LRD

At his peak he was about as fat as I have ever been and I am about as short of timber as a rainforest. No idea how someone who does sport for a living could be that big He looked as if he had hidden a turkey underneath that shirt, and that's after eating one bird already.

Reid man. How could any footballer get so fat?

Fair play then, although PSG is still likely to find loopholes. UEFA? You forgot who their president is. And the person who played a role getting the Qataris to buy PSG.

What % tax were they paying previously? No doubt there is a significant increase but I feel too much had been made of the 75%. It's not as if they weren't paying any tax before the tax adjustment. Doubt PSG will have any problems (Europe, FFP, attracting players) with it anyway when there are ways to circumvent this. The non-Arab clubs will face the pain more.

http://i.imgur.com/t3X2aXT.gif Ho Ho Ho...Merry X'mas!

Season tickets. A lot of people buy them without attending every game. Barça averages 75-80k for the Camp Nou but sells 90k STs. Yeah did a bit of research after that, didn't realise they have so many on the waiting list. It seems they have downgraded the stadium project, including a reduced capacity of 61k, so that they may complete the ground. No idea if the Peter Lim bid, if successful, would mean going back to the original 75k capacity. Might as well settle for more than a 6k increase over Old Mestalla if they have the numbers. The original stadium plan looks great too. http://stadiumdb.com/news/2013/11/valencia_new_plan_to_deliver_nou_mestalla_smaller_and_cheaper Read that Atletico is scheduled to move into a new 70k capacity stadium in 2015. Another major advantage to add to the footballing front.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tjfSyLQ8jGw/UrmkjdKoJPI/AAAAAAAAV4g/899Vmqgb7q4/s539/Brazil+2014+Third+Kit+(1).jpghttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/-50FL3t6sOAc/UrmkjY59X2I/AAAAAAAAV4c/wZa1JZ6naMM/s539/Brazil+2014+Third+Kit+(2).jpg '3rd' kit. Won't be worn for any official matches.

Officially Xmas over here, although it never snows here. Merry Xmas, everyone!

Yup, figured out where he got it from. Thanks anyway.

How big is your monitor? The image is massive http://i.imgur.com/Jbsfcpg.png

http://i.imgur.com/L3yuc0I.png Love the name btw.

How do you guys see that small image when I can only make out the club crests?

LFEE being confused for leffe here?

Especially how he manages to get his foot so close to his chest.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e2TIQ5xuRHE/UrjHEsEw-bI/AAAAAAAAV4M/E9j6M1d5HoY/s600/Ghana+2014+World+Cup+Away+Kit.jpg

Baffling. He's no established name while they could have a few choice selections after the WC. Should be fun if he keeps up with that kind of lineup at Southampton.

Maybe they aren't interested in van Gaal in the first place. Which other managers will quit or have expired contracts after the WC?

It doesn't, but he won't stay beyond this season.

Yep. It's not necessarily that he's poor (he's not but when you're up against Aguero/Negredo and Suarez/Sturridge amongst your competitors...) but he is literally all they've got unless you count the Danish Shola. They can't mix it up at all. They should go for Ba. Mourinho vetoed it at the very last minute.

Gosling.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/23/arsene-wenger-confirms-interest-in-auxerre-striker-paul-georges-ntep-4240975/ Next.

unlikely, his contract is up in the summer I think. 2016, marra.

Surely he played one of his wildcards?

GW18: Hull 1-2 Man Utd Aston Villa 1-1 Crystal Palace Cardiff 0-2 Southampton Chelsea 2-0 Swansea Everton 3-1 Sunderland Newcastle 1-1 Stoke Norwich 2-1 Fulham Tottenham 3-1 West Brom West Ham 1-2 Arsenal Man City 4-3 Liverpool

And he seals the draw with that sub.