0 Bradford...

LOL If we are going to compare different players to play them out of position, I would prefer Messi over Busquets...

I aint discussing this, there are already a lot of members doing so. All I am asking you to do is wait... Mikel can handle himself, but he is not exceptional.

Mikel isnt scrub, although he aint even close a top5 DM. Observations: 1. @Kojo needs to be less of an internet warrior. I do agree more with you in this topic, nervertheless. 2. @SeB has some great arguments, I mean, really great. However, half of them are assumptions disguised into arguments.

Mikel will not leave, he will be benched. Just wait, neither Pep, Jose nor Klopp will be happy with Mikel.

Well, let me introduce you: "LOAN"... However, Mikel might not be the man for our future aspirations!

I do, he will need that playmaker mentality Fernandinho already has, but he is better at defending, knows how to head and has more pace. Anyone looking at the DM spot will be completely wrong, however he is one of the best CMs Brazil has. We only have to be careful not to overload the pivot position. We would have Ramires, Lampard, KDB, Paulinho and Oscar (maybe)... Right now, our priorities are a DM and ST.

That schocked me either! However, if you look at our offensive lineup (Torres, Mata, Oscar, Hazard, Ramires and Mikel), no one has more than 28 years old and only Mikel actually lived the good old years. They dont have any experience... Tha said, we are still way better than most of the contenders for 3rd and 4th place. I am only worried with Everton and Spurs. We will buy a DM an ST and Lampard and JT will be back. We can only get better! 100%, still good enough for top4. No one in their sanity thought we really were title contenders, our big start gave us false hopes. We can realistic finish 3rd and win CWC and COC, maybe EL.

BIG OVERREACTION! Are we weaker than Arsenal, Spurs, Everton, Liverpool, West Brom and NewCastle? The objective always was to finish top4, win 1-2 cups and make a decent run in the champions league. Now, it is to finish top4, win CWC, COC and Europa League.

Pele did 77 goals in 53 games with 17 years (including WC). Do the math...

Romulo is good, I would get him in a heart beat! Paulinho can work well with Rambo, if you are playing Nordsjaelland everyweek. The games Brazil are playing are vs teams with free calendar (China, Japan, Haiti, Sauth Africa, Home Argentina, etc), so they dont really offer any danger. Paulinho and Ramires would be just as terrible as Oscar/Rambo and Lampard/Rambo. I would never get him to play as a DM.

Paulinho is not a DM, he plays alongside Ralf (CDM). He is much more like Fernandinho, with better stamina, shooting and worse passing and vision (but still good).

Yes, but goal-line technology is already confirmed for 2014. FIFA is actually using CWC to decide between two different types of technologies: chip inside the ball or high speed computerized cameras.

WTF?? 2 months was bad enough!