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NICK
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Re:Gerrard slams United winker
« Reply #768 on: August 17, 2006, 01:49:17 AM »
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English pips shld learn to accept like Australia, USA & other African countries that they are not one of the best in the world and it is not because of refs, Seaman, Rooney injury or C. Ronaldo...
Shut up Gerrard...I cld just lose the lil respect I had for the long nosed ball wacking scouser!
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Gerrard did admit that they went in overconfident. Arent u a LFC supporter? Isnt Stevie G ur boy?
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It is absolutely senseless to target Walcott is any way because 1.) he didn't pick himself 2.) he didn't get a chance to play!
Sven should have a good reason for snubbing defoe and bent for walcott and to not play him at all is totally contradictory
But I look at Stevie G's hits on SGE and not on Walcott...spot on.
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If they actually took any of Defoe or Darren Bent, they would have had some decent forward line.
Instead David Dein (now resigned from the fa board) & Wenger saying how Walcott would shine. Did he? Wasted space
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Looking for any little excuse to get on the best player in the worlds case? It's true enough, he said England were overconfident that doesnt sound like a man with a huge ego to me. Not to mention that Walcott was a useless choice, if he had no intention on using him he should have picked Defoe who could have stepped in for Owen and saved us alot of pain
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Re:Charity Shield
« Reply #769 on: August 17, 2006, 01:56:11 AM »
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As much as I hate to admit it yes they were bad. We will not win the PREM this year. Sorry my fellow Blues but am loosing hope. We are far from the quality of the past two seasons. We have no width and no quality depth.
Where to start?
1.) What does Ballack bring to the squad? As far as I can see, nothing critical. What is his specific role? He wanders around without purpose and has no pace. He slows the movement of Lampard and Essien. He slows the flow of play and forces us into "spray and pray". We simply kick it towards Shevchenko.
2.) Kalou will be dwarfed by the pace and power of the Prem. He is not strong enough in or around the box or fast enough down the sidelines. He has no urgency in his play and he doesn't track back. At best he is a bench player but NOT starter material at the Prem level (I don't care how many goals he scored in Holland. Didn't Kezman score even MORE goals in Holland????)
3.) Diarra is HORRIBLE, simply HORRIBLE. What the hell is he even doing at Chelsea? He shouldn't be allowed on the pitch. Sell him to Bradford (cheap).
4.) Poor Bridge looks terrible. He's been injured so many times and out for so long he many never come back to a proper level.
5.) Shaun Useless Phillips needs to PRODUCE or make room for a quality player. He's still pathetic.
6.) The clever new system which scraps passing and opts for spray and pray, and hoof and hope to Shevchenko, WILL FAIL.
7.) Riise will continue to murder us until we buy him .
8.) We dearly miss Duff, Eidur and Gallas and we will pay the price for their absence.
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Well said. EXCEPT the Riise (In your WILDEST DREAMS!)
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I hate to admit it but Dagz is right that Riise murders Chelsea. But if Chelsea got Riise they would still have some LB problems b/c even though he kills Chelsea doesn't mean that he is a premier LB. I think maybe Chelsea should try to score more vs. LFC instead of their "spray and pray" tactics.
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The problem has nothing to do with LFC specifically...I feel. The problem is that because he didn't win the CL Jose felt compelled to fix something that wasn't actually broken and in the process he really messed up. He brought in some rubbish, let some quality go, installed a bogus system tailored to Shevchenko. Signed a big name (Ballack, who is past his prime but can still space out. I felt Ballack was better when he played for Bayern Munich) just because he's a big name, and thus messedd the normal flow of play when Ballack's on the pitch.
Jose has also allowed his ego to interfere in the porcess from time to time.
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This team is a different team to the past two seasons. The team is working on new tactics to accomodate all the players. You will get to know this with time.
As per riise, I know he is very good with pace and shorts/goal scoring, but he is no way near Ashley Cole in defence which is what Chelsea wants.
