ponsaelius

Strangest career ever.

Real Valladolid are pretty good at getting mauled off big teams. Gonna be a big scoreline here.

PEN

Fuck man Rooney is superb. Imagine if he got injured for the World Cup? Doesn't bare thinking about really.

I don't care if people think it's a good thing to get knocked out. I want to see us win every game and going out like this takes the piss.

What a joke.

Exactly. Annoying.

GET THE FUCK IN YOU STUPID ARSEHOLE CUNT. NOW PLAY YOU BASTARDS! ATTTACKKKK!!

Good this like.

Wow, so Guthrie's playing in the centre?! HOOOWAAYYYY!!

If this is true it's a massive blow. I'll start to generally worry about not getting promoted if suitable replacements aren't signed.

Whey it's better than no sig at all.

Gutierrez' for me even if the finish was a bit scrappy. Pancrate a close second.

I get the feeling Senderos will do alot better with Everton than he has done with Arsenal.

That might have something to do with the performance of midfielders in his absence. We are talking Butt, Smith, and Nolan here. Which of those three has been the midfield boss this season? All are on massive wages and should be dominating games to reflect that? I'd have him in the midfield ahead of them 3 without a shadow of a doubt. In a perfect world I'd like the midfield to be: Jonas Guthrie Barton NEW RM Get a proper wide threat on the right and side with them two in the middle and we'd absolutely destroy this division imo. I really don't think we need Smith in there, I'd rather sacrifice any defensive work he does in order to just play that midfield and dominate teams.

I'd like to think so, because he is far too good a footballer for this division. I'm not convinced though, he's consistently flattered to decieve when he's played and his stock has always raised considerably when he hasn't been available for selection.

Do not want. Huh!?! I assumed it was sarcasm. Probably. Sarcasm doesn't translate well on a forum. I just really don't like Hleb. He's never impressed me, of course I wouldn't really be opposed to that, as he'd probably fit well enough here. Really? He's a large class above anything we have. I loved him when he was at Arsenal. Superb dribbler, excellent technique, intelligent and creative passer of the ball. He fitted Arsenal down to an absolute tee. Don't see how people could say he wasn't good enough for Arsenal when he was a regular in their side when they got to their only ever Champions League final. Okay phyically he wasn't great and he seems to have an aversion to shooting but he's a certainly not a bad player ffs. Talented player don't get me wrong. However, in every 90 mins of football he played, he was effective for maybe 10mins overall. Particularly horrid on the wing, where he was usually played. Looked better when played just behind the front man. Just not my cup of tea. He really wouldn't do well on a team with a bunch of average players either. Would have to be surrounded by a lot of other talent o be really worth it. To be honest I'd agree with the points you make there. He's definitely better 'in the hole' as to on out wide, natural wingplay is just not his game at all. Like you say, he'd almost definitely be wasted playing in our team. At Arsenal he was surrounded by players that made use of his positive attributes, and likewise made up for his failings. My opinions may be bias because I've been a fan of him since his time in Germany, but as far as technique and natural talent goes he's on another planet to anything we have at the moment. Absolutely agree with that aswell.

Do not want. Huh!?! I assumed it was sarcasm. Probably. Sarcasm doesn't translate well on a forum. I just really don't like Hleb. He's never impressed me, of course I wouldn't really be opposed to that, as he'd probably fit well enough here. Really? He's a large class above anything we have. I loved him when he was at Arsenal. Superb dribbler, excellent technique, intelligent and creative passer of the ball. He fitted Arsenal down to an absolute tee. Don't see how people could say he wasn't good enough for Arsenal when he was a regular in their side when they got to their only ever Champions League final. Okay phyically he wasn't great and he seems to have an aversion to shooting but he's a certainly not a bad player ffs.

Do not want. Huh!?! I assumed it was sarcasm. Probably. Sarcasm doesn't translate well on a forum.

Do not want. Huh!?!

Oh noes

Actually, no idea who they are but the commentators for La Liga on Sky are quite good. The Sky Punditry for La Liga is much better than their Premier League counterparts aswell.

I cringe at that everytime.

To me he just reeks of Championship. A bit like Earnshaw. The kind of player you just associate with this division regardless of how much you know about them. A bit like Williamson as well then. I hadn't heard of Williamson before he signed for Pompey - he's played most of his football in League 2 hasn't he? Best just comes across to me as the archetypal Championship player, even though I know pretty much nothing about him, his age, his career, his playing style etc. Kinda like footballing snobbery.

To me he just reeks of Championship. A bit like Earnshaw. The kind of player you just associate with this division regardless of how much you know about them.