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Did they really park the bus in that game though? They were just better.

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It is actually very similar. Rooney cited a lack of ambition as a reason for leaving, next thing you know he has a massive deal and Fergie gets a loads of cash to spend. Could this all be a ploy from RVP and Wenger?

I'm not convinced that Toral will make it for Arsenal to be honest, let alone Barca.

I thought the club released a statement basically distancing themselves from Bielsa and his opinions, and not backing him up or something?

Do you not think he may be doing it because he loves the club and doesn't want to see it stagnate?

As opposed to the usual state of affairs, where players are the ones used and thrown away.

Top left is the actual Etihad stadium I believe, the one near the middle will be for the youth teams. I think a lot more clubs will be trying to emulate Barca to a degree, as to get category one status for your academy you have to have residential facilities for the kids, and every team in the...

Proof if ever we needed it that the ranking system is bollocks. The reason England are that high is because there was only one (two if you count Italy) defeat since the last World Cup, a friendly against Holland.

Yeah but that place will take it to another level, especially with the new EPPP rules coming in.

Work has started on the Etihad campus: With the abolishment of the 90 minute rule and restrictions on contact time, City could have an incredible academy set-up soon.

A Euro win is more prestigious for a player, but the Champions League is of a higher standard of football. I wouldn't have thought that was a particularly controversial statement to make.

Without a doubt it is yes, but the more important part of the job is defending, where Cole is superior. Alba has plenty of time to catch up and even perhaps surpass Cole in that regard, but he isn't there yet.

Even if we only compare 1v1's, I think it's safe to say Cole would come out on top.

"by comparison" Think of how much pressure the Chelsea defence was under compared to Spain over this tournament.

No, I don't understand the relation. The quality of Spain compared to the quality of Chelsea has little to do with the comparison between Alba and Cole, and what little it does suggest doesn't help your argument one bit. If anything it makes what Cole achieved more impressive, as it's much...

He was a beast for a relatively weak side that managed to win the Champions League. He put much more of a left-backs performance in for Chelsea than Alba did for Spain. Alba barely had any defending to do, while Cole was under almost constant pressure by comparison. Um... what does this have...