Maldini

I reckon Cisse might start, Al-Ittihad were causing all sorts of problems for them with balls over the top to Kallon.

Yeah, or the Intertoto, the issue came up when Andrade was linked with us before the season started Read it on UEFA.com, anyway as eoin said, we're making the same point Just for the benefit of those who haven't seen it: Article 15.13 of the CL regulations says "One player from the above quota of three who has competed for another competing club in the current season may exceptionally be registered by 1 February 2006 provided his club is taking part in a UEFA club competition other than the one which his former club is participating in or has participated in the current season. So if we did sign two players who'd played in the UEFA we'd only be able to register one, and if we sign 4 players in the Jan window we can only register 3.

Think I know the guy you mean, he's rarely on it anymore, think he does all the GAA stuff. It's usually Eoin McDevitt and Ken Earley now. They get some good interviews on the rest of the show, but the football bit is pathetic.

I never really listened to it much before but I subscribed to the podcast a couple of weeks back and have been listening since. Anyone else listen to it? It's f*cking awful, the presenters are sensationalist morons who spend the whole show reading from the paper in a smug voice and pontificating on topics they know f*** all about. It sounds really amateurish.

This content is not viewable to guests.,This content is not viewable to guests.

He can play for Bolton in Europe after christmas because they're in a different tournament to the one he's already played in. UEFA changed the rule at the start of the season.

Sao Paolo's wing backs are their most dangerous players strangely enough. Both of them are lightning quick and good crossers. Their playmaker Danilo is alright but he looks like a bit of a fairweather player. Their front two today was Aloisio (formerly of PSG) and Amoroso (formerly of Parma, Borrusia etc.) Aloisio is a bit of a Heksey type player, big and strong but he wasn't involved much in the play. Amoroso's lost a lot of pace but he's still a good finisher if people feed him the chances. They play a 3-5-2 formation but the wing backs didn't defend much and the CBs were spread pretty far apart. Long balls over the top were causing them problems all day.

Yeah, what's so unfeasible about it?

Both of them were sh*te

yeah, he seems to be running their CBs ragged, they're spread too far apart because the wing backs are bombing on. I'd say they'll get a roasting at half-time from the boss and sort it in the second half

I wasn't really that impressed by Deco until he went to Barca but he has a lot more to his game than I had previously given him credit for. I wonder if there's more to this than meets the eye though, Lampard has been vocal about wanting to play for Barca in the future this week, maybe there'll be some sort of swap deal.

Al-Ittihad were by far the better team in the twenty minutes I saw

Oh that's on Setanta, I'm gonna go watch it

Huh? They're polar opposites

"Lov goes where nobody knows"

I meant more that both look like world beaters in small doses but neither can maintain that high standard very long.

This content is not viewable to guests.,This content is not viewable to guests.

I think that might have been what it was over alright

This content is not viewable to guests.,This content is not viewable to guests.

Rommedahl Mk. II

They had a bust-up the week before

This content is not viewable to guests.,This content is not viewable to guests.

Apparently he's going to Real too, along with Cassano. Ashley Cole is reportedly off there in the summer.

If Keane signs for Real I'm gonna stick a few quid on them for the league. He's EXACTLY the player they need, they're only 6 points behind Barca and Xavi, the brains of the Barca team is out for 6 months. It's going to be an interesting few months in Spain.