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The greatest manager of all time knew that Rooneys time had come at the end of that 12/13 season. He should have moved him on. Instead, Moyes came, gave him a retirement contract and effectively tied his fortune to a player living on reputation rather than performance. What puzzles me, is that...

Didnt know that, but sort of underlines my general impression.

You seem to know him well. What do you make of my critisism, that he struggles to deliver under pressure? There is something that irritates me about him, when things get tough and you have to dig deep. You know.... Like when Mesut Ozil steps up for a penalty kick, or when Kane lines up for a...

Bayern are adding to an existing very strong core. Hummels was poor that season but is a world champion, won 2 bundesliga titles with Dortmund, a cup. Miki has none of those in his cv. Again, I am not questioning his ability, I am questioning his track record under pressure. Hence the Di Maria...

I don't know his stats, I judge on what I see. Second point: they managed to qualify for the euroleague at the end of that season, so they actually had a strong run in. But i dont recall any contribution from Miki, which is exactly my Point.

I rate him highly. But he's not what we need. He's a wonderful player for a confident, dominant side, but he cannot fight himself into a game when facing tough opponents. He is not one to diligently do his defensive duties. His last year was stellar, but when Dortmund was in dire need of...

Hodgson to Rooney: 'Wayne, the brexit vote wasn't an instruction to you to drop out of the Euros' Rooney: 'Ooohhhh'

The Arsenal Version of Welbeck stumbles everywhere on the pitch, but scores when he goes through. I missed our Version of Welbeck today. You know, the one who would do everything right, but stumble in the box I thought he would actually miss, when he went through.

If the german win, they will say thanks, go home and start preparing for the next event. The argentinians will soooo rub it in, for an eternity, if they win. just like they will forever celebrate the 1986 'hand of god' goal like a devine event rather than the cheating it was. No event in the...

Is the lack of English Talent a cause or the reason why the EPL is dominated by foreign players? I think the people putting the blame one the Premier League have gotten it fundamentally wrong. Football is very market driven. There is alot of money to spend. So, the average English player...

did anybody notice? germany played 10 central players. the back 4 were all nominal central defenders. The midfield with Lahm, Kroos and khedira are all central players, and up front with Muller, Ozil and Goetze you have another 3 who prefer to play central.

best wall ever set up by a keeper. Neuer pIcks the smallest player on the pitch, orchastrates him to the only potential path of the ball that might trouble him. It's as if he was reading Ronnies mind.

Every player goes down after that. It was a foul and you want to claim the free kick. Peeople go down in the box at the slightest contact to claim a penalty and thats not diving. Pepe knew he was in trouble and tried to wind muller up to get a response.

strange account try this one. Pepe was really enoyed because his team was already 2 down. in particular after Hummels had outjumped him and Slam dunked the second into his face. Then he decided to hold onto the ball as the last man instead of playing the simple pass. Muller started to close him...

I habe played with and against many Bosnians. They are amongst the most naturally gifted footballing people I have met. In addition they are tall strong people. the only thing is they always want to show how good they are, keeping it simple was never their strength, nor is disciplin. Get that...