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He's way too mediocre. His passing is just shocking sometimes: It's either support or hoof. RM suffers too because of Simpson's inability to make constructive choices. Williamson knows his limitations, but Simpson's acts like he's the king of right backs. He's deffo not worth more than he's offered. Should get credit for his line clearances though. Deubuchy would be a huge, huge improvement. Hopefully Tavernier will step up this season and make a good backup.
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He will take the job if offered. Simples.
He's not turned them down.
The Villa approach has caused a total chaos within the club. Both side has handled this very badly, but in particular the club and the owner could have done much, much better. You do not leak your dealings with the manager to the press. According to below article Solskjær will accept the Villa position if he's offered it. And he''ll take both his assistants and Wolf Eikrem with him. One thing is for sure, the last word is not said in this saga.
With google translate:
(Dagbladet): Kjell Inge Røkke three questions to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer , who he felt were answered in a satisfactory manner, was the triggering factor for Akers surprising break with Molde .
The questions were made known in Akers press release yesterday, but just what Solskjaer has said up to now been a secret.
In an interview with Romsdals Budstikke Saturday night, however, choose Molde director Tarje Nordstrand Jacobsen to go out with the answers - where Solskjaer confirms that he wants to leave the club as soon as he can if the offer from Aston Villa come.
- It's a hypothetical question, but I get an offer, I will travel as soon as I can. Probably after the game against Hønefoss, Solskjaer will have answered the question of considering quitting in the current Premier League season.
Molde meetings Hønefoss home of the Stadium 28 of May.
Insubordination by Solskjaer
According Nordstrand Jacobsen said Solskjaer further that in this case will take the assistant coaches Mark Dempsey and Richard Hartis and Magnus Wolff Eikrem from the play group.
If so, Molde lose most of the coaching staff and one of their best players before the spring season is over. This must have upset Røkke, considering that the club will also be out in the Champions League qualification.
In the interview with Romsdals Budstikke Nordstrand Jacobsen says that he was even clearer that Solskjaer would not go to England to face Aston Villa, than has been known so far.
- The way I see it, this was a ordrenekt of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, he said.
Solskjaer upset
At Friday's press conference, where Solskjaer, Nordstrand Jacobsen and Chairman Øystein Neerland asked, it was agreed that there were challenges ahead.
- But now we are clear that we will work together to come, said Solskjaer.
Now it seems, however, the climate of cooperation to be cooler than ever. Molde manager thinks it is sad that an internal conversation leaked to the press of Molde's director.
- This shows what kind of game this is, says Solskjaer to the local newspaper.
Asked whether he is correctly reproduced by Nordstrand Jacobsen, he replies that it is not "100 percent correct."
- The main ingredients, however, I can confirm. Today we had a nice conversation within the club where we agreed that we should look forward. And then comes this out. This benefits not anyone in the club, said Solskjaer.
Molde meetings Sandnes Ulf Sunday evening. Plans call for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer lead the team in that game, but the last word is certainly not said after the latest developments from
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Harry Redknapp part of the Sky team for tonight.
ITV for me now.
Really? I'm massively swinging towards Chelsea now.
He's at the stadium with the Sky Crew.
Jesus! I guess being a proper cunt is one of the conditions for getting a job at Sky Sports. That picture makes me puke!
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Chelsea hopefully to win and thereby deny a place to Spurs who we are not too far off. Without the additional Champions league exposure and cash they won't be able to attract the very best players and keeps us within touching distance of them.
Chelsea is not far too off either..We finished above them ffs
disagree with that, if they win the CL i reckon roman might be inclined to start a more phased approach to the next generation of his chelsea having won the prize that's eluded them...if they f*** it up tonight he might well sanction more spending and another high profile managerial appointment to try and win it quick
The problem is that Chelsa will not get the best players if they fail to qualify. And abrahimovich is not the kind of person that phases out. He became rich by being brutal and corrupt. Abrahimovich wants players like Falcao. But Falcao is not interested in playing in a tournament he's just won, regardless of how much money Abrahimovich ipays him. There will be clubs out there that will give Falcao both CL and a solid pay.
