itt liverpool not winning things; sandbox i love football

anderson? 20m purchase think he was 19, playing in ligue 1

Cleverly- tbh luke chadwick tbh

Chicarito- sub

Dunno who else we were discussing

Neil Webb

i'm not saying anderson couldn't be united xi standard, fwiw, i think fletcher and he would probably work well enough if the wings and strikers provided the product

Anderson has really been swapped and changed around various roles, probably a large part of why he's not tied down first-team status

yes united need a good pair of midfielders, and quickly. but they also need players who can find & don't bottle the final ball. too many games with loads of possession and no penetration.

also would be good to have a big proper centre-forward on the bench to get stuck in when the opposition park the bus and Utd run out of creative options.

ie after the first 20 minutes of every game

I've just waded through today's posts and feel like I'd like to join in seeing as we're talking about United, but I can't actually work out what anyone's talking about.

lol

TIT otm tho

a big proper centre-forward on the bench

I know just the fella. Actually, scratch that, he could be absolutely ideal for you.

http://i.imgur.com/p1DuE.jpg

lol to Ismael

carroll could be ideal for lfc, spurs, arsenal, etc

reckon torres will do really well in united

they could have torres and carroll for just £85m but the glazers are too tightwadded and fergie inexplicably keeps faith in 4m rated rooney.

It's become a favoured pastime of mine lately to point out to Chelsea fans that the entire Spurs first choice XI cost less than Fernando Torres.

hmm think an in form torres could get a draw.

that can't be right matt

Modric defoe vdv up to 32m already

kaboul parker bale ekotto another 15m

It only works if you put Defoe on the bench.

friedel, king, lennon, adebayor

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Sad universal truth

does the united "starting 11" cost £80m?

Significantly more

Rio and Rooney alone is 60m

lol

don't forget wayne's wages of 250k a week lol

http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/premierleague/story/mario-balotelli-younger-brother-enoch-on-trial-at-stoke-city-120911

Hopefully he'll work out better than Enoch Dia

Is it his younger brother by blood, or his adoptive younger brother?

by blood. Enoch Barwuah

by rivers of blood

Evans has needed a run for a while, still think there's a defender in there somewhere tbh

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Evans has needed a run for a while, still think there's a defender in there somewhere tbh

― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 9 December 2011 11:53 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

Evans has needed a run for a while, still think there's a defender in there somewhere tbh

― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 9 December 2011 11:53 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

Evans has needed a run for a while, still think there's a defender in there somewhere tbh

― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 9 December 2011 11:53 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

Evans has needed a run for a while, still think there's a defender in there somewhere tbh

― bloating forecast: ruff swells (p much resigned to deems), Friday, 9 December 2011 11:53 (9 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

Evans has needed a run for a while, still think there's a defender in there somewhere tbh

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Just because he's been giving me a lot of shit recently, I'm gonna keep this quote of lols around.

evans has a fair amount of talent

Schalke won 2-1 at Hertha Berlin tonight. Pukki with a sweet strike for the winner. Huntelaar got the opener, that's 14 goals in 15 league games for him. Hertha had a mini break in the last minute when lasogga stormed through the middle, rode a challenge and was about to enter the box when he was tripped, buuuuut the ref had dropped his whistle and was looking on the ground for it instead of watching play so missed the foul.

Does that make Huntelaar top scorer in Germany?

level with gomez

or i guess that gives him one more? not sure.

buuuuut the ref had dropped his whistle and was looking on the ground for it instead of watching play so missed the foul.

I will remember this ploy the next time I need to bribe a ref

will be tough on steve bruce having to pay 7m for evans when he no longer even runs a football team

Second mortgage?

The ex-Spain, Barcelona and Middlesbrough ace was once the most expensive footballer in the world, costing Italian giants Lazio a whopping £29m.

Mendieta became a firm favourite with Boro fans, starring in a famous 4-1 victory over Manchester United, and to this day lives in Yarm on Teesside.

Chelsea have confirmed that André Villas-Boas has asked his players to involve him in goal celebrations.

The Portuguese manager made the request at a recent team meeting and a Chelsea spokesman told the Sun: "The manager has asked the players to look across and recognise him and his staff on the bench after a goal.

"He believes that by celebrating together it shows we are all in it together. That's the players, the manager, the subs, the staff, the medical people – everyone working and celebrating together."

think he's had a bit too much booze in his trifle the last few days

SOCCER!!!!!

Villas-Boas suggested his team's start to the season – they have taken 28 points from 14 games – had been made to look inadequate by the leaders' excellence. In support of his argument, he produced a laminated chart that compared his side's points tally with those achieved in the past few years.

"Chelsea, at the moment, have the same points as the champions last year and the same points as the champions three years ago," he said. "And they have two points less than the champions four years ago."

2pts a game is good enough for top 4, not good enough to win the league. AVB should stop frontin'. Also WTF with manager's press conferences turning into powerpoint presentations, first Dalglish with his 'poor lil luiz' dvd, now this. Have some fucking dignity.

Shut up, he has a laminated chart

i stand corrected

He's been picking on Gary Neville too. Where's Roy Keane when you need him?

i stand corrected

i remember the old days when all a manager needed to do was reel off a list of 'facts', no laminating necessary (wipes tear from eye)*sniff*
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