Also, you may do whatever you want, Sheva will shine with Chelsea and when Ballack comes out, you will bow. Then you will see what he brings which is experience and depth. He doesnt need your approval before he got to where he is.
Wright Philips will also prove you wrong this season. Diarra will soon mature and able to do it like Maka. Galas can go.It's only that we need another person in Case of injury unless Huth will not go again.
Kalou is trying and he will be a star.
All we just have to do is patience and believe. The team didnt do that badly if not for the scoreline.
Sisoko was supposed to be booked before Ballak if you watched well.
As for Jose, he is trying and my main man. He knows what he is doing and when the hostilities begin, you will start to sing different songs. Just allow him do his job. Remember it is not compulsory we win. The most important thing is to give good account of ourselves.
No matter the price a player is bought is Roman's prob not ours. We should stop putting them under unecessary pressure.
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All we just have to do is patience and believe. The team didnt do that badly if not for the scoreline.
Ashley Cole should come quikly. I do not want another player. Othewise we should go for that Geman left back who can also play right back perfectly(Philip Lahm)
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1)Ballock - good grief we agree on something
2)Kalou - not bad - rang rings around your beloved Riise (are you his *****?) left him for dead
3)Diarra - no substitue for Maka or Essien - but his young - time on his side
4)Bridge IS terrible - fact - he'll never be a Cole
5)SWP bright on the right left Riise (your beloved Riise) for dead on a few occasions - but does nothing with the final ball - has to learn
6) Lamps first time balls over the top are too predictable - but they did cut out Sissoko the MoM
7) Riise is just another Berger in disguise - he murded us too - you wana buy Berger?
 We did not miss Eidur (no subtle balls through mid field) - nor Duff (Robben is better on the left) nor Gallas (unless you mean at Left Back) Carvhalo was the better CB today by far
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Re:McClaren says it's not end for Beckham
« Reply #770 on: August 17, 2006, 02:00:42 AM »
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LONDON (AP) - Steve McClaren's decision to drop David Beckham does not mean the end of the former captain's international career.
"It's not the England manager's decision to end anyone's international career," McClaren told BBC Radio's Sportsweek on Sunday.
McClaren, who recently took over for Sven-Goran Eriksson, left the Real Madrid midfielder out of his squad that will face Greece in a friendly at Old Trafford on Wednesday. McClaren said he was looking to build a team for the future and that's why the 31-year-old Beckham was not included.
"While David says he has the passion to play for England, I have to respect that and I will monitor the situation in Madrid. I will never say never," McClaren said.
Beckham has played 94 times for England and was captain for 58 of those games. His last appearance was in the World Cup quarterfinals against Portugal when he limped off with ankle and Achilles tendon injuries and watched England lose a penalty shootout.
McClaren's decision to leave him out of the game against Greece, which will be followed by England's first two European Championship qualifying games against Andorra and Macedonia in September, is seen as attempt by the new coach to move the team in a new direction after a poor performance at the World Cup.
Although McClaren was Eriksson's assistant in Germany, he says he is not afraid to make bold decisions now that he is in charge. He has also appointed former England coach Terry Venables as his assistant and handed the captain's armband to Chelsea defender John Terry.
"I would not say it was hardest decision I've made (to drop Beckham)," McClaren told the BBC. "It would have been hard if I didn't have the relationship I've got with him and if I didn't have the respect I have for him. It was a big decision but one I felt I had to make for the future."
Source: Fox Sports
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ENgland is now looking to build a future adn beckham represents an unfulfiled past. I think dropping him and giving the younger fresher players starts for the country is a good thing. Plus this is a friendly coming up. So i guess it's ok.
Doesn't this belong in Real Madrid post board to begin with?
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Not a fan of Becks but what was Mc thinking? This is too soon.
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And Lamps may have the same fate too.
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I have some thoughts on them.
