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That's the thing. You have to train them a lot to score, and if you do that you can expect to score maybe once every ten matches.

That corner thing was repeated in some interview & The Secret Footballers latest book. But yeah, I'd say it's about right. Problem is we fans always think a corner as a good chance to score and that's why people are so frustrated with their poor quality. I say we should just maintain possession.

Funnily enough I just read Numbers Game which proved that if you want best bang for buck you should improve on your worst player. Corluka would be an improvement over Distin & Alcaraz.

Sounds like reverse psychology for those who already want Martinez out.

"According to talkSPORT....". Sounds plausible.

Also worth reading: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/marcelo-brozovic-everything-arsenal-fans-4657393

You said any squad? Navas, Kroos, Ronaldo. Keeper, midfield & lack of creativity all sorted.

What absolute tosh. Problem is, and they know it, that if they'd put a reasonable sum everyone would know Wenger would never pay it.

Not going to happen. Bigger clubs with fatter wallets are after him. Most notably ManU.

Are you kidding? They still employ the same Chris Potts whose CV includes King's Dock and Destination Kirkby...

Baines is 30, how soon are you planning on replacing him?

I'm not going to argue about this any more. It's not going to happen in my lifetime.

Helsinki was in 1952 when the Olympics were much smaller. There were less than 5000 taking part and less than half the events. Tourism was miniscule and number of reporters much smaller. Turning point were the 1984 Olympics in LA. Up til then the games had been expensive to the host cities (for instance Montreal in 1976 made a big loss) so there was a shortage of host candidates. Yanks turned the thing into a profit-churning operation and since then this has not been a problem. On the contrary.

I know the Olympics are big. So how could Liverpool cope? Since the 1984 Olympics where the thing really blew off, the hosting cities have been much bigger (Athens metropolitan area has some 3,7 million people). There will be new countries vying for the games plus old ones that haven't had them in a long time. France, Germany, Italy. Even Spain will probably host them before GB. I would also expect that Poland and maybe Turkey will eventually get the games. Then there's Japan who haven't hosted the games since 1964, South Korea will have them again before GB. Then there are the quickly developing countries like India. China will have another crack before then. USA will have the games at least every 20 years from now on. Canada might also be interested. Mexico if they can stop the violence. And so on. The more I think about it the more ridiculous the idea sounds. The city should start to prepare for something that might happen over 60 years from now (64 years between London Olympics), but probably won't? Even if stadiums and arenas were built they would be outdated long before the games so they would need to be rebuilt. And until then they would be way too big for Liverpool so would just cost a fortune on taxpayer money.

I don't understand the relevance of mass transit rail networks. They have stadiums both in the cities and outside.

How do they manage them in other cities? Great American Ball Park is in the middle of Cincinatti: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Ball_Park As is Busch Stadium: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busch_Stadium Safeco Stadium where I have visited was also very close to city centre. And a few other baseball stadiums. Those have a capacity of 40,000+. Olympics in Liverpool is a pipe dream. IOC won't give the Olympics to the same country any time soon (unless it's USA). With a rotation between continents & the fact that there will be Olympics in the other major European countries before they arrive in GB again it will probably be fifty years or more before that happens. And even then Liverpool won't be the automatic choice in England. London and Manchester would have a better case.

Any stadium models are fake at the moment.

SSN reporter outside FF just said his sources say this is not happening.

He's certainly a bit of an unknown quantity.

I'm expecting a loan signing. Barkley out for the EL group stages and Pienaar already struggling with injuries plus Atsu probably not ready to start games means we are a bit short on creativity.

Signed for CSKA Moscow on a four-year deal.

http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/arsenal/transfer-talk/news/premier-league-clubs-pursue-brownhill_173003.html Young midfielder from Preston. Might be loaned back. Four teams interested, us, Arse, WBA and RS.

Daily Hotspur™ ‏@Daily_Hotspur 13m German journalist Simön von Kurrie claims that Everton are looking to make a loan move for Lewis Holtby with a view to a permanent deal.

Latest rumour suggest ManU will offer him a new contract, tho. But let's wait and see.

He's one of Bosnia's most promising players. The national team manager is his uncle, I think, and he played him as DM when he's actually an attacking midfielder. So if you see him labelled DM it's just because of that idiot (Safet Susic isn't exactly lauded for his tactical skills).