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That changes the story completely, for both the player and the club, btw. It is just a good, logical move on all fronts now. All the fuss seems useless, now.

Traore can play on the wing, yeah?

Players finish transfer during the Cup of Nations very frequently. It is not rare and the tournament is often a shop window. His hands are deformed.

How many Nigerian players will waste their careers playing for ghastly clubs on high wages before they realise that money should not be their only objective in their careers. I love both players, but Musa can enjoy the cold freezing his inner thigh as racist fans throw fruit at him and Taiwo can take the tube to Holloway road stop so he can stare at the Emirates and think about what might have been as he competes for position with Luke Young and Fitz Hall. You are in the wrong part of the city. At what point does common sense and career direction take priority over your wage packet? I cannot understand why Milan were so eager to get rid of him, anyway. He's not impressed, but he's hardly been given a chance at all. He hasn't been disastrous when called upon either, just average and uncomfortable (which would fit a foreign player who is given no time before he is thrown aside) edit: We don't need Taiwo. We need a right back.

I still prefer 4-5-1/4-3-3 with the personnel we have in midfield (We have no talented player who is a traditional winger). It is difficult to stick both of the Senegalese in such a formation, though, so we will have to persist with two strikers in all likelihood.

It is a dangerous precedent, imo. It is very strange for a manager to talk about the availability of employees based on the word of the agent and not the club. Most of these players are not transfer listed. It really is an exacerbation of the "tapping up" that is so common in England.

Well, this is mildly surprising. I have to admit I haven't really seen the guy much, but looking at statistics and Youtube, he seems a more interesting prospect than Erdinc or Maiga. Neither of those two are natural goal scorers like this boy seems to be. Frankly, it delights me to welcome him into our family.

Everton relinquished the wrong fat, overpaid, aging Black striker. Saha is completely finished.

It is imperative to pass when you have players like Ben Arfa...Guthrie.............Ryan Taylor.

It's been one minute Ray, you fool.

Speculation, then. It doesn't jutify abusing our manager, who happens to have done a bloody good job. If he doesn't actually have a reason, and genuinely believes this is the best way to set out with the players available, the criticism is more justified. He is a good manager, but we have the potential to achieve something special here, and prioritising industry over quality will not see us accomplish this goal.

Ben Arfa anywhere in the vicinity of poor centrebacks fills me with expectations of joy. Ryan Taylor occupying one of the four attacking positions causes me nothing but pain.

I like Pardew quite a bit, but he has produced another baffling team selection. Given the choice between starting a world class playmaker who is comfortable on the wing and a mildly competent right back who has consistently failed to perform on the wing, only a fool selects the latter. It is damage control management against a team we should be looking to attack from the off.

Well, the Russians will definitely take to him. I am extremely unhappy about him going to Russia, but Musa definitely deserved a bigger club, and a bigger stage. VVV Venlo have secured a nice pipeline of Nigerian and Asian players, but generally the team is extremely poor. It will be interesting to see if he features against Real Madrid in the CL 2nd round. It is crucial that he avoid the demons in that country and continues his progression.

Out of all the winners since 1992, only Tunisia will be there. I've talked to my Cameroonian friends about this. We are just going to watch the one next year and erase this from memory. Cote d'Ivoire will probably bottle again despite clearly having the best side. I think Mali or Senegal will take it, and it will be an extremely lackluster competition.

I don't care about this mickey mouse competition, I just want our players to come back quickly and uninjured. Hopefully none of them contract malaria or Dengue.

If there is a time to attack in a two legged aggregate tie, it is definitely when you are on top in the away match. City coming back and scoring an equaliser would not have been overly damaging. Liverpool scoring a second may have ended the tie. They might regret it in the second leg.

It is sad that English football has become so stratified that the peasants have to hope that one of the rich boys win the cups for them to have a shot at the Europa. 10 men Lyon came back from 1-0 down to beat Lille. Joe Cole scored. He's been impressive this season, and I would look into putting him into the squad if I had any desire for England to meet success.

Unlike Nolan, he won't be able to adjust his game to a high level if his fitness levels begin to reflect his lifestyle.

Main issue 1st half was he was dropping deep to pick the ball and try to link the play as Abeid and Cabaye both sat to deep. I don't really think he has the vision or the patience to be at his best in the center. His game has always been about using his inhumane dribbling talents to take on players and lay the killer final ball. While he is a good passer and can handle himself in tight, physical congested areas, he is not someone who is best suited to simply moving the ball along and keeping the flow of the game.

The French teams are absolutely scraping through this year. Ridiculous events for both OM and OL. Ajax should rightly be furious. Would be mad if Zagreb snatched a goal in stoppage time or something of this nature.

Gree. It can destroy a career easily (I guarantee Essien will be nothing like the player you remember). As a athlete falling akwardly with pressure and torque on that part of the body is the scariest things. When I did mine two years ago (luckily only torn meniscus) it terrified me. I wish the guy a quick recovery.

Who is the sixth? Why has he been omitted?

Taye Taiwo on loan and an able bodied centreback would do me like.

Not as sickening as being gifted a result against Arsenal when others were made to earn it. I doubt they beat a full-strength side.