Look at his siggy.
Chick
Kari
Toe!

OH NOES!!
BAN HIM!

I guess it would be fair to give you one chance since siggy is a different matter. Only one game though. Be warned Punishment will be severe!

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Added on August 9, 2010, 1:28 amYou have to eat chicken curry with your toes!

This post has been edited by Wan: Aug 9 2010, 01:28 AM

Wth. His avatar too contain secret code? Are you working for Al-Qaeda?

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Added on August 9, 2010, 1:39 amSumbat dia dlm ISA!

This post has been edited by Wan: Aug 9 2010, 01:39 AM

Just a bit of confidence will do good for him. Looks like he had that against Chelsea. Let's hope that confidence grow and he'll have it most of the season. If he plays well, more often than not, we would too. His defensive game is quite underrated because he doesn't run around and make tackles. And his ability on the ball, keeping the play moving is important for us as well. Him on form would reduce our reliance on Scholes.

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Added on August 10, 2010, 9:42 amAndo, Carrick, Fletcher, Gibson.. they all had parts of Keano-Scholes. Shame it's spread out on different players and not just one or two.



This post has been edited by Wan: Aug 10 2010, 09:42 AM

He could just be out of form you know which happens to every players. And if it took teams 3 seasons to 'shut him down', I worry about their IQ level. His confidence was low, and everything he does doesn't quite work out most of last season.

Owen was brought in because he's good, on a free and he has experience. We needed a 3rd striker since we missed out on Benzema and Tevez, and he is just that. Nothing more, nothing less. I like the look of Hernandez. He's always looking to run in behind the defenders which should help. But it wouldn't make that much difference anyways since team will always pressurize our midfield since they know we go through whoever that plays in the middle. Scholes/Carrick or both of them. It's nothing new.

Playing 5 in the middle against the big sides is not a new thing. After seeing what damage Carrick-Scholes did in 06/07, teams surely would have known how to partly counter if not entirely stop them from playing? Stop them from playing, and it would likely make it harder for us to win games. Took them 3 seasons to finally be successful to sussing out Carrick? That's a bit too long for top flight teams. And it's not like they don't know what type of a player he is since his West Ham days. He was just out of form and playing without confidence. We don't have to look far for the effect. Rooney. When he's out of form everything he touches seemed a bit shit. And it could go 10+ for him until he gets a few goals and his confidence started coming back. We'll know soon enough whether it was just form and confidence or something more than that.

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Added on August 10, 2010, 11:30 amSome players are just more comfortable with their dominant side I guess. But that goal against League of Ireland XI came from his left foot. So he does have it. He's just reluctant to use it more often. What a player. And what a signing. He's a beast of a player. Only 2 games back since his ankle injury back in May last season, and he was playing 90mins running non stop in both games playing like he was never away injured. His pace, power and directness is great to watch. Hes only 25 as well. More to come from him.

This post has been edited by Wan: Aug 10 2010, 11:30 AM

Yup. Shit timing. Just play the damn game on the weekend! Is it Sky or ESPN's decision to move the game?

Saw this on another forum.. Our own Mr. Bean!

Carrick/Scholes the sitter dictating play. Fletcher the runner. Ando with the extra bit.

If the guy can play comfortably in a 2 CM setup, chances are high. If not, nah.. hard to see us get those kind of players. VDV, Sneijder, Ozil.. all of them play ahead of the CMs. And we don't often play that way.

Since forever. The closest is Scholes in 02/03 when he played behind Ruud in the hole. Before that, and since then, nobody else although maybe Giggs count as one since he plays behind the striker now and then. It's a luxury for us at the moment since we don't require someone playing that role that often.

TV want to make more money.. so they moved our game.

Good shout! Was stuck playing out wide since his breakthrough where he look good for his age, but doesn't really look like a potential world beater. But since he started playing in the middle, probably only in the last year or so, he looks really good.. one of the best in the position. Can do it all. 25/26. More evidence of CMs starting to get into the grove when they hit those ages. Ando and Gibson still have time, if not a world beater, but like Fletcher, a very good player for us.

