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...and solve 3rd world hunger. Been done, Kinnear solved that one years ago. Sorry, forgot. I stand corrected.

Tot im die wasser.

...and solve 3rd world hunger.

I really don't think anybody is seriously after Cabaye. For a top4 side there are so many better options out there and if we look at top 6 - Spurs have done good business with Paulinho and Arsenal are getting the Bayern holding mf - forget his name.

Only one player who can regularly take people on.

AP is a very good organiser and PR spinner but a very average coach. His ideas are limited to a few percentage plays ie keeping shape/holding positions (little movement) and hitting longish passes as soon as possible to one or two runners. That's why he likes 442 and why it was working while Ba was here and Hatem was scoring wonder goals routinely... The limited avenues he sets up for positive play cut into what we are capable of as a side (we do actually have 4/5 very good players). Cabaye continues to have to play within himself from deeper postions...All this is compounded by the fact that we don't really have any wingers (which is the normal alternative route in a 442). We literally have NO WINGERS and so the ball gets quickly put into an attacking phase with little support...PL sides and actually most decent sides can defend easily against us and we have so little posession in matches we seem to be under pressure 80% of nearly every game. He's too defensive and fears the opp too much and this translates onto the pitch...Very rarely do players look like they really think they can win a game...And with the tactics it's more or less impossible to get dominant wins...Ever. We get by with nicking games and staying solid. Sad state of affairs.

Braga do have a dwarf defence.

We don't have any wingers.

Guti has hurt one of his six legs.

Pellegrini looks sick.

Wondering if Aguero and Schurrle will start next week?

Dead in the water.

In your minds you're in the CL every season.

He's more like a blind boxer with no arms who still hasn't found the ring.

The first rule of fight club is...etc...

Ashley won't like reading those comments. It's almost like he's trying to get sacked.

The wording is so mischievous.

He's gonna be rabid if they stop him leaving.

I'm really only interested in the premier at the moment seeing as we're not in Europe, which is why I was asking for examples of teams in the premier which followed the model you suggested. The only one I could think of was Liverpool recently under Dalglish and they spent shedloads on young English talent and he was sacked within a season. Scrapping of the foreign players rule has led to Eng players not getting enough game time to develop. IMO that is the key to this...They get disillusioned when clubs go out and get 5 youngsters and 2 first teamers from around Europe.

Scouting and youth development has been pish for ages...Carr is starting to turn it around but he can't do it alone. We have about 2 youth coaches, Arsenal have 7 or summink..

Rodgers is desperate to keep him as he knows full well that his nonsense will be exposed as soon as his key man leaves.

Think there's also some truth in the owners wanting out as well. Fun times ahead.

Isthmian League.