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How many people thought you were Mexican at first?

All countries have industries that employ illegal immigrants at lower wages in jobs that unemployed nationals are "too good for." It's not perfect, but it's also quite a bit different than institutionalized slavery, which is what is happening in Qatar. And simply because we in the developed world have our own faults doesn't mean Qatar is exempt from criticism, particularly since the degree of severity is far higher.

Doo-la-foo is so clearly incorrect. But I hope the English commentators continue with it.

They've turned in some nightmare performances recently.

VI ought to set us straight, being Catalan n' all.

No offence, but that's ridiculous. they don't work together simple as that a cb pairing is more than just simply the 2 most talented its the 2 best balanced and MYM and Colo don't compliment each other. Except they've generally looked solid every other time they've been paired together. One nightmare performance against the most physical striker in the league isn't enough to scrap the partnership of our two best CBs.

TBF, Barkley is a very good, young player who's been considered a top prospect for quite a while.

There's really no good option against Suarez + Sturridge. They'll probably have their way with our back-line regardless of who's played at CB.

Pretty much.

Danny Murphy officially retiring.

Accomplished great things with that Zambia team. Hope he does well in Ligue 1.

Well, Naija will be big favourites over Ethiopia and I favour us to go through, nothing I saw in from them in ACN would have me shaking. Cote D'Ivoire is better than Senegal and Burkina Faso will prevail against Algeria. Neither Tunisia or Cameroon really have any business at this World Cup, imo, but from the two of them Tunisia should qualify. Ghana-Egypt is a very be very tight, imo, two very good sides. I think Egypt will win, but it might need penalties. Egypt definitely are the only nation in Africa to experience any recent hardship in the recent years. Come on, man.

I'm pulling hard for Egypt. Bob Bradley aside, it'd mean a lot to the Egyptian people. Who've enjoyed a pretty awful last few years.

What's the big deal with him smoking a cig btw? Certainly not the smartest thing for a professional athlete to do, but the way he's so strongly denying everything makes it seem like a rape allegation.

I didn't think anyone cared about the England team anyway.

Pretty cool. From the Conference to La Liga in two seasons.

His off-the-ball movement is first-rate.

Have you seen him play? How's he look?

I'd much rather give him an opportunity than trot out known "quantities" like Tiote and Jonas in central midfield.

Nice read, thanks for that.

I've not read anything that suggests more than that. A collection of highly talented individuals who must prove they can play as a single unit against the very best. Definitely a sleeper in Brazil. They have steamrolled through their qualifying group to this point.

http://imageshack.com/scaled/800x600/843/xf5c.jpg A whole lot of talent in that squad. The only real weakness is at fullback.

Pretty sure he's modeling Wenger's new winter coat prototype.

Poyet is likely an improvement over Di Canio in all facets. Is he good enough to save a very poor team from relegation? I'm skeptical.