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Schweinsteiger is a workhorse with just about enough skill for a wide player. In that sense, he seems to fit Rafa's plans in the same way as for instance Kuyt does. Not sure if need more workers though. I think we'd be better off with someone with that bit of extra skill, as we have plenty of hard workers in the team already (Riise, Momo, Gerrard, Kuyt etc.). My 3 would be: Quaresma Alves Villa I think we'd be well stocked with these 3. Possibilities all around: GK: Reina, Carson LB: Riise, Aurelio, Arbeloa, Finnan(!), Insua RB: Alves, Finnan, Arbeloa CB: Carragher, Agger, Hyypiä, Arbeloa, Paletta LM: Quaresma, Kewell, Gonzalez, Leto, Riise, Garcia RM: Alves, Gerrard, Quaresma, Pennant, Garcia CM: Gerrard, Alonso, Mascherano, Sissoko, (Zenden) CF: Villa, Kuyt, Bellamy, Crouch, Voronin Obviously if we signed those 3, some of the ones I've listed above would leave no doubt, but I would happily let, say Crouch, Pennant, Garcia and Gonzalez leave if it meant we signed them 3. We could go for something like this just as one example: ---------------Reina---------------- Alves, Carragher, Agger, Finnan ------Mascherano-Alonso--------- Quaresma----Gerrard-----Kewell ---------------Villa------------------ IMO, Finnan could provide more stability if he was coached to play left back (a'la Dennis Irwin) than Riise, which would be needed if we were to play Alves on the right of the defence. We'd also have enough attacking threat from the front 4 supported by a marauding Alves and occasionally Alonso with more than enough defensive cover by the 2 midfield sitters and even Gerrard. All ifs and buts though, but if ManU can piss away with the league title with this type of formation: -------------Carrick------------ Ronaldo----Scholes-----Giggs ---------Rooney---------------- -----------------Saha----------- ...then I don't think we'd be "too attacking" with the type of formation I suggested above.

Hyypiä is not playing, as Finland don't have a game today. Shalom Israel!

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We could still need him either in the league or in the CL, if one of the CBs gets injured. Could see Rafa giving Paletta a run out in the league e.g. if Carra got injured and he needed Sami for the CL.

You could add Chelsea: Do they even have any homegrown players in their squad Terry aside (and wasn't he poached from West Ham's academy anyway?) ? There is no way in any terms no matter, which way you turn the argument though, that you could rely on producing all your best players yourself and be one of the leading teams in Europe.

To be fair, every time I watch Sevilla, they seem to create about 180-250 clear cut openings and still score only 2 or 3 goals. And it's a bit similar with Barca as well. I'd obviously love those signings though!

Straight out of Lampard's book We need someone to score this type of goals

AFAIK SG LFC TNS 5G+?A IMHO!

Judging by the ressies higlights, Idrizaj looks like a slightly less talented Le Tallec.

Bayer Leverkusen [1 - 0] Monchengladbach 90' [1 - 0] A. Voronin

Read that as oot's and foreigners

Rather sign James Beattie than Owen based on the last 4-5 years.

"I don't enjoy watching football, just don't see the point."

I thought no-one would that

The fact that he won more headers in his brief cameo against the Mancs than he has done in many other games should provide a clue to the above questions.

Kuyt needs to start working for the team or else he will be sold in the summer.

Hope we get Milan and beat the f*** out of them so that Kaka will see the light and join us in the summer. Then in the semis, we get Valencia and again duly beat the crap out of them so that Villa will see the light and join us in the summer. In the final, we can then beat the Mancs and Ronal...

It's not that bloody difficult to spell his name Frank Rijkaard

Quaresma. Sign him!

Bellamy?

I'd still say that Momo has to develop his on the ball skills to keep his place ahead of Mascherano next season. Gerrard and Alonso are pretty much permanent fixtures in the side and we'll get someone for left wing I hope (unless Harry recovers miraculously).

Still on?

2nd penalty was as blatant as they come.

There you go then. They have been absolute dogs**** and still manage to win.