That's not really true like. Money talks. Only a handful of clubs can match Chelsea for wages. Toure, Tevez etc. signed for City without them ever being in the CL from 2 of the biggest clubs in the world.
That's true. But is Abrahimivich willing to caugh 100s of millions once AGAIN. The man is rich, £10 billion, but he is essentially keeping the club afloat. Last year Chelsea had a deficit of £67 mill. The squad needs a total overhaul and they are in danger of missing out on the money motherload: CL. If he wants to compete with City (The Sheikh is worth twice as much) he must be willing to fork out a shitload of money, but still he's not guaranteed results because City has even more money. When he bought Chelsea he was the first to literally buy himself to success. This is not possible anymore.
Hopefully Chelsea will implode if they don't win. And Harry will f*** up the qualification ..
Yes, he has no other option and he's shown no signs that he'll stop investing. He's not going to quit now. Teams can only have 25 players so whilst they may miss out on targets (Pastore to PSG for example) he can still blow 90% of teams away to land the likes of Mata & Fernando Torres. He spent a shitload to get AVB in last year and he let him go in under a year, if money was a big factor he would've stuck with AVB for a couple years to give his investment a chance. He didn't.
I don't understand your logic. He's been investing shitloads into that club for 8-9 years and has done so every season without fail. Why would he stop now? They lose, he buys big. Chelsea are a European giant now, Bayern were in the Europa a few years back but still had better "pull" than most clubs in Europe to sign players. They win, he still buys big but might actually show some patience for once to rebuild the squad, that is it. As long as he's alive, Chelsea will be in the running.
Spurs on the other hand are reliant on CL revenue streams. They'll have to let 2 players go at a minimum and replace them with less reputable players.
Your logic is flawed son.
I'm afraid you're right, but I'm trying to convince myself otherwise.
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Chelsea hopefully to win and thereby deny a place to Spurs who we are not too far off. Without the additional Champions league exposure and cash they won't be able to attract the very best players and keeps us within touching distance of them.
Chelsea is not far too off either..We finished above them ffs
disagree with that, if they win the CL i reckon roman might be inclined to start a more phased approach to the next generation of his chelsea having won the prize that's eluded them...if they f*** it up tonight he might well sanction more spending and another high profile managerial appointment to try and win it quick
The problem is that Chelsa will not get the best players if they fail to qualify. And abrahimovich is not the kind of person that phases out. He became rich by being brutal and corrupt. Abrahimovich wants players like Falcao. But Falcao is not interested in playing in a tournament he's just won, regardless of how much money Abrahimovich ipays him. There will be clubs out there that will give Falcao both CL and a solid pay.
That's not really true like. Money talks. Only a handful of clubs can match Chelsea for wages. Toure, Tevez etc. signed for City without them ever being in the CL from 2 of the biggest clubs in the world.
That's true. But is Abrahimivich willing to caugh 100s of millions once AGAIN. The man is rich, £10 billion, but he is essentially keeping the club afloat. Last year Chelsea had a deficit of £67 mill. The squad needs a total overhaul and they are in danger of missing out on the money motherload: CL. If he wants to compete with City (The Sheikh is worth twice as much) he must be willing to fork out a shitload of money, but still he's not guaranteed results because City has even more money. When he bought Chelsea he was the first to literally buy himself to success. This is not possible anymore.
Hopefully Chelsea will implode if they don't win. And Harry will fuck up the qualification ..
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But imagine if Chelsea lose tonight and Harry fuck up the qualification. It could alter the CL-race significantly next season. Harry must sell either Bale or Modric and uses the money on Crouch version 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.1 .
Btw. If Chelsea wins tonight, will they be automatically qualified next season as winners or must they qualify like Tham?
