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Managers

AC Milan - SPARE TEAM
Arsenal - InTheFastLane
Barcelona - kamran
Bayern Munich - Fisherunited
Chelsea - onlytreblewinners
Inter Milan - LukeLovesLuka
Juventus - SirJohnnyEnglish
Liverpool - fernando
Lyon - Tom
Manchester City - SuperPav9
Manchester Utd - Cor Blimey Guvnor
Real Madrid - jimbohammers
Roma - followfollow1972
Tottenham - pullthestrings

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Teams

AC Milan - £50m
Arsenal - £50m
Barcelona - £0m
Bayern Munich - £50m
Chelsea - £10m
Inter Milan - £30m
Juventus - £100m
Liverpool - £80m
Lyon - £100m
Manchester City - £20m
Manchester Utd - £30m
Real Madrid - £0m
Roma - £120m
Tottenham - £90m

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Rules

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League Table

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Statistics

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Transfer Confirmation

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Released Players

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Set Information

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Original Squads

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Morning

Morning.

Vermaelen injured again. Is he ever fit?

Morning all

OTW - I like Adam Johnson and does make a difference. Pity Mancini doesnt give him a run.

I do think Downing is better but AJ is a good player IMO - takes players on and can shoot - unlike Wallcott

I think Adam Johnson has flashes of brilliance but is a bit like Walcott, he lacks consistency. He'll have a couple of good moments but waste many other good chances.

I rate AJ better than Wallcott as he has better ball control - can play on the wings and beat defenders.

Would have liked Arsene to have signed AJ when selling Nasri
Anyway, Arsenal up for deals and Wallcott has been sold

Morning

Real Madrid up for deals

As are Roma

Luke - what day/time are you planning for foreigns?



Nobody seems to want Arsenal players

Probably next Monday at 12pm

?

Week after domestics opened, standard stuff....

I meant

Lol.

Anyone see the C Ronaldo interview yesterday?

He was struggling to admit the Messi is the best player in the world right now

Thats understandable Kamran. A player of his ability and with his record would normally be the best player in the world, easily, in most era's. He's unfortunate that he is playing at the same time as Messi, and that Messi plays for Barcelona really...

Ronaldo for me has it all - however, not as much of a team player than Messi which does irritate me.

Off to lunch

What about releases? When will that be open?

Always 9am on the day after foreigns

If Gary Cook did send that email to Onuoha's mother, then I hope they sack him asap and her son to have 12 rounds with him

Vermaelen out again - WTF - What is he made of plasticine

Predo's for tonight?

England 4-2 Wales

Either 3-0 to England, or a nervy 0-0 with Bale tearing us to shreds.

Hopefully the former

3-1 Eng..Wallcott hat-trick

0-0 is 16/1... tempting.

I'll go for 3-0 myself.

Gary Cook

I reckon 3-1 ish.

Barry Bannan

Morning all

Another average performance from England.

Can't see them beating the likes of France, Spain, Holland and Germany.

We were pants most of the match tbh. The goal was good but not much else.

Up for deals.

I'm up for deals too. Anyone selling for cash? I guess there is less quality in foreigns these days.

To be honest, I think we'd play better if we were against a top team. We won which is what counts, the performance wasn't there but it's all about the three points. If Man Utd, Chelsea, or even Spain, Germany play badly but win, it gets called 'a winning mentality' Maybe Capello has instilled this into the players?

OTW - I don't we we would get the ball back against a top team. We did well on the wings but in midfield Ramsey was dominating.

The thing is that England have not performed very good against a top team for quite a while and cannot expect them to do it straight away.

Our CM is the problem...as always

I dunno - Wilshere was out for the game, and I think Walcott would pose questions with his pace against some aging left backs.

Think Wilshere and Milner would be a very strong midfield partnership. Between them there'd be plenty of energy and both can go in with a tackle, I think Milner gets a lot of unfair stick.

------------Wilshere------Milner
-------------------Lampard
------Walcott----------------------Young
--------------------Rooney

Belief seems to be the problem as well. I always say that the mood of the players mirrors that of the fans no matter what the players say in public. At present, as England fans, can any of us say we're confident of getting a result against the big countries? Or even some of the smaller ones? I'm not confident at all and I think the players, deep down, feel the same. Not too surprising that they do not perform really.

Not sure how best to instill that confidence but don't think Capello is the man to do it. 'Arry is what we need imo.

I think Capello was picked for the job because he is a winner, has won trophies all over Europe. He can also control some of the big egos in the dressing room.

I think some players are full of belief, looking at Young and Rooney I think they're full of confidence from the start they've had together at United

I agree Milner gets unfair stick but he is a 'grafter' rather than a creator in midfield.

I cant see England dominating the CM against the big boys though

The return of Stevie Me may help. I don't like him but he is a good player.

Gerrard in for Lampard
Wilshere in for Gareth Barry
Cleverley used more
Bent used as striker alongside Rooney maybe.
Walcott/AJ in for Downing.

Think we'd be a much better side with this.

Oh and Rio back

Very quiet today. Anyone around?

I'm here, doing deals is difficult though

Agreed. We could do with foreigns really.

Some of the managers are very quiet as well. I know Jimbo is away until tomorrow but not heard much from the two Milan clubs. Not sure if their managers are off as well.

Me too - Arsenal will be a toughie for anyone this year

How are you guys feeling about this weekend's matches?

I guess you're brimming with confidence otw although Bolton can always be tricky. Arsenal really ought to get their season going on Saturday. A man sausage up in that match would be a real concern for the Gooners.

quite looking forward to saturday to see what the new signings bring to the side i won't be around on saturday due to being at the emirates

man sausage?

I suppose it is an accurate replacement for my original word.

Are you a ST holder fernando ?

Yeah I'm really confident in the game, I feel sorry for Berbatov and his treatment. He's now fourth choice striker. Bolton are always a tricky opponent though, I agree. We've had players go away on internationals while most of Bolton's squad can prepare for this game. I reckon Utd win, but a close-ish game.

Arsenal should beat Swansea, wonder how many of their new signings will start? Very interested in how Arteta mainly performs.

Nah im not a St holder but the game went on General sale so i thought why not

Im going to the Arsenal vs Swansea game too

Hope we win 5-0

Up for deals..

Same...