f**k me i dont even know where to start.
Podolski is infinitely better than our current back up and isn't restricted to only one position. Would he be my first choice? no. but considering we hardly ever buy in Jan i'd be happy with signing a german international. Much rather that than having to pick up scraps from other teams and loan a starting striker in. Obviously we have brought Benayoun in but he's not starting every game for us like Adebayor is for you.
I don't see how Bayern would destroy us when last week BVB beat them and we dominated BVB for all but 20 minutes the same week. If we went over there then yeah they would probably shade us, but being destroyed by them is a bit of a leap.
United beat us 8-2 away with a team of reserves the same day you got slapped by city at home with a team full of starters. I can undestand if you've already forgotten about that, you've won a lot of Europa league games since then and the excitement might not have worn off yet.
"Tell me, who has Bayern beat over the past few years in the UCL, the competition that truly measures the strength of a squad"
You realize we beat Barcelona last year, we may have lost the tie but we were still the only team to beat them in the knockout stages last year, and have been in the competition for over a decade.
And your list of players Vermaelen wouldn't start over is a joke for the sole reason you chucked in Ledley King. I'll play your game though:
Players Vermaelen would start over: Ramos (who is a primarily full back so i've got no idea why he was throwing in there), King, Carvalho, Lucio, Subotic and Hummels.
Players Vermaelen wouldn't start over: Pique, Puyol, Silva, Kompany and Vidic.
Podolski would be a good back-up but a "super sub" is laughable. I didn't say anything over than that, although his club record speaks for itself. You do realize Benayoun and Podolski are scraps right? :lol: Plus, Adebayor is almost certain to sign on with Spurs, so that argument goes out the window. Not to mention we bought a grand total of three starting players this year for crap-all and look at where we are on the table. I'm sorry, you were saying?
Destroyed is an exaggeration obviously, they are still the superior team and denying that is foolish.
:lol: My team is third in the league you twat and has had the best run of form over the past ten games of any EPL club in the league with much less funds, money spent on transfers, purchasing players considered bad buys initially, but yet you are trying to tell me I should be jealous of your UCL run when we made the quarter finals last season when we were ravaged with injuries?
Our squad is no where near as deep as the other big clubs but I guess having a fantastic manager makes a big difference.
Yeah, and Bayern have quite a few scalps as well; namely the teams that are dominating the EPL at the moment. It is an amazing achievement to beat Barca of course, no question and I wasn't denying that. But that moron that supposedly watches football seems to ignore the fact that Bayern are the stronger team.
Verm wouldn't start over a fit King and my heavy club bias is a factor there. Its a widely held opinion that if King didn't have his knee condition, he'd likely be the best defender England has. Of course though, that isn't the case. Regaress, despite the fact he is slow, he is an incredible defender and the list is not a joke because he is there.
:lol: You obviously don't even know what you are talking about, Sergio Ramos started his Madrid career as a centre-back and was only moved because of other players. If you paid attention to him this year, he's been the starting centre-half several times and is brilliant there. Even though he is our usual right-back, if Mourinho wants Carvalho back in the team he should keep Arbeloa and Ramos where they are. He happens to be a top right-back and a top centre-back. He is primarily a right-back of course but that doesn't mean he can't be a fantastic centre-half either.
Vern wouldn't start over Carvalho, and I rate Hummels higher. Lucio is a closer comparison that I'll concede.
And for the record it's not like I think Vermaelan is a bad defender, he is a great defender. But Bunniesderp saying he is - what was it, one of the top two in the league or something to that extent - is laughable when you think of Vidic and Kompany.