Lazlo78

MLG: I left a statto question in my above post and I fully expect you to be on the case right now!

Maybe this has already been asked (and answered?) but wasn't Belmadi our last Algerian player before Taïder, and didn't he wear no. 17 too?

We lost the home game in the 2nd CL qualification round 1-0 against Dinamo Zagreb, but today AaB went to Croatia and recorded a 2-0 win. Next round opponents are one of: Steaua Bucharest, APOEL Nicosia, BATE Borisov, Red Bull Salzburg, and Ludogorets Razgrad. A win and AaB is in the CL groups. A loss and we are in the EL groups. Still with a young team that hasn't changed much since last season...

Gaston!

Cringeworthy in the extreme. COYS!

@youllneverwalkalovren

The same fans that were delighted to see Schelotto leave are very unhappy about Taider leaving. Along with Kovacevic he is a player they feel has not been given enough of a chance at Inter. I've got a good feeling about that kid if we can land him. Might surprise us all and grab a midfield spot for himself...

I thought the exact same thing: Saints is the place to be for a young player, if you want first team football followed by an inflated transfer to a bigger club

I don't know this Ben Smith fellow, but I've seen him mentioned numerous times on this board as Cortese's mouthpiece. It's really a special trait of sports journalism that you can write whatever you like and attribute no sources to it. For instance, how does he know this to be true? Lallana had been the glue which had held the team together. In the dressing room, he was the most popular, a leader who demanded respect and admiration. He joined the club as a 12-year-old and was a key figure as Southampton fought their way back from League One. When word spread that Lallana wanted out, that he was angered by his treatment, others began to question their own futures.

An Inter fan wrote to me about Schelotto: "A tall winger, who can look a bit clumsy. He is actually pacy and has relatively good technique and he makes himself available in the box. However, the last few years he hasn't played very well. He came to Inter from Atalanta but was no succes. He is so much a winger that he couldn't play to his full potential in Mazzarri's 3-5-2 system. He was loaned out to Sassuolo and had no succes there either, while his stay at Parma in the spring was a little better. Here he played under Donadoni in a 4-3-3 system, but he was not a regular starter. If I was in the Saints board I'd turn thumbs down to Schelotto." Another chips in: "He is also very strong with his head but I have rarely seen a player perform as badly as he did when Sassuolo met Atalanta last season. As an aside, in his younger days he was used as a fullback." Make of it what you will. It is only the opinion of two Inter fans

It's the new thing. Didn't you see Arsenal line up with midfielders everywhere in their latest game?

There's a thread on him here with more info: http://goo.gl/gtkHgu

This summer har certainly shown that at least part of our fanbase has gone down the hero/villain route. We'll have to admit as much... I was quite fond of Lallana, and now I keep having to remind myself why we hate him Pompey are having a quiet summer and have sent their usual dose of drama up the M27?

Good news - obviously we needed a LB and we have got one. Maybe he won't be the only one, but we're not looking at playing Targett at Anfield i August...

First of all it postpones the Osvaldo problem which is welcome given the current chaos we are experiencing. Furthermore we get a player in instead of cash which is also nice. We need players, not money

Just had a text from Liverpool that they are buying all my other texts for £10 each!

So much sense sent from a small phone keyboard... wow!

I hope you broke your spirit writing that!

Was De Bruyne ever in their academy?! He had broken through to the senior team at Genk in 2009 before moving to Chelsea and making his debut for them in 2012...

From these friendly matches my wild guess at our current starting XI would be: [color=#292F33][font=Helvetica Neue]Boruc Chambers Fonte Lovren Clyne Schneiderlin Wanyama Cork/JWP/Davis Tadic Ramirez Pelle[/font][/color] I wonder how this team would fare in the PL. Not too bad I'd think...

He comes from Lithuania!

"Kali Ma Shakti de"...

Next time I wheel out the old "it's like watching your ex-wife" routine, I promise to include a smiley. I thought the idea of faking a goal celebration was quite funny but you are a tough crowd, I must say!

I was heavily involved in the Grand Prix Legends community centered around RaceSimCentral (later rscnet.org) where I was an admin. My brother works for SimBin/Raceroom although they seem to have gone bankrupt quite recently. Can't check out your stuff as I am on a phone browser, but are you familiar with any of the sites and companies I mention? It seems a very small community at times where everyone knows each other...