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You can't expect that from players though. They're not fans. The club is just a job to them. How excited are you about your job? Would you be hanging out around work seeing how the other guys are doing after taking a sick day? Yes, they're paid a lot but that's the only kind of paycheck they've ever known. I doubt most of them think of themselves as especially privileged. It's naive to believe that players "love the club" and it's certainly unrealistic to demand that they do so.

I think it's pretty normal that most corners don't come to anything to be fair. Barton had plenty of shit corners for every one of his good ones last year.

Don't see why this is a problem at all. I guess it would be a nice gesture if he was in the stands watching the match, but it's hardly mandatory.

Didn't realise you sacked that other guy. Don't you need a result in the next game or you're out? Aye, we need to win or draw against Kuwait at home, which should by all rights be trivial but then again we're more than capable of self-destructing. Come in, lose one match, get sacked, walk away with payoff. Sounds like Sven's kind of job.

When you get on a bad run it really does feel like you'll never, ever win again.

Probably been whooshed but I'm going to stick my neck out and say Arfster could play there, he has a little bit of history in that role. Love how comfortable Santon has shown himself to be on the ball and how looks to go forward as soon as he gets it. Very refreshing. I mean, obviously Ben Arfa would be fine but the point that was being made was that we were disadvantaged by having two opposite-footed wide players on the left side. He unfortunately doesn't solve that problem. (Unless I'm stupid and Ben Arfa is actually left-footed.)

If Obertan was gash yesterday then Jonas was abysmal Agreed. Just Obertan is an easy scapegoat for many people. The difference is that Jonas has had games where he's our best player on the pitch. Some bad performances are excusable. Obertan has ranged somewhere between abysmal and mildly useful and yet starts every match.

Could very easily shift Jonas over to the right now that he doesn't have to babysit his "fullback" anymore. Then again, we don't have an actual left-footed winger to come in anyway so fuck that

If Samba was available for under 10m I definitely don't think we'd be his best option. There would be no shortage of takers out there.

We had this guy yet persisted with Ryan Taylor for three months

Sven has expressed an interest in the vacant South Korea job The other candidate is Arie Haan

Justice was done with Al Saad so I'm not interested in this anymore.

We have one?

Cretin acting like a cretin. Nothing to respond to really. And Ronaldo stepping into the crossfire trying to pick a fight with both sides typical.

Colocho is probably too busy googling for a picture of some random Asian guy to respond.

Oh that stings. Buddy, you're thick. Everyone here knows you're thick. Why bother posting in such a hostile environment? Best stick to RTG if you want to revel in intellectual superiority.

Just fuck off. Why do our players never come back from injury. Oh wait, the shit ones do.

He's so completely and utterly oblivious. It's just unreal.

Ronaldo amping up the "unnecessary confrontational" to a whole new level these days

Would've inevitably taken us down at some point anyway

I really hope he is a really pale white kid. He's the Kiwi guy they bought for 5m or something ridiculous after he had a semi-decent World Cup.

Wish we'd picked up Nagatomo at some point. He may be Scum of the Earth but I've seen few better left backs anywhere. The talent was there for everyone to see for a long while before he moved to Italy and there was definitely a chance for somebody like us to get in if we tried.

Krul kind of looks like he's drenched in blood

They're a Qatari club though, given that we are Qatar's bitches they might call in some favors. Fuck it, they probably did. I'm not even joking.

I've mentioned this in another thread, but Barca better beat the living daylights out of Al Saad.