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I would agree tentatively with this, but I think a lot of peoples problem is playing off the back foot. It's not nearly as hard as people think, it's possible to nail a yorker off the back foot if it's not too full. I think if you are playing a ball at head height on the hook you have next to...

will be interesting to see what stokes does. I am generally wary of all-rounders as I think it's a bit too much "well, we don't know if we need runs or wickets to win this match so maybe this guy will chuck in what we need." however, he was one of the few players to end the australian series...

funneh. what the hell was bringing a neymar shirt on for the national anthem about, never seen such cloying sentiment. noticed none of the germans wanted to swap shirts, because who'd want to touch a brazilian shirt after that?

he might, but one of the problems I think the EPL has is that with all the money, teams are reluctant to hand that marquee no.10 position to guys that don't have a glamourous profile. a 26 year old, boy done good, signing from southampton will never get the no.10 position because he's not a 21...

I think Lallana is a rubbish deal anyway, a very ashley young, charlie miller, stuart downing type signing. I very much doubt he'll make the step up.

that is ridiculous. (I thought the ICC had, stupidly mind, stopped those types of catches counting though)

said exactly the same thing in QF finals, brazil went after James all match and have little to complain about losing neymar because their opposition adopted this tactic. as far as the yellow things go in the world cup it is becoming a major problem in the big events (CL as well) silly bookings...

just had my first go on the patch and it does seem a lot better, will need to relearn a lot of things though as defending seems less sure due to increased edges (out both times to a defensive block taking an edge) but I can take on the fielders a bit more now. so instead of blocking out tricky...

I'd go with that, on the proviso that I know I'm not great with predictions. I think germany will win as brazil have plodded on by having one of the few teams with world class players in nearly every position (Fred and Julio Ceasar being the exceptions), they may not have the most favourable...

hope everyone reminds him that, with the way he got his players to target James Rodriguez, it's pretty fitting they've lost their talisman. anyway, that solves that Simon, no way will brazil win the world cup now.

once again everyone learns the hard way that fairytails just don't happen.

I personally think that, bowlers especially, anticipation should be shaved by near 20 points. that might stop them trying to catch so much off the bowling.

yeah but you're objectively wrong about ibrahimovic. even that match against england he didn't just score 1 goal, he ripped you a knew one for the whole 90 minutes.

yeah, except 4 seasons pretty conveniently clips off the year man u sold ronaldo for ?80m which is where a bunch of the money they'll have spent in the following years has come from. (also clips off about ?100m of transfers man city made that year while selling no one.) great research there...

I know :(, 60m buy out clause too (I hope if they're looking for that figure down the line we're entitled to a percentage), I suppose in the grand scheme I should be pleased because it might be good for our national team as a lot of young players are blooming in portugal. also, the money assures...

ross once mentioned making the timing window larger for long hops and the like, so you almost can't fail to bury it perfectly when you see one. no idea if they actually implemented this or not though.

yeah, I was just going to wait until later to start this but technically it's on now. we have the champions of armenia, andorra, san marino, gibraltar, estonia and the faroe islands starting their assault on the title.

I think I'd go along with this, germany looked awesome in 2010 but slipped up, argentina were playing brilliant in 2006 before they were bundled out. on current form, Colombia could definitely win, I just have this feeling that brazil will do enough to go through. it's also worth noting that...

we'll just keep it here, after this round we can start a new one for each round maybe.

All new Champions League thread.