Bananas

Back to more important issues. What is happening with signing a quality CB ? If this ever happens, I'm going to get a bottle of scotch, strip down to my underwear and start dancing tsiftetelia.

Agree about Mateous. I am not keen about this signing and won't mind if it falls through. They guy is 33 years old and I'd be surprised if he has 90 minutes in him week in week out. Maybe he could be another Vukic, that is, a super substitute, but I'd rather we get someone younger or give one of our younger players more game time.

Looks like it's going to go down to the wire. Having said that, if 50.01% of the population want to leave the EU, I don't know if that's enough of a majority given the magnitude of what is at stake. Likewise, if 50.01% of the population want to stay, having 49.99% that don't want to be in the EU is not encouraging either.

Hopefully he gets to training on time. ;)

There is nothing wrong with spending 2 million on a player, as long as they're worth it. At that price, they must be 100% starting material and clearly be an upgrade in whatever position they play. The question is, are any of these players worth it ?

I don't know if anyone else has seen the latest episode of Game of Thrones Battle of the Bastards, but it was I-N-S-A-N-E !!!

They say music calms the savage beast. Maybe this will help.

1789's posts are a joy to behold. I love it when I click over to a new page in a thread, and there it is, a wall of text with the avatar of Machlas pinned to it. If I have to scroll down because the wall of text doesn't fit onto the one screen, all the better. Sometimes, I might even make myself a herbal tea and really get into rancho relaxo mode before I start reading the wall of text.

You applied the kiss of death once again.

What is the meaning of cutting their heads off ? If it is to show disrespect then the goal has been achieved. If they wanted to show the body for proof, then show the body. There is no need to desecrate it. I guess it's all about dehumanising your enemy, which then validates any actions against them.

I've never been a fan of Samaris. Whenever I've watched him I shake my head and wonder why Benfica paid so much for him. But I'll tell you what, his performance in the second game against Australia was nothing short of superb. He was in the middle of the park and played more like a traditional number 8 (a very underrated position). He wasn't sitting deep in the DM role which I believe does not suit him. If you're going to get the best out of him, he needs to be a bit further up the pitch. The grunt work of being the DM doesn't suit him.

The EU as a basic concept has gone too far. A lot of the basic concepts to help increase trade are good. Having consistent environmental standard are good. Avoiding trade wars is good. But when the EU can say to one country "you're naughty, how about I stop giving you money until you do what I say" then it's gone way way way too far. What the EU did to Greece just prior to the OXI vote was an abomination and should have outraged the nation. I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel, just years of the same. In the future people will look back on this period as one of the darkest in our modern history.

The whole Noboa saga was disappointing. On paper and considering his wage he should have dominated the midfield. He wasn't bad and he clocked up lots of kilometers (pull out your calculators you yanks) but he just wasn't the player I was hoping for that could just say to the opposition "f--k off, this midfield is mine".

According to Wikipedia, he won the Foreign Player of the Year award so you'd think he is decent. The other notable thing on Wikipedia is that Malaga apparently offered 6 million for him and that offer was rejected ?! Makes you wonder if this rumour has any merit.

Ha ha, the first thing I thought was Hernan Crespo must be in his 40's ?! Man, he was a good striker.

Pereyra!! Let's see if he does a Tevez and fails to come. He's not that stupid is he ?

That's the thing. Now that Berbatov is gone he'll be the on the highest salary in the team. If you're on the highest wage you better be a very good player, otherwise resentment will start within the squad will kick in.

Pelkas in one word, unreliable. Pelkas can often disappear during a game for many minutes. His A-game you could say is better than Mystakidis but not by much. Mystakidis on the other hand is consistent. I have not seen him drift in and out of games the way Pelkas does. He also has a tendency to score goals during tough games or when the team really needs a goal, whereas Pelkas tends to play at his best when the pressure isn't on. All this sounds like I don't rate Pelkas. I do, but he has a long way to go. He's still a boy. Mistakidis is far more developed in my eyes even if he isn't as technically gifted. As for Fetfa, I can't take him seriously for the NT. He's 25 years of age and he's spent more minutes in his career on the bench than on the pitch. Don't be seduced by the flicks and tricks. There's a reason why he's been riding the bench most of his career.

Sometimes I'd love to be a billionaire, just to have fun for a time. I'd buy 11 right backs who are all at least 33 years of age, and play them all in the first 11. You want right backs, I'll give you RIGHT BACKS !!!

+1 Not so! I'd post a pic of myself to prove the point, but I don't want you getting excited. Who knows what your crazy imagination will conjure up ?

Ha ha!

Thus the conundrum. If Mitroglou doesn't run, either someone else has to do his running for him, or a hole appears in the tactics. That Mitroglou is a better striker than Vellios currently in positioning, finishing and general vision is beyond dispute. But, the problem is the team has to adapt to him, rather the other way around.

Mak to start for Slovakia. I'm torn. On the one hand I want him to have a great tournament and maximise his sale price. On the other hand if he happens to have a really poor tournament, he might stick with PAOK. Ah, conundrums.

I haven't really been following this. Is there a chance Brexit could actually happen ? It would be huge blow to the EU project. It's interesting that all the "serious" commentators paint Brexit as a financial disaster. I'm not in a position to judge the financial implications, but for myself, the fact that the EU is fundamentally undemocratic and unrepresentative entity, the answer is GTFO now. A big OXI for me.

Say it isn't so. It's expensive signings that flop that can cause things to unravel quickly. The youtube video I saw of him missing goal after goal is not encouraging either.