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Yes, he was notorious for this throughout his entire career with FCGB. I doubt Wenger is the one to coach it out of him.

Finding good value in the market isn't luck. It is skill. I don't know why Chelsea are so scared to change formation when they are looking for a goal. Surely Ramires, Obi, and Essien aren't all entirely necessary when you are dominating the game in the opponent's half. Any two would do a fine job. Manchester United's midfield is atrocious at the moment and I don't see this changing in the short run. They just don't look like a team that will challenge for a title or the Champions League. No they got very lucky on this one, because the Bayern munich deal for him fell through, and Real Madrid needed to sell. 10M off his price tag in 24 hours is luck. They've done very well out of the deal though, as he was one of Real's best players last season. Even if this was to be true, an assumption which posts below this particular one have thrown into doubt, they were the only club that showed the alacrity and the aggression required to complete the deal in advance of the transfer deadline. A large part of being successful in the market is being alert to any opportunities that arise and quickly taking advantage before they are gone.

Finding good value in the market isn't luck. It is skill. I don't know why Chelsea are so scared to change formation when they are looking for a goal. Surely Ramires, Obi, and Essien aren't all entirely necessary when you are dominating the game in the opponent's half. Any two would do a fine job. Manchester United's midfield is atrocious at the moment and I don't see this changing in the short run. They just don't look like a team that will challenge for a title or the Champions League.

What's the fuss about this? I'm surprised by the intense negative reaction. It just seems like part of modern football to me. There's advertisements all around the outside of the pitch. There's company names on everyone's shirt. There' s company logos on everyone's boots. Bolton's stadium actually has it's seats form a massive Reebok symbol as well as a large emblem on the front of the stadium. I'm not at the stadium, so maybe I am misunderstanding the issue, here. Why is it considered such an affront to the club?

Real lack of pace in that team that Niall has posted, imo. Never a good sign when you are playing a right back and a central midfielder on your flanks. I think they'll draw Liverpool 1-1, btw. Aiyegbeni and Skrtel. Couldn't you just drop Cahill into CM, put Bilyaletidnov into the AM role and bring in an actual winger? Not as though Cahill is creative anyway.

It was Alex. I not even sure you can count it as a dive. It so terrible. He awkwardly fell to one knee in slow motion and the referee was so very ready to give the penalty. I refuse to believe that he was fooled by the dive. Awful form by Alex.

Besides Drogba, I can't really think of any embarrassing, blatant divers in Chelsea's team. They do have a lot of experienced players who know how to inform the referee of infringements against them, but I actually like that. I also think referees let some some of the lower table sides kick lumps out of Arsenal and Chelsea's midfielders when they play away from home. Seems like a common tactic, imo.

Its f***ing cheating, do you really want the game to end up where there is no contact ? People need to make up their minds. Half of people are crying about contact being taken away from the game and the other half are crying about all the bad tackles we have been seeing lately. Diving isn't different from any other foul. If the referee correctly identifies it, then your team is put at a disadvantage. If the referee fails to identify it, your team is put at an advantage. Nature of the game. Anyway, my major pet hate right now is the length of time between the Man City De Jong/Ben Arfa/Atkinson debacle and our next match. It just feels like all that negative energy has been festering around the club for a long time now. It was the worst time for us to have an international break. Instead of looking forward to the next match, it feels like the club has been staring into the abyss.

I just personally think the spine of your team has declined through injury/loss of form/age in some cases. Arteta and Jagielka don't seem like the players they once were. Fellaini contributes little at this point. I like Cahill, Saha, and Baines a lot, but I am not too high on many of your other players. The team really does not have much to spend and when they have made big money buys in the past few seasons they haven't really worked out. The youth setup is nice, but a club like Villa has good youth players as well, and I still think they are declining. The league position thing is a different story. There is now a distinct top five, imo if Liverpool stay in a mess. The rest of it is quite open, but I don't see your team putting a great run together. Just my opinion.

I think people are giving Shola too much credit. He is immobile, lazy, and does not display the attributes of an intelligent footballer. If we are chasing a goal, then maybe throw him in off the bench. However, if we are starting him from the beginning, I'd like us to utilise players who will contribute more to the team. This includes Nolan and everyone else except injured players and the coaching staff.

