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Wonder what excuses Wenger will come up with this time. Pitch very poor, missing Cesc, team still young...

Chamakh and Bendtner against 2 centrehalves struggling with knocks. Can see how it will progress.

Any idea why imageshack pics don't work for me? All I'm seeing are frozen frogs.

Sol Campbell is the first name that comes to my mind. Edit: Think you are right with Taylor starting as a forward.

Who you talking about? It's not Carroll is it? I could have sworn he was a CB before getting moved upfront... Carroll it is. http://www.nufc.co.uk/page/News/Features/0,,10278~2223121,00.html

He sounds quite versatile from the looks of it. Reminds me of a local lad - leftback/winger turned striker sold for big money...

Recall this quote from another forum Could have been a nice understudy to Jose. Hope he doesn't turn out good now.

Great deal for the club. He's the most important player we have, above Enrique, Coloccini and Barton. The one that frees up other players and gets the best out of them. Totally deserved 50k/wk.

Maybe we'll see SportsDirect logos on either side of the mask come matchday.

Anybody has the same viewing problems with imageshack? Seeing plenty of frogs in icecubes.

Wendt, FCK to OM Taiwo, OM to Liverpool Konchelsky, Liverpool to Fulham We get to keep Jose. Done.

Wrong career move with City always going for the best that will come and GK being a specialized position. He would have been a good fit at Arsenal imo. Too bad City will never sell him to their title rivals. What's worse is that he clearly wants to play but he's doing a (ex)Harper at his age.

They play 3 workhorses in the middle with 3 mobile forwards, so he won't fit into Mancini's system. I don't think he will fancy a move back to City if all he wants is to 'enjoy playing' and earn a good salary as he is doing now.

Kaizero, This new avatar is more 'you'.

Some people need to learn the hard way. Will these be the same kits for next season, or are they going to spring a whole new ensemble on us? I know there's a two-year rule on new shirts, but teams seem to treat the "rule" more like a "gentle suggestion". There will be a new Puma kit. Spurs had theirs changed every year for the past 4 seasons.

Gonna be the inspiration behind next season's puma kit. http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/8894/300474.jpg + http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4441/jerseypumaitalyhome6306.jpg = ?

4 seconds in... http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/756/mmbenarfa.jpg Ben Arfa'ed.

Why don't you conduct the matches and training sessions behind closed doors or under selective admission, and make it more difficult for the scouts? Toral has an English mother so it could have made it easier to accept a move to England. Since you've mentioned them, how good are Samper and Balleste?

They probably did. Not all clubs have the pulling power of a Arsenal with their recognized youth setup and development, or a Man City or Chelsea with their financial clout though. It'll take some good convincing to a teenager and his family to move to a foreign country.

Header off a corner. Where's the marking lads?

Barca never seem to have any luck with foreign center-halves, with expensive flops like Milito, Henrique, Caceres, Chygrynskiy in recent years. Should have gone for David Luiz before Chelsea did. He's going to be the next Coloccini.

Indeed. Another angle confirms my suspicions. http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8297/barcabd.jpg Barca's overload strategy in the final third clearly to blame.

How about Marca? My impression is that it's pro-Real, but quite reliable in terms of their reporting.

I take it that AS is anti-Barca then.