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Nah, Xabi is better at controlling the ball and weave his way out of a bad situation. but... Indeed Didi was a maetro at drawing fouls. Just move the ball slightly out of range to draw contact on his leg (artfully done to lessen the physical impact). Quick feet and great timing.

I also remember he squealed like a pig when we "let" Hugo Vina go to Newcastle. How did that one work out? Healso touted Cisse as the next savior -- though to be fair, I also thought Cisse would be BIG. Lets face it, whatever next best thing clamored by the press and highlight reels gets Rash hard and he could wait to shove that all over others. It got tiring after a while. To him, the grass is always greener somewhere else.

I'd enjoy his "compliments" better after we've beaten AV. He did the same thing at Leicester before they turned us over 0-1.

Carson is sort of "proven" in the Premier League, MON doesn't have much time to find someone else nearly as "sure". He can find a cheaper keeper in a foreign league (like Intandje), but with his job on the line, I don't think he would have like to throw his dice that way.

This qualifies as wit these days?

Much better than the old design...

Just like ilprofessional a word

Anyone got any glimpse of the new stadium design yet? Ever since they announced that the design was changed, I'm curious what the new one looks like.

Certainly a good thread to see whom each of you is sucking up to ;-)

My brain imploded trying to compute this.

Actually that is no longer the case. He HAD ability, we don't know if he could still use them -- just like other old players reaching retirement age. I know he's only 29. People age differently, as do their careers. George Best retired at 28 whereas Paolo Maldini is playing into his 100s.

That's a nice IF. The much more likely scenario would be he getting crocked and spend most of his time out of sight.

And Mido is costing what? £1.5 mil. Young. Sullen, but not injury-prone. Every club will have some extra money from the new TV contracts. Correct. But VERY few clubs are rich enough to pay transfer fee PLUS £4 mils per annum in wage investing in something with that much downside, not like we can throw a tenner and a hail mary.

Somehow I doubt it. As they also will have to pay him rather hefty wages. Players with fitness history like his often allowed to move for free.

"One of the best wingers in the world when he's fully fit" There are people still believing this? That was back in his early 20s. Now he's just a jaded, tired, washed out but well paid pro playing out the rest of his days. He's even crap against second/third-rated Arabic natinal teams. He's living off his past reputation to be frank. What warranted this sort of blind loyalty?

Where was his good game last year then? Please don't say the CL final. He was worse than Zenden.

Torres is not very good up front by himself. He needs partner. IOW, we're still counting on Kuyt to be the more prolific striker.

JA "For the love of god, pass the fucking ball, not lump it" Riise. I can imagine though Torres will be the lightning rod if he doesn't immediately deliver.

Knowing anything is gay. Just speak out from your guts

Fuck this th*t. He was a crap ref who likes to be the center of attention, now begging for sympathy? Good fuckin riddance is what I am saying.

First half - Finnan Second half - Mascherano

Fuck!!!! Ridiculous goal!

Keep it tight, then hit them when they get tired (which, by my estimation, will be around the 70th minute mark).

Zenden isn't doing a bad job. Kewell will be starved of the ball and lacks Zenden's influence in the middle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbevSpn6GHk That made me laugh. Shame 'bout the singin'. Apologize if it's already been posted.