LRD

Ah. Guess there's no way to stop the substitution going ahead if Cillessen decided to feign injury after the final whistle then.

Is it right that substitutions can only be made in regulation time, meaning if Costa Rica had kept the ball right til the end, the Netherlands would not have been able to send Krul on for the penalty shootout after the final whistle?

Probably so but he's nowhere near the technical level of Chelsea to suggest he should ever be near that team.

Why would that be so? He'd look out of place in that passing team nor is he Chelsea's level.

Is that gold or brown around the collar and sleeves? It's definitely s*** though Gold.

Leaked by one of our reserves (Kemen or Mbabu), unveiled during the league show, officially on sale after the first match iirc.

Any pre-season PL programme like last time round? Odds on it will be unveiled during that. And that makes us among the last 4 PL clubs yet to unveil the new kit or have it leaked.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B7f8evUSmg0/U7nD90pDOzI/AAAAAAAAS40/jSxPj8gLJrg/s600/Rangers-14-15-Home-Kit.JPG

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1q5bALVo_dc/U7m_ySdeqzI/AAAAAAAAS4o/nATR0xOibNM/s650/Sunderland-14-15-Home-Kit.jpg

This game. Giving us problems right til the last day.

Do those FM-type transfers. Low fee with a hefty add-on after he has played 100 games. Then sell him after 99 games.

Ah, interesting. That's going to inject a high level of unpredictability and might throw up some wild score swings. I like.

Don't think they will include the 3rd-place playoff since it's not indicated in one of the phases.

4 more matches. Can already feel the mood slowly shift to the new season.

Players getting more expensive means less freedom in choosing your squad though. The squads would likely be 90% similar all round. Be arrogant man, like Rich. Then any collapse would taste sweeter.

Yup, you and Rich have drawn a good gap. Barring any major collapse, it should be between both of you for top spot. Reckon it would be decided by the correct choice of captain from now on.

Where's that from? Edit: Ah, training pics.

http://i.imgur.com/pbR4XIg.jpg?1http://i.imgur.com/qNaT8Kn.jpg?1 R16 standings (left) and QF standings.

Did they? Pretty sure it was mentioned by the commentators and analyst in the studio that he had a poor record. Just took it to be American as it was neither BBC nor iTV.

Ah darn, got confused by his heroics against Palermo. Still, not a great penalty saving record at Newcastle so it was weird that they mentioned so.

He's bigger than Cillessen and his main attribute is shot-stopping obviously but I was surprised that American commentators mentioned prior to the shootout that he is an expert in penalty saves when I can only recall the Palermo and Lampard ones. Dem trolling antics in the shootout though.

Really? Thought it was worth pointing out since no one has said it and a few days ago people were having a hissy fit because they thought he would get the number 10 shirt which would signal the end of Ben Arfa.

http://i.imgur.com/JyeBLWw.png?1

Belgium going direct to Lukaku and Fellaini now.