It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

CC,

Yes, they missed Lampard and Essien yesterday. Being without one of those players is bad enough, but it's a big problem when they're both out against a big team like Liverpool.

Zhirkov and Ramires are not there as replacements yet imo.

Required Field,

Here's an early Christmas pressie for you.

Hils , they aint missed Lampard and nor have England. Flog him to Real while he's still overvalued would be best option imo.

I couldn't care less whether England miss him or not, Dilbert. I prefer it when Chelsea players don't get called up for international duty.

But Chelsea have definitely missed him though.

I think chelsea are not as good as liverpool on sunday 7th of november,would that be about right ?

Hils - Chelsea were poor, Liverpool were not that great. Strange don't you think Torres's miraculous return to form, didn't want to know against Everton other week. Maybe the smell of a Russian cheque book wafting in his nostrils perhaps? Torres and Gerard in blue and send Lampard back to West ham, go on you know you'd love it. :O)

"I prefer it when Chelsea players don't get called up for international duty"

reason number 87 in....... the why women should concentrate on corrie and not football handbook

yours truly
Ginger "told you gareth bale was over rated" gibberish

The thing that irritates me most in English football is when the goalie gets hold of the ball and boots it upfield anywhere...now Schmeichel of Man U was very precise with his dishing out of the ball....but now most of the keepers just bang it anywhere...now I know that you cannot always start from the back because the other side would push you back, but some improvements of ball distribution are necessary in the UK....just take a look at the old Bayern Munich of Franz Beckenbauer's day....from the back going forward was excellent....

Thanks Hilary...shall investigate further...

"against a big team like Liverpool" .... your aving a laff , ask Blackpool :-)

3 bets....to win...Spurs, Qpr and Leeds....not one of them came right !...(:-(....

They were very tricky yesterday, rf. I left well alone, but would have expected Watford, Ipswich and QPR to have won, so money saved.

I'm going for Milan AC at home to beat Palermo tonight.....odds 1.57....and Milan are in form....

Big money on then at that price?

50.

60 quid now....

Won on Milan.....but lost on Celtic, Newcastle and Liverpool.....no point on betting on any UK clubs apart from Chelsea....and for that you have to be watching as odds are too small......might as well forget the saturday uk matches.....no outstanding team this year....look abroad for good bets : for friday check out Borussia Dortmund - Hamburg.....going for Borussia to win.....1.72...

Bl**dy Liverpool. I thought they had turned the corner, but pants again!

You should know better than to trust a scouser, Harry. They'll nick your hubcaps as soon as your back is turned.

:o)

Better bets abroad now...odds are much better....skip the Barcelona one...Villareal are very good this year and could surprise...