I'm sure Mark will be able to tell you a bit about him seen as he plays for Palermo. When I've seen him, he's looked quick with good ability, pretty sure he's left footed. Italy's one of those leagues where true pace isn't always appreciated, but he'd be a good fit in England for sure. Would like us to sign him, purely because he ticks a lot of the boxes of what I like, but I'm not sure if he's what the club are looking at. He's an outstanding prospect, but maybe they're looking for more of an immediate impact? Nobody really knows, but I'm always in favour of us signing young players. Where've you heard/read this?

I doubt whether it will have an effect on them. The new right wing government have a history of protecting the privileged at the expense of the poor and the richer autonomous regions, ie Catalonia and the Basque Country.

Wayne Rooney in FIFA team of the year. Case closed.

shrek brandishes " cards" to the ref to get opposition players sent off.

shrek abuses fans with foul language live on TV.case closed.

Quote CORNISH="CORNISH"shrek brandishes " cards" to the ref to get opposition players sent off. shrek abuses fans with foul language live on TV.case closed.'" Mankini is the biggest 'card brandishing' manager in the market at the moment, he even did it when Toure collapsed in the box last week for little apparent reason and in racism news www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012 ... se-twitter

Quote CORNISH="CORNISH"shrek brandishes " cards" to the ref to get opposition players sent off. shrek abuses fans with foul language live on TV.case closed.'" Mankini is the biggest 'card brandishing' manager in the market at the moment, he even did it when Toure collapsed in the box last week for little apparent reason and in racism news www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012 ... se-twitter

Hattrick of Ballon D'ors for messi now.

And to think, the united fans on here rate Rooney on a par with him

Quote flipper="flipper"Mankini is the biggest 'card brandishing' manager in the market at the moment, he even did it when Toure collapsed in the box last week for little apparent reason and in racism news www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012 ... se-twitter'" Apparently it was a Liverpool fan who sent it. He has now been sacked and the account holder has been cleared of any wrong doing. www.bluekipper.com/news/9-player ... utted.html

Quote flipper="flipper"Mankini is the biggest 'card brandishing' manager in the market at the moment, he even did it when Toure collapsed in the box last week for little apparent reason and in racism news www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012 ... se-twitter'" Apparently it was a Liverpool fan who sent it. He has now been sacked and the account holder has been cleared of any wrong doing. www.bluekipper.com/news/9-player ... utted.html

Quote flipper="flipper"Good news for the Premier League, as teams can now compete in terms of wages with the Spanish giants once again, but bad news for players like Ronaldo who is on a whopping £250,000 per-week. The changes to tax laws will mean either Ronaldo will in effect take a huge pay-cut to remain in Spain, or Madrid will have to increase his wages. Unlikely given they’re already shelling-out £250,000 a week!' football-talk.co.uk/55339/cristi ... n-man-utd/'" Given the top rate of tax in the UK is 50%, I can't see a flood of players suddenly deciding to leave La Liga for tax reasons based on a 4% difference. Especially not now HMRC are cracking down on EBTs, image rights and offshore payments. What are the tax rates like in Italy?

Quote flipper="flipper"Good news for the Premier League, as teams can now compete in terms of wages with the Spanish giants once again, but bad news for players like Ronaldo who is on a whopping £250,000 per-week. The changes to tax laws will mean either Ronaldo will in effect take a huge pay-cut to remain in Spain, or Madrid will have to increase his wages. Unlikely given they’re already shelling-out £250,000 a week!' football-talk.co.uk/55339/cristi ... n-man-utd/'" Given the top rate of tax in the UK is 50%, I can't see a flood of players suddenly deciding to leave La Liga for tax reasons based on a 4% difference. Especially not now HMRC are cracking down on EBTs, image rights and offshore payments. What are the tax rates like in Italy?

Quote Fresh Prince of Chesh-air="Fresh Prince of Chesh-air"Apparently it was a Liverpool fan who sent it. He has now been sacked and the account holder has been cleared of any wrong doing. www.bluekipper.com/news/9-player ... utted.html'" Does it matter what club the cretin supported, really?

Quote Fresh Prince of Chesh-air="Fresh Prince of Chesh-air"Apparently it was a Liverpool fan who sent it. He has now been sacked and the account holder has been cleared of any wrong doing. www.bluekipper.com/news/9-player ... utted.html'" Does it matter what club the cretin supported, really?

I can't ever ever ever remember anyone claiming that, who on earth said that?

One for Cornish:

FA Response to Liverpool fan explaining why Evra wasn't charged:

[iDear [GrkStav,

Thank you for contacting The Football Association.

As you are aware an Independent Regulatory Commission found a charge of misconduct against Luis Suarez proven and has subsequently released the full written reasons of the commission. Liverpool FC and Suarez have accepted the sanction therefore Suarez will be suspended for a period of eight matches. Suarez was also fined £40,000 and was warned as to his future conduct.

In relation to your email we feel it is important to highlight the following:

a. It was accepted by all parties (including Mr Suarez) that the phrase “concha de tu hermana” properly translates into English as “f*cking hell”, “f*ck me” or similar and is therefore deemed an exclamation not a direct insult.

b. The Commission found as a matter of fact that Evra did not use the term “South-American” in respect of Suarez;

c. Evra’s further comments (i.e. “say it to me again, I’m going to punch you”, “okay, now I think I’m going to punch you”) were made in the context of, and in reaction to, him being spoken to in racially insulting terms;

d. Accordingly, there was nothing in Evra’s language which breaches Rule E3 when assessed against the standards The FA applies to all incidents of on-field verbal exchanges between players.

e. Similarly, language alleged to have been used by Dirk Kuyt could – on one reading – be said to amount to a breach of Rule E3; but, as stated above, The FA exercises a common sense approach to incidents of verbal exchanges involving players as they are seen to berate and engage with each other in relatively strong terms on a regular basis.

f. The FA therefore considers that there is a clear and significant difference between Evra’s comments and Suarez’s repeated use of racially insulting language.

We do appreciate all of the feedback we receive from supporters. This feedback is collated and used to build a picture of public opinion and is subsequently fed back internally within the organisation. Please rest assured your comments will form part of this feedback process.

Kind regards,

Rebecca Budd | Customer Relations[/i

Even you must be mystified as to how he got in the team of the year ahead of RvP and Mario Gomez. Saying that, another odd selection was Sergio Ramos; how was he in there over Thiago Silva?