: Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:03 pm  

Enfield Exile wrote:

:?

He can only be compared to Mascherano as he is a completely different player to the others. By the end of this season, I will be able to compare the two. Both can tackle, and neirther of them can pass.

Palacios? Don't be daft. What are his strengths?

Fletcher? Ireland and Barry are better. Why does Fletcher look Championshiop class while playing for Scotland?

Since you only give a player a few months (far be it from me to call an out-of-towner fickle), I can then say that Valencia and Obertan are rubbish.

Palacios breaks up play well and drives his team forward and has given Spurs so much needed steel since he went there.

Fletcher is not a star player as such and therefore would not stand out in a poor side like Scotland. However put him in Utd's side and he looks an excellent player who can be used in several roles but is most effective as either a holding player to employed to break up the oppositions attacks or as a box to box type player. Barry is a good comparison but Ireland is just an attacking player imo and whether or not they are better is debateable.

A few months? He joined in Jan didn't he? Also I never said he was rubbish, I like him as a player and even before he joined City but I just happen to rate other players either the same or better. You might be right about Valencia and Obertan, I still find that Valencia does not produce an end product enough aalthough he is improving and Obertan has looked quite good but has only had an hour or two's football so impossible to form an opinion.

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:03 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

I sincerely hope that was intended

They'll let any old thicko into Uni nowadays.

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:23 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

I've always thought that Essien offers far more further forward in midfield. He's got pretty much everything going for him, playing in the holding role limits him somewhat IMO.

Though I cannot see why there are question marks over his bravery, he's never come across as a shrinking violet whenever I've seen him.

Not questioning his bravery. I just think that De Jong has the heart of a lion and is about the bravest player I have watched when it comes to 50:50s

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:24 pm  

OrdsallRed wrote:

At least City had a go at Liverpoo when they went a goal down, unlike another Manchester-named side to visit Anfield this season....and they got their just rewards to be honest too, if only they'd played that way from the beginning they could have won fairly easily.

Subtle.

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:26 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

Palacios breaks up play well and drives his team forward and has given Spurs so much needed steel since he went there.

'Breaks up play'? He does that by running around. His tackling is terrible. He has a 'technique' similar to Scholes.

He does provide physicality but he is not a top midfielder. TBH I think Jenas is better.

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:30 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

My own fault! I should have known better than reply to you
I'll go back to responding to the serious posters.

Did I make you smudge your lippy? You made a point, and I simply questioned it.

If you are sensitive to other people's opinions, then I suggest you don't post on any forum.

What do you disagree with? How about stating what you disagree with and backing it up with why you have that opinion.

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:35 pm  

Enfield Exile wrote:

'Breaks up play'? He does that by running around. His tackling is terrible. He has a 'technique' similar to Scholes.

He does provide physicality but he is not a top midfielder. TBH I think Jenas is better.

Jenas has a great eye for a pass and can chip in with goals but is far too lightweight imo and drifts in and out of games, hence the reason he is on the bench most weeks at present.

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:53 pm  

Wigan players set to refund fans/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 374893.stm Lucky for them that Wigan only get 20 people travelling away to London to see them.

Wigan players set to refund fans/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 374893.stm Lucky for them that Wigan only get 20 people travelling away to London to see them.

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:57 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote: Wigan players set to refund fans/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 374893.stm Lucky for them that Wigan only get 20 people travelling away to London to see them. Not a great time to be involved in Wigan Athletic is it? I bet they can't show their faces in public.

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote: Wigan players set to refund fans/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 374893.stm Lucky for them that Wigan only get 20 people travelling away to London to see them. Not a great time to be involved in Wigan Athletic is it? I bet they can't show their faces in public.

: Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:00 pm  

i actually have some sympathy for them, fair enough they lost 9-1 but it was just one of them days for them, the stats show that spurs had 13 shots on target its very rair that you get 9 of them going in the net.

i still dont think they will have a problem with relegation, they have lost a lot of there better players, for example, Palacios, Velencia, Heskey.