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Originally Posted by rahl
Bro how about giving players a chance first before dismissing them for being lightweight? Look at Fabregas for instance. The English league has changed a lot in the last five years.
And don't think Roman will sell his stars, whether Jose leaves or not. My, even fantasy football players in this forum know not to sell their prized assets to their rivals!
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bro, i m all for giving chances to players who have the propensity to do well. how many times has it happened in recent times to liverpool? reina is the only acquisition who is generally consistent but he is still prone to the occasional howlers. do u hear buffon doing that? the mid-range purchases are killing liverpool cos they do not have consistency for us to count on week in, week out. garcia, crouch, aurelio, bellamy all have blown hot and cold. not to mention kewell, scoring beautiful goals and then doing disappearing acts.
we need a couple more stars to shoulder responsibilities and be more consistent, spread the attention around instead of knowing where the biggest threat is coming from all the time. i m saying this grudgingly but chelski, the whole team can play mediocre football and the stars would take turns to do magic, one week would be lampard, the other drogba and once in a while, ballack and sheva comes in n chip in a bit here n there. ballack is not playing well, but can u afford to not keep one eye on him, in case he had a good session with his missus the previous nite and decided to turn on the sports gear? u wouldnt know who to mark out of the game...
with these few stars in place, the mid range players would have more room to get into the game and not be blamed when things dont really go their way. imagine kuijt and bellamy had to shoulder most of the attacking responsibilities this season when this is only their 1st season with pool. kuijt didnt even join them for pre-season.
big stars get more attention from the other team, thus putting legs to get them out of groove, thus leaving space open which would otherwise be unavailable. barcelona, last season and this as well, how many man-markers would u put on them? space open up... play opens up, the mid range purchases would flourish.
that's all i m saying, not trying to judge them before they try. and i know roman wont want to sell to another premiership team, maybe sell them to one of his crony team in siberia!!!
cheers n thanks for the points.