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Very, very true. In the opening moments of the game he already showed a decent amount and the commentators were beginning to focus on him and hype him up a fair bit. That's all died down now as the rain has taken over. God loves us tbh

Can't even dribble with the water. Bloody annoying to watch.

Yeah, Derdiyok is the 19yr old Swiss striker from Basel who we were linked with. Of Turkish origin too.

Derdiyok with the assist? Or the puddle?

The weather has really ruined this match. Bloody frustrating.

Getting into some great positions from that left hand side. Good movement around the pitch.

Arda also getting a chance to experience some premiership weather tonight. Doesn't look like he's fazed by it.

Turkey is playing the same formation we used towards the end of last season, with Arda playing on the left of that narrow midfield (where Barton was). He is looking really good so far, in getting forward and also tracking back.

We might not have been in for him though.Could have all been a huge misunderstanding. Hopefully ...

I know a big PSG fan and he says Digard is their best player and a very big prospect.

If that story is true then it really doesn't seem like we did too much wrong. The Mamic brothers just come across as freakin' jerks. I hate to wish anyone bad luck, and I do think Modric is a good player, but you can't help but want him to flop after reading that.

Man ... Emre really is an absolute mess. Well at least now we know he wasn't just taking the piss with us. The guys body is falling apart at the seams!

Eleventeen.

He won't, Swedish papers are all saying it'll be Ljungberg/Wilhelmsson on the wings. I'd be livid if I supported Sweden, tbh, Larsson is better than both of them and the only reason he is not playing is because he's too young. That Whilelmsson fella hasn't really managed to do too much at any of the clubs he's been at but still seems to get in ahead of Larsson. Must be frustrating. Definitely a seniorty thing it seems.

Nah. More like ... Newcastle United - "Where dead players get paid"

i hop its him and dawson when we play you! dawson always has a holocaust against us, and anton is just plain bollocks It gets worse. Fella on the forum has been told that Anton has his medical later today. I know he'd only be there to make up the squad numbers but even so, Ramos must see something in him, but I'm struggling to think what. Ramos can prove me wrong but right now I'm seriously underwhelmed. The better news is that a Spaniard will be having a medical at the same time, probably Diego Capel or Daniel Jarque, both are high on JR's wishlist. Isn't Jarque another centre back? Anyway ... I know it's trendy to label Anton a crap player, but I'm not so sure he's as terrible as people make out. He is just a typical young , immature and cocky guy. I think he has abilty though, and in a more serious, structured and demanding setup I think he could still turn out to be a good player, especially as he becomes a little older and matures a bit. West Ham have been an absolute mess for a while now and it just seems the leadership from the managers has been poor. Yep, Jarque's a CB. With Dawson, Rocha and Kaboul on their way out, the CB options would be King, Woody, Jarque and Ferdinand. Not the best options in my view, though I do agree with your comments about West Ham. They bring through good youngsters who do well then start to stagnate after a while. The list of those that have moved on and given a fresh lease of life to their careers is almost endless. A bit more disappointing news is that Jefferson Farfan says it was a straight choice between Spurs and Schalke before opting for the German club. Shame, because I do rate him highly and the reported €10m was a bargain imho. Disappointing for you maybe! I would have been livid if he signed for your lot as I am a big fan of his and I would have actually loved to see him at Newcastle to continue our good Peruvian relations. So thank God for Schalke.

Is this your token Ghanian link for this summer? Laryea Kingston version 2.0? Boro and Man City are looking at him. We could nick it with little cheeky Dennis Wise kidnapping him in a taxi and getting him to sign before he lets him out. Is this our transfer startegy then? Having a midget attempt to abduct our targets and force them to sign under duress? Would certainly explain our success in the market so far.

Is this your token Ghanian link for this summer? Laryea Kingston version 2.0?