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you're making some massive assumptions there bonny lad...such as a player might overlook the fact they've been to 2 CL finals and more semi's (i think) during his reign...it's history (albeit recent) and combined with mountains of cash i don't think they'll struggle to attract players
who is going to pay the 40m+ for falcao for example? probably only chelsea, real & citeh are capable of doing it if we're honest so using him as an example he might not have that many fucking options
Good point, but I will cheer for Bayern regardless!
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disagree with that, if they win the CL i reckon roman might be inclined to start a more phased approach to the next generation of his chelsea having won the prize that's eluded them...if they fuck it up tonight he might well sanction more spending and another high profile managerial appointment to try and win it quick
The problem is that Chelsa will not get the best players if they fail to qualify. And abrahimovich is not the kind of person that phases out. He became rich by being brutal and corrupt. Abrahimovich wants players like Falcao. But Falcao is not interested in playing in a tournament he's just won, regardless of how much money Abrahimovich ipays him. There will be clubs out there that will give Falcao both CL and a solid pay.
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Don't like Terry either - especially since the affair he's had with Mrs. Bridge.
Saying that, I think players like Drogba, Lampard or Chech - like them or hate them - deserve to win the Champions League in their career after all the bad luck they've had in recent years - against Liverpool, against Barca...
Wrong focus in my opinion. The question you should ask yourself is: What's best for NUFC? Chelsea's deficit is already huge and it will be even bigger if they miss out on CL. If they fail, Chelsea will not get the best players. They want CL, period. This could shift the power balance between Chelsea and us. . . But if Chelsea win CL, which is THE trophy Abrahimovich wants, he'll go absolutely bunkers next season which would increase the gap between us and them. If we however trust old, mental Harry, he'll probably do something stupid anyway, despite Tham getting the CL-spot. And a very important point is that Tham must qualify (is Chelsea automatically qualified as winners??) So if everything pans out alright, Chelsea lose tonight and Tham fails to qualify. Consequently we'll close in on TWO teams instead of one.
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Fucking despise Terry. That racist, psycho cunt! Nothing would delight me more than seeing him cry!. Besides Chelsea and Man C are ruining PL with their inflated budgets. The question is what happens with Chelsea if they don't qualify for CL next season? They have an old squad and I don't think insane wages will be enough to attract the players they need to challenge for a CL spot. With the fair play rules impending they could be in serious trouble. Harry on the other side could self destruct espite Tham getting the CL. He was already under fire this season.
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Prefer Douglas tbh. Vertonghen is similar to Colo: An offensive defender who's solid with the ball. What we really need is a defender that compensates for Colo's weakness and imo Douglas is more suitable in that respect. He's quick, good in the air and superior in 1 vs 1 situations. And due to his contract situation he'll be much cheaper than Vertonghen.
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So Ba didn't need a break Stu?
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First time I've noticed Punk since he was insisting we should rest our best players against the so-called lesser sides this season.
Didn't quite work out like that did it? Is that why we didn't get in the Champions League?
Ba's declining form came both from change of formation, but also from fatigue. The man was everywhere in the first half of the season. That cost him. I'm sure Best could have done the job against the weaker teams. It would have given Ba some well needed time off before our tough run in. Sadly Best's injury precluded that. It's about grinding out the result when needed so the team can be fresh when up against stronger opponents. And I've never said that we should rest many players, one or maybe two and only those who obviously needed a break. And Ba was one of them.
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Btw..I read that the reason why the villa fans cheered when we were relegated was that before the match, Martin Laursen held his farewell speech (he had to retire due to injury) but it wasn't possible for the home crowd to hear what he said because you lads booed....
Really ? I have to say that is the worst attempt to explain the unexplainable Ive ever heard.
I didn't try to explain anything, I just paraphrased what I read.
Btw, according to local media, OGS is not at the training ground. The session startet 10.30 local time and the Villa-aircraft is heading towards UK as we speak.
