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  1.    trunker reacted to a post in a topic: Tiémoué Bakayoko
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  5. trunker replied to Adam's topic in Entertainment
    there are quite a few and not necessarily hitchhikers ...I think any random event (the flashing beacons not the question mark) that requires a lift is fair gameLook at the rockstar social club checklist and on the map deselect all but random events>not found, hover over the random events thumbnails and you might get clues who needs a pickup (hitch lift 1, hitch lift 2 and such) go to the blip On my mobile so not sure if the white blips include a description if the event :( You get the idea:)
  6. I'm sure they've clashed in la liga 9 times Jose only losing 1?
  7. Basels best player is probably stocker ...imo, the right winger - salah(?)is well overrated, pacy and tricky for sure but when he did breach ashs' attention it was his rapist touch that allowed Cech to claim... a trait the lad showed v spuds barring the fluke toe poke goal, raw talent with very poor decision making and composure no surprise he was hauled off - either that or Ash cancelled him out that bad :) Side show for me :) hazard almost had it but for those missed chances
  8. I seriously doubt Jose will give Roman the opportunity to mess with his team a la sheva and co. a second time and least of all the record breaking privilege of firing the special one twice. Jose will want a strong % of control and really only United, Everton and possibly stoke manager hold that level of control of signings in the league ...not even Wenger controls his in/outs these days non starter for me, first order of business for Jose would be keeping lamps cos his best teams have been loaded with experience and that's probably a non starter for Roman I can't imagine the disdain with which José would hold Romans pencil pushing snakes interfering with team affairs and if you believe everything you read issuing 'Torres' type ultimatum to play certain players or else ...which already happened with sheva he'll stroll through ligue A with PSG till the United hot seat is ready, ibra fits his mould for strong front men like drogba ...milito, money no issue. Done really
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  10. Isn't there a theory that winning 'everything' makes it easier for some players/managers to leave in search of the next challenge, I believe drogba did say if he didn't win the CL he would almost definitely have stayed for one last go, with most foreign players there's always that risk but perhaps unlike fabregas; Mata and say Silva have already done their time at their boyhood club Valencia who probably can't afford to lure them back apart from perhaps a retirement dealie a la Zola? A big part of it will be how much the player loves the city almost as much as the club or winning trophies, if their families settle you could be looking at a Zola type or Arteta type who love the English life as much as the English game as opposed to a crespo or Reyes type who you feel regardless of pay or prizes would always want to return 'home' I don't see Mata having any real affinity for the big 2 la liga boys, as far as Spanish ambitions go he'll want to crack the national side long term which he can do winning with us, from everything I've seen, read and heard from him he looks like a stayer
  11. You sort of left us hanging there, you haven't filled in or at least referenced the unbalanced part of the article? not a call out but I'd like to know myself also don't think his agents need to peddle him with a press release, from Hoff, to West ham, to Newcastle he's done his self promo on the pitch
  12. Frank had said he wants to be at the heart of a winning club, it's been written he won't accept a reduced role which is probably true as he made clear under AVB if he was fit he would not accept a bench slot quietly, so he needs (deserves, has earned) a near first team guarantee Why then would he accept 100k less to potentially play the full season and contribute his goals etc to a winning team - no one does that so as altruistic as it sounds it's ridiculously implausible when he could pull a near Beckham package in America or at least increase his wages plus massive sign on fee at a number of European clubs English players rarely want to leave the country and Frank is a londoner through and through so is possible he may be willing to compromise to remain close to his dad, family etc but that headline is frankly outlandish
  13. Couldn't put it any better Davey, not giving RDM the job in context of the fee to porto and AVB's payoff, payoffs to Avram, scolari and all the other failures says failure is rewarded cos let's face it the aforementioned would be comparatively better of financially than a dismissed RDM, Robbie not only saved face for the board as spending a fortune to hire and fire the biggest managerial flop (for whatever reason) in Romans time would surely have cost someone IF we ended up outside the CL and without the revenue post Napoli ...which is where we would have been dumped out, with Ashley, lampard frozen out you could expect dissent from some senior players, could we really consider or afford replacing drogba, nico, kalou, lamps, Ashley, malouda, in one window with first team quality? Unlikely I didn't follow robbies west brom career but i doubt he won promotion defending like a did v barca, no way ...if anything his flaw was allegedly defensive? So if anything he's added steel to his repertoire ...I heard zola say he 'knows' robbie wants to play different but... Needs must and such against Napoli we set about them the right way and what we got offensively out of ramires, ivanovic inand around the box counters some of the negative tactical arguments imagine what he could do with the right players ...this guy plotted a course to the holy grail with such world beaters as kalou??? No chance the senior players just somehow did this by default for some last hurrah, drogba as we know can be notoriously unbothered he would never have been in the defensive positions to concede two penalties in the semi and final if not by instruction ...carbon copy of etoo for inter under Jose in their cl winning run, Mata, Torres, drogba himself have spoken of how much they didn't enjoy playing that way so im certain it was robbies tactics that won it If this plays out as a fair interview perhaps Roman should ask the candidates IF they have a euro record against the ilk of Napoli, bayern, and what their recent records are against barca ...even bielsa would be embarrassed. Its one thing to sniff at pragmatic football that wins when 'champagne' football failed in the europa final, copa del rey or both legs v barca in la Liga Also funny to hear redknapp whining 1 year contract undermines a managers authority ...our care taker took care of business with a 4 month mandate and no moaning and commanded the respect of the squad, made the big calls like dropping torres, persisting with rami almost as a wide attacker, resisting sturridges pace for balance instead, watching the CL final again and the images of Ashleys celebration with robbie and Ashley repeatedly pokes robbie in the chest and side as if to say "you did this" again and again as though robbie would not accept that ...contrast ashleys look of disgust when the injury to our stellar LB bosingwa forced AVB to turn to him with egg on face Napoli first leg - just pointing out the difference in respect Would simply be a massive own goal to let robbie go after which i doubt he like jose, clarke, rodgers, or wilkins - will ever return, the man is Chelsea through and through ...at least a fair go at it cos from big Phil to AVB you never know what you're gonna get tapatalk on HTC desire
  14. Absolutely, playing the 30yr = 1yr card with drogba lamps JT. would see them stroll into 3 or even 4 year deals in quite a few top sides, Jose/inter would have jumped at a 29 year old lamps, same city for JT and 3 years ago a 29/30 drogba would have had his pick of 3 year contracts in any top league with hefty sign ons if they ran down their contracts knowing there was an age 30 contract cap. tapatalk on HTC desire
  15. Heck even barca have domestic problems but for me the 4th place melee will come down to which team has the goals for, defensive frailties are common denominator so goals against less a factor Our record against the bottom teams and newly promoteds is shocking ...scoring and clean sheet wise and it's not like we have the historical barnstorming 2nd half to the season utd may be famed for Something has to change, the results over the last 10 games proves the team as is don't work in some default 4-3-3-hey-it's-the-Chelsea-dna ...calling out the managers tactics as much as the players commitment, we just seem to participate in games - unable to dictate, fair play for 2nd half reactions v city and spurs but we used to be able to go for teams, turn the screw and keep twisting, Jose always had a plan A and sub on his plan B right in the first half if need be Manager just seems to be standing in hope, his hands must be tied when he has to pick Malouda in his first 11, you and I could have told him which players were not worthy of a title challenge post Carlo ...I didn't need to be up close with them in preseason to call it, Nico, Kalou, Torres, Drogba were never going to fire us along 4 comps Goal scoring form must be found ...that or a miracle tapatalk on HTC desire
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