Rowan_Osborn

It will be good for some of our players to get a break though, Mata needs a rest and we should have Marin back soon so he won't miss too many games.

I would like Sturridge to get some game time, just not sure how that formation would suit him, maybe a 4-2-2-1-1, with him playing off Torres?

Yeah seems like that to me, like Rooney did last year to get a better wage package.

I guess a 4-3-2-1 could be seen as a 4-2-1-2-1 or something like that, which could suit us well. Moses would do well in a 4-2-1-3 and i reckon sturridge could as well, similar to Anelka in our old 4-3-3. I see Marin more as a inside player, he wasn't at his best as a LW for Bremen, I thought he played RW a few times in pre season too. There is no way we have the players for a 3-4-3, I can only think of Bertrand who could do a job as a sort of wing back, and we don't have a player like Busquets or Mascherano that can drop into the back four.

Where has all this talk of Ronaldo come from? I thought he was well settled at Madrid. It would take a hell of a lot to get him even if he did want to leave as well and I'm not sure where he would play for us, we would have to change our system to suit him.

Haha Romeu must have done something. Or maybe we just don't want Barca to activate his release clause so we are acting like he can't make our first team.

The lies we tell to women to convince them that gyrating up against a pole is good for them. Make sure you oil up, can get bad friction burns off those poles.

Planning on going to one?

A 4-2-1-3 could work for us. Oscar plays this way for Brazil. We could have Mata left and Hazard right, with them interchanging with Oscar and switching wings when they wish. I reckon this would create good fluidity, I'm not sure how it would work in defence, but if we have two decent CMs that will sit back like Sandro does for Brazil it should work.

Our whole team couldn't cope with their counter attacks, can't expect the defence to cope when they are outnumbered by attackers as they often were. they are good players, Friday night was a blip.

Both make mistakes, but players do in games its just highlighted more in defence as it usually results in a goal. I reckon we should cut Luiz and Cahill some slack, they were both immense in Munich.

You mean we shouldn't call for the club to get rid of RDM and several of the players if we don't manage to win?

Maybe the 4-2-1-3 could work for chelsea, Hazard on the right, Mata left and Oscar in the free role as he does internationally. They could also interchange which would create good fluidity.

I would put oscar where sturridge is, then bring on sturridge later for either moses or torres

Azpiculeta should get some game time, his main issue with joining us was whether it would effect his international career, he wants to play.

Lampard doesn't suit our current style of play and we have basically forced him into a position just so he can be on the team sheet. Its pretty clear that Frank would rather play in a CAM role; I'm not sure if he has the discipline to play his current role.

I doubt Chelsea would allow it now considering we have sent Essien on loan this season.

Haha, he would be like an even more flamboyant Paolo Di Canio, he is hilarious at Swindon. Can you imagine him in a post match interview if we got a bad decision.

He is kinda like rain man with his tactics, but has no ability to manage players and seemed like he was drowning whenever we went behind, no plan B.

Everyone had such high hopes for him last year, we paid £13mil to get him. If we had added that to our valuation of Hulk we could of got him.

Haha, you other teams have to come to the home of football, its where the games was made. I haven't watched USA under Klinsmann but results are looking good. Yeah I agree about making this a decent thread, but the spurs are doing enough to ruin themselves. Just heard AVB's record is now 3wins in 15 BPL games. I thought we messed him up, but starting to think otherwise.

I dunno, what can he do for us that he hasn't already. We are trying to play a new system and he could prevent our progress in this.

USA are on the rise in their national team, but it will be a long time until you can compete with us when we play well. We did after all beat the European and World Champions last time we played them. You guys went top on goals scored, not even goal difference, and whereas we lost to probably the second best team at the tournament, you guys lost to Ghana. Fifa ratings don't lie, third best team in the world (officially haha).

I dunno if i would want Didier back. He can't do anymore than he has already done for us. Bringing him back would only effect Torres as well, as he would want some game time.

Haha you guys have been a pain in our side since 1775. We still were better in South Africa though and we still got through too.