Kanji

Milner playing the old CM role? Agree with you mate.

Hope they play brilliantly today, pulling for them - would love to see Remy bag a goal or 2 as well.

I have this random hatred towards Menez b/c he was starting ahead of HBA in the Euros

Yes, this. Would love a higher res of this.

Be nice if we had a buy-back clause thrown in just in case....

He probably paid them to let him be their brand ambassador. His twitter post is fucking stupid to be in a public space. If he wanted to make that joke, keep it private amongst the lads - text message or something.

Dribbling, 39.

Makes me wonder if he sees his kicking rating and is like, fuck - i need to work on that.

This.

But the sister is still about about unaffected?

Aye. No club can really keep hold of two top keepers. I think we kept the right one, it is a shame to see a local lad come good leave for elsewhere, though. Though Timmy may be more Geordie than Forster now. He f***ing loves the Toon. Agreed Flip side, its good to see the local lad do the business and make something of his career as well. Its not like we sold him and picked an inferior keeper - we sold him and kept the Dutch #1. Sods law when we have two top class youngsters they'd come through in the one position you can't play them both in. Agreed, wish he was in another position!

I'd like to see England get a collar on the kit, always felt English national team kits looked better with a collar... USA's will probably never have one, shame.

I think it would be the best time to bring him back, after the international break, into the 11 and playing along-side or behind Remy up top if we are to persist with 2 banks of 4 in defense & midfield. Team on the back of 2 big wins, players in form, crowd up for it, workman mentality and unity built within those lads who've played the last 2 matches -- he's enter a positive first team 11 where he's not required to do everything.

Aye. No club can really keep hold of two top keepers. I think we kept the right one, it is a shame to see a local lad come good leave for elsewhere, though. Though Timmy may be more Geordie than Forster now. He f***ing loves the Toon. Agreed Flip side, its good to see the local lad do the business and make something of his career as well. Its not like we sold him and picked an inferior keeper - we sold him and kept the Dutch #1.

I bet, overall, the World Cup kits for every nation will have to stick those guidelines (minus Brazil) but they'll have alternate shorts/socks that stick to the traditional colors for post cup or pre cup friendlies?

Bang on the money. There's a modicum of hope that the ball will stick up there for a bit. I see the reasoning there Just think perhaps at home, the Ben Arfa effect for the match > hope the ball sticks to Shola for a bit. The latter making more sense away from home though.

Assumed everyone gets new kits for World Cup, companies don't care about consumers - only new products = more sales. :-/ Hopefully it wont look exactly like my USA Centenary kit. Although, I'm just not sure what differences one can make when white and blue are the main colors of the home kit and they have to be 1 color.

I do agree...Just rather he play than Shola or Cisse atm.

We were never going to hold on to him, but wish we had just continued to loan him out or something....

I just think if we are going to go the route we are currently on; this personnel gives us the most flexibility to go 4-5-1, 4-4-2 and 4-3-3. Not that I enjoy AP chopping and changing the system throughout a match either. Ben Arfa will be entering a team full of confidence and in good form, putting him further up top frees him from having to track players bombing down the wings, and if he needs to up his work rate its in the middle of the park. If our ball winners get it back the ball goes to Cabaye, HBA or Remy vs. Cisse/Shola who are prone to losing the ball or playing an awful pass.

For Norwich I'd play this way if we want to continue our AP classic defensive approach and moments of magic. 4-5-1: Krul, Anita, Willo, Mapou, Santon, Sissoko, Cabaye, Tiote, Gouffran, HBA, Remy This formation requires HBA to play support behind Remy with freedom to move about in space behind and link up play, slow things down when need be with his good close control & lay offs (when he's on form, hes excellent at it) and finally to dribble and create havoc in attack. This isn't my ideal formation, I much prefer a 4-3-3 and Remy attacking from wide left...this formation also gives up some optionality to go 4-3-3 if it needs to be changed.

About once a match he gets a rush of blood and will play a first time ball into feet that could be classed as semi dangerous or will do a random step over or something in attacking position. He did it vs. Spurs after a free kick or something

Sometimes I wish KK wouldn't talk about this stuff b/c too many what-ifs run through the mind and I get down about it all. Wish he could run this club man.