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Great news if true. Bowyers been nothing but a liability for 90% of his time here.

What would be people reaction if owen came back seriously injured??

thats what robert's son called it

Darn it. Villareal will have a pretty decent team next season methinks.

Yep, I dont think there's another player in Europe who could score some of the ones he did. And then there were the other 'mad' goals. He left in a rather sad way, with a lot of people forgetting how good he was for us. But I'll never forget some of those magic nights; that game against spurs, that liverpool freekick in the fa cup, and that crazy overhead kick against Fulham.

Im surprised he's on a free, maybe we should go for him again?

Anybody watched it??

Well, the title says it all. A video about us scoring from free kicks, and there have been plenty of those over the last few seasons. Lots of Robert in there, and a bit of Shearer and Solano. Here are the links. If they expire or dont work for whatever reason, please inform me and I'll post new ones. MegaUpload YouSendit FileFront Hope it is worth the effort. Coming up next: Alan Shearer Tribute

If something serious happens to him now, England's world cup dreams are over. Sven should be very careful today.

Rubbish You clearly didnt watch him at Deportivo. Having said that there's a chance that his game might not suit this league. However, towards the end of the season he showed signs that he could be coming around. He hasnt had a chance, six starts for heavens sake and even those were with large gaps in between them. Lets not judge him yet

I suppose Campbell still has a couple of good years left in him, his presence could really help develop taylor and bramble. Bid 2M I say and no more But the fact that we've offered elliot a new deal tells me we wont be signing a defender this summer. big mistake imo

Beardsley signed for us a second time aged 32 and a mere £250K short of our record transfer value. We got four years out of him! That said, I don't think Vieria is the same player he was a couple of years back and would have reservations about us going for him (everyone used to rave about Butt remember! What needs to be clear though is his age is not automatically a reason for discounting a player! 142153[/snapback] Lets not compare butt and viera, its like comparing henry and heskey even when butt was in his prime viera is totally different class. the fact that we havent seen him for a year has made a lot of us forget how good he actually was.

That would be something And there's nothing more I'd like to see than rubbish like bowyer, faye and butt leave.

You're right, but he'd score at least 15 for Wigan. 141304[/snapback] Only if he gets 10 penalties like he did for palace

So answer me this - why were we much better without Parker in the team? The fact that his disappearance more or less coincided with Souness going might have something to do with it , but seriously, I don't know why people rave about him. As usual I will be proved right with time..... 141135[/snapback] What a silly argument. Like someone said, that makes chopra and ameobi better than shearer and owen Cant believe how daft somepeople can be. You might as well have said that ronaldinho sucks since chelsea won the title without signing him or the beegees were rubbish because they couldn't sell more albums than the beetles. Thats the kind of argument you are giving. No personal offence mate, but that post just drove me up the wall. 141241[/snapback] Sorry, your analogies are wrong, because you are comparing entirely different teams or bands. If a team doesn't miss a player, does that not say something about that player? Roeder makes the comparison of Parker and Gerrard. Do you not think Liverpool miss Gerrard when he doesn't play? Do their results improve without him in the team? I don't think so. It's just my opinion, shared by a minority of others, that this year he hasn't contributed enough positive moves to the team. Whether that is all down to Souness or is a limitation of the player I don't know. My personal feeling is that the crowd likw him because he "gives 110%" and wins tackles. For me, that is not enough. I am on record as saying I didn't like Batty, and I feel Parker is a player in the same mould. As for the chip on the shoulder comment (from Brock), don't be daft, I have nowt against the lad, and at least he doesn't get into trouble off the pitch. I made that point as I thought Scottish Mag's comment was daft (and for that matter innaccurate) regarding him saying we haven't played any decent teams when Parker was out. 141314[/snapback] When the time period is this short, no, because there are a hundred other factors that are involved. And as for the gerrard-parker 'comparison' it wasnt a comparison at all. Roeder was just saying that parker could turn out to be as important for us as gerrard is for liverpool. That doesnt necessarily mean he is going to be as good as gerrard.