McClaren is obviously not good enough to coach England. Look at his achievement in Boro last year. People may think achieving the first runner up in the UEFA Cup is awesome for a team like Boro. But think about it seriously. The happening of the two miracles (semi and quarter) has nothing to do with his managerial ability. Just Marcarrone hit form. Thats all. Look at his catastrophic defeat by Sevilla and you will see how crap he is - clearly wrong tactics and planning. Sevilla is obviously the better side. But 0-4 is really unacceptable, as far as the final of a knockout competition is concerned. I would rather see them losing in the semi by away goal rule, howsoever cruel it is.
Beckham, apparently the best performing player for England in WC (aside from Hargreaves), is actually pulling off the date from which England can win anything again. Undoubtedly Sven is the chief culprit, for his defensive and passive approach. But actually the worst thing he has ever done is relying too much on the Beckham + Crouch combination, which makes English football rot. Playing long ball is never a permanent solution to the lack of striking force. In particular, it should be remembered that Gerrard and Lampard play tons of long ball in their club. Who else is keeping the ball on the ground? J.Cole? Maybe, if he is not too much caught in dribbling!! Of coz an impeccable freekick by Beck can change the result of a game (eg vs Ecuador). But is solely preying on set-pieces a good attitude to playing good football? That Sven is shameless enough to justify his ugly football approach in front of the media, wtf.
Get rid of Beck and find a real playmaker. In my opinion, unless Beck is pulled off from England, which McClaren has rightly done so, England will be left nothing in the coming years.
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It's just a friendly game, Beckham isnt young anymore and such friendlies shldnt b testin his fitness i guess that's what the coaches think
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too many disappointing moments on the pitch. Go on and retire.
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Or be a fashion model
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Re:Rooney and Scholes lose appeals
« Reply #771 on: August 17, 2006, 02:08:50 AM »
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so that means they'll miss games against charlton, watford and crucially spurs. i wish i could say i was surprised, but Man U have the worst uck in pre-season. this crap is just bloooody typical.
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I am strating to hate pre season and the first 5 games, but i think that Man U are better equiped to deal with this now. I say start Ole and Saha and I guess Gigs in the middle if SAF doen't buy someone. I think that they can pull through and get 3 wins without them. I hope everyone will be back to kick Arsenals butss. The we kick theirs. 
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i really cant understand what the stupid FA is thinking about. rooney's foul probably doesn even deserve a yellow, this foul clearly isnt as malicious as the infamous groin incident. i mean, perhaps there shldnt even b a hearing in the first place! this kind of decisions r increasingly against rooney n manutd huh? crap FA.
let's hope the rest of the squad could b spurred on to win the next 3matches without them..
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Re:Gerrard handed right-sided role
« Reply #772 on: August 17, 2006, 02:12:08 AM »
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should McClaren play him there or should he remain in centre midfield? with Beckham dropped I thought Lennon would be given his chance but it doesn't look that way.
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I'd put him in the center with Hargreaves and replace Lampard with Lennon on the right, I know its harsh but Gerrard is a better attacker than Lampard and with Hargreaves in the middle Gerrard will be able to do what he does best
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Stevie will be first choice over Fat Lampard either way. McClaren has named him Vice-Captain which means that Stevie will more likely than not play in the middle with Fat Lampard and Lennon,SWP (if he can get any time of day at cheski) or Pennant will play on the right. Hargreaves had a decent world cup but can't be picked over Fat Frank or Little Lennon
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Re:STRICTLY FOR THE DIE HARD SOCCER FANS.
« Reply #773 on: August 17, 2006, 02:19:20 AM »
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charity shield in the bag. good start.
our play was great to watch, love it. how our play has changed with the pace of bellamy, gonzalez & pennant
they have big names who didn't fire
we have hard workers who were on FIRE!
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Abraham Nigel
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Re:Gerrard slams United winker
« Reply #774 on: August 17, 2006, 05:35:57 AM »
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English pips shld learn to accept like Australia, USA & other African countries that they are not one of the best in the world and it is not because of refs, Seaman, Rooney injury or C. Ronaldo...
