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djmattis, what are your thoughts on Motta?

They have been massive underachievers these last two seasons, but I agree that on paper they are third best. They need to sort out all the ownership/debt issues though.

Yep, and once you fail to reproduce that defensive record, you get a relegation battle.

They scored 30ish goals last season, iirc? That's a relegated side record.

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A hacker group uploaded a Maradona photo to the Argentinian FA web... wearing the Brazil shirt http://www.marca.com/2009/09/12/futbol/mundial_2010/1252708205.html

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Top 2: Boumsong on his debut for us against a non-league team in the FA Cup. Bottom Left: Alex McLeish (Rangers manager at the time who we bought Boumsong from for £8m) Bottom Right: Graeme Souness (with tache) Basically Boumsong got raped by a non-league striker on his debut. Thanks!

Ok, I need decodification for Skeletor's since it looks funny but I don't understand why... is the guy in the Scottish flag Souness? And who's the black dude in the magpie shirt? EDIT: Is it Boumsong?

I wish I didn't draw like a 3 year old, and had some fun idea... this thread is boss.

I don't know how Quaresma has been able to get a chance at so many high-profile clubs as he keeps bottling it every time.

Dennis Wise seems to be enjoying it quite a bit.

Ours was better!!!! Busquets Pinto Maxwell Messi Henry Dani Alves Andrés Iniesta

Truth be said Kaká has been ace so far in the two Real league games. He seems to be in great form for Brazil too. I confess to never having watched him much while at Milan, but so far looks like the hype is justified. Amusing that in a thread about Xisco we end up talking about Kaká and Lampard.

Gotta love Spanish commentators: "The best gift for Jarque is for his team to play against Real in their first home game without his passed captain" SURE.

Cronaldo on the bench for Real, too.

Isn't it like his first sending off in 3 years or something? (in the league)

Ibrahimovic is so frustrating and so great at the same time.

Ibra!!! 0-1

Getafe really looking up for it though. Fair play to them.

By the way, what the hell happened in the ManCity - Arse game? I check the scores and see 1-1 and fifteen minutes later Arse's getting twatted.

Guardiola seems to have gone nuts with the lineup... Messi, Henry, Alves, Iniesta on the bench and we are dire so far 0-0.

I have not seen him play as much as you lot, but to me Shearer was above all a finisher, one of the greatest in the game. Viduka - I think - was a more complete player in the sense he was more comfortable on the ball and could carry and do something with it. I remember when I was a teenager and watched the PL highlights, all Shearer goals were always him uncannily putting the ball in the general direction of the net, he just didn't participate in the buildup play like Viduka did, and rarely created his own chances. Again, I know who I'd have on my team. Heck, why didn't he just put his boots on and took the field last season instead of the fat Aussie?

If Cheryl Tweedy is the Champion's League, who's the Carling Cup?

To be honest I think it might be a good thing that ManCity ends up winning the treble or something, since hopefully it will highlight how f***ed up the sport is nowadays. I remember back in the time where a well managed and astutely built club could go all the way, now it's impossible without the cash. I know that's a bit rich coming from somebody who supports Barça, but I generally enjoy the competition less than 10 or 20 years ago. The Spanish league, for example, is fast becoming a joke akin to the SPL.