Disco

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_6291536,00.html - Best quashes loan talk.

Any excuse http://deporteaccion.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/n_atletico_de_madrid_diego_forlan-7971.jpg Could be worth adding a poll to who people think people will win La Liga. Very hard to call.

Played the day before.

James Richardson (aka AC Jimbo) but aye it was. He presents the Guardian weekly podcast now.

So they should he'd improve their team no end.

http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20100724/squad-numbers-confirmed-for-201011_2240137_2099963 probably a daft question on my part, but, is 0 allowed as a player's shirt number? Dunno, only time I've seen it is Glenn Helder on Fifa97.

Nice one Chris.

Money talks. Zenit probably going to win the league so I guess thats a bit of a draw. They're not going to be in the CL til 2011 though.

gossip column linked him back to Bolton this morning IIRC.

I'm still not conviced that Raúl outside of Real Madrid will work. So odd. It won't. He was a great player but he's completely past it and he won't get the protection he got at Madrid in his late years. Aye, was used effectively in his later years. Came off the bench when needed and did his role. He'll be knackered if Schalke play him 90mins for 30 games this season. Not sure how different German football is either, I'm sure the lower end of the table in Germany is better quality than in Spain though. I reckon it'll be t'other way round like. Spains strength in depth is just massively skewed by the two strengths being so far ahead.

Just the first player I truly was in awe of as a kid. Used to have a lifesize poster of him on my wall. Did love Football Italia like, should definitely bring it back. AC Jimbo needs to be back on the tele.

mobile is the word that doesn't spring to mind on that one. They've bought Jendrisec (Slovak fella) n all this summer.

My Milan preference is solely because of Marco Van Basten like.

Guess in Italy Milan is my preference by quite a way but might have to purchase it anyway.

If he continues to progress as he done thus far that could well seem a steal in two or three years. Him & Alonso could be a very good pairing.

Highlight of the new season will surely be Juve's new away kit. Absolutely lush.

Would be over the moon if we sign Arevallo. Hopefully Puma will hoy some Uruguay shirts in the Toon shop.

Ummm. Is that a joke? I'm pretty sure boo was all anyone said about it at the grounds. But more like BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO than just boo. I can confirm it was all Boo-urns actually. /smithers]

Aye got that n all. They don't make keeper tops like they used to like.

Might stick a bet on Atletico coming 3rd next season.

I think I read he is going to.

Its a subjective term anyways so nobody is going to win the argument.

Nor are those on KUMB. Being said there that Parker's not happy, Brady gave Parker permission to talk to Spurs and Sullivan is now backtracking, Boa Morte ain't happy cos Brady refused to pay for a nanny for his kids and some of the senior players are boycotting events arranged by Sullivan. Not a happy camp by the sounds of it. jesus wept. And he earns how much?

If Owen and Shearer weren't world class in their hayday then who the fuck was man? I never said Shearer wasn't but Owen no way. World class to me is someone who performs at the top of their game for a good number years consistantly. Some world class players of recent time IMO - Zidane, Maldini, Xavi, Ronaldo, Messi, C.Ronaldo, Shevchenko Owen had a few years where he was Liverpool's main man and England's main man, with some decent competition certainly at international level (not brilliant by any stretch mind). He scored goals at all levels in all sorts of games (some very, very big games) and was quality when not struggling with niggling injuries. Suppose I'm just a bit more liberal with my criteria than you are at the end of the day, because my "world class" definition would extend to more than a dozen or so players in my lifetime. They're world class if they are amongst the best in the world at their time, which Owen was comfortably. Fair enough. I guess I'm someone who views world class as being having more of a rounded game too but thats just my opinion and not be highly reliant of physical power/pace. Owen was one of the best in the world at his peak like I can't disagree with that. EDIT: more or less what Midds has said.

Big lercal derby that like.