He would be a very good signing considering his fee and what he can do right now and potentially in the future. But he's no Scholes. Different sort of players. Scholes plays in the middle from deep. Ozil is the opposite influencing the plays in advance position. We often play with two strikers and we already have the likes of Nani and Valencia out wide. Not sure he's good enough to play in the middle against the better sides(talking about CM position here).

Would be a very high price to get him. And Bayern won't let him go easily. If he moves, it would be to Spain, or City's $$$.

He's a bit late with the news.
With the prices quoted for him, don't see why we shouldn't be interested especially since we were very interested before his move to Bremen. But with the players we have and the tactics we use, could easily see SAF give him a miss. Can't get all the players.

It'll be more than that for him. Bayern would drive a hard bargain. Just look at Ribery last season, and when we tried to get Hargreaves from them. They bleed us dry.. good job they did because they sold us a broken player. Great player though. What makes him a success is that he's not shy to mix up his game doing the dirty stuff as well and he's able to dictate the play from deep. Not often you see attacking players being converted successfully. We tried to do it with Ando.. still a work in progress. Can't wait for the day he turns it on all the time. Hopefully it will happen..




This post has been edited by Wan: Aug 10 2010, 11:40 PM

He would not have much problems getting a first team place with us IMO if he does come. Either on one of the wings or the CAM role when we go that route. We certainly have a need for a CAM(only in the big games which even then we rarely use, last season can only think of the Milan, Chelsea games where we play it), but not sure he's a must have for our case over the whole season. Seeing the players we have, and the type of tactics we use, it's hard seeing us getting him unless we're planning on playing him out wide a lot.

He's someone that would be utilized in an advanced position. He started out wide with Diego playing as the AM. Last season with Diego gone, it was him who took that role. And seeing him at the WC it was hard not to notice his ability and potential.

----Ando-Fletch/Gibson
Valencia-Ozil-Nani
--------Rooney----

He would be perfect on paper, but we also have the likes of Berba and Hernandez to consider, not to mention Macheda in the future. Just a case of how SAF see things shape for us with the current players we have. 442/433 is what we usually play and that don't require someone like Ozil. Is SAF prepared to change how we set up(although not too much considering he would almost have the same role as Berba in our 442) and bench players to accommodate him? Just wonder why it took so long for us to make a move for him if we are interested. Surely there would have been contacts made, and it would be in Bremen's interests to reveal them to the public to fish for more targets.

I'm like air_mood on this. If we get him, great. If not, not the end of the world. Not the first time we 'missed' out on players. Last season it was Benzema. And fast forward less than a year, we identified a certain Mexican striker.

Could see Chelsea getting interested. Malouda can play in midfield, and they have Sturridge, Kalou and Anelka for the wide position?

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Added on August 11, 2010, 4:34 pmThat means you do..

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For the next month or so. 3 games in Aug, and maybe a game against Everton in September.. by the Liverpool game, we should have our powers back!

Might be our hardest season yet with all the challengers around. But we'll be right up there around the top at the end of that I'm sure unless something unforeseen happens. Smalling and Hernandez will give us a boost. Just hoping Ando even if he doesn't grow this season yet, will give us the same type of performances that he has done so far. That would be good enough for me. And we need to hear news regarding Hargreaves. Good or bad. We need something to move on.

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Added on August 11, 2010, 6:31 pmShame about Cathcart. Looks good playing in the pre-season games I think a few seasons back. But since then been on loan and haven't exactly turn out well for him.. not to mention he gets injured now and then.

This post has been edited by Wan: Aug 11 2010, 06:31 PM

That Kid is going to be a legend. Henry style. You heard it here first!

He'll be a 20-20 player. 20 goals, 20 assists.. muahahaha. He's better than Diouf and Manucho combined too.