Ronaldo literally cannot play any better, he's at his peak - there's nowhere left for him to go but down, now. We should be looking to sign someone on their way up as opposed to making an investment that will depreciate. this is a very, very good point - he's not only reached personal level of fitness and ability that outstrips his peers more importantly he's playing in a team that is virtually geared towards creating space for him to mauraud (sp?) about in should he leave man u in the next couple of years i'd strongly predict he'll never come close to the last couple of seasons Right now he is the face of Man United. He sets the toneand has a great influence for the team. It is essentially his team right now. They look to him to make things happen when they attack. It's a great position to be in at one of the top clubs in the world and quite frankly I think he is crazy to want to go to Madrid. At Madrid he just will not have the same status on the team. It is always going to be a team of galacticos and they will always bring in other big name and big ego players. Ronaldo will not hold the same importance or influence on the pitch. His teammates just aren't likely to allow him to be the focal point in the same way he is at Man U. In other words there will be major hateration. Van nistelhorse is going to want to do his thing. Sneijder being the brilliant player he is is going to want to do his thing. Robinho is going to want to do his thing. The king of Real, Raul is going to want to do his thing too. I just don't think it'll gel that well and the chemistry could be quite poor. I don't really see Ronaldo blending in with so many other players of this type. Yeah, I agree. I don't think he would do as well there.

Smart boy. If I had the ability at such a young age to pick between the top clubs in the country I wouldn't go anywhere else. He will get the best footballing education there and he will get to play a fair bit too if he does well.

i hop its him and dawson when we play you! dawson always has a holocaust against us, and anton is just plain bollocks It gets worse. Fella on the forum has been told that Anton has his medical later today. I know he'd only be there to make up the squad numbers but even so, Ramos must see something in him, but I'm struggling to think what. Ramos can prove me wrong but right now I'm seriously underwhelmed. The better news is that a Spaniard will be having a medical at the same time, probably Diego Capel or Daniel Jarque, both are high on JR's wishlist. Isn't Jarque another centre back? Anyway ... I know it's trendy to label Anton a crap player, but I'm not so sure he's as terrible as people make out. He is just a typical young , immature and cocky guy. I think he has abilty though, and in a more serious, structured and demanding setup I think he could still turn out to be a good player, especially as he becomes a little older and matures a bit. West Ham have been an absolute mess for a while now and it just seems the leadership from the managers has been poor.

Thought he was superb. His range of passing, despite being a dm, was excellent. Huddlestone with the ability. Huddlestone has ability though. More of a case of Huddlestone on Slimfast.

Engelaar is loyal to his old coach and credits Rutten with his transformation from a journeyman in the Belgian league to the role of fulcrum in the most elegant of international midfields. As a second striker with Genk, Engelaar was going nowhere. Rutten seduced him into playing in defensive midfield with talk of the Oranje jersey. And his promises weren't false. The Dutch midfield is filled with gifted ball players but is also pretty puny. With Rino Gattuso foaming in the opposition changing room tomorrow, it will be reassuring to the timid Robben that Engelaar, at 6ft 4in and weighing more than 14st, is on bodyguard duty. The beauty for Van Basten is that he has found an enforcer whose passing ability will enhance the Dutch side's preference for rapid interchange of the ball. At 28, Engelaar has enjoyed a spectacular late development to a career that was trundling along in mediocrity. This season he captained FC Twente to Champions League qualification ahead of Ajax and Feyenoord. Fred Rutten, the Twente coach, moved to Schalke last month and made it a condition that they brought Engelaar along too, paying £6.4 million for him. He knew he had to move swiftly, because after the Euros Engelaar will be on the English and Spanish radar. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/06/08/sfngui108.xml

Wow ... and the so called experts in the studio didn't know this. How embarrassing.

Excellent game he's had. Classy midfelder with great prescence. yep - could be be a realistic target? 28, plays for twente, not a top club - looks just like what we need Coach at Twente moved to Schalke and took Engelaar with him promptly, before anyone else came in for him after this tourney. The coach at Twente converted him to a DM from an AM, so he was loyal to him.