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Politics and destroying the balance of the team has struck Madrid again. Modric coming back will be such a big boost. As for Ronaldo these are the goals that I really count. Scoring the 5th and 6th goal as you beat Granda 6-1 at home is not what makes a top player for me. It's stepping up and...

Not that ridiculous when other players like Suarez pass to him when they can score open goals. Messi/Ronaldo/Robben are the best in the world, but stats are not everything. Teams in La Liga give up so often and Barca/Madrid can run riot at the end. In England and other leagues teams would defend...

Yes Dortmund have trouble with Hamburg and I have a soft spot for Hamburg. Even despite their thrashing by Bayern they have been good defensively this year, but watching the match it was clear why they struggled. Reus being unfit and Kampl not starting were the two biggest reasons. As for Reus...

Re: Which team has the highest average away support this sea Not surprised. I think I said it before, but in my personal experience Tottenham fans have always been great. From what I have experienced the best fans in London.

I happily hold my hands up and admit Ferguson left United in a much worse state than I was thought. I was wrong and you were right. As for Pellegrini though I think he is a good guy, but I have never been his biggest fan so nothing this season is proving me wrong on that front.

I thought so too, but not sure if it has been passed. I think this is going to backfire on the bigger European clubs. Either way United will be in pot 2 and maybe pot 3 depending on who wins the leagues and who qualifies. At the moment it looks like Chelsea, Juventus, Barcelona/Madrid, Bayern...

That's exactly the point. If it was just Moyes then after 150 million spent you would expect a big improvement. Instead the team are only slightly better and are probably unlikely to get fourth. Whilst half of the squad of last season are relegation fodder. RVP who carried them to the title...

Exactly. Even if we were to win the FA Cup it won't top the moment when Dougie scored against Stockport for me. Villa fans should not have come on during the game, but I see nothing wrong with them celebrating after the final whistle. I bet the players loved it. Finally a bit of optimism for the...

I don't get comments like this. Sinclair is not good enough and was never going to be good enough for City, but he still a decent option for every team 8 and below. The quality of the league is not that high. I would happily have Sinclair at Palace. He puts in a decent cross, is quick and scores...

Seems likely, but since he won the CL they might give him a year's stay of execution. Ancelotti is brilliant working with ready made teams and older teams like the City one, but he has never shown he can rebuild a team. Abramovic did not trust him to rebuild the Chelsea side. The other point...

Bayern have won the league already, Dortmund will be lucky to make Europe. Watched Dortmund earlier and they were awful. It was just like before Christmas except the defence was more solid. Reus did not look fully fit after his injury midweek and had an anonymous game. Without him they...

I think this season has made me realise I was wrong and very in my opinion of Moyes. I was laughing at how bad he was, but I think this season had gone a long way to restore his reputation. If it was just down to the manager then the players would have done better since. However just look at...

Not much is different. Yaya is worse and Zabeleta/Kompany are in poor form. Aguero is better though. A big difference is Negredo however. Ignoring his link up play with Aguero he worked like an ox. He was always closing down, pressing and making runs. Dzeko just does not have his work rate...

Re: Manchester City's problems are caused by players not man He has a point. Any City manager has a huge problem picking a balanced team. I said at the start that City had the best team, but Chelsea had the greater balance and would win the league. The problem is that City's 3 best players are...

Considering Atletico have/had Costa/Courtois/Filipe Luis both of who are currently playing for the team top in the league. Costa is joint top goalscorer with Aguero. Not to mention Koke is one of the best midfielders in the world, Godin is arguably the best defender in the world and they have...

No it doesn't. It changes when shock horror players improve/leave/decline. Suarez was better than Aguero last year as was Yaya Toure. RVP was better than Aguero for 2 years as well. This season Aguero like many 26 year olds do has kicked on. Shock horror RVP has declined. I am supposed to still...

Seen a lot of both. Reus is better. Plays for a much worse team, has a lot more defensive duties and has done it more often against the biggest teams in Europe when it matters. Even Sinclair is better than some of the players he has carried Dortmund with. Just compare Jojic, Mkhitaryan...

Watching the Dortmund game and it seems I am a fool. I have no idea why Klopp changed the team and brought back the rubbish signings like Immobile and and Mkhitaryan. No idea why Kagawa as poor as he is did not start. Weidenfeller is an awful keeper. He needs to be replaced. Sahin was the...

No one is going to be perfect. Carragher is usually good, but it was a bit embarrassing the he was defending the shocking decision of the ref. A good pundit is not about whether they 'favour' the team you support. It's whether they give good analysis on the game and insight into it. If people...

Was about to say the same thing. The Liverpool defence improved with Sakho coming in and Lucas playing. Today maybe for rotational reasons Lovren is in and Lucas is injured.