talking of football, im watching a review of the 1996/1997 season (Premiership) on my pc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_FA_Premier_League

Yeah, I think they should strengthen a bit the defense, Zabaleta is good (I've seen him since he debuted in San Lorenzo), but dunno if "world-class" good, and I personally don't like Bridge, so if they sign Lescott I'd put him as a left back, and in the very unlikely case they sign Terry I'd move Richards to right back, that would be an amazing defense.

The other problem is that they have two excellent defensive midfielders, but you HAVE to field both (if you want to field a lot of attackers), so you end up with no good cover except Michael Johnson. Maybe they'd have to look for a midfielder that can play both as defensive and more offensive too, like Arteta (please, no!!) or so, to complete the team

latest on the JT to City saga: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8157937.stm

Hughes has spent about £80m on players this summer

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has admitted he still hopes to lure Chelsea captain John Terry to Eastlands.

City have already seen one bid for Terry turned down by Chelsea but Hughes says he has not given up hope.

"He's obviously the type of player and the calibre of player we need if we're going to progress and compete at the top level," he told BBC Sportsweek.

"There may be a point that we concede (defeat), but I don't think we're at that point as yet."

City have had an active summer in the transfer market, signing Gareth Barry, Roque Santa Cruz, Carlos Tevez and Emmanuel Adebayor in an £80m spree, but Hughes confirmed they are unlikely to be the last arrivals at Eastlands.

"We're still in the market for players - we're looking to strengthen all areas of the team," he said.

"We've invested in the attacking side of our squad, added to our strength in midfield and obviously we'd like to address defensive areas now.

"We're still looking for quality players that will help us in the future."

Hughes confirmed they had had a bid for Joleon Lescott turned down by Everton but laughed off speculation linking his club with England midfielder David Beckham, who made his name at City's big rivals Manchester United.

One former Manchester United player who has moved from the red to the blue side of the city this summer is Tevez, but Hughes said the United connection was not relevant to his decision to sign the Argentine striker.

"What I saw was an outstanding football player that could become available at the end of a loan spell with a competing club," said Hughes, himself a United striker.

606: DEBATE These players are coming to City because they know our money means we have the serious potential to create a world class team over the next few years YNK?

"We're all absolutely delighted that he chose to join us. It's a big move for him, what with his connection to Manchester United, but he understands what we're trying to do and he's really excited by the prospect.

"For us to be able to attract a world class striker, which Carlos obviously is, is a real feather in our cap and we're absolutely thrilled that he's with us."

Hughes, who confirmed that Micah Richards is on the road to recovery after a bout of swine flu, admitted the club have high ambitions but that they are not expecting instant success.

"We have a plan that we feel, if we can get the right players in, will enable us to be competitive," he said.

"We can't come out with bold statements - 'we will definitely do this in X amount of seasons'. It's very difficult to predict but what we can say is there's a will to try and compete at the top table in the English Premier League and beyond."

You ManU fans still pick Neville/Brown/O'Shea over Rafael?  You're crazy.  Rafael is already better than any of those, and with more playing time (being a young player) he'll get better and better.  You don't think Ferguson will make him first choice this year?

Weekend results:

USA 2-1 Panama

DC United 3-1 Colorado (EDIT for zexen: Christian Gomez won the penalty for the first goal, took the corner for the second goal, then won the ball on the end line for the third goal!  Nice performance!)

EDIT: highlights!

http://www.dcunited.com/news-stats/videos?bctid=29962098001

Great weekend!!!

Rafeal and Fabio were both impressive last season. They will likely be replacing Neville next season.

Rafael and Fabio are great prospects, but i still think they need another season or two before they are ready to play like every game, till then Brown or Neville can fill in.

I´m a fan of Sporting Clube de Portugal, improperly named Sporting Lisbon.

Hey, nice! In the best two games of my team last season your team was involved...

If it doesn't hurt too much, you can see the really beautiful goal your team scored against us. And well the 7 you got

http://www.fanartisch.de/news/video-tore-bayern-sporting-lissabon-vs-bayern-tore-highlights-zusammenfassung-10-03-2009/

How can i forget the worst nightmare of sporting´s history? 

Anyway i have to say Bayern played really great and deserve it. Hope this season, IF Sporting qualifies to champions , we get better results than 2009.