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Pochettino would seriously annoy me as Spurs manager, having to listen to that clown translating his interviews.

Looks like it's the season of despotic owners given Cardiff and Saints are losing two decent managers to a bigger ego. Let's up Mad Dog follows suit :)
 
Man.City at home to Blackburn tonight in the FA cup,ggodbye Blackburn,City want the 4 trophy's, i reckon they will get the English ones,the C/L might be a little more difficult
 
Messi's close control and touch are superior; Ronaldo is the better athlete.

Ronaldo can't waltz past 3 or 4 defenders as if the ball is tied to his foot; Messi couldn't have scored the goals Ronaldo got for Portugal in Sweden.

It's like asking who is the better tennis player - Federer or Nadal? Most would say Federer because of his skills - but Nadal would be the opponent you'd least like to face.

Nadal <ok>
 
Anyone have money on DJ Campbell getting booked in the first half? Other than him, obviously.
 
Angel di Maria doubled the lead with a low finish before Gareth Bale replaced Ronaldo in the 68th minute.

Bale, without a goal since November, did little to win back his place.

He may find a space in the side through Fabio Coentrao's suspension after the left-back - rumoured to be a January target for Manchester United - was sent off for a second booking late on.

Stunning agreement we have with Real, strengthen all teams around us who play in red.
 
Angel di Maria doubled the lead with a low finish before Gareth Bale replaced Ronaldo in the 68th minute.

Bale, without a goal since November, did little to win back his place.

He may find a space in the side through Fabio Coentrao's suspension after the left-back - rumoured to be a January target for Manchester United - was sent off for a second booking late on.

Stunning agreement we have with Real, strengthen all teams around us who play in red.

All of our affiliations are flawed in some way:
Factitious tap up our players yet won't sell us any
Internacional won't sell us their players, or sell their players to our rivals
SuperSport mainly means an inconvenient and utterly pointless pre-season tournament in South Africa
San Jose was merely Simon Dawkins' gap year and haven't raised our profile in the US
South China haven't produced any players worth taking on and haven't raised our profile in the Far East

What have we been using to select them? A dartboard?
 
All of our affiliations are flawed in some way:
Factitious tap up our players yet won't sell us any
Internacional won't sell us their players, or sell their players to our rivals
SuperSport mainly means an inconvenient and utterly pointless pre-season tournament in South Africa
San Jose was merely Simon Dawkins' gap year and haven't raised our profile in the US
South China haven't produced any players worth taking on and haven't raised our profile in the Far East

What have we been using to select them? A dartboard?

Well remembered <ok>, bloody hell there's some ****e in there I'd forgot about!
 
Man.City at home to Blackburn tonight in the FA cup,ggodbye Blackburn,City want the 4 trophy's, i reckon they will get the English ones,the C/L might be a little more difficult

If City can avoid an away tie from now till the Semi I think they'll get the FA Cup
 
Nicola Cortese quits as Southampton chairman as manager considers role

• Mauricio Pochettino said to be reluctant to stay without Cortese
• Katharina Liebherr takes over as non-executive chairwoman

Could lead to their manager exiting and possibly some of their top young players. They are in such a healthy position that for Cortese to walk away, must mean there are potential problems.
 
Hull have just agreed a fee for Shane Long.


We seem to be going for it. Jelavic yesterday, Long today.


I had no idea what thread to put this in, so you can move it to a more appropriate thread if you want
 
Hull have just agreed a fee for Shane Long.


We seem to be going for it. Jelavic yesterday, Long today.


I had no idea what thread to put this in, so you can move it to a more appropriate thread if you want

Really good signings for you guys i think.
 
Hull have just agreed a fee for Shane Long.


We seem to be going for it. Jelavic yesterday, Long today.


I had no idea what thread to put this in, so you can move it to a more appropriate thread if you want

Both big improvements on Sagbo, in my opinion. A lack of quality forward options has held you back a bit, so you should push on now.
Decent show of ambition from the owner. Now, if you can just get him to shut up...