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Davo

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Its been a couple of days..anything been happening?

Apart from

- Erikson changing the way he deals with "injured" players re the Scholes incident

- Wenger laying the boot in, mind games I believe they're called

- Stam understandably branding your boss a hypocrite

- Mexes telling all of the efforts put in by you to sign him - Xmas cards indeed <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" /> - and how he'd love to join Arsenal

- Keane being hit on a double charge

- Scholes having an op

- Veron's agent claiming its your fault he's so shit

Anything else?

;)
 
Originally posted by Davo:
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Apart from

- Erikson changing the way he deals with "injured" players re the Scholes incident

- Scholes having an op

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:)
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Seeing as you're so interested in us - how about one of these for Christmas Davo ? Much better than those tatty Liverpool scarfs. ;)
 
Originally posted by Davo:
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I do at the moment..

You're like a circus</strong><hr></blockquote>

At least there's some excitement around here, unlike at Unfilled - whats happened over there in a week ?

Pool throw away a two goal lead.

Smicer stubs his toe.

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and after all this we still have the same amount of points as you and arse

yea going good so far
 
and the only relevent stuff out of that is that we have two injurys

wow huge news davo
 
Its looking very good..

Good luck with your injury hit midfield...I'd imagine Veron will prove himself to be the quality player that he was about 3 years ago..

Like he did in the World Cup
 
Originally posted by Gazza:
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Seeing as you're so interested in us - how about one of these for Christmas Davo ? Much better than those tatty Liverpool scarfs. ;) </strong><hr></blockquote>

Is it from the same designer as Spiderman? ;)
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What would happen to Pool if Hamman and Gerrard were out for two months each at the same time ? You'd drop points left right and center. We on the other hand have enough of Softy's famous 'strength in depth' to cover little set-backs.
 
Originally posted by Gazza:
<strong>What would happen to Pool if Hamman and Gerrard were out for two months each at the same time ? You'd drop points left right and center. We on the other hand have enough of Softy's famous 'strength in depth' to cover little set-backs.</strong><hr></blockquote>

they have diao, berger and the new zidane
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Originally posted by Gazza:
<strong>What would happen to Pool if Hamman and Gerrard were out for two months each at the same time ? You'd drop points left right and center. We on the other hand have enough of Softy's famous 'strength in depth' to cover little set-backs.</strong><hr></blockquote>


we'd have the options of :

murphy (england international)
biscan (croatian international)
diao (senegalise international)
carragher (england international)
berger (czech international)

and if really pushed :

cheyrou (france international)
riise (norway international)


but i think a pairing of biscan and diao would do nicely. . .
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Yeah its so exciting having injuries and everyone slating you...I wish we had some of that..

Without Gerrard and Hamann we'd have Murph and Daio I'd imagine...who knows how Daio will turn out

Hopefully better than Veron or I hope he's swiftly sold.. ;)
 
Originally posted by michael owen's mum:
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we'd have the options of :

murphy (england international)
biscan (croatian international)
diao (senegalise international)
carragher (england international)
berger (czech international)

and if really pushed :

cheyrou (france international)
riise (norway international)


but i think a pairing of biscan and diao would do nicely. . .</strong><hr></blockquote>
<img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laugh Out Loud]" /> Berger, Carragher and Riise - all either not proven at CM or have never played there. Listing what countries they play for doesnt really say a lot does it ? I mean Smicer is a Czech international, and I'm sure you'd be quick to point out Phil is an England international. Who would play on the left and right if Murphy and Riise played in the center ?
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Originally posted by Davo:
[qb]Yeah its so exciting having injuries and everyone slating you...I wish we had some of that..

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slating us for pulling injured players of a game that ment shit?

why wernt arse and newcastle slated?
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Originally posted by Gazza:
<strong>Who would play on the left and right if Murphy and Riise played in the center ?</strong><hr></blockquote>

take your pick. . .berger, smicer, cheyrou. . .diouf or heskey at a push.

riise wouldn't be out of place in centre-mid and could do a job in an emergency, as could carragher. . .he started life as a defensive midfielder anyway.

you lot are talking about bringing in untried youth like this stewart as cover, we've got 7 internationals who could fill in in the event of gerrard and hamann neing injured at the same time. . .
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BTW. Listing Zidanny as an England player may be technically true, but it says a lot when your back-up CM is behind Scholes, Butt etc in the England pecking order while we have four CM who would be the envy of any country.
 
