Mowen Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Bellamy is City's best player from the little (mainly highlights) I've seen of them this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 No-one should keep Steven Ireland out of the team. Ireland is probably my favourite Prem player atm Bet he wouldn't get left on the bench if he was a big name. Always found with him he seems to be forgotten about by pundits and fans alike for no reason. One of the best midfielders in the league for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 No-one should keep Steven Ireland out of the team. Ireland is probably my favourite Prem player atm Don't be fooled, he got a few goals last season but he isn't a top 4 player. Funny how a midfielder can score a few then becomes a great player, like Nolan a few years back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 No-one should keep Steven Ireland out of the team. Ireland is probably my favourite Prem player atm Don't be fooled, he got a few goals last season but he isn't a top 4 player. Funny how a midfielder can score a few then becomes a great player, like Nolan a few years back. Or Lampard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Segun Oluwaniyi Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Nolan was a good player a few years back. He was a leader and a fighter in midfield for Bolton, and as you say he was quite prolific as well. He was the best player on a team that did well in Europe. Then, he discovered biscuits and alcohol. His career has yet to recover. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Nolan was a good player a few years back. He was a leader and a fighter in midfield for Bolton, and as you say he was quite prolific as well. He was the best player on a team that did well in Europe. Then, he discovered biscuits and alcohol. His career has yet to recover. He was never their best player and they didn't do well in europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Ireland is very intelligent with the ball at his feet IMO. Last year he got a lot of great assists and I thought he was one of the best players when we drew 2-2 with City last year, even before he scored Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Nolan was a good player a few years back. He was a leader and a fighter in midfield for Bolton, and as you say he was quite prolific as well. He was the best player on a team that did well in Europe. Then, he discovered biscuits and alcohol. His career has yet to recover. He was never their best player and they didn't do well in europe. Maybe I was exaggerating on the Europe part. I remember them losing to Marseille, but I'm not sure what round. Regardless, they were ateam that finished in the top half and fought for positions in Europe for a good few years. Nolan was lynchpin of these sides. I do not know how you can argue this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Agreed, Babatunde. The argument seems to be though that he was never that good in the first place. Relative to that Bolton side though, he was hugely important, yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Davies has always been more important. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Davies has always been more important. Fair enough. Jasskalainen-Nolan-Davies=lynchpins. You can argue which of those three were the most important, but it is very difficult to include any others in the discussion. Have to say it was kind of depressing to see them evolve from a side that featured Okocha and Djorkaeff at the same time into the long ball masters of England. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Ivan Campo wasn't bad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Well, it gave them a few quite good years. Teams can only sign what they can, and it was a good way for them to get a few quality players on their squad without expensive transfer fees they couldn't probably afford. And despite some shaky times, they seem to me they have transitioned out of the Allardyce regime adequately (I was fearing for them to do a Charlton before Sammy Lee got sacked). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I'm not so sure, I think within 3-5 years they will be relegated again. This season they will survive, but only because you have other teams like Hull, Wolves, Burnley (who will drop points later on) being worse then them. If say 3 out of us, WBA, Boro, Cardiff come up then I think we may be able to get a stronger squad together then they can. However all thats is a long way off, and some Arab with £78,576,578,564,674,654 billion is probs signing the purchase forms as we speek. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I don't think Bolton is too high on the purchase lists of arab oilers, to be honest. West Ham, Blackburn, have more "name" and are buyable on the cheap, and even you lot would be very attractive if you came back up and Ashley doesn't go nuts with the asking price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 CSKA beating Man Utd 1-0. Mate txt me earlier saying a fella in his work lumped £400 on Man Utd to win tonight. Oh dear!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Owen equalises. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Even he couldn't miss that one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Aww. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geordiesned Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Real lead in the San Siro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 CSKA lead again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dave Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Andy Gray talking utter shit. Why would he be tempted to flag? He was onside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Great game this. What I've noticed about these Russian/Ukranian teams is that they all seem to be so fast and are great at breaking on the counter. Makes for good TV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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