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Won't he be available on a bosman next summer? It'd be a smart bit of business to get a decent defender for free. I say we should sign him.

Link? Anyway from all I've heard, Liverpool is a bad place to live in, and London is better. Don't see why he should be unhappy with his residence.

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It's only the Carling Cup. Balls out the bath, lets field 11 youngsters :p

Why? I don't think Lampard has the stamina these days to play 50 games a season. Mikel will still get decent game time. I like that 4-2-3-1 set-up. I don't know how happy Sturridge is to play out wide, though.

Surprising to see NOTW so high up. How the hell did the Mirror come up with 467 rumours in the space of about 2 months?

What would we do with Scarface? He's 28 and he's never found the form he showed in 07/08 and 08/09. He's also had a couple of serious injuries over the past 2 years. No thanks, Bayern can keep him.

He can still be quality for us, if not world class. I think that we should look to protect what is left of his knees and play him in a role that doesn't require as much running. He'll need to reinvent himself as a Makélélé type.

No way are Norway better than Australia.

I like him already That tweet :D

Best case scenario for us is one where we don't have to go all the way to Eastern Europe: Chelsea Benfica Basle APOEL

This is what's always made me apprehensive of visiting Europe to watch football. I know England, Germany and France are okay, but the rest of the continent, I've heard, can be awful to play in or visit. I want to go to Russia in 2018, but I'm not going to go unless I go in a group of 10 or 15.

Because he's Mexican and the other is Japanese? And I think there's some rule which says you have to have played in 75% first team international matches over 2 years or you don't count as an international. I have no knowledge at all of British immigration law, so I am probably horribly wrong with the above guess. Apologies if I am, in advance.

Mata is already a legend in my book for saying "Sorry, but I have never heard of Tottenham Hotspurs".

And Aguero. Is there a problem with using google chrome on these forums? I haven't been able to edit a post in weeks.

What is with Man City and trying to buy every striker on the planet? I count Santa Cruz, Adebayor, Dzeko, Tevez, Balotelli, and Bellamy.

Bloody Hamburg again!

Bloody Hamburg again!

With Valencia losing all of their World Cup winners, La Liga is going to be a joke this year. Wouldn't surprise me if the big two racked up 100 points each.

Being small isn't a problem, even though some would have you believe a small team wouldn't survive a trip to the Britannia on a cold Tuesday night. I welcome this change where we have small, skilful players rather than powerful players.

Even after all these years no one's surpassed David Beckham at taking corners.

Not sure about corners, maybe Malouda? And as for free kicks I'm sure one of Lampard, Drogba, David Luiz or Alex will be on the pitch at any given time. We should be fine with that.

I think it would be a mistake to let him go before the summer. Either way we're not going to get a lot for a cup-tied 33 year old in the last year of his contract with massive wage demands, so we'd be losing a maximum of 3 or 4 million if we don't let him go in January.

Here's an article about him http://www.fanhouse.co.uk/2011/07/09/who-is-marko-marin-werder-bremen-winger-and-transfer-target-for/

Marko Marin for me. He's a bit inconsistent, but when he plays well he's incredible to watch.