Not lots, but enough to know he's improved drastically. Robinho's last 'top form' was at the start of last season. But, as I said, I don't think Robinho is suited to England. Robinho at Madrid was better than Pedro currently is, if Robinho moved to Barca and got his head down, he would be Barca's first choice left forward/winger.

Fantastic. Shut up Chelsea



Makes you wonder why we can't play like that every week. Boateng rolled back the years, and Cairney was equally as good alongside him. Hands off till we go down!

The reason for the complaints after Chelsea's goal was apparantley due to Clattenburg telling the City defenders it was an indirect free-kick. It got a deflection anyway, so it was immaterial anyway.

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Oh, I'm sorry, I never realized I had to have watched every Barca game to form an opinion.

Easy mate. I'm just saying that if you had seen more of Barça this season you'd have seen just how good this lad is. It's his first real season of first team football and he's keeping Thierry Henry out of the team. There's talk of him going to the world cup and while I think it probably won't happen it's not impossible.

Because they'd be knackered. I think you'll struggle at the weekend simply because you worked so hard tonight.

And as hard as you worked, if Anelka or Ballack had done better with their very good chances, as the hard work would've been for nothing anyway.



It was a blatant foul on the edge of the box. Why would they be expecting an indirect free kick from it?

I have seen him play, he's an excellent young player who's had a few game-breaking moments this year. I'd love him at Liverpool as well, but, I think that, overall, Robinho is a better player. I don't think we seen the best of him over here, I don't think Madrid got the best out of him, either. I think he has a few levels more that he can reach, he just needs to commit himself and have a manager who'll get it out of him. I think at Barca, he could reach that level, similarly to Ibra who's reaching new levels under Guardiola, although it still remains to be seen if Ibra will do it in Europe.

Our fitness is surprisingly good. Boateng was struggling to play 2 games in 7 days earlier this season. No longer the case.

If, if, if. Doesn't change owt, 2 points dropped!



Boat said in his interview they had asked whether it was direct or indirect, and Clattenburg had said indirect. His words, not mine. It's immaterial, like i already said.

I'm not detracting from Hull's performance, I'm just answering the question why you don't play like that every week.

You wouldn't have been lauding your workrate if Ballack or Anelka had buried their chances. Hull could have put in exactly the same amount of work as they did tonight, got nothing to show for it, and you wouldn't have given a damn about the work.



Strange if he did tell him that it was an indirect free kick, but having seen Hunt get a free kick for getting owned in a shoulder barge he instigated not entirely surprising!

Hunt was excellent tonight BTW, my MotM. Which is annoying, seeing as he is an utter ****.

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Do the rules around throw ins still stipulate that you must keep your feet flat on the ground?

Don't think so. Just that as the ball leaves the hands both feet must be in contact with the floor.

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Damn. Got it wrong

He can't be that good if Robinho is better than him!

Everyone on the Chelsea site knew. But I suspect they only "knew" it because Grant is their most disliked manager and they wanted it to be him.

Old news.

I thought you had a big baby whinge and said you were f*****g off this site for good.......

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