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http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_spot/2014/07/03/world_cup_player_introductions_a_deep_analysis_of_how_soccer_players_fold.html

Correct thread, though

Times like now I wish I stuck to driving, so I could personally run him over. Opportunity missed.

Deulofeu

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I thought it was a bit too much, actually. Then again, compare it to Dani Osvaldo, Luque, Lovren, Carroll, Chambers, Fellaini, Bebe etc.....

Aubameyang, then Lukaku.

What a signing. Wow! Mourinho is brilliant but I'm so confused by his treatment of Lukaku. Baffling!

I'm pretty sure he's a daily French newspaper in feminine tense - La Gazzette.

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Because we'd pay it up front, maybe even £14m.

I hope its a big club because some smug scouse twat on my course is convinced that no decent club will be after him. He just doesnt rate him at all. I'd love to wipe that smugness off his face! Foreign + big club..... AC Milan would be ideal.

Who is Matt Smith? A bloke who reads other tweets and claims he has an 'exclusive'. Sometimes they're right, of course, but he doesn't have any real sources or credibility.

They were better last season. On paper, anyway.

Lovren is very average. Crazy money and he's not even English!

Alonso is better.

Well at least its just a loan so, when The King leaves the building, MYM gets a fair chance of making it here. Maybe we'll replace him with someone who King rates more than Willo/Taylor.

3-5-2 of course, most famously used in the 1980s by Carlos Bilardo's Argentina.... Well not new as in 'brand new' but formations are cyclical and this one seems to be coming back - as seen at the World Cup. What I meant is that it's a bit too continental, a bit too 'out of the box' for Pardew. It's a non-starter, anyway.

Also, in Pardew's eyes, 4-4-2 has a left back and a left midfielder - lets call him a left back. Why have one left back when you can have two?

Playing 3 in defence with wing backs has always fascinated me. I love the idea of it but it all hinges on the wing backs - any width depends solely on them. They have to be near-perfect. Will we play it? No. The King doesn't appreciate new ideas that aren't from the 1980s.

Arsenal have had a great summer. It'd be a shock if they didn't get top 4. They've got far too many midfielders, though!

What a signing for Swansea. Keep Bony and they could have a great season.

Especially now it looks like Montella wants to keep Marcus Alonso at Fiorentina. They're in a deep, steaming pile of it unless they buy 5 or 6 good players.

"See, here's the Stadium of Light. This is where you'll be playing your football" I doubt they'd fall for that one, Gus.