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No no, he has. He got injured and had to reapply, but managed to get it again. Played in the Carling Cup too if i'm not mistaken.

Dont they have Manucho as well?

Apparently he was very chubby when he was about 13.

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Do you think Ferguson will buy Tevez? Does it depend on whether Ronaldo stays or leaves?

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I think Rafa and the club will get a lot more respect from Sky's "pundits" once/if we win the league.

Oh okay.

Yep.

Boruc may be a nut but he's better than half the premiership goalies out there.

Southall in goal, Molby instead of Lampard 1 Southall 2 Carr 3 Ruddock 4 Dossena 5 Huddlestone 6 Reid 7 Kewell 8 Molby 9 Windass 10 Fowler 11 Ronaldo Subs: Viduka, Robinson, Gascoigne

Is it even possible to know for sure if a youth player will or will not make it for a side? Some players show potential but dont mature while others bloom late. I trust Rafa and the backroom staff a lot more than a random person's comment when it comes to giving games to the youth is because more often than not they'll be right about a player. I still remember last year, when a lot of people were wondering what the point was in keeping players like El Zhar in the reserve side when they were 'clearly not going to make it at Liverpool'. A year on and people want him to be played ahead of Pennant and even Benayoun. A bit same with Insua. Everyone was dying to see for him to be 'given a chance' for us and it seems that Rafa's not satisfied yet with him. Whether he'll make it here or not is still a doubt, he could go either way. There are too many unknown parameters to consider, such as mindset, hard work done in training, attitude towards fellow players, adaptability to the city/tactics/system etc', strengths, weaknesses and tactics of the current team and what a new player adds or removes from the system. It hence bemuses me when opinions, confident ones, fly around about whether so and so player will make it or he will not. The term 'make it' is very ambiguous as well. Of course you'd be quite sure if someone as talented as Gerrard, Fowler or Owen comes along in the youth setup or someone absolutely useless does too. But what about the middle ones? I'd be very happy with our youth system if we regularly have players such as Darren Fletcher or John O Shea come through it and its almost impossible to know at first if a young player can or can not make it atleast as strong, trusty back up to the side.

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Keane Aurelio Arbeloa

Haha, Diouf gave a peno in the 90th minute as Sunderland lost 2-1 after taking the lead. too bad they're too good to be relegated.

Benayoun's a very decent player and i dont understand the slating he gets down here. Has very good movement, is good on the ball and has a bit of vision. Quality player to rotate around in a team.

She looks a bit like him!

A she bear to be very specific.

Yeah, although he had his poorest game in weeks, his want to win us a goal was the only reason we got a point in that game. Thought he deserved third place and no one else shone against Atletico.

Djimi Traore won the CL and had a decent hand to play in us winning it but he isnt good enough for a midtable side. Darby could or couldn't be ready for the 1st team but winning the youth cup need not necessarily mean that he is.

He's too slow to make a quick getaway.

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Haha Pwned!!

Alonso Agger Gerrard