English Football Thread 2012/2013

[ste_mc_efc]

He was a brilliant player, and certainly a very puzzling move.

Marcotti is a fine journalist.

Perhaps so, I don't know anything about him.

But that article is lazy, that might be a little harsh actually, but it's certainly one-dimensional. Maybe he was just hindered by a word count.

I've always been a big yakubu fan. I've always dislike the argument that he was a lazy-goal poacher. Sure he didn't chase lost causes, but he closed down more than given credit for and his link up play was underrated.

It's just easy for people to call the barrel-chested african man lazy, i guess.

 

[barmyarmy]

Marcotti is a fine journalist.

Have you read the book he wrote with Gianlucca Vialli?

 

[thedon5]

Nope, I've seen a lot of him on Press Pass and also his ESPN articles like these.

 

[War]

Nope, I've seen a lot of him on Press Pass and also his ESPN articles like these.

Ye Marcotti is one of the best football journalist for sure.

Yakubu & Chris Samba going to china & russia were very puzzling moves indeed. Good enough for a mid-level premier league cups still for sure.

 

[thedon5]

China, Russia, Qatar and Turkey. Good places to go if you want to be forgotten about.

Surely the worst plight of all I remember in recent times was Dani Guiza. Was brilliant with Mallorca and won the Euros, and we were heavily linked to him along with some other clubs. He then went to Fenerbahce however and did decent there. He played his last game for the national team again a bit into his spell there. He then moved to Getafe and was a failure there, and was even loaned to a mid-table Malaysian club recently...

Can't forget guys like Nilmar, Quaresma and Gyan either.

 

[Skater]

I wish Mr Hughton would sign someone.

 

[War]

BBC Sport - Premier League title race could be over by Sunday - Robbie Savage

 

[puddleduck]

China, Russia, Qatar and Turkey. Good places to go if you want to be forgotten about.

Surely the worst plight of all I remember in recent times was Dani Guiza. Was brilliant with Mallorca and won the Euros, and we were heavily linked to him along with some other clubs. He then went to Fenerbahce however and did decent there. He played his last game for the national team again a bit into his spell there. He then moved to Getafe and was a failure there, and was even loaned to a mid-table Malaysian club recently...

Can't forget guys like Nilmar, Quaresma and Gyan either.

Not everyone is the same. For some the fame is the most important aspect, for some it's success and for others it's just pure money. Some players don't even really like football that much. They just happen to be good at it and it puts a lot of food on the very big mahogany table.

 

[thedon5]

That's an opinion more commonly held by Africans and South Americans, not really Europeans. Guys like Gyan and Robinho.

 

[ste_mc_efc]

I see Sunderland have signed Alfred N'diaye.

He was club captain of my all conquering RC Lens side on FM 2011. Scored the winning penalty in more cup game shoot-outs than i care to remember, including in 2 finals. Got a hat-trick once from centre half (he played DM but had injuries) in a first versus second league clash too.

My song for him was "N'DIAYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE will always looooove youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuoooooooouuuuuuuuoooooooouuuuu"

Which annoyed my housemates greatly when i'd belt it out at 4am after winning the champions league.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

That's an opinion more commonly held by Africans and South Americans, not really Europeans. Guys like Gyan and Robinho.

Je ne suis pas d'accord.

as samir nasri might say.

 

[Bevab]

Damien Comolli: Don't drive out 'victimised' Luis Suarez - ESPN FC

 

[Haarithan]

Hmm barring that final para from the article, Comolli for once talks sense.

 

[shravi]

Luis Suarez is a nasty little player but you'd want him in your team: Gary Neville | Mail Online

I wish Gary Neville would stop talking so much sense soon or I might be forced to like him.

 

[puddleduck]

It's funny how much better a pundit he is than just about every other ex-footballer at the moment! It's still quite hard not to dislike him, but then I guess it's not entirely his fault that he just has a face you want to punch