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So what's Solskjærs' managerial history. What makes him an option ?
He's the second coming of Jesus Christ according to Punk.
Heresy! He wears the no. 10 jersey and scores solo goals for fun
And I'm not that fond of Molde FK even though it's my local club. Hypothetically, If I had the choice between NUFC qualifying for CL and MFK being relegated I'd send MFK down in a heartbeat. I've never cared that much about MFK and my feelings declined even more as soon as OGS took over. The national media is so far up his ass it's embarrassing. With a few honorable exceptions, they of course attribute MFK's success to OGS. What the media forgot to mention is that at the time OGS took over, two of the nearest rivals were significantly weakened. One team lost some class players on free transfer and another had to cut to the bone due to economical difficulties. So the cause and effect between MFK's success and OGS are not as straight forward as people think. Also I know that if MFK develops a player that might be capable of making it in the PL, ManU will have first priority.
But what I like with OGS is his attitudes he demands of his players. Football is supposed to be a sport for men, but some of the players use more time complaining on the referee and using every trick in the book than anything else. And that pisses me off. Regardless of what you say, I've never thought of OGS as a dirty cunt and I watched him play before ManU bought him. If OGS is a dirty cunt, what's your description of Keane, Scholes, Vidic and De Jong?
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I'm just paraphrasing what I read...
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Btw..I read that the reason why the villa fans cheered when we were relegated was that before the match, Martin Laursen held his farewell speech (he had to retire due to injury) but it wasn't possible for the home crowd to hear what he said because you lads booed....
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Aren't you a tad subjective now? OGS is not a man who deliberately elbowed others. Neither is he a diving cunt.
He's a detestable little turd of a man and so are you for rimming his anus.
Of course......That makes sense....
But I think this will be a great appointment by Villa.. OGS is a clone of SAF in how he sets up his team. He focuses on pass and move, and player rotation. It's the beginning of the season and already now he rotates players. That will come in handy when the match program gets tougher. He's demanding good attitudes from the young ones, but he's not afraid to play them either. Players that were turbo shit under the previous manager have taken big steps. One of the reasons for that is his pass and movement policy which he's adapted from SAF : Because there is much movement, passing alternatives are always available, making dribbles unnecessary. That's why mediocre players like Fletcher performs well under SAF: If in trouble he always has constructive alternatives available.
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Aren't you a tad subjective now? OGS is not a man who deliberately elbowed others. Neither is he a diving cunt.
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I remember the Lee affair vividly myself, but that doesn't make him a despicable cunt..Vidic, Scholes and Keane fall into that category, not OGS. He made a professional foul. He didn't deliberately try to hurt someone like De Jong, neither is he polluting the environment with every word that comes out of his mouth like Barton.
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If villa get Ole Gunnar Mopheed I hope the whole club burns in hell, fuking absolute despicable cunt that he is.
And you base that on what? He is manager for my favorite team in Norway. He's not a cunt. He's in fact very sympathetic and solid, well respected professional. Like Pards, he's capable of caring, but he's not afraid to put his foot down if needed. He doesn't tolerate smugness or disrespectful behavior from players, such as diving inside the penalty area or shouting at the referees. Not long ago, a player dived. Immediately after the match the player had to apologize to the media for his behavior. He's a young SAF, but without the extreme subjective remarks and desire to manipulate the media to his own benefit.
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http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/newcastle-united-owner-mike-ashley-moneyball/?
Newcastle United Owner Mike Ashley Deserves Credit For His Own Version Of Moneyball
As Brad Pitt was wowing us by showing the innate genius of Oakland Athletics’s General Manager Billy Bean, who achieved so much more than their payroll justified, little did we know that in the North-East of England another club was waking up from its slumber to rise into prominence using a similar “moneyball” philosophy.
With the number of billionaires increasing in football by the day it has become an unofficial arms race of sorts where the owners are shelling out amounts unheard of on players who at best could be labeled mediocre. And all this in the name of success, as we know from common belief that the more you spend the higher the probability is of success. We all have been lead to believe what we all know “if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys”.
