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John Barnes did too, as does Kaka now.

Agreed, but Dvid James had lots of immaculate games for Liverpool which were more memorable for a mistake. That's the pain of playing in goal or at cente-back - a bad mistake usually costs a goal.

At least you're not bitter.

Am I forgetting something or did Carra not give away a fairly ridiculous pen that almost cost us the game?

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Agree though that it's down to both. Best also said that at, I think 15/16, his weaker foot was awful. He simply started training only with that foot and kept doing so until it was as good as his other foot.

I've been on the waiting list since 1994. Never hear anything from the club. Have written three times asking the TO what the position is, to confirm new address details etc, and heard nothing at all. I read somewhere the list is still written out longhand in a book. Seriously. Personally I;d be in favour of paying some small amount of money as a deposit to stay on the list. At least then the club would know how many people on there really want a season ticket.

If Riise had some on here (for reasons I've never really got) would probably give him a piggy back all the way to Old Trafford.

"Parry's vision for world domination" If Parry really did dominate the world it'd be an interesting place...

He says in the full article that when he came to England aged about 16 or 17 I think from Australia (by himself) he was on trial at Middlesborough. Jack Charlton told him "hey Kangaroo, f*** off back to AUstralia, you're the worst player I've ever seen". Craig was too embarassed to go home becuase his family had sacrificed a lot to get him to England so he just kept practising and turning u pto train with the Boro reserves without Charlton;s knoweldge until he made it. Reading that article I thought he came across as very naive in business terms but as a very interesting bloke who's full of ideas. Giving up football at his peak to look after his sick sister is pretty admirable too.

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That's a myth. He just logs on here and then proceeds to YouTube to view the clips if lots of people rate the player.

So he's competing against 8 for four staring positions...comprende?

I saw a quote from Babel sayign he'd been told by Rafa that he would be competing with 6 other players for 4 positions in the 'forward line'. Assuming the forward line is 2 forwards and 2 wingers I reckon it's more like 8 players he'll be competing against... Torres Kuyt Crouch Voronin Pennant Benayoun Kewell Leto

I'd like a bit of whatever you're on...

Garcia's signing is all over the internet, except on the Offal. A bit of news and a few clips of his greatest moments wouldn't go amiss...

Given the work of (ap)prentice recently I'd rather miss Bascombe's match reports than his close season knowledge. He may not be great but he's the best we've currently got.

Nice job Bascombe's got. Phone up Rafa for a chat, write an article every day, take a 4 week holiday at arguably the busiest time of the year for an echo football writer...

Was speaking to a journalist on Friday night who said BBC understands = the press office have told us but don't want to be attributed or go on the record.

Mourinho has also recommended him to certain clubs too.

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Doubt that very much. Momo's best asset is is his stamina which is barely used at CB. His three worst are positional sense, giving the ball away and giving away fouls. Allof which are awful qualities in a CB.

That may not be better.

I agree.