Fena,
I didn't know that about Laudrup/CFC... I've been very impressed with him this year. Mind you, would he fancy it?
No he wouldn't. I hope for his sake he rejects Roman's advances should they come his way. He's got too much class to do so.
Fena,
I didn't know that about Laudrup/CFC... I've been very impressed with him this year. Mind you, would he fancy it?
The question i'd have to ask is if the board at Man Utd would ever go for him, his personality, lack of time spent at clubs and slightly negative at times style all count against him.
Woah, Arsenal have signed Nacho Monreal? That's a surprise, but the guy can play. Better left back than Andre Santos, who should be playing on the wing, not in defense.
Yeah. For once it's not a panic buy, sniffing around the scraps left by the other teams on deadline day. It's great to actually bring in quality competition for the starting spot, but I hope this drives Kieran Gibbs on, rather than arresting his development.
Spot on about Santos. I think another club will end up picking him up for a knock-down price and end up with a pretty decent left winger.
Woah, Arsenal have signed Nacho Monreal? That's a surprise, but the guy can play. Better left back than Andre Santos, who should be playing on the wing, not in defense.
Fena,
I didn't know that about Laudrup/CFC... I've been very impressed with him this year. Mind you, would he fancy it?
Well, Galliani managed to get big boy Acerbi, but he's been a disappointing signing so far. Hasn't impressed at all. Zapata has been good, a bit more consistent than Mexes, who has numerous times single handedly allowed goals to happen. We just got Zaccardo, who despite being a right back can play at CB. CB spot is a bit of a mess, there's no replacing the best (Silva). At LB and RB we are amazing, with Constant and Di Sciglio. If you watch us play though, the CBs frequently mess up on set pieces. Basically every time an opponent takes a free kick or a corner I an expecting them to score aerially. I mean, that's just not Milan football, the CBs were always rock solid.
Does Nacho use his first name on his jersey?
Sissoko looks to have been a good buy. Good three points for Newcastle.
I think all of their buys have been good, they had a poor summer in the transfer market and payed for it, but this one has been very good.
As for the result, predictable is probably the word!
It seems Pardew was satisfied with his squad after their terrific run last season and chose not to make any changes. Kind of backfired depth wise since they were hit with so many injuries. Ben Arfa is huge for them and he has been away for much of the season. Cabaye being back is great and with Sissoko beeffing up the mid field attack, they should have a handful of options when Ben Arfa is fit. Tiote will also let the attacking midfielders be more creative. With the squad they have, especially when healthy, they should be in the upper half.
Balotelli scores 2 on his debut. Despite what the media say he wasn't ever given a run in the Man City starting 11.
He'll do well..needed another year or so to really get up to speed with English football though he wanted too much time on the ball a lot of the time and also ironically Mancini's tactics don't suit a player with his skillset, didn't help that he had a poor attitude when things weren't going well though.
Tevez is probably next to leave and he fits the tactics perfectly but always is subbed or left out no matter his form, creates chances every game for himself and teammates and links up well with Silva while Aguero has been a lot more selfish taking too many dribbles.
Hoping for a miracle but honestly haven't seen more than 2-3 games all season where the team have really played well. Hopefully Yaya plays better when he comes back and improves the play.
Balotelli scores 2 on his debut. Despite what the media say he wasn't ever given a run in the Man City starting 11.
I think it's been the worst season for as long as I can remember. The supposedly 3 best teams, Man Utd, City and Chelsea have all been poor. Man Utd are running away with the league, but they have been making mistakes and playing in second gear for most of the year it seems.
Newcastle have gone backwards, Spurs and Arsenal are hit and miss. Swansea and Liverpool have done well, but apart from that it's been tough to really get into this year.
Anyone watching Germany-France?
That second goal was amazing, Ozil's passing is simply out of this world.
The standard is certainly poor. Whether poorer than last season I am not sure. For all that I was very pleased to see them succeed City must have been the most limited winners of the Premiership for a long time. Some very talented players but the overall picture is at times appallingly one dimensional.
That wasn't too bad by England. I thought the Arsenal pair looked good.
Also thought you could see a bit of why Naymar is being so touted. Give him a few years and maybe he'll be right up there with the creme de la creme (like Messi, Ronaldo, etc.)
Wonder if he will indeed end up at Barca?
Talking of whom...
