Unbelievable

Doing alright, not been tested at all though. Quite worryingly I'd say he looks quite likely to start for us. It will be him or Vurnon Anita, who is no world beater either.. I would have liked to see Emanuelson being given the chance to take that position after the good year he's had at AC Milan, but he was sent packing by Van Marwijk at the first possible opportunity oddly..

Van Persie scores..

Almost a sixth

That German GK on high balls

Was away for a second, but see the Swiss have scored again

4-3 Reus

So, the way to beat ze djurmans is route 1. Too late to bring Heskey for yous?

BWAHAHAHA that German defense

Ze djurmans score..

Quite satisfying to see that all three assists and goals from the Swiss were created by the players we scouted early and were heavily linked with.

I know this is just preparation matches, but Germany look turbo shit defensively..

Barnetta set up both goals... Missed the first half, so that's 3 he has set up now..

3-1 Switzerland. Good cross Barnetta.

Same, seems I tuned in just in time..

Germany being hammered by the mighty Swiss I see.. Bwahahaha

How does he know how to select the right system - is this the fabled move to 343 late in the season that worked out well in the end? If so, why didn't he move to it earlier in the season and instead had them in a position where they were almost a certainty for going down? Whatever it is that gets Wigan going when the pressure is off and it's backs to the wall I'm not sure how it's applicable in a context like Liverpool's where he'll be expected to have them challenging at the top end of the table. The fact is young and has the potential to get better is true for every young(ish) manager. He also has the potential to fail miserably and get worse. Personally, I would rather appoint someone with the required experience for a job as complicated and challenging as this if I was their owners. And I include somebody like AVB in that if they want to go young and promising, which would be understandable.

So you disagree then, because what ATB is suggesting in drama queen style rant is certainly not what's best for the club financially. By throwing the f***er out we'll essentially be paying up the last year of his contract in full and allowing him to walk away for free. Not sure how that would constitute not letting another club (Spanish or otherwise) take advantage of the situation either (not that it's at all relevant if you'd ask me). Edit: unless you are suggesting we let him go without paying up his contract, which you will find is an impossibility, or we would have done it a long time ago.

A lot of people on here seem to think this. May I ask why exactly? Apart from a promotion from league 1 with Swansea and keeping Wigan in the Premiership by the grid of their teeth what has Martinez ever done to suggest he's ready for a job like managing Liverpool? As somebody said earlier, if Wigan's good run would have come earlier in the season and their "normal" form towards the end with them finishing in the exact same position, would anybody even be contemplating this as a viable possibility let alone a good idea? If they appoint Martinez it will be an unmitigated disaster, not only because the Liverpool fans will be on his back at the first sign of trouble, but also because there's nothing in Martinez' record that suggest he is or will ever be ready for such a big job. Or am I missing something here?

Quite mystifying how other clubs' debt levels are suddenly so low according to that Channel 4 table. Weren't Man Utd and Liverpool's debt levels not in the hundreds of millions not so long ago, as their owners had basically taken out loans to fund the purchase of the clubs? Also I believe Chelsea still officially owe Roman's holding company the best part of a billion pounds? Not sure how all these cosntructions are really massively different to our interest free loan..?

The best thing is that we'll probably sell Simpson for £4 mill and buy Deubuchy for £6 mill, and Deubuchy is a French international Hopefully Simpson will train a little with Deubuchy before he's sold. Only that way he'll realize how turboshit he really is. Are we not getting a little ahead of our selves Punky..?

Tyson

Err..