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Juan Fernando Quintero - Pescara Midfielder/playmaker type. Tim Vickery proving his expert SA football knowledge with this one. Mentioned him around a year ago, went to Pescara in the summer without much fanfare and now has a lot of hype around him based on some performances in Serie A. Linked to Man U, Juve, Inter etc. Also apparently been excellent at the SA youth championships last couple of weeks, although I haven't watched any of that. Colombia could be an interesting team come the next WC, certainly a sleeping giant in terms of potential.

Lorenzo Insigne - Napoli. 21 year old second striker type, only 5 ft 4, homegrown Neapolitan. His little bro Roberto (18) just broke into the team too, although I know less about him.

In a way I hope its called off so I don't have to go. So fucking ill.

Angel Rangel driving round in the snow giving food to the homeless. Nice guy.

Breaking windows > licking them Erik showing Lee the way forward

I absolutely cringe like fuck when people even begin to compare Walcott with Henry, like. Even if its just saying a goal was 'Henry-esque', or throwaway comment about the #14. Just massive every time.

Aye I turned it off around 40 mins in.

Turned that off at HT when it was 0-0

Walcott hasn't been messed around in terms of position. He's not good enough to play as a lone striker, lets be fair - at least not in a team that wants to challenge for major honours. Media seem to go on like he's Ian Wright or Lineker, which is how good you need to be to succeed as that kind of forward. Wenger had the right idea trying to develop his game. All the young players he signs start out wide, or deeper in midfield before he gives them the the crucial #10 or #9 positions in his team. In Arsenal's current position mind with their striking options it probably is the best option to play him there, but that's more an indicament of the position they are now as a club and a squad.

He's pretty tall for a dancy player. Like Cristiano Ronaldo I say. I know he's tall but I remember reading he was massively weak as piss.

Isn't Brek Shea fairly skinny and lightweight? He's gonna enjoy training with those cunts.

Christ!

Another day without a signing ladies. Barely a link of note. Less than two weeks to go and as it stands we are well and truly fucked.

KeithR ‏@keithrdublin Pieters gets straight red on return game for PSV. Punches window on way down tunnel. Breaks glass and gets sliced open.

He will start for West Ham ahead of that knacker McCartney or whoever other idiot they play there. Not gonna come here to bench warm over first team football.

Absymal transfer window. Fuck off.

He's only worth it symbolically as a way of closing the door on exiting players IMO. A good move in that sense.

Sacking Pardew for Adkins hardly proved to be a bad decision though.

:lol: amazing

Walcott worth the 100k a week?

Doing his first interview through an interpreter, doesn't speak any English.

Mint in the early 00s from what I remember. In his latter years lived off his reputation a lot, before a very commendable swansong with Schalke. Bet it absolutely sickens him how long he was the flag bearer for an underperforming national team and that they've had so much success since he packed it in.

Failed a medical in the summer and hasn't played a single game this season apparently.

Florian Thauvin is close to joining Lille. Another one gone.

The tax laws coming into France will give them a ridiculous advantage over the rest of Ligue 1.