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04 Aug 2016 09:52:42
Hi Ed's.

Whats the status of ............

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03 Nov 2016 12:08:12
Ed001, no need to throw a hissy fit.

Shevchenko won the Ballon d'or in 2004, effectively rating him the best player in Europe at the time of the 2005 CL Final. He didn't do it at Chelsea, you are completely right on that point, but you have said on numerous occasions that some players aren't suited to the style of play in certain teams or leagues, it doesn't mean their bad players. Look at Ian Rush at Juve. The man's a legend! One of the greatest strikers in the history of the world's greatest club!

Bergkamp was awful at Inter, so was Henry at Juve. Just sayin!

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{Ed001's Note - Ballon D'Or? That is just crap, meaningless bauble, does no such thing at all. Serie A was crap at the time, that was why he stood out there. As for hissy fit, what on earth? Are you 5? That is the kind of moronic reply that is annoying and makes me just delete a reply without even reading it. If I was annoyed or throwing a strop, I would have just deleted your post, I wouldn't have wasted time replying to it. Which I won't bother again if you are going to be as pathetic in future as to make childish accusations because I don't mince words in a reply, as I don't have the time to sit and compose it nicely.}


 

 

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02 Nov 2016 09:26:29
Ed001! I can't believe what I'm reading! In the years I've been reading this site I have never disagreed with an opinion of yours, but to say the mid 2000's Milan team was just OK is shocking!

If there was such a thing as 'Team of the Generation' there would be 5 players from that team who would walk onto it; Cafu, Nesta, Maldini, Seedorf and Shevchenko. I would say only Stevie G and Roy Keane keep Pirlo out of the CM positions.

The only player they had who I could never fathom why they keep around so long was Diddi (sorry Dida) . Complete bombscare! I guess they thought their defence was so good it didn't matter who was in goal. Or his dirty jokes were so good they all wanted him on the team bus! Could be either.

Do you remember him feigning being punched in the face by a fan who patted him on the back at Celtic Park? Hilarious!

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{Ed001's Note - Pirlo is ridiculously over-rated. Never understood the deal about that lazy get who required two players to cover for him, even though he was stood right there anyway. He was a luxury player who was great in the Italian league, purely because the level was so low. Sheva was nowhere near as good as made out, hence his struggles at Chelsea. Cafu and Maldini were past their best, though Maldini was still great at centre half, at left back he could be exposed by then. The point is, they had great players, rather than a great team.

By the way, I never said they were just OK, so learn to read before criticising an opinion. They only won one league title, so how can they be considered great? Great teams win trophies. They did not win enough to deserve the adulation you are giving them. By the way, Xabi Alonso was a thousand times the deep lying playmaker Pirlo was, he could also protect the defence.}


 

 

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21 Oct 2016 09:18:06
I think Wijnaldum has been really good for us this season. When he signed I expected him to play further up the field in place of Lallana maybe.

I think we missed him badly against MU and it showed how big of a step up he is from Can. Can was given his chance the other night and showed he is good enough to play in League Cup games, maybe a bit of defensive cover here and there, but that's about it.

For me Can slowed the game down every time he touched the ball. Wijnaldum forward passing is excellent, is much quicker at starting attacks and has been involved in a lot of the quick counter-attacking goals we have scored this season. His assists stats don't reflect how important he has been to the team as it is the player who plays the final ball who gets credited with the assist, not the man who started the attack and left the opposition flat footed.

I had my head in hands when we signed him {why? why? why? )

I can see now though (aaaahhhhhhh! )

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06 Oct 2016 16:37:19
Our inconsistency? So far we've played Arsenal away, Chelsea away, Spurs away and Leicester (champions) at home. We have only dropped points in 2 games this season. I would say that's pretty consistent.

If you're going to judge consistency on that of previous seasons then why not base everything else on that too and just settle for 7th now? Last year we got hammered by Swansea and pumped 3-0 by Hull the year we going for the title. If we are getting over the line against teams like this then our consistency is definitely improving. We were unlucky against Burnley and a lot of teams will struggle against them this season, they should've taken points off Arsenal but for a last minute phantom goal.

This the deepest squad quality wise if can remember us having. We've so many options in terms of personnel, shape and tactics. If plan A isn't working we can try something different (i. e. take off Lallana and bring on Studge) . We haven't been able to do that before, so when someone stopped plan A they stopped us. Not so this season, we have different type of players on the bench (Studge, Origi, Can etc. ) who are all good quality and allow us to change the gameplan.

Mané gives us something very different going forward. The only game we lost he didn't play in.

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01 Sep 2016 09:17:19
I thought Hendrick was a steal for £10m.

I haven't seen much of him for Derby, but when he plays for Ireland he's immense. He can tackle, pick a pass, good positional sense and good reading of the game, and has a lethal shot. He was fantastic in the Euros.

I don't think for a second he has enough quality to play for us, but he's too good for Burnley. He'd fit right in at an Everton or Southhampton. I'd have 3 of him over Sissoko every day of the week.

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