eva loves me taking off my kit.

i like the pink shirt

I saw that, and I'll be fucking angry if the US get it, too.

I know England were part of the 2018 bid, but the US hosted it in 1994, for fucks sake. 1994, as in less than 30 fucking years apart, if they get it in 2022. How the FUCK does that make any god damned sense?

I hope it goes to Australia - they never hosted it before, they aren't corrupt, and they have the capacity to pull it off (unlike Qatar). Although the time difference would indeed suck, but that's neither here nor there.

I will move to fucking Qatar if the 2022 World Cup is in the US. FUCK THAT.

THIS isn't mine (link below), but it's a very astute observation that I never actually thought of before, and may actually hold some verifiable significance:

"Whilst I think Cesc will be a useful squad member for Chelsea, I do not see him as being the star influential midfielder.

Like Rooney, Cesc has been playing top level football on a regular basis since he was 17 and it can be reasonably argued that both of their peak years were 2006-2012 (20 to 26 years old).

It is difficult to quantify but in my opinion, as most top flight footballers do not play regularly until they are c.20-21yrs, the likes of Rooney and Cesc are running short of gas and are now playing more like veterans in their early 30s.

It's a game of opinions!"

www.arsenalnewsreview.co.uk/index.php/news/4185/30/Cesc-Fabregas-Enough-already

Ryan Gauld transferred to Sporting Lisbon. Shame for Dundee Utd but it's a good move to continue his development also - he would stagnate if he went to England, and the Portugese League is a perfect place to hone skills.

Thoughts globe? I looked up Ian Cathro and Ryan Gauld pretty much owes his career to him. Cathro is just the sort of skills and expressive coach that Scottish football (and British football in general) is crying out for.

matt Cathro has just got himself a new job - assistant manager at Valencia.

Afterall these years i still HATE the "new" Arsenal crest. The old one had so much class, the current one looks trashy and cartoonish.

I bet RVP feels like a right old mug. Granted, winning the PL is better than not, but winning the FA Cup and finishing 4th is better than winning Sweet FA and finishing 7th.

And, what's more, I dare say Arsenal would have done the double and won the PL last season IF we had RVP (or any additional proper striker) in the team. The irony abounds. The Dutchman can fuck off.

If you had to name one star player that never really amounted to much, who would you name?

For me, it has to be Ronaldinho. I don't doubt that he is the most technically gifted player of his generation, but his influence was short lived and petered out. Fancy tricks and flicks are nice, but they can only achieve so much. Compared to Messi, Ronaldhino looks so ineffective.

Kaka never realized his full potential either.

Which brings me on to my next point: Do you think we'll ever see a better player than Messi?

Obviously, the answer is "Yes" by looking at past trends, but the mind boggles.

First it was Henry, surely no one could get better than Henry. Then it switched to Ronaldhino, surely no one could get better than Ronaldinho. But now there's Messi - a combination of Ronaldinho's trickery and Henry's prolific ability.

The stats for Messi are beyond incredible. The goals/games ratio is unbelievable:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi#Club

I just can't fathom how someone will be better than him. But, as so often is the case, more will be revealed.....

Zidane > C.Ronaldo > Maradonna > Messi