He is better than Hibbert, obviously, but Moyes seems somewhat reluctant to give him the starting position outright. He still will probably get some starts and often comes on as an attacking substitute (which is good because Everton will be behind a lot).

They may be a club that will benefit once the new rules kick in and there's more of a level playing field financially. They seem to have a good youth structure, and they give young players a chance at first team level. I think they must also hope that their manager stays. He's been over-achieving with them for quite a while now. I seriously doubt that the financial field will be more even in the foreseeable future. The richest clubs will still win most things. Imo, Everton are sharply on the decline. The team has gone stale and ceased progress, and the owner is not overly liquid. What will change? Denilson is nothing. An inferior player. He's still young, but it is an indictment of Wenger that he has been in the first team over the past seasons.

I selected Chelsea because I really do enjoy a lot of their players and the way that they play the game. Was pleased when they won the title last season. I selected Tottenham because they truly have ambition and have improved themselves in a real natural way. They haven't cheated the system like Chelsea and Man City, they've simply succeeded within it. I selected West Brom because I hate all of the other teams in the West Midlands, and they seem somewhat likeable. These are really only for the current time period though. My like and dislike of other clubs tends to fluctuate.

My hate for Manchester United far outweighs my emotion towards any other clubs on the British Isles. It has been ingrained from me since childhood. Liverpool are second, but this is really only a general dislike and annoyance. I've put Sunderland third. I had very little emotion towards them before 2008-09, but the events during and after their win in the derby ensured that I felt similar annoyance towards the small boys that think they run the North East. I'm neutral towards Chelsea because they have so many players I enjoy and I'm used to them being a "big" club, as I only 13-14 when Roman came in. Same with the likes of Arsenal. Man City are honestly just surreal to me. I can't even connect them with teams that came beforehand.

I f****** hate international breaks when my team has been banned from FIFA. They're alright otherwise.

:lol: Us Nigerians spreading drugs and AIDS around the world. I enjoy it how people stereotype such a large and diverse nation as one. I like how forward he is at least. The man lets you know what he actually thinks. It is a good quality.

What I am saying is that even the clubs do not know. It is impossible to know. All you can do is look at how long other players took to recover and make a guess based off of this information. You cannot pinpoint the human body even with new medical science. That's why most people give this info in weeks or months out instead of unnecessarily specific dates.

Sites like physioroom are always stupidly specific. Anyone who has ever actually had a sports injury and gone through rehab knows that there are many, many factors will influence recovery time. It's impossible to accurately forecast for serious injuries.

Nah, ginger blokes can't black-up. Looks ridiculous. Will have to dye his hair too. Ghana would be better. It should definitely be Africa or Asia next, though.

When you use adjectives like "determined" and "spirited" it insinuates some sort of intense physical effort. This cannot be associated with Nolan.

I was just looking over De Jong's career and he hasn't had a red card in five years. I really have no idea how he's managed it. Amazing. The talk of English bully tactics is nonsense, imo. Physical play is part of the sport. Not everyone is Barcelona, and everyone plays that style of football. It is one of the things I love about football, the various ways in which a team can go about playing. I will cry if football does what the NBA did, changing the rules to discourage physical play and encourage open attacking. It cheapens the game.

They can't behave themselves. The guy has really taken a handful at both ends. No shame at all. It is not his first time.

It's not a load of nonsense, man. You all have gone mad. It's a bad tackle that has caused a bad injury. Fine. This is understood. People's legs are broken on the pitch all of the time. We can increase the penalties for bad tackles within football. This is acceptable It's the same as charging a racing car pilot with murder because he made a bad move that led to a deadly accident. This would be madness. Football is not the same as walking on the street, and there are inherent risks when you walk on the pitch. You don't call the police after every incident. That is literal insanity. The only way police could get involved is if there is an incident that is far separated from what is part of football. De Jong's tackle was not that.

This idea of police intervention is pathetically stupid and reactionary. However much you disliked it, it was a "football action". It was a tackle, albeit a bad one. Thousands of tackles occur every weekend. It is a football matter. If he breaks HBA's face with a punch on the pitch during a brawl, than maybe you can cry assault.

You are a referee, no? What is the situation with touching referee's anyway? Seems to differ by the leagues and the players. I was watching our match on Saturday, and M'Bia actually grabbed the referee's head with both of his hands when pleading for a decision. I thought he might even get sent off, but nothing was made of it.