Shut up Gerrard...I cld just lose the lil respect I had for the long nosed ball wacking scouser!
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Gerrard did admit that they went in overconfident. Arent u a LFC supporter? Isnt Stevie G ur boy?
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It is absolutely senseless to target Walcott is any way because 1.) he didn't pick himself 2.) he didn't get a chance to play!
Sven should have a good reason for snubbing defoe and bent for walcott and to not play him at all is totally contradictory
But I look at Stevie G's hits on SGE and not on Walcott...spot on.
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If they actually took any of Defoe or Darren Bent, they would have had some decent forward line.
Instead David Dein (now resigned from the fa board) & Wenger saying how Walcott would shine. Did he? Wasted space
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Looking for any little excuse to get on the best player in the worlds case? It's true enough, he said England were overconfident that doesnt sound like a man with a huge ego to me. Not to mention that Walcott was a useless choice, if he had no intention on using him he should have picked Defoe who could have stepped in for Owen and saved us alot of pain
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Agreed. Gerrard was negative towards Walcott's presence only, since his selection made no sense. He just said what many people have already stated - shocked that he was there in the first place, and if he wasn't there to be used except to gain some int'l exposure (like Ronaldo in '94 for example) - then another striker should've been brought. I read the article as a shot towards Eriksson, not necessarily at Walcott. I dont think it could have been a shot at Walcott, it's impossible for a 17 year old who hasnt played a game for his club to be good enough to play for England, Gerrard spoke the truth and said that Walcott wasnt good enough for the squad and should have been replaced.
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Abraham Nigel
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Re:McClaren says it's not end for Beckham
« Reply #775 on: August 17, 2006, 05:38:22 AM »
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ENgland is now looking to build a future adn beckham represents an unfulfiled past. I think dropping him and giving the younger fresher players starts for the country is a good thing. Plus this is a friendly coming up. So i guess it's ok.
Doesn't this belong in Real Madrid post board to begin with?
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Not a fan of Becks but what was Mc thinking? This is too soon.
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And Lamps may have the same fate too.
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I have some thoughts on them.
McClaren is obviously not good enough to coach England. Look at his achievement in Boro last year. People may think achieving the first runner up in the UEFA Cup is awesome for a team like Boro. But think about it seriously. The happening of the two miracles (semi and quarter) has nothing to do with his managerial ability. Just Marcarrone hit form. Thats all. Look at his catastrophic defeat by Sevilla and you will see how crap he is - clearly wrong tactics and planning. Sevilla is obviously the better side. But 0-4 is really unacceptable, as far as the final of a knockout competition is concerned. I would rather see them losing in the semi by away goal rule, howsoever cruel it is.
Beckham, apparently the best performing player for England in WC (aside from Hargreaves), is actually pulling off the date from which England can win anything again. Undoubtedly Sven is the chief culprit, for his defensive and passive approach. But actually the worst thing he has ever done is relying too much on the Beckham + Crouch combination, which makes English football rot. Playing long ball is never a permanent solution to the lack of striking force. In particular, it should be remembered that Gerrard and Lampard play tons of long ball in their club. Who else is keeping the ball on the ground? J.Cole? Maybe, if he is not too much caught in dribbling!! Of coz an impeccable freekick by Beck can change the result of a game (eg vs Ecuador). But is solely preying on set-pieces a good attitude to playing good football? That Sven is shameless enough to justify his ugly football approach in front of the media, wtf.
Get rid of Beck and find a real playmaker. In my opinion, unless Beck is pulled off from England, which McClaren has rightly done so, England will be left nothing in the coming years.
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It's just a friendly game, Beckham isnt young anymore and such friendlies shldnt b testin his fitness i guess that's what the coaches think
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too many disappointing moments on the pitch. Go on and retire.
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Or be a fashion model
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England is trying to build a future? Then why hire Rio Ferdinand again! How did Terry fulfill any of England's footballing goals? One step forwar, two steps back... Here comes the FA again!
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