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He's been below par for his standards the last couple of games. He's being overplayed again by Wenger, who them goes on to whine when he gets called up for England duty, which is annoying. He really needs a break. He's just come back from a 16 moth injury for fuck sake, which was largely due to...

That's Charlie Colkett I believe, from Chelsea. Dan Smith isn't in that video.

He's the number 15: Daniel Trickett-Smith is another to watch out for.

Welbeck puts in better quality performances than Rooney does. I would drop Rooney before I would drop Welbeck. I'm not sure I would start Walcott either, not on the wing. I think I'd use him as an impact sub, Defoe too. Zaha hasn't chosen who he will play for yet. He can still play for Ivory...

No, I'm English. The rest of the world when it comes to youth development. Allen would be starting for England, nevermind getting close to the squad. He's easily a better CM than Cleverley, who is comparable to Ramsey, if not worse.

Lampard made the killer pass for two of the three goals that Chelsea scored against Barca last season. He offers the team much more than just the odd goal.

It's daft to stereotype "British" players (not saying that you are) because you're talking about four different footballing countries with four different setups. The Welsh are not miles behind like England are, their youth teams play possession football and they're probably punching above their...

This is crazy. £8.2m is peanuts. His wage demands must be ridiculous.

Would you be content Rob if Wenger put everything into the FA Cup and won it, if it meant bowing out of the Champions League earlier than you otherwise would have done?

I have to disagree with Smile. It's no fluke that England haven't produced any sort of volume of technically gifted players of late. It's party to do with the traditional style of English football not being that conducive to technical development, but mostly due to our utterly broken youth...

The thing with Gerrard is that he had a completely free role where he could run about like a lunatic, pinging decisive Hollywood balls or smashing goals in from distance or making crunching tackles. Everyone remember the goals that flew in and the balls that worked, but not all those that went...

It's because they bypass it a lot. They use it to shield the back four and recycle possession and not a great deal else. And for all his lack of dribbling ability, Carrick can still ping high quality long range balls and be relatively solid in possession, Scholes even more so.

Looks like United are odds on to get Zaha. Loads of skill, but still very raw. Still, probably an improvement on Young.

To be fair, I never said it was "largely" because of cheating, only that it has played a part in the past, a more objectionable part (in my opinion) than tactics like bus parking. I don't pretend that Barca are any worse than Chelsea even, only that slamming Chelsea for their football as if it's...

It hasn't been said on this page, the one before, or the one before that. I don't know how far you want me to read back, but either way using the quote function might have made your post look a little less random. What does it explain? ???

They didn't steal anything. They played the way they felt they needed to to win, and it worked. It was a pragmatic approach, just like Swansea's. It's not like they got there thanks to cheating, which is more than can be said for many a Barca campaign. Seriously, this arrogance and false sense...

He'll probably cash in and go to the US or China. I do think he could do quite well in Italy though, still has the legs for Serie A.

I don't think the money spent is really relevant. It doesn't matter how much they spent, they were still as inferior to Barca as Swansea are to them. I just found the hypocrisy funny, if not all that surprising! :lol:

They were both stonewall penalties. Nothing dubious about them.