Unbelievable

Interesting piece. This part is well -worthy:

Vidic is 31!?

If that 8 million figure is true than that joke about SWP being valued at -2 million in that QPR offer may have actually been correct..

Ferreia, Benfica right back, should be off surely..? Ridiculous challenge..

Benfica should have made it 3-2 Edit: Cardozo

Oh dear Alexis

Nice free kick!

3-0

Well they are playing Barcelona. If he can't even manage to show his potential here, how the hell would he fare on a cold night at Stoke on Trent?

Has Isco managed to make himself an outcast from every team he'd ever been involved in? Don't understate the risk we took with Ben Arfa. Fair enough, but is Isco not a risk as we're talking a rather hefty limited fee for potential rather than finished product here from what I can gather..?

Allright, I'm paying attention now. Has Isco touched the ball yet..

You may well be right Mole, as I said I haven't really seen much of him, but every time I do watch Malaga I barely see anything to warrant the hype. His stats are not really all that either, I mean they're OK, but hardly spectacular. To put it into context, we paid 5 million for Ben Arfa. Is Isco right now a much better player than Benny was when we got him?

For a player of his potential I'd say it is. Nice bit of hyperbole as well by mentioning Messi. I was completely serious. Cabaye had a 4 million release clause, now that is what I would call really low for a player of his ability. 15 million for a youngster with a lot of potential really low? Nah.. Consider the fees for Hazard, Oscar, and what Gotze and Muniain would cost. 15m is pretty good in comparison. Maybe I haven't seen enough of Isco, like I hadn't of Oscar tbf, but I think what Hazard, Gotze and Munain have shown is on a different level. In my defense I don't particularly make a point of watching every Malaga match like some others may do.

For a player of his potential I'd say it is. Nice bit of hyperbole as well by mentioning Messi. I was completely serious. Cabaye had a 4 million release clause, now that is what I would call really low for a player of his ability. 15 million for a youngster with a lot of potential really low? Nah..

EUR 15 mill is not what I'd call really low. He's not exactly Messi.

Defending

Dat keeper

2-1 Porto

Messi!

That De Gea palm out through the middle cost me 8 points FFS

Low eek!

Aye, that's what one of the Frenchies on here said last week. Maybe we're planning on having Ben Arfa and Remy swap positions during the game a lot..? As a forward I don't see the problem with a right footer playing on the left, there will surely be more shooting opportunities cutting in? That's fair enough, but apparently he's not played on the left wing a lot in the past, so if we want to play him there it's another difficulty to overcome in a team that's already struggling.

Aye but what he's saying is his pace and movement will put defenders on the back foot to give space to others to allow more goalscoring opportunities. Fully understood. We're heavily relying on Cisse to start scoring again in that case however. I seriously hope this lad will remember to pack his goalscoring boots.

Aye, that's what one of the Frenchies on here said last week. Maybe we're planning on having Ben Arfa and Remy swap positions during the game a lot..?