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One of these 2 will be gone by February.

Just doing a bit of reflecting this evening. What an undeniably incredible journey we've been on as a club over the last 3 years under Walsh, Camporeale and Pyke. I wonder why many of us feel so strangely calm about this Saturday. I think in part, it's because we know that no pressure the...

Notched his 40th goal in 36 games this season last night. He is currently 8 goals ahead of Ronaldo in 2nd place, and well & truly running away with this year's European Golden Boot (his 2nd in 3 years). To give you some perspective of the scale of what he is on track to achieve, as pointed out...

http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/socceroos/socceroos-best-xi As part of the celebrations for the 10 year anniversary of Australia's win over Uruguay to cement our first World Cup appearance since 1974, Fox Sports are asking readers to name their best Socceroos XI of the last 10 years...

Not sure if there's already a thread for this somewhere, but feel free to use this thread to talk about the U21 UEFA European Championships, the U20 World Cup, any other youth tournament taking place this summer, and any players who catch your eye. Portugal defeated England 1-0 last night to...

Last night marked the end of an era. With Xavi & Pirlo playing their last games for Barcelona and Juventus respectively, Gerrard and Lampard pulling stumps at the end of the season, and Scholes calling it a day a few years back, 5 of the 6 best central midfielders of the last decade have ended...

Yet another devastating performance by the Barça front 3 this morning, and it got me thinking about some of the great forward lines that I've watched over the years. Early days but I honestly think this attacking trio is the best that I've ever seen. Individually, their records over the last 2...

Thought it was about time to get this going, their fall from grace has been remarkable to watch. As I said in the other thread, 8 losses in their last 15 games in all comps (including 6 losses in their last 8) has seen them drop out of the CL, the FA Cup, and go from being title contenders to...

V2 Drafters, please post your teams in formation and with a short paragraph (ie 100-150 words) defending your selection, I'll post them in the OP as I've done with my own in the V1 Poll thread. Everyone else, once the teams are all posted pick the 3 best teams, most votes wins. Jeremias...

Figured I'd get this going before people forgot their teams! V1 Drafters, please post your teams in formation and with a short paragraph (ie 100-150 words) defending your selection, I'll post them in the OP as I've done with my own. Everyone else, once the teams are all posted pick the 3 best...

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-fc-legend-steven-gerrard-8371506 http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/177354-lfc-statement-on-steven-gerrard Been an absolute privilege to watch him run around in a red shirt for the last 16 years but it's the right...

Shortlist for Player and Coach of the Year has just been announced by FIFA: The following 23 men (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014: Gareth Bale (Wales), Karim Benzema (France), Diego Costa (Spain), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)...

Pretty straightforward, pick the best possible team of current players aged under 25 (ie born after October 1989, likely taken in the 2007 draft at the earliest). Players you might consider: Mids: Cotchin, Dangerfield, Ebert, Ward, S. Selwood, S. Hill, Hartlett, Ziebell, Sidebottom, Zaharakis...

Who do you think are going to be the best 15 players in the EPL in 2014/15? Your choices can be based on form, players you're tipping to have a breakout season, or a combination of the 2. Voting closes at midnight on Sunday 10th August, make any changes you want before then. I'll tally the...

Post your clubs preseason schedules in here and discuss how each side is shaping up for the 2014/15 season. Who's looking sharp? Which youngster is going to have a breakout season? Any injuries?

Thought we could do one for the group stage, then one at the end of the knockout rounds. So who has impressed you so far? ------------Ochoa------------- Aurier-Marquez-Sakho-Rodriguez -----------Matuidi------------- --------Kroos-Rodriguez-------- -Robben----Messi------Neymar- In goals it...

Rant time. So Roy says that he has no regrets about the strategy he has used in this years World Cup, many members of the press have gone in to back him and now the chairman of the FA has told us that Hodgson will continue leading the England national team until at least the end of the 2016...

Interesting report doing the rounds on twitter: http://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/pdf/ar2014_excerpt.pdf The International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) have given their estimations for player market value. Here's their top 60: Thought this might generate a bit of discussion.

Pretty simple, which is the better stadium? From my perspective; I've been to the MCG on Anzac Day, I've been there with 95,500 Liverpool supporters, I've seen a preliminary final and a number of big ticket home and away season games over the years. The atmosphere on those occasions was truly...

Can't hold back anymore. Need to start a thread. Liverpool back in the Champions League you little beauty. Looking at the clubs that have qualified for next years tournament, it looks as though Liverpool will be in Pot 3 and Man City will scrape into Pot 2 regardless of what happens with the...

Stage 1 plans have been released, looks fantastic. The first stage involves replacing the single tier main stand with a 3 tier new stand containing 100 new corporate suites, taking the capacity to 54,000. Once the second stage Anfield Road End redevelopment is completed in 3-4 years, the...

Read an article on this the other day so I got to watching some YouTube clips of a few of the great British footballers, and it had me thinking who I might put in my team. There really are just too many names to pick from, and I guarantee I've missed some. Personally I would have loved to have...

The nominations for these awards will be coming out over the next few weeks, who are your picks? Player of the Season: Suarez Hon. mentions: Hazard, Sturridge, Aguero, Yaya Toure, Terry & Ramsey Young Player of the Season*: Hazard Hon. mentions: Ramsey, Sterling, Shaw..... Any other standouts...

Some very interesting head to heads in there, the games at Anfield for City & Chelsea in particular look to be crucial in deciding where the Premier League trophy ends up. All 4 teams have strengths & weaknesses in equal measure and to be honest I can't see any of them going unbeaten for the...

Sir Tom Finney passed away today at the age of 92. One of the best footballers of his day, he showed unwavering loyalty to his club Preston North End, playing 433 games and essentially single handedly taking his club right to the top of the First Division during the 1950's. He also made 76...

1 month to go until the mid-season transfer window opens. Where does your club need to strengthen? Who are your club looking at? Who would you like them to look at?

Just came across this: http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/videos/171714/retro-football-the-evening-standard-london-5-a-sides-competitive-cup-played-with-first-team-players-1993.html It got me thinking, how brilliant would it be if they had something like this during preseason? Each Premier...

The complete list of Ballon d’Or Nominees is as follows: Gareth Bale (Wales) – Tottenham Hotspur/Real Madrid Edinson Cavani (Uruguay) – Napoli/PSG Radamel Falcao (Colombia) – Atletico Madrid/Monaco Eden Hazard (Belgium) – Chelsea Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden) – PSG Andres Iniesta (Spain) –...

Matches which might be of interest: CONMEBOL: Colombia v Ecuador (6/9/2013) Chile v Venezuela (6/9/2013) Peru v Uruguay (6/9/2013) Uruguay v Colombia (10/9/2013) Paraguay v Argentina (10/9/2013) UEFA: Macedonia v Wales (6/9/2013) Northern Ireland v Portugal (6/9/2013) Ireland v Sweden...