wow, just realised theres a new england kit. wasn't the last one really successful? thought it sold loads. anyway, it was certainly the best england kit in a while and its gone already. absolutely shocking.
McClaren played a typical Dutch 4-3-3 formation i think, which doesn't really have room for a Tiote-type destroyer. However, in an interview he said the Twente player most likely to succeed in England was Tiote.
ben arfa is much better than all those players i mentioned and i couldn't be happier with our business - its been exceptional. but ideally, those transfers still wouldn't have happened. as for brum and stoke..... i think anybody not in the top 8 could be perceived as relegation candidates. they're better than wigan and wham, but you just never know.
out of our relegation rivals, birmingham have got hleb, wigan have cleverley, stoke have gudjohnsen and west ham might get babel. none of these particularly please me.