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neither- zambrotta or lahm would be terrific.

I spent a full minute wondering whether I would stoop to that level. and now you've joined me.

you're toast.

you missed eidur on that list of yours. and, on occaision, cole.

then how can you explain essien- that role was being shared around in the first year by players with more attacking instinct, but he brought in yet another defensive midfielder and seemingly decided that we would focus on winning with set peices and waiting for the opponents to make errors.

if you had seen duff for ireland and duff for chelsea you would notice that for chelsea he had been instructed to retain the ball rather than take risks (as he did for ROI). which eventually sapped away his form. jose needs to let duff do own thing- he is an intellgent enough player to know how to strike a balance.

will sign up and then forget about it for months (last season I signed per kroldrup- I thought it was a clever signing, but he got injured for the first half of the season and was sold in january... I never rectified it). so I will return to finish precisely halfway up the table (for the third year running), despite being clearly the greatest manager. ever.

duff, the best winger on the planet. because, he is capable of doing everything. jose decided, in his love of stifling defensive football, to turn duff into some kind of defensive player high up the pitch.

bah. best winger on the planet. also, most assists of the four last season. THE key player for ranieri, and one of the best 4 or 5 players (ahead of robben and cole easily) in jose's first year.