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Thing is I don't think Man City have really done that. They've actually built their side in quite a dull non-galactico way, making sensible signings and building a balanced squad. I mean imagine having an unlimited budget and signing the likes of Fernando and Milner. Although I suppose in the early Robinho, Tevez, Adebayor years they did.

Good idea. Although you're obviously wrong about Ozil you cunt. I'll have a go. Ben Foster - crisp packet hands, seems irritating as well Hutton - just fucking awful Shawcross - can't pass a ball but mainly because i'm sick of hearing the cunt's name on here Phil Jones - a symptom of Fergie going senile Luke Shaw - most boring wonderkid ever Gardner - nee talent shithouse Carrick - shite Fernando - crap but moreso it annoys me that Fernandinho (who is IMO excellent) gets stick simply by association Milner - agree, never really rated him Jerome - dreadful footballer that somehow keeps getting a PL gig Rooney - been beyond shite for about 2 years now

And a Ballon D'or nomination.

Bernabeu

He's played the last 3 games. Huge bastard. Wasn't even born when Buffon made his Italy debut

dat straw clutching

Bonaventura is a nice player to watch. Surprised he never gets called up for Italy.

Absolute rubbish. The best football they played was easily when Robben was at his best and then after that it was under Hiddink. You and Ancelotti man. Nah, Ronaldo is spot on. Ancelotti's Chelsea absolutely obliterated the league, scoring 103 goals and battering teams left right and centre. Compare that to Mourinho's first two seasons where they scored 72 and 73.

Pure crease that the Meelan keeper was born in 1999 ffs

Abramovic is quite clearly the best thing that happened to Chelsea, not Mourinho. Ancelotti, Hiddink, Benitez, Di Matteo all won trophies. Avram Grant got them to a CL final FFS. It's basically a free shot at all the major trophies for any manager who gets the job, followed by a nice cushy pay off.

fucking hell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeSzX6qtL4k

I could be wrong but I'm sure there was only one previous 0-0 so far this season. They mentioned something along those lines on the guardian pod earlier in the week. There was 2 before this weekend, Carpi vs Napoli + Inter vs Juve. Still a crazy stat to have more in one day than in previous 10 matchdays.

How the fuck have we managed to have all our fucking goalkeepers injured for the 2nd season in a row. What a pisstake of a football club.

Getting botted by Fiorentina's second string here

Absolutely beautiful. Exactly the way the contemptible little upstarts deserve to be treat. #ARAB

.@MesutOzil1088 has the best assists per game rate in #BPL history - averaging one every 2.71 matches #SWAARS A 'fraud' according to some on here.

He's decent on the ball but he a) cannit run because he grew on a diet of battered irn-bru cans b) will half you given half the chance because he is rough as fuck.

Unless its instant technology its a slippery slope IMO. Rugby is absolutely unwatchable because of all this nonsense.

It wouldn't be a minute though. It's certainly not always that quick in rugby or cricket. They watch the replays over and over, from different angles, rewinding and fastforwarding. It's nauseating. In football there's so much stuff that's down to interpretation, the video ref would be on for fucking ever. So you're then at the point where you probably have to take timekeeping out of the referee's hands and pause the clock. Which is a huge and fundamental change to the sport. I'm 100% against it. The only other thing I could possible see it at some point maybe working for is offsides, if they can develop a system which calls them immediately like they do for goal line stuff.

Challenges Can you imagine the likes of Pulis using that on spurious stuff just to timewaste as the clock runs down. Would make me want go postal.

I only watched one full match at the World Cup; the opener against Fiji. The amount of time spent looking at replays - and 50% of which they still didn't come to conclusive evidence - was mental. To the point where it put me off watching the rest of the tournament it was that bad. This is a sport that has natural breaks in play all the time and it still seemed excessively counterproductive to the flow of the game. Doing it in football, a sport that has no stoppages and very few breaks in play, would absolutely ruin the sport in my opinion.

This is total nonsense as is your assertion about the English running the game - and also, in cricket, there is TV examination of disputed calls, something which your corrupt heroes in FIFA have done everything to try to avoid - have you been reading the Grauniad guide to Political Correctness..!? For a start, cricket only allows 10 countries to play the full version of the sport, possibly one of the most ridiculous restrictions in any sport anywhere in the world. Then for the World Cup, a tournament by its very nature should least make an attempt to be inclusive and give the game to a greater audience, they've pulled the drawbridge up for associate nations meaning there'll probably not be any of them at the next competition. Last year the big 3 countries literally changed the voting system within the ICC to give themselves more power than everybody else, and made sure to secure that 62% of all revenue will go directly to those 3 countries. Cricket is a sport that revels in its colonial past and the fact that its a sport played by only a handful of countries. And that's why it'll always remain a joke compared to football which has expanded and grown continually since its beginnings. Video refereeing in football would be absolutely dreadful. Evidence: rugby being f***ing unwatchable, stop-start bollocks. I thought answering this post but then I realized it would be a waste of my time...you are clearly beyond help and should apply for a job with the Iranian propaganda Ministry. Nice one pal.

This is total nonsense as is your assertion about the English running the game - and also, in cricket, there is TV examination of disputed calls, something which your corrupt heroes in FIFA have done everything to try to avoid - have you been reading the Grauniad guide to Political Correctness..!? For a start, cricket only allows 10 countries to play the full version of the sport, possibly one of the most ridiculous restrictions in any sport anywhere in the world. Then for the World Cup, a tournament by its very nature should least make an attempt to be inclusive and give the game to a greater audience, they've pulled the drawbridge up for associate nations meaning there'll probably not be any of them at the next competition. Last year the big 3 countries literally changed the voting system within the ICC to give themselves more power than everybody else, and made sure to secure that 62% of all revenue will go directly to those 3 countries. Cricket is a sport that revels in its colonial past and the fact that its a sport played by only a handful of countries. And that's why it'll always remain a joke compared to football which has expanded and grown continually since its beginnings. Video refereeing in football would be absolutely dreadful. Evidence: rugby being fucking unwatchable, stop-start bollocks.

Somebody just send Rooney to the glue factory ffs

England, India and Australia have all done their utmost to keep cricket as a shitty minority colonial sport.