A very very good weekend for us indeed

Disagree with Lampard and Essien providing creativity, they are not really creative players..But they certainly do miss them..Why didnt we go for Essien last time

I only heard 2 quite similar stories, 1 is we rejected him when he was on trial with us at 17 because of his size that time. The other is that he couldnt get his work permit when he was on trial with us at 17. Didn't remember anything about us bidding for him around the time before his move to Chelsea, because I think he would have joined us since ManUtd is his favourite club. I might still be wrong though.

Don't know where the greedy part came from, think you've mistaken him with Mikel.

This post has been edited by SGSuser: Nov 8 2010, 02:29 AM

Any links to articles regarding Essien choosing Chelsea over us? I do read a lot, but I really don't recall us even having a bid accepted for him when he was at Lyon..Like I said I may still be mistaken

but still was our bid even accepted by Lyon back then to give him a choice between us and Chelski?

Thank God was starting to question my memory already

wasnt meant for u when i say mistaken him wif mikel, was for boxy..no worries

This post has been edited by SGSuser: Nov 8 2010, 03:09 AM

SAF said no, but you can't always take his words for granted

What? unless you are being sarcastic then I apologize

This post has been edited by SGSuser: Nov 9 2010, 03:30 PM

My only guess is that you've only been monitoring Bale due to his recent form, where some of his goals were 1 touch then beating defenders(Maicon ahem) with pace..Will post a link soon but my line now sucks so I'm confined to forums

Just fyi just because a player doesnt do a Nani/Ronaldo/Messi consistently doesnt mean he cannot dribble.

This post has been edited by SGSuser: Nov 9 2010, 03:39 PM

okay if Sheep says Bale cant dribble then Bale cant dribble

he won't even get a wife, will spend his meagre wages he gets from a non-league team on prostitutes, cheap beer and cold chips

there you go, combination of some dribbles but with more running..He can definitely dribble, but if he can beat the defender with raw pace then why not use it instead of doing fancy stuff rather than just to humiliate the defender..if you want more just go to youtube and search for videos during his time at Southampton

This post has been edited by SGSuser: Nov 9 2010, 04:32 PM

Spurs

not injured, just not favoured

yeah...one of those who never quite made it

so you get definitions from wiki rather than a dictionary huh

if you lot think only those Nanis/Ronaldos/Messis/Ronaldinhos and other similar types of flair footballers can "dribble" then I've nothing else more to say regarding that matter

put it to bed, move on

patience...patience...annoyed...annoyed...frustration...frustration....agony...OMFG YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!

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Added on November 9, 2010, 5:27 pm"to advance a ball or puck by bouncing it or giving it a series of short kicks or pushes. "

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dribble

that's only one(and the easiest one to find) out of the many I found on the net

Like I said, just because he uses raw pace to beat defenders MOST of the time doesn't mean he CANNOT dribble..Those videos werent meant to make Bale look good like Nani(I don't get why you would think that way, just shows how many mis-interpretations that has happened here..some even dont bother to read from start), it just shows he CAN dribble at times when needed.

This post has been edited by SGSuser: Nov 9 2010, 05:30 PM

most sensible post so far but not to the extent of you and me also can dribble la, just in regarding Bale

Look at those videos that I've posted again and tell me Bale can't dribble and can only run with the ball..Specifically the build up to his goal against Chelsea last season

You've missed my point when you include Becks in it

http://www.soccerperformance.org/training/...withtheball.htm for better understanding of dribbling/running with the ball

I agree with him not being those fancy dribblers like CR7..I've already said tonnes of times that he uses raw pace more than dribbling..But when claims of him CANT dribble surfaces, that's just plain ignorance IMO