Damian_de

Been banging this drum for a while. He will cost plenty, but Udinese are a club who would be happy to sell most likely (plenty of talk that they were hoping to sell him on last summer after the WC). He is class.

There are a few reasons why Italian teams look so poor in Europe, and the prevalence of 4312 in Serie A is one of them. It's done as a formation at the moment.

Last time we didn't have European footie we signed Hyypia and Hamann amongst others

12 points between the bottom of the league and us in 6th. crazy season. the bottom of the league is really interesting this year. meanwhile, Udine won 7-0 away against Palermo and they didn't score in the last half hour! Alexis Sanchez scored 4... hope we have him as a candidate, but he will cost big money.

Absolutely. While his wages are a big issue in terms of moving him on, I'm not certain they were the only factor in signing for us. I've seen him loads of times before he signed for us saying that Anfield is the best stadium and the Kop the best fans. He really wants to play here, IMO. Doesn't help him if he is criminal like he has been so far, unfortunately. It really was Championship Manager at our club last summer.

The Skrote should and will start ahead of Wilson if Agger is unfit.

Kuyt Agger Mereiles

I'm talking about the fact that a big part of his job tonight was to take the physical battle with their centre halves rather than being an out and out goal threat. It's hardly thrilling stuff, but the reason why he gets picked rather than 'something better in the reserves'.

Nah. He took the physical punishment which was a big part of his role tonight. THAT is the advantage he has over the younger forwards. edit: fair play to Repka, played both legs with the heart of a lion, the brain of a mentalist.

Just as well we drew Sparta Prague in this round!

I don't think Barca have anything to worry about for the return, they have been dominant despite the scoreline.

Lol at DH in here. You must be ready for some rough love this evening if you reckon you can take this thread on. f*** off Purslow.

don't think so

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f*** that, bring back Roy

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Oh dear!

What a weird article that was, especially his comment about Comolli being a rushed appointment without really justifying why he was saying it.

Agree with a, definitely

Yup. I would like to see that list. I bet Llorente was on it. Cavani? Maybe... Not to mention 500k is pish in the ocean of Everton's financial woes

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Love the way they backed him yesterday. Very positive. Also can't wait to see Carroll in red - never thought we'd be in for him, and tbh I haven't seen that much of him, but I thought he was excellent against us. Suarez... let's hope Tim Vickery is right about him.

Is it true that Delap once made 0 successful passes in a match except for throw ins? Sure I saw that on Opta

Personally I would prefer to see Young AND Carroll if we're going to blow our wedge same day.

Whichever way you look at it that is a massive gamble, but f*** it, 35M on a centre forward? Why not?