Neil

My inappropriate flatulence is a massive upgrade on Shola but I don't think it'll be signing for you anytime soon.

No it hasn't it's still on the shelf, he bottled it. Boom boom.

Reads as the posing of a philosophical question. "Do you acknowledge the concept of Gervinho?"

Trying to think of something I'd do if Gervinho actually went to Newcastle. Piss drinking has already been covered.

After all that (in a thread entitled Realistic Transfer Targets), that was the bit that amused me.

Stop being xenophobic. What your team really needs is some more black power.

not only on FM....remember him being awesome at least 4 seasons ago for schalke... Real life? Does not compute.

Couple of decent "offers" for this from Skybet and bet365. The former is refunding all losing FGS/score/scorecast bets if Rooney or Messi score in 90 minutes, and for the latter: "Simply place a bet before kick-off, then once the game starts place another bet on any In-Play market. If your FIRST In-Play bet loses we will refund this stake, up to the value of your largest pre-match bet (up to £50)."

On that subject, what happened to Genoa? I thought they got a fair old cash injection a couple of years ago and they bought a few high profile players - they don't seem to have progressed at all?

Ridiculous on FM for Schalke a couple of years back. Best full back/wing back on the game.

A big club going down (after there were big warning signs) - with underperforming players and shite ownership being central to the situation, I believe? Big stadium, strong fan base too IIRC.

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Yep. It's all speculation currently. People will of course put their own positive/negative spin on it and declare how this attacking quarter look class or that central midfield looks really solid or how so and so hasn't signed a contract because the club's falling apart because yada yada yada. Just wait and see what actually happens.

Totally the opposite, at least in the "Giggs has scored" context. The actual image itself tickles me.

You probably could challenge us for 7th because frankly it doesn't look like we're going forward anytime soon. If we could have a first half of the season that is anything other than fucking abysmal, then I may change my mind.

If Barca had their shooting boots on they would've won by 5. All ifs and buts. It'll be a close game tomorrow and I'll be supporting Barca. But Man Utd certainly have a decent chance. They need Giggs/Fletcher/whoever on form in the centre.

Morgan is a twat, granted, but his WUM skills are great.

Barca are better than '09, but teams are now getting even more defensive against them. SAF has such a delicate balancing act on his hands tomorrow. They also didn't particularly struggle to beat Arsenal. The aggregate score was close but they were clearly superior.

Although it does represent an upturn in fortunes since the Sunderland gig.

Honestly, I don't think there'll be many goals. Although Man Utd won't "do a Jose", they'll be reluctant to open up. Barca will find it hard to really create good chances, despite monopolising possession.[/pleat] Hope I'm wrong like and both sides go hell for leather, but I can't see it.

So far it's been confirmed he apparently spoke to Ben Arfa last week and he is "running with the ball and starting to feel good", Mehdi himself is happy to "defend or attack", but alarmingly, doesn't seem to have heard of Greggs. What a scoop.

Detailed reccy going on right now on Facebook.

Balotelli, man. Pure, mental entertainment.

Just assessed the damage of this. Was going well up until January, was even top 10 for a while I think in the N-O league, but paid the price for checking my team less and less. Ended up with a fairly mediocre total. Although amusingly the lad (Mackem, as it is) I was having a bet with kept changing his players loads and ended 150-200 points behind me.