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Nah, I got a lot of withering stares, one "what the hell!" and one "you've got to be kidding me." Otherwise we were fine.

That whole part of that stand was actually filled by Unification Church members. Never stopped dancing and chanting for the whole 90 minutes, creepy as fuck. (Sunderland's opponent's were Seongnam Ilhwa FC, who are owned by the Unification Church, aka the Moonies)

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6236/img0992r.jpg The total number of Mackems in Korea is much higher than I thought

Perhaps he could be forced into handing in a transfer request again

Shame you're playing a Korean team then you stupid cunt.

Moonies FC playing them off the pitch

Sounds like the 5 of you in black and white are in a bit of a pickle? How many of them are there? Several dozen

Okay, I did not count on there being actual mackem expats in Korea coming to the match

Also, he moved away from his hometown and had massive homesickness issues, was burdened with the expectations of a 35m transfer fee, and started playing in front of the least patient and supportive crowd in all of England. I think it's pretty obvious that his "true ability" so to speak is closer to his Newcastle form than his Liverpool form.

IMO while it's true that Carroll's stats aren't very impressive, we all saw that this kid has talent. We all watched every game of that amazing spell of his and it was clear that he had far more than just height and brute strength. His career's been a bit fucked up due to his own mistakes and weak mentality, but we should know better than anyone else that he's clearly something special.

All the other teams had their managers and their Korean players at the presser. Sunderland had Catts

http://imgnews.naver.net/image/139/2012/07/19/SK004_20120718_544501.jpg They're here...

Think getting Cisse so cheaply spoiled us a bit. Top strikers with no outstanding flaws would usually cost something like 20m+

Given Chelsea's summer spending, I'm pretty sure we're in no danger of making another run for the top 4 regardless

Going to the Sunderland match tomorrow. 5 people wearing black and white shirts, hope some of their players notice

Don't see how Hoillet fits into any system of football to be honest, he's pretty much the consummate individualist I'm not saying I'd want him here, because I don't, but he's just a better fit for a 4-3-3 type system. I have my doubts. Our 4-3-3 is predicated almost entirely on intelligent interplay between the front three making up for their relative isolation on the pitch. Hoilett strikes me as being neither savvy nor unselfish enough to make that work. Think we'd see a lot of him giving the ball away or running himself into the corner flag.

I think the fact that he's signing for QPR in itself tells us alot about why NUFC aren't interested. Don't see how Hoillet fits into any system of football to be honest, he's pretty much the consummate individualist

Debuchy, Douglas, Carroll, and Anita would be a fantastic window.

Funnily enough, buying Carroll right now actually fits perfectly into our transfer policy. This is a player who's valuation is probably at its lowest ebb. Never mind improving, even if he can only get back to being as good as he was when he was playing for us, he'll never be sold for anything less than 10m for the rest of his career. And what better place to get things back on track than his hometown club? In this respect, signing Carroll now really isn't that different from signing someone like Ben Arfa or Santon when we did. Although he doesn't necessarily fit into the current team, between European games and Cup games, he'll get plenty of time on the pitch this season. And who knows what happens moving forward. In a year or two, we may have sold off Cisse or Ba for another ridiculous fee. Alternatively, we might just sell Carroll for 35m again. Assuming that he's willing to take a wage cut and accept that he'll have to fight his way into the starting XI, I don't see why not.

I don't personally, no. But they are associated with those respective countries and feature those countries' players primarily. The term "English" Premier League is necessary given the multitude of Premier Leagues in other countries. (ie Scotland) Same would go for the Bundesliga to avoid confusion with the Austrian one. I can just see the intro on Malaysian TV. "Don't miss Liverpool v Manchester United, live from the Premier Le- sorry, English Premier League just in case you get mixed up". Well yeah, it's actually always referred to specifically as the "English Premier League" here

I don't personally, no. But they are associated with those respective countries and feature those countries' players primarily. The term "English" Premier League is necessary given the multitude of Premier Leagues in other countries. (ie Scotland) Same would go for the Bundesliga to avoid confusion with the Austrian one.

Things are happening

Have to say I'm really discouraged by all of Chelsea's strengthening. We're basically never, ever going to finish above them again.

If he's willing to come back on his old wages and accept that he'll be third-choice striker, sure.