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Barton didn't play a major part in Championship I remember? Nolan did though.

On par with The Milan, at least, if not better.

That's even worse if he did not have an agenda

I know I should be sad or furious or whatever but now I can't stop laughing

K.O

Just a reminder, Gervinho is famous for his technique BUT is also notorious for his poor finishing.

Surprise. The chance of Gervinho bigger than Gameiro? I think that's the other way round!

Nah that's bollocks. Not at all.

Agree with that. They are massively underrated.

Ronaldo is better. Messi has time to prove this wrong.

Same. Arsenal just tried more on building up plays from behind. It's still a 3 defensive midfielder system with one marking Messi, one marking Xavi and one marking Iniesta. Packing very tight in the middle and does not allow any space for Barca players to create. The Arsenal's 2nd goal in the first leg is very similar to last year's Inter one. A counter attack starting from a great passer in the middle. Look at the 2nd and 3rd goals last night. You may say it's pure quality. To me it's s*** defending by allowing Messi and Villa to shot freely just outside the box. Even Arsenal did not allow that. Agree about that. First goal was very good from them. 2nd and 3rd the defence should have done better - probably even VdS, but that's hard to decide. Though, Inter did play attacking football against them at San Siro. Compact, typical Mourinho style football, but attacking football. True, comparing with the ultimately passive one Real Madrid's playing this year.

OK, I know you dislike Mourinho, but just face it. Using that system you got 20% chances to win. 20%. Playing like Man Utd will be 0%, forever. I am not saying it's a winning formula, I just mean it's the best tactics for any team in order "to get something" from Barca. It's probably the best team in football history mate. Don't you think it's already incredible to concede just 1 goal against Barca in 90 mins?

Same. Arsenal just tried more on building up plays from behind. It's still a 3 defensive midfielder system with one marking Messi, one marking Xavi and one marking Iniesta. Packing very tight in the middle and does not allow any space for Barca players to create. The Arsenal's 2nd goal in the first leg is very similar to last year's Inter one. A counter attack starting from a great passer in the middle. Look at the 2nd and 3rd goals last night. You may say it's pure quality. To me it's shit defending by allowing Messi and Villa to shot freely just outside the box. Even Arsenal did not allow that.

Lets not kid on that Jose has Barca number as last season he could not beat Barca in 90 mins in 5 games. I am not kidding. Tell me a team that could beat Barca by playing attacking football. Even Arsenal is playing Mourinho's style this year. Mourinho's style, while not appreciated by you guys, proves to be the most effective one against Barca. Yesterday Man Utd simply have no chance to win. Even the match is replayed for 100 times, Barca would win all of them, not even a draw. It is just impossible to win Barca by playing attacking football.

Ferguson's fault is not playing like Real Madrid/Inter. To be honest, you have no chance to win unless you adopt a Mourinho's style counter attack tactics against Barca.

That's more expensive than I think. Anyway, no problem as long as Smith's dead in this summer.

Oh bobby you tease Demba Ba? On Demba Ba - MsiDouglas Mark Douglas Not a target from what I'm told. His knee is worse than Ledley King's apparently! Serious?

If their 35m bid for Benzema is for real.

Abidal starting!? Can't believe that!

They are all "key player" or "established international", especially Nasri, Benzema and Ribery. You can't compare them with Tiote or Cabaye, can you? A good example for you is Koscielny. But as I said, that's rare.

I still think we won't sign Gervinho AND Gameiro. Just one of them. So let Jonas play on the left.

A counter example is Gomis. A new French international 2 years ago, rejected a move to us. Similar case, different results. p.s. Glad that we didn't sign Gomis. Hyped as new Drogba, but is just an average player.

Our reputation amongst players must be quite high if the regular starter for the French league champions is prepared to turn his back on Champions League football to sign for us. To be fair, we are willing to give them chances to shine, and once they are proven in EPL they could join mega clubs within 2 years. That's quite lucrative. Surely you would get that chance playing in the Champions League though. You have to be a key player like Gourcuff if you want to be recognised by those mega clubs. Actually, Tiote is the best example. He was hardly a key player in Twente, just a squad player. However he is such a hit this season that every big clubs are now monitoring his status and prepare to make a bid at any time. Even such a move cannot materialize, Tiote has already earned a much higher salary than in Twente. That's definitely a success to them. We are probably using Tiote as our showcase to those players. Or else I don't think a new French international would consider joining us, just like what you said. The signing of Tiote is just too great.

Our reputation amongst players must be quite high if the regular starter for the French league champions is prepared to turn his back on Champions League football to sign for us. To be fair, we are willing to give them chances to shine, and once they are proven in EPL they could join mega clubs within 2 years. That's quite lucrative.

Gervinho, Gameiro and M'Bengue --- I think we will only sign one of them rather than all.