His reputation has got them some better players than some other managers would have gotten them. Good bit of work from Sunderland really but a little gutted to see him not given more time

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I like A on all the pics but I like C on the shirt but not on the ground.

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I think you both hit the nail on the head for me with your comments but two other things that annoyed me are the lack of attacking play in the team recently and the backroom staff factor. He did too much, too soon and it is showing. I still think he will be the right man for the job though and I also think Fellaini will fit in soon as well but a lot needs to be changed seeing as so far he has been playing it safe.

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By Eric Portapotty | On 22 September 2013 - 14:28 PM

This thing

Worst part is that I'm typing this on my old com, fucker's actually still usable ffs, was overheating every time previously.

Will the pink blush not clash with your pink walls and My Little Pony toys?

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By Sam | On 19 September 2013 - 21:57 PM

Definitely.

I love that CM, as well as SWOS, are still updated by fans. I'm eagerly awaiting the 2013/14 updates for both.

SWOS is still updated by fans? Where? Greatest football game ever!

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I just think the whole campaign is a bit daft. They are doing it without any proof and forcing it on people while saying in press releases that there has to be a gay footballer. What is there isn't (outside of Rogers)? It is not impossible after all or maybe they just don't want their dirty laundry aired in public.

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By Tommo. | On 19 September 2013 - 12:03 PM

What does IOS7 actually add. All I have seen is people get so excited about it

Shit looking icons for one. It looks like a child's toy.

https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/q71/s720x720/954800_10152265947498782_1579748388_n.jpg

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iOS7 brought out some dumb fucks

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By King Luis | On 18 September 2013 - 22:22 PM

Fucking hell he cant win can he Comes out and says no need to apologise he's trying to gain support, doesn't come out and he's accused of taking things to serious.

He is a politician. They never do anything without gain. Pretty well known.

By bluemoon. | On 19 September 2013 - 01:18 AM

He's a dish faced cunt, of course he can't win.

You are right but I had to add a bit.

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It is very easy to come out afterwards and say no need to apologise but why not do so before when the media is raging about it? The fact he said it afterwards stinks of posturing as Cameron is trying to get favour back from the public.

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By Slashman X | On 17 September 2013 - 22:00 PM

That is a superb strike. Is that CR7?

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By VP. | On 17 September 2013 - 19:04 PM

Why don't you kiss his arse instead?

Anyway, can't be bothered to read though all this but for me Gerrard is the better of the 3. He's one of the best players i've seen in my lifetime easily.

It wasn't about kissing his arse but rather a longstanding thing of me trying to get a reputation system put in place. If you had been around you would have seen this. You should know I don't kiss arse by now.

Gerrard is not technical sound and he admits this. He is better than Lampard and is immense but he is not Paul Scholes as even Xavi rates him.

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By Ninja | On 17 September 2013 - 12:34 PM

Well there's your problem. Neville's points were perfectly valid, Paul Scholes won football matches because he was excellent at keeping possession and controlling matches and that theres more to football that simply scoring goals (despite the fact that Gerrard and Scholes numbers for United and Liverpool are very similar even with Scholes playing deeper for probably his last 10 years here), if you disagree with that point you might as well give up watching football. The argument that it was poor punditry to say that in training with Scholes on your team you won is a bit of a nonsense, it illustrates the point well.

Carra's response was the nonsensical arguments that Sven shifted Scholes to the left so that shows he's rubbish, which Neville countered easily and the even worse argument about Veron which was laughed at.

You've completely made up the 'point of playing with all three' Neville just said that he's played with a lot of good players and Scholes was the best, if you think about it he's also including the likes of Rooney, Ronaldo, Cantona, Giggs, Keane, Beckham and every other player he's played with at England or Manchester United. He didn't 'forget' that Carragher had too, because he wasn't using it as a stick to beat Carragher with. You, however, have conveniently ignored that Carragher agrees with him and says 'Scholes was the best player I've played with by a mile', apparently that doesn't undermine his point but there you go.

You're also ignoring subtlety of what Neville actually said. He didn't like to compare the three players because although they were all world class they were all good at different aspects of football in different ways. So your blanket statement to start with that thinking that Carragher's baseless ramblings were worse punditry than Neville's far more measured response was somehow the result of bias on my part because Neville said that Scholes was the better player and I agreed with that is wrong, because Neville never made that claim.

Absolutely spot on. Couldn't agree any more with this. If the lazy staff would add a reputation system (positive only) then I would be giving you a rep about now

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By Rick87 | On 17 September 2013 - 17:28 PM

I could but as most of my students would be kids many parents have reservations about sending their kids round a strangers house unless you do few lessons at their house first and they get to know you a bit.

Do it in the back of your van then

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By Franck | On 17 September 2013 - 10:13 AM

Got the game in my hands now \o/

I feel like a little kid on Christmas

Been leaked for what, 6 days? Wouldn't surprise me if some obsessed no-lifer has done 100%.

These are midnight queuing customers.

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By Shola | On 17 September 2013 - 09:36 AM

Carragher says a Liverpool player is better. = Biased. Neville says a Man Utd player is better = outstanding punditry.

Neville's rubbish anyway. Came across as totally smug and smarky.

I think it is great that you tried to be edgy and went with the hipster approach.

Still wrong though.

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Some people have already finished it. Surely they must mean only the main mission.

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By Shola | On 16 September 2013 - 23:49 PM

Tbf full back can be the most fun position to play. Attacking from deep and often not being marked/tracked properly. Carragher is right though, every full back in England is a failed something else.

It can also be a nightmare when up against a quick winger. (I'm very slow)

Gary Neville was a centre back but was pushed out wide so it is right on the money there.

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By Poe | On 16 September 2013 - 23:17 PM

Of course you did.

This is why we can't have nice things.

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By Slashman X | On 16 September 2013 - 19:52 PM

Carra to Neville: "If you're a full-back, you're either a failed winger or a failed centre-back. No-one grows up wanting to be Gary Neville"
— Stevo_football (@Stevo_football) Permalink

I guess I'm an exception to that as he was the type of player I wanted to be.

Then again I always wanted to be a traffic warden or environmental health as well

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I don't buy this Young is crap attitude. When he joined he showed us what he can do but he has been shit since. We don't even let him take set pieces so surely it is the way we use him that is a big issue?