Dr Colossus

Signed for us in FIFA. Was instrumental in my 2nd year running on defending my: Prem title, CL title, FA Cup, Carling Cup, and UEFA Super Cup. #ambition Signed him too 5 quadruples on the spin so far.

France had 'I Will Survive' as their bit team anthem when they won the World Cup, there's clips of them in the changing rooms bouncing around going mental singing the tune from it. Maybe not the most appropriate song but I guess you can't choose these things, it just happens.

Ahh man HSV all the way Just got this season top delivered, really hoping we win the playoff and keep the record alive (only top flight team never to have been relegated since the formation of the Bundesliga). A lots of similarities between Newcastle and HSV, both very well supported clubs despite not having won s*** since forever, Keegan etc, you simply have to choice them. f*** St Pauli and the hipsters, they're so last year Aye, from watching the Bundesliga highlights on ITV4 this season I'm really liking Hamburg. Seem like they're capable of playing some great attacking stuff on their day, but also capable of huge capitulation. Calhanoglu is a great talent, too. Scored something like the joint-most free kicks and joint-most goals from outside the box in the top 5 leagues this campaign.

Do enjoy that show, very informative. Plus I find them recording outdoors often, it sounds very atmospheric which is quite welcome (unless it's like the one they did at the Betis derby where you couldn't hear anything)

Swaps from Jake arrived today. Proper weird to now be getting letters through the post addressed to 'Dr Colossus'.

Agree, but I'm in favour of any reason for Sturridge not doing that celebration.

Sent Jake's off this afternoon. Updated list here. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HWXw8RDWe4WSt1IQnTCls8ToPaIB_2gNlaz6BRU50qs/edit#gid=1559487951 fuck Colombia, got four of one of theirs.

http://i.imgur.com/XrL4jT4.png Close enough

He's from the French part of the Basque country, so would play for France.

http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/copa-do-mundo/playerlist.html Fun little pronunciation guide of the players for Brazilian folk. Bit of a slap in the face that Diego Costa and Pepe are in there.

Scolari also know it's not all about talent, it's about forming a group and Coutinho hasn't been part of this group the same way the others are. I don't think he was ever close tbf. Think Miranda, Dede, Filipe Luis, Rafinho, Diego Cavalieri and Lucas are the ones who missed out. The rest were pretty far off. Disappointed we haven't got anyone better than Jo, but he can scores goals and you can count on him giving 150% the few minutes he'll get a chance to prove himself. Mm, would you say Maicon was a surprising selection ahead of Rafinha?

Coutinho was also disappointing when Scolari came to watch him iirc.

And Jo is shite, obviously.

Bollocks squad tbf. Would liked to have seen Roberto Firmino get in there ahead of Bernard, who I've never really been impressed with when I've seen him play. Also as you said, Miranda (or possibly Luisao) and Filipe Luis ahead of Maxwell and Henrique, and Diego Alves deserved a goalkeeper spot.

Alexsei Berezutski, Roman Shirokov and Vladimir Bystrov. Got about four each of those three. Also sick to death of the left side of the Arena da Baixada.

Daily Mail: "Which European giant has an England-inspired kit for next season? One major European club have replaced their logo with the cross of St George for next season." Despite the cross being the flag of Milan since the 10th century, 300 years before being used on an English flag.

Load of guff that. They lost to Chelsea at home and drew with a team in brilliant form away on the back of a crazy amount of wins. The big bottle that history should remember is Fergie gifting it to Citeh when seven points ahead (same games played) with seven games to go. Ferk, they were even 4-2 up against Everton with ten minutes to go when it all started going pear-shaped. It doesn't fit the big Fergie narrative though, so all we get is Keegan and possibly from next season Brendan Rogers. Lets brand them losers instead. Just as a parallel, Clarence Seedorf may have won the CL four times, but he was also in the Milan side that threw the game away in Instanbul. s*** can happen to anyone. Yep. He threw it away to Arsenal in 1998 as well.

Time to show myself up

Haven't been on the ol' forum in a while so out of the loop, but if anyone wants to swap here's my list of gots and needs. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HWXw8RDWe4WSt1IQnTCls8ToPaIB_2gNlaz6BRU50qs/edit?usp=sharing

Fuck me, state of Andy Townsend on this highlights show. A man whose entire world is grey.

Cat Deeley's grandad broke Whelan's leg, apparently.

Terrible pel.

Get him sent off. Already booked, concedes a pen and starts bawling at the ref.

Hopefully, he'd get more bonus points, not likely to get that many since Eto'o got a goal+assist, Ba got two and their defenders hoover up the rest.

None. Oscar and Eto'o got one each.