John am Rhein

Everything everybody says is 'in their opinion' - what are you making reference to that for? Being restricted to buying types of players (and the're no more or less restricted than anyone else, apart from the fact that they have more money) is no handicap. The evidence we've seen thus far is that they are League Champions and clear favourites to repeat that, probably more than once. It's your assessment of what has and doesn't have value in football which needs re-assessing.

Hardly surprising since the media's full of fascist sympathizers.

There as likely to win the European Cup as anybody and they've got as much ability to vary their play as anybody as well. There's no limit to how far their (or any) type of football can take a team.

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thought you liked Italy

They were switching one striker for another, though, weren't they? I think putting on an additional (third) striker makes very little sense unless you're basically hoping to give yourself more chance of being first to any loose balls in the goalmouth. What tends to happen is that one of the three ends up playing in a withdrawn or wide role anyway, in which case you'd be better off bringing on a player more suited for that role - assuming you have one. Bringing on a second striker when you're playing 1-upfront makes a lot more sense, though.

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Well in Sam!

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The Scum equalize and this time Gray's pleased.

Remarkable reaction from Andy Gray - he sounded genuinely disappointed whan Everton scored. Incredibly he seems to be even more pro Man U than he is pro Everton. I suppose he's just doing his job.

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Yeah about as far as a 2nd League championship and quite likely a European Cup win. It worked for us, after all.

I'll be there sure as Eier kleine Eier sind! Be steering well clear of Frankfurt on June 10th though - unless they allow me to be a volunteer Polizei for the day, of course Italy - Evil Empire in Kaiserslautern on June 17th looks promising though. Chance to support Italy (as will be mandatory) and hurl abuse at the Great Satan rolled into one.

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