Smirking_Saint

Brazil playing incredibly, thought that spain would be far too good for them but wow. The pressing is brilliant, if they keep this up for 90 mins wow Shows what happens when you put teams under pressure.

Not for me, good player, you pay the english player premium but v good

Oh Dune, you are a card

IMO if you sign squad players you dont progress. Villa needed to add bodies with experience to see them through a different season, we are going for players that challenge for a first team spot which is right IMO the 1st of July was a date he wanted things done, you dont always meet your deadlines, let alone a TW within which players are holidaying or on tournament duty through the time off between seasons.

We have no proper back up there, we play a form of 4231 (that everyone plays these days) and so you need two CMs to make that work. Currently we have MS and JC for those two roles, if either is left out we would probably be left horribly exposed, part of this is due to the tendancy of the FBs pushing up but also the attacking bank of four who also fulfill high pressing roles (which means when bypassed you rely on the next bank. For me its not an indication on either leaving, just a sensible move to ensure we have decent rotation, cover and competition.

Depends if its true or not really. Im a little sceptical on this one, but if we have actually gone for this with a 20m euro bid, on top of the midfielder offers and Lovren deal

We are also linked with Bendtner so there you go Perspective

Lying, no good scumbags

oh the irony

Every club changes their kit every year these days.

Love those The stripes are a bit wonkey but it gives it a rugged look. Excellent

Lamela ?! Also, it wouldnt surprise me if the kit in the leak isnt the actual kit, suppliers send out lots of 'ideas' but that said, surely there is someone in the shop that has recieved them.

Lamela ?! Really ?! Lamela ? I mean Really ?

Lol [video=youtube_share;_kLfa6G0ofw]http://youtu.be/_kLfa6G0ofw

Really ? Im usually pretty forgiving to most players but apart from pace and a decent workrate he certainly hasnt lived up to the hype we saw on some 'top 100 youngsters' pages

This, although its not the FA being up their own ass so much as them having the wrong priorities. Id also say cole, Rio and Gerrard in their prime were world class. NONE of which have anywhere near the technical ability of some of the lads on the continent. And thats my point, you will of course bring through good players, but how many over the years have had that touch, technique, balance and real ability on the ball ? None, in fact even Bale, as good as he is, is more of an athlete.

I like it as a kit but its not saints, its more or less a liverpool kit Oh, and thats obviously a hash up, the badge is wonky

Portugal, Belgium and Spain are regarded as 3 of the brightest up and coming talents in most coaching circles FWIW. I dont actually think we are as bad as is being made out, the players are good enough, as I said the problem is not the players but the system and the team not really gelling. Regardless, coaching in this country needs a massive shake up, itll take time but we can produce players with excellent technical ability. Its just not most coaches main focus ATM unfortunately

Because the players you speak of are very good but lack the technical acuemen of the majority of players on the continent ? Yes we as a nation have produced some excellent players, but look at the conveyor belt of talent from spain. That isnt a fluke.

Cortese, pick up the phone sndsign Bryan Rabello

He is an absolute spanner, I really cringe when I see him with his pedantic crap on other forums or twitter. Can you imagine him as a teacher ? Jesus wept

It is what it is, until Fifa do something about agents then its gonna happen. I am talking about the 'we dont want the greedy bastard here' when in fact, those players that arent greedy bastards tend to be those that have little to offer.

Pretty much bazzer, and even that aspect pales when you put them next to some of the beasts from Africa, those boys tend to be athletes in every sense of the word.

Rabello is a talent

I wrote a big thing on here once, good knows where, in respect to coaching techniques and the equivalents between here and thr continent. I studied it for a long time and basically we are so far behind in terms of quality and application. Most newer acadamies (and I only really have Saints to base this on) are going the right way but most grass roots coaching, even the professional ones are archaic. Most wont even let major clubs know if they have a quality youngster, prefering to 'shield them' which basically means getting nothing out of a talent. Basically, on the continent it is the theory that you pretty much develop as much as you can technically by around 14, so at all youth levels you get players used to the ball, balance, both feet etc it is basically to do with the physiology of the brain and the fact it builds better pathways when younger. The difference is we tend to just play football, which sounds right but in reality just ends up being 10 kids running around instead of learning anything meaningful