Originally posted by michael owen's mum:
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listing phil neville as a 'footballer' is technically true. . .</strong><hr></blockquote>

still better than abel
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Originally posted by michael owen's mum:
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take your pick. . .berger, smicer, cheyrou. . .diouf or heskey at a push.

riise wouldn't be out of place in centre-mid and could do a job in an emergency, as could carragher. . .he started life as a defensive midfielder anyway.

you lot are talking about bringing in untried youth like this stewart as cover, we've got 7 internationals who could fill in in the event of gerrard and hamann neing injured at the same time. . .</strong><hr></blockquote>
As cover, we have an interchangable pair out of Scholes, Butt and Veron. Again, listing your players as internationals is pointless when trying to make a point. Carragher is shit at LB and shit at RB, and I am sure he'd be poor in midfield - just a cheap imitation of Phil Neville there isnt he ? ;) Once again I will state Berger and Riise have not, and I doubt will ever play in CM. You are talking about in an emergency, while the difference between us and you is that losing our first choise midfield pairing isnt such a big deal when you look at our replacements - if your most important area of the team was missing you'd have serious problems.
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Originally posted by michael owen's mum:
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listing phil neville as a 'footballer' is technically true. . .</strong><hr></blockquote>

Same goes for Smicer, Westerveld, Heskey and all the other mis-fits Monsieur <img src="graemlins/houllier.gif" border="0" alt="[Houllier]" /> has recruited in the past. <img src="graemlins/smirk.gif" border="0" alt="[Smirk]" />
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Originally posted by Gazza:
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As cover, we have an interchangable pair out of Scholes, Butt and Veron. Again, listing your players as internationals is pointless when trying to make a point. Carragher is shit at LB and shit at RB, and I am sure he'd be poor in midfield - just a cheap imitation of Phil Neville there isnt he ? ;) Once again I will state Berger and Riise have not, and I doubt will ever play in CM. You are talking about in an emergency, while the difference between us and you is that losing our first choise midfield pairing isnt such a big deal when you look at our replacements - if your most important area of the team was missing you'd have serious problems.</strong><hr></blockquote>

inncorrect, you have missed the point entirely.

you mention scholes yet he's now out for 6 weeks.

we could have biscan and salif diao as cover for gerrard and hamann and not affect our wide players at all. berger HAS played central midfield plenty of times, as have carragher and murphy. . .though berger and carragher would only be used there if gerrard, hamann, diao and biscan were all out injured.

and if you think you lot losing scholes and keane to injury at the same time isn't "a big deal" then you're the most optimistic manc i've ever come across.

i think you're about to find out whether rio ferdinand really is a one-man defence or not. . .
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Originally posted by michael owen's mum:
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inncorrect, you have missed the point entirely.

you mention scholes yet he's now out for 6 weeks.

we could have biscan and salif diao as cover for gerrard and hamann and not affect our wide players at all. berger HAS played central midfield plenty of times, as have carragher and murphy. . .though berger and carragher would only be used there if gerrard, hamann, diao and biscan were all out injured.

and if you think you lot losing scholes and keane to injury at the same time isn't "a big deal" then you're the most optimistic manc i've ever come across.

i think you're about to find out whether rio ferdinand really is a one-man defence or not. . .</strong><hr></blockquote>
You misunderstood my point. You could pick two out of the three (Seba, Butt and Paul) when two (Keane and one of the three) are injured - in this case Butt and Veron. Would you rather have Veron / Butt or Diao / Biscan for two months. Losing Roy and Scholes may be a bit of a downer, but there are as many positives as negatives to take from it, and I know we can survive.
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Originally posted by Gazza:
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You misunderstood my point. You could pick two out of the three (Seba, Butt and Paul) when two (Keane and one of the three) are injured - in this case Butt and Veron. Would you rather have Veron / Butt or Diao / Biscan for two months. Losing Roy and Scholes may be a bit of a downer, but there are as many positives as negatives to take from it, and I know we can survive.</strong><hr></blockquote>

and if you need to then change a game when it's not going well with both keane and scholes out? what if veron gets injured or goes through a spell of shit form? how do you propose to change the game?

