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Waiting patiently for some cunt to vote ITV...

We'd have Nolan, Smith, Guthrie, Barton and possibly Gosling. I doubt we'll look for another central midfielder. I know, it's the hope that kills you. Guzman can play wide like...clutching at straws...

I'd rather have De Guzman than Gosling tbh, would offer us something different and would be good to go from the start. Still, both would be lovely.

Disagree with the first bit, Robben is the biggest cunt of the lot in that team. Sneijder deserves this trophy more than him, he's a class act.

Bullshit article, trying to squash as much s*** into 1 piece as possible.

I've enjoyed it. Some good games, some upsets and the standard of football got better as the tournament went on. Voted as 'good'. Can't wait for Brazil 2014

Poorly researched, poorly written and laced with xenophobia. However in terms of viewpoint this is pretty much the way a lot Italy thinks.

Just read that the chances of his predictions being right the whole way through are 0.116%. He's one game away from it, ridiculous

But then some players had the oppurtunity to play more games in qualifying. Do you suggest like Goals per game ratio or something? Same goes in the actual WC. Some players play more games than others, but not suggesting anything really, just pointing out the absurdity of it. Yeah but players play different amounts of games in the real thing due to injuries, suspensions or just not being selected. In qualifying the teams might actually play more games. For example Netherlands only played 8 games in qualifying while Uruguay played 18. I agree thought, it's a bit stupid and the least minutes thing is the best idea.

Simple? Sense? Remember this is FIFA.

But then some players had the oppurtunity to play more games in qualifying. Do you suggest like Goals per game ratio or something?

Yeah pretty sure Premiership top scorer, CL top scorer etc are all shared when it's draw.

Correct. Villa or Sneijder though. what, f*** off? seriously? I know. Stupid rule, should just give it to Forlan for being a hero.

Correct. Villa or Sneijder though.

I was out my seat there like. Need to acquire a Diego Uruguay top. Cheapest I've been able to find is like £70. Gonna have to go fake.

Wish that fucker had gone in.

Ahhhhh.

Scratch that about Kiesling.

Yeah, Keisling has had a great season aswell.

Ronaldo still achieved more in his early years than pretty much every other footballer has in a whole career. He didn't even the need the years he was fat in.

Christ man Disco, great minds.

Really hope Suarez scores and then shush's the crowd. Would be funny. Btw, they should have games to decide 5th, 6th, 7th place etc. This is brilliant.

Yep, 2002 one was a great game.

But I take it you're referring to the Carrick that moved to ManU for £14m and had a few solid seasons for them, as opposed to the Carrick that played last year for them? His entire game is based around his passing/distribution. He's not a natural ball winner, he's not the most athletic of players, he's not a goal threat, and technically he's very limited on the ball (which is why he passes it quickly in the first place). Since he was very poor last year in terms of passing/distributing the ball, shockingly so at times, and his touch had deserted him, he was pretty much a nothing player for ManU. Compared to Gibson, he looked inferior when Gibson did play imo. Can't say I noticed Gibson's touch/passing being awful, maybe you're right as it's often easy for poor players to be masked in good teams, but with Carrick being so visibly piss poor, merely posing a goal threat was enough for Gibson to look a better player imo. And given that Gibson is younger with possibly more room to improve as well as being from the ManU academy, maybe Fergie sees him as a better prospect than Carrick? Or as Dave says, it might be that he wants to bring through other prospects. But with Scholes and Giggs on the wane, and Carrick being in a prime age for a midfielder in his position, surely Fergie wanting him out should ring alarm bells for anyone? Assuming there's truth in this rumour. And of course the notion of him being another Butt type Fergie cast-off depends on whether last season was a blip for Carrick, or the start of a slide. If Fergie does let him go, I'd hedge my bets on it being the latter - he's not infallable, but if there's a manager out there who excels at getting rid of players at the right time then it's Fergie. To be fair, his first couple of seasons he was very good. My Man U supporting mate reckons Carrick was one of their most consistent players for the first couple of years, but said that last season was disastrous and he seems to have slipped completely - like you said. Whether he's on the downward slope or not I'm not entirely convinced, he might be, but Gibson is not the man to step up and replace him. Neither of them (Carrick or Gibson) are good enough for them in the future. If they're planning on replacing Scholes long term with a player like Gibson then they're making a massive falldown. Gibson is a poor passer of the ball, has very little vision, doesn't have fantastic technique infact the only thing he does have which can be compared with Scholes is in being able to strike the ball well when shooting. Of course very few players have anywhere near the ability of Scholes, considering he's probably the best English midfielder since Gazza. Even of the limited viewing I've had of Cleverley I'd rate him higher than Gibson. Despite being 2/3 years younger his vision and technique is definitely better than the Irishman's.

He's definitely not inferior to Gibson. Gibson is crap, like really crap. Beyond having a canny shot once in a while he's terrible technically, in terms of passing, vision etc. He actually would struggle to improve our midfield in that sense.