I have to say I struggle to understand how you can describe the football we played as being effective. We finished 10th. That means there were 9 more 'effective' teams in that division than us. In terms of the point of football, ie to score more goals than your opposition, we scored 52 goals...
Whilst I do agree that CMS has had a raw deal this year and hasn't thrived on the style we play, are you seriously suggesting we tailor the way we play around one player who, whilst good, is not exceptional. What do we do when he gets injured or, your worst nightmare, he leaves, we all change...
I hear what you are saying about his longevity with clubs but you have to take into account he was at top clubs so not too hard to stay with them. fPersonally, I don't think there is any chance of GP moving from Brighton to a top 6 club regardless of how successful he is with us. If you...
What are you on? Did I miss something? Were they awarded additional trophies because they played great football? The won two tournaments which also coincides with the emergence of Iniesta and Xavi who are also both key to Barcelona. If they have players coming through that can play to the...
You obviously weren't watching the games you were at. Ankergren in particular would kick the ball upfield on numerous occassions when the ball had been played back to him losing possession.
But I'm not comparing Spain to England, just other successful international teams with them. Having said that, when you consider that it wasn't that long ago that Greece were the kings of the Euros, there's still some hope to cling to!!!!!
Season ticket holder and have been for decades.
With regard to last season, we won because we were highly organised and disciplined in the way we played. We had a great goal creator in Bennett and two forwards on their game in Murray and Barnes. However, Vicente is head and shoulders above...
No I am well aware that Barcelona won stuff prior to Iniesta and Xavi but surely you admit that the euphoria over the way they play now is considerably higher than the way they played before. As for their previous success, prior to the xavi/iniesta/messi years, they only won the European...
A bit of thin ice bearing in mind they were knocked out by 10 man Chelski.
And they said the same about Holland in the 70s with their 'total football'. Spain are exceptionally good at the moment, and credit to them, but there still is a lot of media frenzy about them and they are certainly...
I think you must be incredibly niaive to imagine that Poyet, or for that matter any manager, is going to insult potential future employers. Everything could go pearshaped next year and he could fall out with Bloom. Which of the 14 smaller EPL clubs are going to employ someone who has already...