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Portsmouth are a very much differnt side then the last two seasons. They are more open now I think. The last two years they've been a team who were very compact and featured either (Drogba type player) or Kanu (Master of holding the ball up) upfront alone. Now they start two up front every match (Crouch and Defoe) along with losing Muntari/Mendes in the middle. They've lost some of their solidarity along with becoming a team with more attacking options. Honestly I don't see why we can't win this match. I refuse to be scared of a team that will start a 19 year old left back and Glen Little on either wing. Seriously, their main creative force has been f***** Glen Johnson. Sol Campbell turns slower than the goddamn planet Earth. I refuse to fall into this ridiculous self-fulfilling prophecy that we wil lose to them. So, Howay the Lads!, Forza Bianconeri!, Allez Allez!, Oba et Owen droit au but!! For this Sabbath day shall be a ghastly one for the citizens of Pompey!!! TO HELL WITH PESSIMISM!!!! 3-1 NEWCASTLE UNITED.

Brilliant saves by Gomes before the goal. I find it amazing that both Diego Tristan and Robbie Fowler are in the Premiership in 2008.

Jenas is a decent player in my book. I don't like him, but he is a good player.

You must be watching a different game mate. I'm talking in general. This season he really has looked a class player for Spurs. Been very influential during their best spells.

Modric has been quite good so far. Megameters ahead of anything here.

99 percent of Argentine footballers magically have Italian passports. Just how all Ivorian footballers seem to have French passports. We need the English to give passports to our players.

That's is very high for La Liga....significantly higher than usual. funny how Ligue 1 is so low. The league is very very competitive and the football is usually pretty entertaining. I guess the goals just don't flow. Actually, Bundesliga's average is 3.04 a game. Just noticed there's only 18 teams in that league. Yeah that league has the highest average most years...beisdes the Dutch league.

That's is very high for La Liga....significantly higher than usual. funny how Ligue 1 is so low. The league is very very competitive and the football is usually pretty entertaining. I guess the goals just don't flow.

Real Madrid at Burnley in next years Europa League.

Regardless of the specifics of are situation, that is a terrible terrible rule for football. Through this, couldn't the likes of Oba, N'Zogbia and Taylor just buy out of their contracts at the end of the year?

Pick all the stuff he won in 2006 out of: Individual * Euro 2000 Team of the Tournament * FIFA World Player of the Year 2006 * Ballon D'or: 2006 * 2006 FIFA World Cup Silver Ball Award * 2006 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament * Oscar del calcio * Serie A Footballer of the Year: 2006 * Italian Footballer of the Year: 2006 * Serie A Defender of the Year: 2005, 2006 - Runner-up: 2000, 2001, 2002 * UEFA Team of the Year: 2006 * FIFPro World XI: 2006, 2007 And remember they got him for a knockdown price because of the Juve scandal. I understand all that...but it really does bring you back to the era when they were trotting out aging versions of Ronaldo, Figo, Zidane, and Beckham without winnning anything. To be fair to them, they won two titles after this, but this did coincide with the removal of those players forming the past era.

Probaly would have been considered too small for the English league and shipped out anyway. Them 2 clowns, nee wonder they are struggling. We'd be relegated by now if we had that pair of useless twats at the back. That's nonsense, but Fabio is definitely done. Signing him after the WC was a typical terrible "galatico" signing. Would kill for Ramos though.

Their three best attackers Obasi, Ba, and Ibisevic were bought in from Lyn Oslo, some poor Belgian club, and Aachen respectiovely. Hoffenheim are hardly going around attracting big name players with massive. They are looking for young talent, and have created a system that young players are keen to join. Take Obasi for example. He received heavy interest from top league clubs in England and Russia, but ended up going to this small second division club in Germany. Many people in Nigeria, and those who had followed him from Lyn or u-20 championships were confused or not happy with this career choice. But it is quite clear that they had a plan they were ready to put into action. You do not get players of the caliber that they did last year unless they believe the club is going places. Do realise that they have only bought I think 2 players that weren't on loan at their club last year. Hopp is building a first class football organization, evidenced by the new stadium the club is already building.

Harsh to the point of being ridiculous. Whats harsh? I watched all 90 minutes of that drivel. I guess you were set with an internet stream. Yeah..I watched it on this internet stream which just so happens to be 100 percent legitimate and legal But I still watched all 90 minutes. don't know how that prevents me from doing so in all honesty. I think all your ratings are too low. Even the simple things of giving Cacapa and Viduka 3's are just spiteful, nasty, and wrong. The rating of N'Zogbia being higher than Owen, Oba, and Jonas tells me that if you were at the match, you were sitting behind a pole or something.

shameful from the fans. I was his first game back ffs.

Harsh to the point of being ridiculous.

Brilliant. Nantes lead 2-1 in 90 minute against Lyon. Klasnic double. Fantastic.

What a s*** analogy. Better analogy: The car I bought parks and turns better than any other I have ever driven. However, it can't get past 30 KPH on the motorway.

Notice the thread title, "Owen's overall game". Nothing in this game has done anything to disprove the points made here and infact these points may have even been further emphasized. So why don't you feed that humble pie to your dog or something, it sure is not to be served at this dinner.

The c*** celebrated...what disrespect.

Y'know...Gutierrez is in Ronaldo's class of makeing challenges look worse than they are.

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Honestly...if this f***** commentator mentions this bloody "hill" one more time. :loll:

I enjoy how everyone thought Benjani would be prolific because of half a season, while completely ignoring the rest of his career.

He's hardly done that.