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Could be good for us. He's definitely worth waiting for, and hopefully we can get back in the CL next year, proving more attractive to him.

Think it's overstated because of his price..

No mention of Sammy Lee there..

We are, aren't we?

Look, he may be a pikey, but he's our pikey.

Wonder whether the difference is less about the quality of players and more about the quality of coaching? Not sure if it relates specifically to spearing, but I think Flano and Robinson came through under Borrell & Seguera.

On the plus side, tehy've finally removed hodgson's gimp from the staff listing.

Who's congratulating them?

He's not as dynamic as gerrard, but seems more adept at a playmaking role, a bit like, that Alberto Aquilani chap at Juventus.

It's a good idea in theory, but I can't imagine how one player could get better once the forum has decided he's s***.

Another shortarse in midfield.

Actually, I was in BCN recently, and a Taxi Driver informed me that he was a long term target for them, and he has a flat near the camp nou, with some family living there.

On the basis of last night mourinho's got him running around too much and his lil legs can't keep up.

He adds some guile and class to our midfield,which we're lacking. He mightn't be the perfect player for every situations, but in games where we're crying out for a bit of flair against teams who park the bus, I think he'd be excellent.

I thought we were overrun in the first half as a result of nolan and barton dominating spearing and lucas. We couldn't keep the ball..

Was that before or after he punched a small child and threw up on a duck?

Carra isn't much bigger, Puyol is smaller.. Clichy is unpopular with the Arsenal fans I know. Headless chicken etc etc

I can't even see a beer there? There's a glass of white wine?

In the daily heil too. Not payed much attention to him, but is highly rated from memory. Anyone got more detail on him?

Indeed, I also imagine that we'll be competing for players, finishing higher than them in the league might help convince non boyhood reds to come here. Similarly europa league might be more appealing to players than no european competition.

Therefore Traore > Torres?

FWIW he made ZonalMarking's players of the season list Midfielder: Lucas Leiva, Liverpool Among managerial changes, high-profile transfers and injury problems at Anfield, Lucas has put in disciplined, reliable displays in the center of midfield. The Brazilian has received plenty of criticism since arriving in England -- he's not a tough tackler, nor particularly exciting on the ball -- but his energy and positional awareness is good, and he distributes the ball calmly and reliably to the creative players. Ironically, Lucas might not even have gotten his chance were it not for Javier Mascherano's move to Barcelona just after the start of the season. Since then, he's established himself as a key man under Roy Hodgson and now Kenny Dalglish http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/6401602/michael-cox-best-starting-xi-epl

Think Flano is a bit more developed physically, Robbo still looks like a skinny kid.

I agree, but I don't think a good solution is for Lucas to become a mascherano stylee prick. We need to buy a new midfield prick.