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I think people are giving Shola too much credit. He is immobile, lazy, and does not display the attributes of an intelligent footballer. If we are chasing a goal, then maybe throw him in off the bench. However, if we are starting him from the beginning, I'd like us to utilise players who will contribute more to the team. This includes Nolan and everyone else except injured players and the coaching staff.

He is better than Hibbert, obviously, but Moyes seems somewhat reluctant to give him the starting position outright. He still will probably get some starts and often comes on as an attacking substitute (which is good because Everton will be behind a lot).

They may be a club that will benefit once the new rules kick in and there's more of a level playing field financially. They seem to have a good youth structure, and they give young players a chance at first team level. I think they must also hope that their manager stays. He's been over-achieving with them for quite a while now. I seriously doubt that the financial field will be more even in the foreseeable future. The richest clubs will still win most things. Imo, Everton are sharply on the decline. The team has gone stale and ceased progress, and the owner is not overly liquid. What will change? Denilson is nothing. An inferior player. He's still young, but it is an indictment of Wenger that he has been in the first team over the past seasons.

I selected Chelsea because I really do enjoy a lot of their players and the way that they play the game. Was pleased when they won the title last season. I selected Tottenham because they truly have ambition and have improved themselves in a real natural way. They haven't cheated the system like Chelsea and Man City, they've simply succeeded within it. I selected West Brom because I hate all of the other teams in the West Midlands, and they seem somewhat likeable. These are really only for the current time period though. My like and dislike of other clubs tends to fluctuate.

My hate for Manchester United far outweighs my emotion towards any other clubs on the British Isles. It has been ingrained from me since childhood. Liverpool are second, but this is really only a general dislike and annoyance. I've put Sunderland third. I had very little emotion towards them before 2008-09, but the events during and after their win in the derby ensured that I felt similar annoyance towards the small boys that think they run the North East. I'm neutral towards Chelsea because they have so many players I enjoy and I'm used to them being a "big" club, as I only 13-14 when Roman came in. Same with the likes of Arsenal. Man City are honestly just surreal to me. I can't even connect them with teams that came beforehand.

I f****** hate international breaks when my team has been banned from FIFA. They're alright otherwise.

:lol: Us Nigerians spreading drugs and AIDS around the world. I enjoy it how people stereotype such a large and diverse nation as one. I like how forward he is at least. The man lets you know what he actually thinks. It is a good quality.

What I am saying is that even the clubs do not know. It is impossible to know. All you can do is look at how long other players took to recover and make a guess based off of this information. You cannot pinpoint the human body even with new medical science. That's why most people give this info in weeks or months out instead of unnecessarily specific dates.

Sites like physioroom are always stupidly specific. Anyone who has ever actually had a sports injury and gone through rehab knows that there are many, many factors will influence recovery time. It's impossible to accurately forecast for serious injuries.

Nah, ginger blokes can't black-up. Looks ridiculous. Will have to dye his hair too. Ghana would be better. It should definitely be Africa or Asia next, though.

When you use adjectives like "determined" and "spirited" it insinuates some sort of intense physical effort. This cannot be associated with Nolan.

I was just looking over De Jong's career and he hasn't had a red card in five years. I really have no idea how he's managed it. Amazing. The talk of English bully tactics is nonsense, imo. Physical play is part of the sport. Not everyone is Barcelona, and everyone plays that style of football. It is one of the things I love about football, the various ways in which a team can go about playing. I will cry if football does what the NBA did, changing the rules to discourage physical play and encourage open attacking. It cheapens the game.

They can't behave themselves. The guy has really taken a handful at both ends. No shame at all. It is not his first time.

It's not a load of nonsense, man. You all have gone mad. It's a bad tackle that has caused a bad injury. Fine. This is understood. People's legs are broken on the pitch all of the time. We can increase the penalties for bad tackles within football. This is acceptable It's the same as charging a racing car pilot with murder because he made a bad move that led to a deadly accident. This would be madness. Football is not the same as walking on the street, and there are inherent risks when you walk on the pitch. You don't call the police after every incident. That is literal insanity. The only way police could get involved is if there is an incident that is far separated from what is part of football. De Jong's tackle was not that.

This idea of police intervention is pathetically stupid and reactionary. However much you disliked it, it was a "football action". It was a tackle, albeit a bad one. Thousands of tackles occur every weekend. It is a football matter. If he breaks HBA's face with a punch on the pitch during a brawl, than maybe you can cry assault.

You are a referee, no? What is the situation with touching referee's anyway? Seems to differ by the leagues and the players. I was watching our match on Saturday, and M'Bia actually grabbed the referee's head with both of his hands when pleading for a decision. I thought he might even get sent off, but nothing was made of it.

Brilliant. I wasn't aware they had female referee in the 2.Bundesliga. The ref didn't seem too displeased, though. The Bolivian president is shameful. It's that lack of professionalism that typifies us.

Calderwood is a coward. You protect your players at all costs. This is a "small boy" mentality. We are just as important as everyone else in this league. We ought to act accordingly.

I love physicality in this game, but De Jong is dirty. There is a stark difference. People cry for the physicality of the old days, but the kind of violence that involves breaking legs and puncturing lungs has been outlawed since the early part of the twentieth century. Nigel would have fit perfectly in the era when players were having their bowels perforated on a regular basis. It is alright if these things happen on an occasional basis, but you cannot deny the pattern forming around this young man.

Michael Essien, Mikel Obi, Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Cambiasso, Alou Diarra, Lassana Diarra, Mahamadou Diarra, This is a (very small) list of players that often do the same job on the pitch without breaking people's legs. He's an overly reckless player, and I genuinely do not understand why he is not punished for this. Essien was prone to a few leg breakers when he first signed for Chelsea, seems to have wiped that out of his game now though. Essien and Obi are both strong, physical players, but neither of them are dirty like De Jong. Essien is very throws his body around a lot, but rarely seriously injures players. Obi is often very cynical and can be nasty, but I cannot think of him doing this kind of damage to others on the pitch. Compare the career incidents of these players to what Nigel has done in the past six months. All the players I listed are physical, energetic player, by virtue of their position. I hope Tiote can develop the same way. However, it is only De Jong that is committing malicious attacks.

Apparently van Marwijk has dropped De Jong for Holland's upcoming qualifiers as a direct results of this incident. He think that there is "a problem with the way Nigel needlessly looks to push the limit. I am going to speak to him." "The funny thing is that the referee did not even show a yellow card for it. Apparently, there are other standards." At least someone can admit that the boy is a danger on the pitch. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11679_6426460,00.html

It's even more ridiculous when you think that it is a 23 year old who can barely crack the national team squad. Maybe it is because he came to prominence at Clairefontaine at such a young age.

Michael Essien, Mikel Obi, Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Cambiasso, Alou Diarra, Lassana Diarra, Mahamadou Diarra, This is a (very small) list of players that often do the same job on the pitch without breaking people's legs. He's an overly reckless player, and I genuinely do not understand why he is not punished for this.

I browse to OM forums a few times a week (it's unreadable in French or English. Messy place) and the attachment some fans have to HBA is frankly disturbing. They actually physically and emotionally love him. Marseille had a massive match at the weekend, and the biggest topic of discussion is hatred for a random player on Man City.

I don't think he's taller than me, anyway. His personality has always angered me. Especially during all those years at Lyon. That photo just reinforces everything.