Clearly, someone forgot to mention this to Mike Ashley and Derek Llambias. They have been cooking up what the Wall Street Journal calls “Soccer’s Cut-Price Revolution”. Many can claim Ashley to be just the figurehead and neglect his contributions to such a huge project but credit goes where it’s due. His new ideas weren’t conventional and thus came with it huge media and mass criticism.
Like many others, he bought a football club for £134 million to ‘show off’ but it cost him more than he had bargained for. Unable to grasp the finances, the on field requirements as well as the powerful emotion of the Geordie people, he went on a downward spiral and took the club ‘down’, quite literally, with himself. He was even forced to put the club on sale. Having failed in that aspect, he and Llambias owned up to their mistakes and buckled up to run the club their way and to make it a success both financially as well as on the field where it really mattered. 3 long years, 6 managers and even more controversial decisions later, Newcastle Untied as well as Ashley and Co., are getting deserved accolades.
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Villan-Turned-Heroes?
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It’s hard to put it in words about how Ashley, Llambias and the club have overcome all the odds stacked against them to achieve success. In doing so, Newcastle have laid down a blue print of healthy success which other clubs with lesser finances can follow. Neither Ashley nor Lambias have ever been adored like Billy Bean or Peter Brand in Oakland; neither did they have any books written by someone like Bill James to look upon while deciding on their future course.
On the contrary, they were loathed and despised by the general public in Newcastle with abuses being constantly hurled at him at the ground by protesters as well as on the streets. Some of it were even justified since the appointment of Dennis Wise and Tony Jimenez as directors of football didn’t turn out to be such a wise decision after all.
This really makes it even more emotionally harder to care for a club whose fans just plainly want you out of there. Being a successful businessman as he is, Ashley never paid much heed to them and along with his colleagues went about rebuilding a club which had been tortured both emotionally and financially. With many a shrewd decision on players’ movement and their keen business acumen, they have been able to wake up a sleeping giant of English football and bring them within touching distance of European-level fame.
However, it hasn’t been Ashley and Llambias alone all the way. They had laid a blueprint down for the success of the club but needed people who could execute their plan to the core. In came the “mannas from heaven”. The due diligence of their chief scout Graham Carr and manager Alan Pardew have played huge roles in such a turn around.
Even former manager Chris Hughton deserves accolades for rescuing the sinking ship in that single year back in the Championship. Ashley may not have known it then but that one season spent by the toon outside the Premiership rather came as a blessing in disguise, where they could offload high earners who didn’t produce enough and didn’t give a darn to what happened to the club (the Duffs, Martins, Owens and Vidukas of the world). Hughton brought the club together in this time of turmoil with a number of players who stood up. They, thus, avoided what ultimately became of Leeds, Nottingham and Wednesday.
Having secured Newcastle a comfortable mid-table position in the first year back up, Hughton was removed in favour of Pardew which at that time was quiet a gutsy move, one that was heavily criticized by all and sundry. This made Pardew’s job no easier than it already was, but the gamble has paid off handsomely. One year later, Hughton is now a figure of the past, although not forgotten.
If this wasn’t enough for Ashley and Co. to make themselves unpopular on Tyneside, they followed it up with an even more controversial one, selling the club’s no.9 and fan favourite Andy Carroll for a record British record transfer fee of £35million to Liverpool. This brought the ire of the whole of Geordie nation on him. But an year later, the decision has been vindicated.
They didn’t stop there and let three more stalwarts in Enrique, Nolan and Barton leave at the beginning of the season making them one of the favourites for the bookies to go down again. Newcastle are now pushing for fourth, only separated from Spurs by virtue of goal difference and 2 points ahead of big spenders Chelsea and 13 ahead of Liverpool, looking every bit deserving of the place they hold amongst the big boys of the Premier League.
