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Well its not difficult to see why, if you have your youth set up orientated around a competitive competition or competitions, then you train and play players in a manner to win games, which with young, growing players, always means its those that are fastest/biggest/strongest earlier that...

Which all evidence shows you is nonsense, which is why the majority of coaching thought now suggests a move back from highly competitive nurturing of young players is better. Because its clear what that gives you is a youth production of generic athletic, strong, big players, with a big deficit...

Your country has had a highly competitive youth league set up for decades, and look what has happened - despite all the investment, your national team is a joke, a collection of very mediocre, there is a reason there is no British Xavi or Pirlo. And any claims that a more competitive based...

Totally wrong approach on how to develop youth in my view, which should be moving further from competition and more academy and training approach rather than purely competitive. Having more emphasis on being competitive just furthers the problem of those players that are that bigger and faster...

Exactly what I mean by "2 strikers".

As it happens Milan have very close ties to Lugano and the casino, but no, he will never be in Milan, he couldn't or wouldn't want to function with the 2 striker minimum formation.

There is nothing especially prestigious about the school in Lugano, certainly nothing that cant be had in Spain or Madrid itself. ;)

Why has he just enrolled his kids at a school in Lugano (in Switzerland but near Milano, and very close to where the Inter training camp is) ?

I can imagine, tictacs have a laxative effect. Fact.

Yep, finally something vaguely on topic. The greatest gol ever scored in Estadio Bernabeu. Ever!

What has Robinho got to do with it? We paid 18M for him and he has been brilliant, 10x the player Kaka' has been for Madrid at x3 the cost.

Well am pretty sure all of that 56M you wasted on that cripple Kaka' is cash ;)

Well you have quite a bit wrong there. For a start Milan have as much money to spend on any player as Berlusconi wants, and he is a billionaire. And Ibra is a MILAN PLAYER - his contract with us is a permanent one, Barcelona have no rights to him at all, only 24M€ compensation. So he is ours to...

Yeah, the tactical thing is really such a ridiculous discussion, it was pretty much put to bed in the 1920's, can't believe there is anyone with an interest in football who would dismiss the importance of tactics so easily. Shocking. Ibra always said (fat) Ronaldo was his idol - a man that...

Maybe at playing with your friends in the park level, but not at the top level, not at Classico level. At the highest level, when both teams have 11 supreme athletes, with the best of skill and experience, plus a bench of more, its the tactical differences that more often than not make the...

If that were true, why are Argentina not World Champions? The reason is down to them having a cretin for a manager, while Spain who despite being much more drab by comparison, had a solid system, as well as good players.

+ Chygrynsky, Caceras, and that Brazilian guy, Keyring or whatever he was called = fire sale. Rosell even admitted he had to sell players to cover debt, and I take his opinion to be more informed that yours if am honest.

I know eh, because as we know Barcelona have lots of cash to splash around. I mean its not like they had to have a fire sale of players in the summer to stem huge losses, cancel all projects on the books, and by its presidents own admission, sign a shirt sponsor to save the club from its massive...

Yeah you caught us out, we are broke and will default on the Ibra deal. He will be yours again next season, enjoy that.

Pato wouldn't really work if you have Higuaín, it would be Zlatan for sure, he is more what you need, Mourinho loves him, and Perez can't resist a famous name, especially if its a name that pisses off Barca.