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I agree with all bar Pirlo.

Blurgh at this Italy team man. Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Camoranesi, Gattuso, Pepe.. Some of the shit really just needs flushing away.

Oh he's the son of Cha Bum-Kun. I take it he's not quite as good.

Was that the #22? Scary mudda fucker that guy like

Average age for every team at the World Cup: Ghana – 24.1 North Korea – 24.8 Germany – 25.0 Cameroon – 25.2 Spain – 25.9 Chile – 25.9 Serbia – 26.0 Slovakia – 26.1 Switzerland – 26.7 Ivory Coast – 26.7 Uruguay – 26.7 Slovenia – 26.7 South Africa – 26.9 USA – 26.9 Mexico – 27.1 Argentina – 27.1 South Korea – 27.1 Algeria – 27.2 New Zealand – 27.3 France – 27.4 Greece – 27.7 Nigeria* – 27.7 Denmark – 27.7 Netherlands – 27.7 Portugal – 27.7 Japan – 27.8 Honduras – 28.1 Paraguay – 28.1 Italy – 28.2 Australia - 28.4 Brazil – 28.6 England – 28.7 *take with pinch of salt

Hawer man PCY, need to be getting those shooting boots on ahead of taking home the golden boot.

Just realised this is on ESPN. Woop.

Both teams full strength? Might watch a bit of it.

Unfortunately you don't have that get out. Loads of average Spanish league players, big money flops, ridiculous rotational policy, timed pre-determined substitutions...all of this to come. What a crock of s***, Pellegrini would have been a better choice tbh.

Benitez to Inter, mattis.

Seaman making a shock return? He'd be an improvement over Almunia the morris dance or Flapianski (I actually do like Fabianski he needs a loan for experience) Also, Lehmann was just on SSN saying the thought Almunia was world class against Barcelona but never watched any of Arsenal during the season, Lehmann hated Almunia. It's Up for Grabs Now Podcast? I'm not even an Arsenal fan but it's hilarious. I didn't realise Alan Davies was such a big Arsenal fan.

I really hope he makes it in the Prem. Mainly because we're not gonna buy anybody and we need him to, but still it would be great to see him take the Premier League in his stride.

Dunno if this has been posted but: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/03/north-korea-world-cup-goalkeeper-gamble North Korea named a striker as their third choice goalkeeper to try and have extra options in outfield positions, but now the striker is only allowed to play in goal

Dunno mind, I'm quite worried about Algeria and Slovenia.

I agree. Brazil did this, Dunga names his 23 straight off and has 7 reserves waiting in stand-by.

Being denied now apparently. The Joe Cole story that is.

Aye, 3 year deal apparently. No more #10 for a centre half!

Franco was one of their best players last season, and Ilan practically kept them up. Yet they've locked Boa Morte long term and are stuck with fatty McCarthy for a few seasons aswell. Gotta say it but they're basically begging for relegation the way they're going on.

He'd done wank anyway. They wanted him to win the Asian Champions League and he's gone out in the early knock-out stages twice in a row, both at an earlier stage than when Zico failed. There's some dodgy stuff going on anyway, apparently part of Rivaldo's contract there meant he was in charge of signing players The signings of Denilson (not the Betis one) and a Stevica Ristic were both done by him, meaning Scolari was left with the players Rivaldo had signed. Mental. I don't see the logic in the way they're going about it, the money they're spending on Rivaldo could sign 3-4 quality European/South American players in the peak of their ability.

Fletcher is good but he's never been prolific, not even in Scotland.

Man you could certainly get better than Fletcher for £7.5 million if you went abroad.

Yeah i like him aswell, he is funny and doesn't seem to be a typical footballer who is rapped up in his own self importance and he actually has a personality. Seems a very sound bloke. "What would you be if you weren't a footballer?" Crouch: "Probably a virgin" :lol: He actually say that? That's ace. Aye, not on the show last night but in an interview a few year ago.

Wonder if there's any truth in this World Cup ball malarky?

Yeah i like him aswell, he is funny and doesn't seem to be a typical footballer who is rapped up in his own self importance and he actually has a personality. Seems a very sound bloke. "What would you be if you weren't a footballer?" Crouch: "Probably a virgin"

Confirmation, no. But he's apparently in Roma for talks: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/8714916.stm