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:champions: have you read "the Road to Wigan Pier"

hope you mean Zolayes ,,,,,, I could use the money

when I first read it 1984 was well in the future

of course not paid more to get rid of Scolari and Carlo

Giggs .Scholes Beckham Neville (the pair ) Nothing just suggesting Terry wasnt a fair pick ,,,and Ivo and Alex cost more than 8 mill

OMG too many to list but very wide ranging The CP Snow political series Classic Sci FI ..Brave New World ...1984 Humorous Crime ,,, Kinky Friedmans books. Political satire ... and my wife reads 10 times what I do.

none of those would be cheap even if available ,,,AND ESSIEN ISNT A HOLDING MIDFIELDER

so you don't even rate Mourhino ... I guess God must have been a Brazillian

OK who would you replace him with

Have you never heard of Jose

others seem to understand ... Maka has retired ,,,IMO there are few better anywhere at taking that role as Mikel , Certainly to replace him wouldnt be cheap.

I felt last season he was most consistent member ofour disappointing midfield. It was too much to expect his contribution and the efforts of the praiseworthy Ramirez to make up for the rest

Agree ,,,he invented it ,,,but Mikel is proving a very good imitator and has years to improve ..He also has qualities Maka hadnt

Its easier for Henriques to blame it ALL on Carlo

I was comparing the situation ..I guess it went over your head. Mikel is the nearest we currently have to playing that role . By the time he is 29 he could well be the equal of Maka..

Real Madrid thought that about Makele and look what happened to them when he left

Essien fills in as a holder .or a right back or a cb ..it was never and isnt his natural position . Agree it wasnt Mikels originally but he has had 5 years of experience there,

notice you choose to ignore Suarez

we have spent 5 years deveoping Mikel as a holding midfielder and to let him go and use Essien in a role he isnt really suited to .... Only Chelsea could work a stategy like that.. we have spent 5 years deveoping Mikel as a holding midfielder and to let him go and use Essien in a role he isnt really suited to .... Only Chelsea could work a stategy like that..

ah well we have other targets ,,,lets wait till deadline day ...after all what does pre season matter..

we got SWP from them and sold him back losing about 10 mill

Jack isnt a youth hope he goes to Burnley or Swansea

just mentioned Ronaldo in another thread as an example of making a good profit on a player

Im not talking of overall profit but any profits.. United did ok with Ronaldo

sidwell yes ...we got him on a free