Bramble is very very quick whenever ive seen him. Remember that league cup game last season when we lost to chelsea at home after which mourinho said england have the best CBs in the world. That was because robben and joe cole had had a hard time going past bramble that night. In addition the man's probably the strongest player in the premiership, never seen him get out muscled. He's got all the attributes to be a top class CB, but as stated before he can lack concentration which has been his undoing in the past. Ive seen all of our games towards the end of the season, and i have to say bramble was fantastic alongside moore. Hopefully taylor can form a similar partnership with him. He's also not made one of his typical errors for a long time, which is very encouraging. Has he finally turned a new leaf?? Im afraid to say......

They were class tbh

that would be paying way over the odds, johnsons not worth more than 3M imo. I'll be surprised if he could score more than 7-8 goals for a team like bolton.

So answer me this - why were we much better without Parker in the team? The fact that his disappearance more or less coincided with Souness going might have something to do with it , but seriously, I don't know why people rave about him. As usual I will be proved right with time..... 141135[/snapback] What a silly argument. Like someone said, that makes chopra and ameobi better than shearer and owen Cant believe how daft somepeople can be. You might as well have said that ronaldinho sucks since chelsea won the title without signing him or the beegees were rubbish because they couldn't sell more albums than the beetles. Thats the kind of argument you are giving. No personal offence mate, but that post just drove me up the wall.

oops meant yellow card

What the Hell are Arsenal and the English media in general complaining about?? The ref got it spot on with the Lehman decision, he did what the law asks you to do. The free-kick which led to campell's goal was a blatant dive from Eboue. Plus, Eboue could have been easily sent-off for that studs up challanege on Edmilson I think it was. Yes, he got the henry red card wrong and did look nervy in general but it imo it affectec barcelona more than it did Arsenal. Arsenal have always been whingers. They cant accpet the fact the lehman completely messed up, henry missed two one-on-ones with the keeper and in general they were outclassed by a superior team. Im disappointed with wenger and henry for their comments after the game. Plus might I say how embarrasing andy gray and martin tyler were during the match?? The way they were whinging especiallyMr. Gray. I would be quite embarrased if I was english, the whole world was watching for heavens sake and the commentators were acting like kids. I said before the match on another thread that the english would come up with an excuse, and they havent disappointed. It was expected and people are sick of it believe me. Learn to lose for heaven sake!!! God knows what will happen if England come home early from the world cup, hitler's soul will probably be blamed. Ive always been a fan of the premier league and always will be. Ive taken part in countless discussions to try and convince somone that the epl is the most exciting league. A lot of what happened yesterday was built around 'spain v england' and 'la liga v the premiership'. But the english fan's constant whinging and their dellusion as to the fact that their league is the 'best' had me praying for a barca win. I have to say im delighted that the la liga has sent a boot up the premierships arse twice now, first through sevilla and now barcelona. It just goes to show you that the la liga is far far superior in terms of technical ability. Sevilla completely destryoed boro, and Barcelona dominated chelsea and arsenal this season. P.S this is not a dig at the fans here, ive let out the frustration here that was built up when reading artciles and threads on other general forums and on the media. I think i'll paste and copy it there

Agree with Sima. While there is good reason to be afraid of Barca, I think Arsenal do have a chance tomorrow. After all, who can predict anything after last year's final?? Dont skin me for this please, but ive noticed on many forums and in the international media itselfthat the English seem to terrified of barcelona and in general the flair and style of the spanish league in general. Everytime an occasion such as this comes up they always manage to bring about some controversy out that undermines the whole game and gives them ready made excuse for a defeat. Personally I think the english league is the best in terms of competitivness but there's no arguing that it isnt anywhere near as good as the spanish when it comes to attacking play and flair. The sooner you accept that the better. Your league is great in its own way.... Saying that Arsenal are the one team in England who can play as good football as any european side and they have a chance in the final. But I'll be supporting barca

I dont think 4.5M is very cheap for him, I would say 5M would be just about right. It will be nice to see us not paying completely over the top for a player for once, but if we do go for him I fully expect us to splash out 8 or 9M which will be way over the top.

Gerrard - 2nd only to Ronaldinho What would liverpool be without him. Everytime they mess things up and then rely on him to get them back, and he does so everytime in spectacular fashion. Its ridiculous really.....

thanks for that lads