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yes, along with the breakup of Yugoslavia and global warming

could you post how each team ranks? I mean, what category each team is in -- whether they'd be expected to be an away draw, loss or win for a top team. I find this method very interesting.

I agree that he's looked, well, not poor, but mediocre, a lot of the time. But he looked actually awesome when Chelsea beat Arsenal earlier in the season. He was clear MOTM if I recall. So he's got it in him somewhere.

This is an interesting question, the status of the players AW is starting in the CC. I think there's definitely something to what you're saying, but it's also possible to overstate it. Sgjksdfuy Eboue Djourou Koscielny Gibbs Wilshere Denilson Theo RVP Vela Bendtner None of the...

Is that the dominant rumor going round now, that Wilkins was sacked because of salary demands? If so, I agree with you -- a strange set of priorities.

nothing to do with the playmaker question, but just want to address what I see as a factual error. Song's original role for Arsenal was in the midfield. Then AW got it into his head that he was gonna make him a cb. Song played there on occasion, either in the Carling Cup or as a...

Not that I would offer this as the definitive way of breaking down playmakers, but it seems like the term should cover at least two types of players. A lot people in the thread are focusing on attacking midfielders, like Cesc, Oezil, Nasri, etc. That's what I think of first, too: someone...

slight correction there, mate

but my head is where I live?

why not? an internal hire often makes the most sense in the middle of a season, you know, a guy who already knows the process at the club

oh, that reminds me ... Spurs, yeah I see Huddlestone on his way to being an excellent Alonso-type (maybe not as excellent as Alonso, but still pretty hot.) I've been really impressed with him since about halfway through last season or something. Modric comes to collect the ball from the...

I think it's a good idea, especially if one is deep-lying and the other plays farther forward. But it's not necessarily a new idea -- think of Pirlo and Kaka at Milan in their (most recent) heyday The key is that your deep-lying playmaker must also have good defensive and positional...

if you're talking about my post just above, then you've ignored the important distinction wr8_utd introduced between OBVIOUS and ARGUABLE players. I wasn't saying, for example, that I wouldn't take Evra -- only, I guess, that I'd have to cogitate on it for a bit. It'd be an argument, one that...

That's an interesting standard to employ. I like it -- it separates it out into two different categories, the obvious and the arguable. As a gooner, I think Vidic is the only OBVIOUS utd player I'd put into our team. Rio is of course tempting, but I wouldn't trust him to stay fit even for...

Just quoting this post to get into the general sub-conversation about SOng and Fletcher. I already said above I think they're similarly effective players with similar qualities. I also said they're similar enough that the context in which we evaluate their play -- you know, one for...