LRD

As usual there's a middle ground of not spending a pound and spending to financial ruin. If a player is exceptional and makes a huge difference to our team, I don't see how spending an extra 10-20k/pw will lead us down the path of Leeds. Not sure why people are talking about doing a QPR that went round signing mediocre players on huge wages. Nobody is proposing the same modus operandi.

I wouldn't be too sure about that.

Remy's worth 80k/wk and we won't compromise or ruin our financial situation if we offer him that. I'll be well pissed if we don't sign him if we don't sign him because we are stingy. He's one player who lifts the team a level above.

Lloris Ward Caulker Mertesacker Cole Diame Fer Lallana Michu Ozil Berbatov South, 10+1.

Krul Zabaleta Shawcross O'Shea Baines Cabaye Huddlestone Sessegnon Suarez Benteke Van Persie North, 10+1.

Even having a go at at least one rep from each club in the first XI, I'm sure most can come up with better.

South: Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, Fulham, West Ham, Palace, Norwich, Southampton, Swansea, Cardiff North: Newcastle, Man U, Man City, Everton, Liverpool, Villa, West Brom, Hull, Stoke, Sunderland

http://i.imgur.com/rogJPxa.png Naw, no way. She looks fine to me.

He's playing fantasy football where you can start at most 2 players from one club. Thing is pretty much everyone can come up with better even with those rules.

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http://www.footballshirtculture.com/images/Colombia2014-5.jpg White shorts.

http://www.footballshirtculture.com/images/Scotland2014Home1.jpg Different socks = as good as Brazil?

http://www.footballkitnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Ozil-Germany-2014-Shirt.jpg

What a stupid FIFA ruling. New 'tradition' ffs. Makes it easier for Adidas to use one template for all then (excluding Germany).

Young chap, but not the youngest to ref in the PL. Stuart Attwell holds the distinction.

Just been suspended 10 matches for a horrible leg break on an opposition player over the weekend. He has. Still though, ridiculously strong defender for his age. Deschamps thinks he's a future France captain. Was also called up to the senior side recently although he has yet to win his first cap.

I'll play him as a goalie.

Too early to be drinking.

'...while his assistants must be considered not to have been in a position to make the right call on his behalf' which is ambiguous and open to various interpretations. Didn't someone also mention that in some cases the ref does not want his assistants to intervene outside of offside calls? How they react to further punishment for diving even with the recent spate of diving incidents is anyone's guess. Presumably they will do sweet FA as they did to Suarez and Bale in the previous seasons.

Forget about the FA ever getting it right. After the Haidara incident last season, the 'improvement' in the process was that there must be a unanimous decision from the now 3 people reviewing any process. And that they still can't intervene if any of the match officials have seen the incident, partly or in full, which was the issue in the first place. Unless it suits their own agenda for example, say your name is Suarez. Then they'll come up with a different set of rules.

Dortmund confirms there's a release clause (rumoured to be in the range of £30m) for Reus. Will be a shame if they keep losing players after every rebuild although in fairness they have invested the Gotze money well.

Just been suspended 10 matches for a horrible leg break on an opposition player over the weekend.

He will be posed a difficult question if he breaks up the MYM-Willo partnership which has been working well by bringing in Colo. I can't see him dropping Colo back to the bench when Debuchy comes back after Norwich.

Ronaldo's gonna cry if Messi misses out and he still doesn't get the award like.