keane & scholes injured, you have butt & veron.

gerrard & hamann injured, we have biscan, diao, murphy, carragher, berger, cheyrou.

i'd rather be in our position of strength in depth.
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Originally posted by michael owen's mum:
<strong>gerrard & hamann injured, we have biscan, diao, murphy, carragher, berger, cheyrou.

i'd rather be in our position of strength in depth.</strong><hr></blockquote>

So your trying to claim that those 6 players are better than Veron and Butt
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Thats almost as good as Softlads Smicer is better than Beckham theory <img src="graemlins/houllier.gif" border="0" alt="[Houllier]" />

Why didnt Smicer get a mention btw? Is he no good?
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Originally posted by Murt:
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So your trying to claim that those 6 players are better than Veron and Butt

Thats almost as good as Softlads Smicer is better than Beckham theory

Why didnt Smicer get a mention btw? Is he no good?</strong><hr></blockquote>


read the thread again.

i'm saying that you have no options now. butt or veron plays shit / gets injured / suspended, what else have you got? we've got options and can change the team around and make substitutions as and when necessary.

and i didn't mention smicer as he never plays centre midfield. . .
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Originally posted by michael owen's mum:
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read the thread again.

i'm saying that you have no options now. butt or veron plays shit / gets injured / suspended, what else have you got? we've got options and can change the team around and make substitutions as and when necessary.

and i didn't mention smicer as he never plays centre midfield. . .</strong><hr></blockquote>
If you can have Carragher, then we can have Phil. We can also put in Beckham there. And Forlan. And Stewart. We can cope in midfield with an injury crisis, it'd be up front that I'd be worried.
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So why is Demento bricking it? Time to see that 'strength in depth' put into action... a good few games without Mad Roy and the Invisible Man... get that excuse in early, save you trying to remember it in May... ;)
 
Originally posted by R A Softlad:
<strong>So why is Demento bricking it</strong><hr></blockquote>
I didn't realise Sir Alex Ferguson was. :confused: :rolleyes: <img src="graemlins/houllier.gif" border="0" alt="[Houllier]" />
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Originally posted by michael owen's mum:
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read the thread again.

i'm saying that you have no options now. butt or veron plays shit / gets injured / suspended, what else have you got? we've got options and can change the team around and make substitutions as and when necessary.

and i didn't mention smicer as he never plays centre midfield. . .</strong><hr></blockquote>

Keane and scholes get injured we have
Butt,
Veron,
Beckham,

and to a lesser degree Michael Stewart.

Which is 3 world class players and a highly rated fringe player to step in compared with the 6 lame donkeys you mentioned.
Not one of the 6 players you mentioned would get into a team ahead of those 3.
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Strength in depth Vs international caps is a poor relation.

Looking at United, we have:

Barthez, Ricardo, Carroll, GNev, PNev, Rio, O'shea, Blanc, Silvstre, Keane, Veron, Butt, Scholes, Giggs, Becks, Ruud, Ole, Forlan, Stewart, Fortune, Brown.
 
And now those who aren't injured...


Originally posted by MPTutd: Barthez, Ricardo, Carroll, GNev, PNev, Rio, O'shea, Blanc, Silvstre, Keane, Veron, Butt, Scholes, Giggs, Becks, Ruud, Ole, Forlan, Stewart, Fortune, Brown.<hr></blockquote>


Can just about get a subs bench out there...
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Originally posted by MPTutd:
<strong>Strength in depth Vs international caps is a poor relation.

Looking at United, we have:

Barthez, Ricardo, Carroll, GNev, PNev, Rio, O'shea, Blanc, Silvstre, Keane, Veron, Butt, Scholes, Giggs, Becks, Ruud, Ole, Forlan, Stewart, Fortune, Brown.</strong><hr></blockquote>

And Chadwick :D
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Originally posted by R A Softlad:
<strong>And now those who aren't injured...





Can just about get a subs bench out there...</strong><hr></blockquote>

i would have thought you would have known fab and g.nev are fit again where you follow us so close
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