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Russia deserved the victory, should have won 3:1 in normal time. Hiddink is the true special one at international football. When you need Robben the best, he mange to get himself injured in training, just like those years with us, good thing he's no longer with us.

He sent 2 crosses in to create clear cut chances for before the first German goal, at this level one of those 2 chances should have been converted. had Portugal took the lead with one of those chances, we would be talking about what he brilliant player he is. He will let few guys get past him, but he will create a lot more goal scoring chances for us. Contrary to most views here, I think he will be a pretty good player for us. If we compare him with Paulo, this is a guy doesn't let anyone get past him when he is at his best, but he never cross the half way line..

It's completely up to Lampard what he want to do next season. If the media is correct, the club will offer him the huge pay package, and Big Phil sees him as the key man in the team. What else can the club do if he want to leave? I dont mind Drogba staying, but he has to stop bitching to the media every week, and start playing like the 'best centre forward in the world'. I wonder what will Jose do with Adriano if he buys Drogba, maybe we can do a swap there.

I see no problem with maka leaving. I dont think he will get more than 20 games a year based on what happend this season. He may want a full season of football before he retires, and he wont get it with us..

Germany finally put the correct team on the park, that Gomez was awful in the past 3 games, cant believe it took this long to replace him with Schewngizer . Ballack proved himself to be a big game player again, Ronald proved otherwise. There wasnt much Big Phil could have done to save Portugal, he talked out the Genman aeril threat, and his players didnt even try to man mark Klose..

I heard from the match commentary that he started 12 Games for Real this season, and another half dozens as subs. We all know he got skills, but 20 something game a season is hardly acceptable for a 'star signing'. Real won the league because there was no competition, when they got knocked out by Roma in the CL, where was Robben? Generally Spanish defenders are a lot more 'gentle' than those of the EPL, and he couldnt play half of the time. If he ever comes back to EPL, anyone and everone will kick him out of the game..

We have seen this when we tried to Sheva few years back. Milan clamied he was not for sale, and he said he loved Milan, then out of the Blue he signed for us, the rest is history of course .. Milan wont sell him right now, but when the transfer window opens and they find themselves desperate for cash, they may let Kaka go. The rumour will live on until last day of August.

32. He never moans Money. I have no problem if he is the higest paid player at the club, which is clearly not the case. However we never heard him moaning in media (unlike some) about the Money.

IF the rumour is true, the only reason he want to join us is he want more money We had a Cashly already, do we need another? Why dont we just buy Villa? It's a lot easier.

Boula looked great last night, but he did spend half of the match against Malouda We all know how good Malouda is.. We may break even selling him after Euro 2008.

From what I saw last night, keep the door locked for this Gomis guy for heaven sake He's big but not strong enough to hold the ball, cant time him his run to meet any of the cross, cant pass the ball, best thing he has done all night was that blatant dive to get a freekick..

Liverpool wont get him, they will spend all the money to buy Stevie's best mate from Villa, and a new Risse..

Milan will NOT buy Sheva, they just want get him back for free or on loan. Therefore for once we made the 'right' decision. In the worst case, Sheva can still teach the young forwards a few things in training.

Drogba was going to go anyway, Inter seems to be the most logical choice for him, so good luck for him. Hopefully we get well compensated for that. Carvalho would be a huge lose if he goes, I cant see Alex replacing him, that means another major signing , and there arent many great defenders out there without costing an arm and a leg. I dont think Lampard will, but if he decides it's time to move on, then there is nothing we can do. Given what he has done for the club, we shall not hold grudge against him. If he goes, we will get a chance to solve the problem of 'rich resources' in midfield, either play 442 by having Essien and Ballack, or buy a creative midfield player, or at very least given Mikel more game time.

Stevie Me Gerrard is an absolute tool Last week it was 'give me the money for transfer or I aren't even going try for the league title', now he controls the transfer, I'm sure soon he will talk tactics as a player-manager.. Thank god we wasn't able to sign him up, imagine a dressing room with Gerrard, Gallas and Drogba..

Completely agree with BlitzH. Although Jose was not a fan of Scheva, he did play him in most matches last season in the CL. With Grant, there was no attempt to play Sheva anymore, and the purchase of Anelka sealed Sheva's fate. The best thing could happen now is we do a swap deal with Milan, give them Sheva , Droba in exchange of Kaka.

Spending 50 Millions on Torres would be a huge mistake. We could have signed him in the last few things for around 30 Millions. He proved to be a good scorer, but how many of those goals are against top teams? We give the fat c*unt 50 millions in cash, he will replace Torress with Etto or Villa with half of it, and fix the midfield and left back with a few millions to spare. I hope we arent that much of a dumb @ss..

The next manager will have a big say in who's leaving and who's staying. Imagine if Jose comes back, Drogba and Carvalho will definitely stay. If Mancini comes, he may want get rid half of the team and build one to his taste. The ones who are definitely going are Sidwell, Pizarro, Ben Haim, can't find place for those guys even in second 11..

My pick is Hiddink. Perfect timing for him to come after Euro 2008, his ability and record is for all to see. I would love to see Jose returns, however that is highly unlikely, unless Jose and Roman are able to put their ego back into their pockets. There is a good chance Jose will return few years down the track, but right now I believe he set his sight to Italy.

Anelka was a panic signing during January ( same can be said about that defender we signed ), due to the ANC and injury to Sheva. In my memory, Grant only played 442 when we were chasing games, so whats the point to buy a striker when there are already 3 strikers there fighting for 1 spot? I like to see him get a chance if we are going to play 442 next season, but I wont be missing anything if he goes.

I think he has gone, didn't deliver the trophy, and not the sexy football he promised either.

Maybe the media has blown his moaning out of proportion, but some of the stuff came out (or supposedly) of his mouth has been shocking, e.g. attempted to fake a injury to fail the medical, tried to go on strike, sick of the big money paid for his transfer... Regadless how good he is, the club should be put up with the rubbish he leaks to media every week. Swap him for David Villa and a few million pounds, I take that.

From the last 2 penalty shootouts I have seen, Cech never 'made himself big' or distract penalty takers in any legatimate way (let alone playing dirty tricks). For a man of his reach, by extending his arms out would have put doubt in penalty takers, but he just stood there in normal Goal keeping position. i take Cech over any GK in the world any day, but Penalty Saving is his weakness, and I dont see a quick fix for it.

The refree didnt do us any favour, but what about the old c*nt Fergie blatantly intimidate the refree before the second half? It was a disgraceful act of influencing refree during game, yet everyone looked the other way. To add insult the injury, the old c*nt still had the balls to claim ' we deserved it'..

It just wasnt our night, any one of those 3 shots against the woodwork could have gone in. GK had no chance against JT's penalty, unfortunately he slipped at the crucial second. Drogba lost his mind for that little slap, but wh the f** started that fight? The refree just let it go and only actioned after Drogba's moment of madness, a decent refree would have taken actions before the whole incident was blown out of proportion.. My final word on Grant, why did he leave the first sub until 3 minutes into extra time? With Rio struggle to stand on his feet, we had the perfect opportunity to win the game by running Kalou at him. We missed a trick to win the game in normal time by not pushing the fragile ManU defence. I appreciate what Grant has done, but he just doesn't have the killer instinct as a manager