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Football Thread |OT16| Bacon & Dregs

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arkon

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LOL. Just as I make the above post, PSG put together some good passes and carve Montpellier open. Gameiro scores a tap in.
 
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Clegg

Member
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In most cases, paying £12m for a teenager would be considered rank stupidity, over-indulgence or, at the very least, a gamble which even Chris Kirkland's dad would shy away from.

When Manchester United do it, it's a stroke of transfer genius.
According to everyone who they make listen, United have just signed the best teenager in the world. By God are we hearing about it.

I'm not doubting Ronaldo's abilities. Clearly he's a talented kid who may be on the threshold of greatness. It just strikes me as rather odd that no-one has given the same attention to Liverpool's equally stunning new teenage recruit.

It seems Gerard Houllier's mistake with Anthony Le Tallec was to buy him early rather than delay until everyone in Europe wanted him. Obviously, Liverpool should have waited until Le Tallec's value was £12m.

Soon enough, the rest of the nation will wake up to the fact Le Tallec and Ronaldo played in the same world youth championships not so long ago and it was the Liverpool new boy who was voted the best player.

No doubt both Gerard and Mr Ferguson watched those same youth championships in Malaysia a few years back and noticed the same players.

Indeed, Liverpool had already signed Le Tallec by then and were strongly linked with Ronaldo themselves, but can't afford to splash out like United.

Time will tell who's got the better deal, but for value for money I know who I'm backing. It's a bit like Houllier and Ferguson have both dined at the same top class restaurant and had their pick of the best main courses on the menu.

Houllier has managed to get his dish at a quarter of the cost Ferguson has paid, and yet it's his rival who is getting all the praise.

Indeed, I'm getting an eerie sense of deja vu when it comes to theman dubbed TLT who's about to explode onto the Premier League. I remember how slow our London based number one writers were to realise who Steven Gerrard was a few years back.

The Kop Magazine I once wrote even launched a campaign to get him in the England squad, so little attention was he receiving. Then, when the rest of the country noticed a year later, they decided to make him their own property.

It was a similar story with Wayne Rooney at Everton. A friend of mine who works on a national newspaper tried to get a feature on Rooney into his paper in the summer of 2002. They were having none of it. How times changed three months later when "Rooney Opens Crisp Packet" stories were making the front page.

Le Tallec won't get the same attention as Rooney, Gerrard or Michael Owen because he ain't English. But the few glimpses I've had of him remind me so much of the first time I saw Gerrard.

So young, yet so full of class. So clearly ready to play at the highest level and begin the learning curve which will take him to the top of the game.

One of the most encouraging, but sadly overlooked parts of Sunday was Le Tallec's being named a sub. Pity he didn't get on, although Houllier said he was prepared to play the youngster if the circumstances of the game had been different.

The career paths of Le Tallec and Ronaldo are sure to cross regularly over the next decade. Should the French gem prove himself the better player, you never know, maybe the manager who signed him will get a bit of credit
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Meier

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Clegg said:
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Amazing.

Looking at today's results... painful draw for Watford. Burnley with a goal at the death to earn a draw and move Watford from 2nd down to 3rd behind Hull (who have a game in hand). Amazing that Wolves are going to likely get relegated down to League One -- that's a ridiculous feat. At least Rovers aren't that bad.
 
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arkon

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Found the RAWK thread. They're quoting Chris Bascombe.

Another quote from a forumite:

I agree with most of Bascombe's comments regarding TLT and Ronaldo, but am I the only one who would prefer it if the press have collective orgasms over Fergie's new pet and just let our "little gem" settle in and find his feet. The papers going OTT on all things United is nothing new, and I'm more than confident that we not only got the better deal, we also got the better player.
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Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
 
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Salazar

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Clegg said:
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Time will tell who's got the better deal, but for value for money I know who I'm backing. It's a bit like Houllier and Ferguson have both dined at the same top class restaurant and had their pick of the best main courses on the menu.

Houllier has managed to get his dish at a quarter of the cost Ferguson has paid, and yet it's his rival who is getting all the praise.
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This is telling. At what age does the social deployment of praise for what you (for fucking fuck's sake) ordered at a fucking restaurant fade from frequency ?

I dunno. About 7. Maybe 8 in pampering cultures.

Which helps us to estimate, with some confidence, the emotional and social age of the author.
 
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Linius

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Vivalaraza said:
Just follow @RAWK_Meltdown on twitter.

A laugh a day.
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Consider it done. And with this message I'll leave for today, gotta get up early for work :(
 
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Ushojax

Should probably not trust the 7-11 security cameras quite so much
Oh jesus christ there are mutterings that Lloris has an injury, some people are saying he isn't in Wales with the rest of the squad. We just recalled one of our young keepers so I have a horrible feeling this is true.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
 
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Lightning

Banned
Ushojax said:
Oh jesus christ there are mutterings that Lloris has an injury, some people are saying he isn't in Wales with the rest of the squad. We just recalled one of our young keepers so I have a horrible feeling this is true.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
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You have Freidel and against us Swansea didn't even get a shot on target so wont matter much in any case.
 
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Ushojax

Should probably not trust the 7-11 security cameras quite so much
Lightning said:
You have Freidel and against us Swansea didn't even get a shot on target so wont matter much in any case.
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I'm more concerned about Hugo being out for a long while, though that seems unlikely given there was zero news in midweek. Probably just a knock in training, but still.

I guess if we can win at Old Trafford with Brad in goal we can win at the Liberty. I just hope the back 4 compensate and don't leave too much space, Brad is not good at 50/50s in the air or on the ground.
 
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Lightning

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Ushojax said:
I'm more concerned about Hugo being out for a long while, though that seems unlikely given there was zero news in midweek. Probably just a knock in training, but still.

I guess if we can win at Old Trafford with Brad in goal we can win at the Liberty. I just hope the back 4 compensate and don't leave too much space, Brad is not good at 50/50s in the air or on the ground.
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It depend which Swansea turns up man. If the Swansea that played us turns up then no problem but if the Swansea that played Chelsea in January decides to show up then Spurs could be in for a rough day.
 
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Lightning

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Arsenal's new policy. Legend on FM sign them up!!! Fuck off.... With Jenkinson and Bellerin still at the club I fail to get the point in this.
 
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