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Best player in the world and he's not an utter cunt (might be a bit of a nutter at times fair enough). To be fair, I've never really seen Messi act a cunt either but then I only watch Barca and the Argies a few times a year at most.

Yea I expected better from them as well. Would've won had Akinfeev not massively fucked up though. Brasil do have a habit of getting better as the tournament goes on but I'm not at all convinced about their being favorites after these first two matches, home crowd be damned. Hope we get Brasil-Chile in the round of 16 I think that would be a really entertaining match, not that Brasil-Spain wouldn't especially given the Costa factor, but I'm tired of Spain.

Thought the same thing, bringing on fucking Jo and Willian? They should check the giant Jesus statue for tears. Could be being harsh on Willian I suppose because I don't think Mourinho ever suits him but I still think Coutinho would have been a better option. Jo is well, shit really.

Thought the same thing on the live viewing, first shot was clearly not in and but the rebound crossed the line.

I wasn't at all impressed by the Argies today. Bosnia played like a Pulis team sure but that first goal was pure bad luck in my opinion. Messi, for whatever reason, just doesn't do as well for Argentina as he does for Barca for me. That said, his goal tonight was world class.

Great shout that, I hated the show as I was young when it was on so didn't exactly have time for all the legal stuff (My Grandfather was a WWII vet and loved programs to do with the military) but she made it bearable.

I think Moreno will be a better player than Shaw myself. Shaw is more talented than Rodriguez (although out of the three I think Rodriguez is the better player right now) but I think Moreno is more talented than both of them. Which out of Moreno or Shaw is better right now is up for debate, mainly because they've been playing in different leagues. I do agree that I'd rather we spend £32-35m on Barkley than the £30m Southampton are said to want on Lallana, but I'll give Rodgers the benefit of the doubt.

Think Sugar Ape is a fan, maybe PM him about it?

Of course he would but that's everyone unless perhaps when they're on their last contract and know it. In my opinion it'd be worth it to put a bid in, and it's possible he thinks he can overtake Sturridge. Anyways I could honestly see all 3 of Lukaku, Sturridge, and Suarez playing together, I just think it would be unfair to Sterling to assume that it's a given.

I doubt very much Chelsea would sell to us but Lukaku would be great business, even at £20m. He's got the potential to be unplayable, has enough pace to worry defenders and should be good with headers eventually (if he isn't already, I only watched Everton 3 times this season). He'd be third choice here more often than not I suspect and I don't know how he'd feel about that but on the other hand we've got the games to go around and he's a bit different to any of the strikers we have, would be a very solid "plan B", and good cover for our main two strikers without being a "clone" of either of them.

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Chatting with other proper football fans (English based ones as well as American) on a New Orleans Saints forum I frequent. We seem to be the only ones that have a significant problem with Hodgson. Even had a Sunderland fan have a go at me for "Woy", and tell me he liked him. Then he proceeded to tell me this is England's worst squad for ages and I only think otherwise because I'm a Liverpool fan. Seems to me like the Hodge's low-expectation propaganda is paying dividends.

Weren't we meant to be monitoring Rodriguez from Wolfsburg, or was that all bullshit? I don't think Moreno is garbage but from what I have seen I'd prefer the aforementioned player to either him or Shaw. Also, if Di Maria is really available for £25m then we absolutely need to put a bid in.

Agree with this, I'd like us to add a player capable of being a goal threat week in, week out from that position. Lallana can do it but I'm not sure he's the best available option at the price Southampton are looking for. Coutinho has it in him as well, and he's arguably half way there with his passing and dribbling ability, he just needs to be more clinical. Thing is though, if we got a player like that and Henderson added goals to his game (which I think he can do as, for me anyway, it's all composure with him) we really would have a silly attack and that's without adding anyone to our forward line. Allen's similar in that he can do what Henderson does to a certain extent, but for me he doesn't look like a player that can really make that step up to a new level, obviously I hope I'm wrong there. Henderson looks like he could be similar to a young Gerrard for a while as in marauding passed the opposition and scoring a goal. That's not to say he'll ever be as good all-around but that he can fulfill that role adequately if he sorts his nerves.

the greasy twat to get a goal now

Atleti on pens, Ronaldo to sky one and burst into tears

Not finished it yet, on episode 7, but it's been fucking amazing so far. Anyone interested in conspiracy/occult references might wanna check out the write up about this series on Vigilant Citizen (and no I'm not affiliated at all with that site). Definitely interesting though whether you believe in shit like that or not.

Agreed. If those better players are Sanchez or Pedro then fine. If not then who might they be exactly?

So I've just read someone compare Landon fucking Donovan being left out of the US WC squad to if Gerrard had been left out for England. Fucks sake, just reaffirms my position that most over here have a long way to go to even think they know a damn thing about this game.

Fair point about Toure, his comments are odd to say the least. The rest though I think is kind of strange as you've got one of the deeper squads in the world, a class manager, and will likely add a few quality players whilst shipping out those who aren't getting games. Even if Toure leaves I imagine you'll be in for a quality replacement. I suppose I just find it odd because I compare your situation with our own (in which I'd say yours is favourable) and yet I genuinely believe we can challenge for both the league and CL next season if we make the right purchases this summer and don't have to gut the squad to do it. We need depth, and I'm fine with selling some of our long time players (Agger, Lucas, etc.) if we replace them and still add more quality but if we end up with as thin a squad as this season I'll be disappointed.

Out of curiousity, what makes you think your lot don't have much chance of european success?

I wasn't really impressed by Uruguay a few years ago when they won the Copa America either yet they still won it. They're a team with a lot of fight in them and always seem to play well together on the bigger stages. I think they have a genuine chance to be honest, sure it's a long shot but 28/1 is silly as is the 22/1 they're getting over here. Especially considering we have Belgium at 14/1 for some reason. If you've got the cash to spare I don't see how they aren't worth a punt. Not really understanding all the love the Argies are getting either. I think they'll keep recent tournament form and smash through the group only to shit the bed against the first good side they come up against.

La Liga, I don't really watch it but I'd like Atletico to win. I can't stand Hull and whilst Arsenal were generally the team I'd prefer to win the league besides us the majority of their fans have ruined that.

Masch would be perfect if Gerrard could still regularly play in one of the two forward-midfield positions in the 4-3-3 or the 2 "side mids" in the diamond. As it stands though he can only regularly play as a DM or AM and Rodgers clearly prefers him in the DM role.

Hate to break this to you buddy but I think he's the one that's been sending you those emails.