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Has silenced all the critics!
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Pardew, along with Carr, bought into Ashley’s philosophy and their scouting focused basically on young talent both known and unknown. Focusing mostly on mainland Europe, unconvinced that paying over the odds for overpriced and sometimes over-hyped English talent was the way to go about business, they raided France and brought in Cabaye, Ben Arfa and an impressive youngster Mehdi Abeid for a combined total of only £10 million.
They brought in Demba Ba for a free and in January, gave him a partner of some calibre in Pappiss Demba Cisse from Freiburg. Even when criticized for lack of activity in the transfer market, they haven’t panicked and haven’t given into surreal transfer demands from the other clubs. The waiting game has worked wonders.
Newcastle’s balance sheet goes from strength to strength as well reporting a meager £3.9 million pound operating loss for the season, down nearly £30 million on the previous year. Now, only owing Mike Ashley himself about £150 million in zero interest loans, he strives to make Newcastle an independent successful entity on the financial front as well. This model of ownership may bode for more future successes as it separates itself from constant pumping of lifeline money for it to survive and compete.
The bigger picture looks a lot different from how it was a year back and there are virtually no words to describe the turnaround that this sleeping giant has encountered in two years, from fighting to hold down a place in the league to fighting for a place in Europe. The players have undoubtedly helped.
Newcastle’s trouble brewed from an uncertain front office and now Ashley and co. has turned it into Newcastle’s greatest strength. They may never be popular figures on Tyneside due to the turmoil they had caused but every Geordie in their heart knows this turnaround wouldn’t have been possible if everyone at the club from top to bottom weren’t involved in a concerted effort.
The judgement may still be out for some, but Newcastle have done it before under Keegan and Sir Bobby. May be it is time again. The club sets the mood for the whole region. It is a club of the people and for the people of Newcastle; they live and breathe by it. St. James’s Park (now renamed) is referred to as the “cathedral on the hill” and is more important than the church itself.
Newcastle and Ashley hold the key to how much further they want to go. It is there time to rise. It is a refreshing change in attitude brought about by the club and hopefully, will set a precedent for other less resourceful clubs to follow and long may it continue.
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The problem is the idiots using statistics and who're not capable of putting the numbers into context. Eg. if Tiote is missing that hugely affect our defensive strength because every opponent panics when he's nearby. And that our attack now finally flows, with Cisse and HBA in exellent form, also takes pressure of the defense. It's about isolating cause (Williamson) effect (60% win). Ideally we should play with the same team against the same opponent for x games, then remove Willamson and play again against the same opponent. And in both rounds both team must field the same XI, except Williamson. But as you probably understand, this is an impossible task . And still you have random factors that always influence football like referees, beautiful goals (cisse agains Villa) that's impossible to repeat etc.
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Hmmm.. he joined 'my favorite team in Norway. Came as a surprise really. But he's brought in as no. 2. Our first keeper is very solid. 2nd choice in the national team. But as already mentioned. The Norwegian League suck. Danish much better. In other words Soderberg has a lot of work to do....
Nice to see you again punk, been a while.hope you've enjoyed the season so far. Nice words from ole there, best of luck to him
Thanks man!
The season has been just massive. Although I haven't posted in a long time as you probably have seen, I read the forum.. Quite massive change in mood tbh. 8 months ago you were some negative fucks tbh I was one of the few with a positive mindset, if I remember correctly. That combined with heavy work and school schedule resulted in me becoming more of a reader instead of an annoying poster And hi Michael
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Yeah, he said Tavernier was almost as good. But that doesn't say much really. If you're just as good as Simpson you still have A LOT to improve
I really hope we get Deubuchy. A Frenchie in his prime who's a very good friend of Yo. Would make it easier for us to keep Yo too. Deubuchy is very professional . So he probably takes better care of his body than Noland and Carroll. Unless he gets seriously injured we don't have to think about a replacement before he's well into his 30s.