Knowing full well the enormous cultural identification and zealous pride taken in their team by the Catalans, what's going on with Gerard Pique's name choice for his new baby... Milan... ??!!... :shock:
He was nowhere near to being 'thoroughly outplayed'. He was excellent in the first half.England looked pretty good I thought. I had to laugh seeing Gerrard starting, only for him to be thoroughly outplayed by Lampard in his 45 minutes, yet again. You have to feel sorry for him really.
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Talking of whom...
Knowing full well the enormous cultural identification and zealous pride taken in their team by the Catalans, what's going on with Gerard Pique's name choice for his new baby... Milan... ??!!... :shock:
That wasn't too bad by England. I thought the Arsenal pair looked good.
He was nowhere near to being 'thoroughly outplayed'. He was excellent in the first half.
If anything, Gerrard was better overall I thought. Lampard was missing in the final 20 minutes and kept giving the ball away for the first 5 minutes in the 2nd half. Sure he had a good finish for his goal, but I find your analysis bizarre.
Thoroughly outplayed? :lol:
I don't think Gerrard has been all that last couple seasons but he's been brilliant this year from what I've seen, making Liverpool tick whereas he slowed them down a bit previously, maybe Rodgers has added a few years to his career at the top level.
Lampard has also been great though, wouldn't go amiss at any big club that can fit him in. Would be a big loss for the league if he goes to MLS.
REports today indicating CFC still aren't going to open talks on a contract with him.In your opinions would this be an example of an owner making up his mind about a player and not wanting to back down.He could shouw up at MU next season and would easilly have 2 or 3 years there to cause damage to Chelseas' title hopes.
The only legitimate reason for moving him on would be to give a new manager a clean slate to do their own thing with the club. It would be sad to see him leave, but as a fan, I can understand the need for a fresh start.
Excellent point, for evidence just look at what AVB is doing at Spurs without all the politics.
Hell, I'd love to see Lampard in red and white as he's got the winning mindset but I think he'd slow down play too much. We're already having to fight against Diaby doing that.
I don't think he means to cause any disruption to new managers, it's just that he's such a huge part of the club and if i'm honest, I see him more as "Mr Chelsea" than Terry, that's always going to make it difficult having him around. He's happy not playing every game, he's even happy being payed average Premier League wages, it's just his aura I suppose.
As for slowing the game down, I don't think he really does that, but alot of people have said that he does. To me he seems to be the one who speeds it up for us, he's always the one looking to play the incisive passes, he's set Ba up a few times already (including the ball through where he got his nose broke I think ). Whenever he gets the ball he's always looking to get rid of it quickly, maybe it seems like he slows things down as he's usually playing with Ramires who isn't the most technical of players, if he had someone next to him who he could play the modern style of little triangle passes with (which Arsenal do), i'm sure he would and could.
I think he would be great for Arsenal or Man Utd, for himself I couldn't hold it against him if he decided to go that route, as opposed to the MLS.
I want Lampard to come to the MLS. He'd be the best player in the league atuomatically. He can get a lot more of the ball and will easily be able to dictate play with MLS being slightly slower than what you've got across the pond.
He would be great in America, no doubt about that. I think he still has plenty left in him though, it could be a good thing if he goes on to another club in a top league and performs there too. Personally I hold players who do it in different leagues very highly. Ronaldo for instance, his record at Man Utd and then Real Madrid is special. If he goes to Serie A and does well, it would further enhance his reputation as one of the greatest players of his generation. He was voted the best player in the Premier League of the last decade, to do it in another league as well would be a challenge i'm sure he'd relish.
Yeah I think he should go take a shot in Italy with Inter. They're rebuilding and in a way still suffering the post-Mourinho fallout. Frankie would do well to help Inter rebuild. And he would destroy Serie A, with the way football is played in Italy, he can play like a Pirlo but move forward a bit more.
Excellent point, for evidence just look at what AVB is doing at Spurs without all the politics.
Hell, I'd love to see Lampard in red and white as he's got the winning mindset but I think he'd slow down play too much. We're already having to fight against Diaby doing that.
I'll definitely check it out. I totally rate Lampard, he's won everything but the wc so he k kwa what's he's doing.
I'm not betting on Ross' spurs folding this year, they looked good today.
Gutsy, gutsy Gunners.
Sagna had a nice game, hopefully this is a trend.
The Sun gave him 5 out of 10!