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I think thats because in 2005 Cech was probably the best keeper in the world, as he was again in the 2009-10 season. Its the same with Buffon and Casillas, when they make mistakes it isn't flagged up.

De Gea came in with huge boots to fill and therefore any mistake is scrutinized.

A prime example of someone being held high when they've been rubbish recently is Reina

Well I would take Cech im not a freaking idiot. But based on this season its would be a 50/50

Reina had a reasonable game yesterday

Someone not playing to their best at the moment is Joe Hart. He isn't massively to blame for the goals yesterday, I just think he is overrated by some.

Anyway my top 10 defenders:

Sebastien Bassong
Sebastien Bassong
Sebastien Bassong
Sebastien Bassong
Sebastien Bassong
Sebastien Bassong
Sebastien Bassong
Sebastien Bassong
Gary Doherty aka The Doc
Michael Nelson aka Lord Nelson

Cech shouldn't be on that list, no keeper should be allowed to wear a girl's hat like he does. Pansy, bringing the good name of keepers into disrepute.

Pretty sure he risks a life threatening concussion if he doesn't wear it and gets tagged again.

CBs

Hummels
Chiellini
Bonnuci
Howedes
Dominguez
Evans
Ramos
Mascherano

Thiago Silva is probably number 1.

If you have Bonucci and Chiellini, then Barzagli definately appears.

Silva and Barzagli are the two I knew I was forgetting off of that list

BigFellasAfro wrote:Thiago Silva is probably number 1.

If you have Bonucci and Chiellini, then Barzagli definately appears.

Then Winston Reid is 5th on your list, yes?

I wouldn't have Evans or Masch on it, although I haven't listed off 10 better yet....

Evans was great last year, Masch has been the best CB at Barce in the past 12 months. TBH I was struggling outside of the obvious ones

Also, if we are talking purely 2012, then the likes of Tasci and Dante would feature

Kompany for the first half of 2012

Kompany has been average for the second half, could be included though. Subotic is another who has been great this year.

Sorry, I'm doing a mind dump and just posting as I think of them...


Subotic
Pepe
Rami
Benatia
Rakitsky

My World Xi for the year (starting on October 7th running till now)

-------------------------Ruddy/Bunn---------------------
Whittaker---Turner/Bennett---Bassong---Garrido
-----------------Tettey/Howson---Johnson-------------
Snodgrass---------------Hoolahan--------------Pilkington
-----------------------------Holt-------------------------------

#unthinkables #chrissyhughtonsbarmyarmy

Ruddy Bunn, sounds like some kind of terrible cake

Poll is now up: https://www.606v2.com/t38307-v2-team-of-the-year-2012-goalkeeper#1730642

sodhat wrote:Pretty sure he risks a life threatening concussion if he doesn't wear it and gets tagged again.

No soft cushioned hat would stop that, because the impact would have to be pretty severe.

I think Cech wears it for the sympathy vote, and so that the opposition go easy on him. What happened to him was an accident, it's not happened in world football to anyone since then, and the chances of it happening twice are slim to none.

Mark Bosnich got clotheslined in the head by Jurgen Klinsmann, and got up. That old fella in the 80s played with a fractured skull. Keepers should be men, not mice.

Also, not sure there is such a thing as a 'life-threatening' concussion. If there is, and there's a danger of it, his doctors wouldn't let him near a football pitch. Ice hockey players can miss years of their careers before being allowed back, if ever. And he wasn't out for anywhere near as long as some of those guys.

Blimey I'm aggro today

Not necessarily life threatening in that he would die (although I'm sure it's possible), but repeated concussions are serious threats to health and quality of life. So I have no problem he is cautious about it - why take the chance with that? The hat may be a mental thing, just reduces anxiety or whatever.

P.S. De Sciglio is not for sale cos he is young and Italian, like.

Hero can you take of th cancel option?

Hats have no place on a football pitch. Same goes for ponchos, scarves, gloves, jewelry, Edgar Davids-esque shades, face masks, wrist guards, lycra shorts, flaps over boot laces, and bitter Man City fans.

Makes me feel sick when so called hard cases like Rooney were gloves. Whenever I play football it's t shirt and shorts no matter what the weather. The way I see it, if you play properly you warm up anyway.

*Whenever I did :'(

I played twice last week, lost both games and my word it was cold. But I didn't wear gloves like some did.

Not because I'm double hard, but because I don't own a pair.

alright lads, back shift so away to get my votes in now, will be pretty brief as boss on his way up

It's ok viva. Jose Mourinho wasn't a good footballer but look at him now. One of the best managers in the world. Maybe you should apply for your coaching licence and in the future you could be called SirVivaPaulScholes.

It was a battle to me and when I seen the opponenet wearing gloves I would torment him anything to give me advantage in warfare.

But Nadeem I was a great Footballer and I bet I could still do a job now, I'd have to read the game play a deeper role and position myself and jockey the man instead of playign in my old aggresive way of putting in tackles.

Anyone up for a hard core deal?

Depends what ud be after

I'm after a winger and a CM.

Custodio Viva?

Right track Gregers but better quality, to be honest I've got that type of level of player in my squad I'm looking to improve on that.

True viva. But there are some players who once they suffer a long term injury, don't go into them 50/50 tackles incase they get injured again. I think its something psychological that prevents them from playing the way they used to prior to the injury.

All my players available for cash Viva

Wingers
Afellay - £20m
Mirallas - £15m
Florenzi - £9m
Praet - £5m
Deulofeu - £11m

CMs
Verratti - £25m
Toulalan - £18m

Thats true Nadeem, before I'd get tighter on the player but when I played after my injury I tended to give the player a bit of room so if he turned I had the time to move without putting to much stress on my knee.

Afro thats too much I don't have the money.

Who watched XFactor last night?

League points in this calendar year (promoted and relegated clubs taken out)

Manchester United 83
Manchester City 77
Everton 61
Chelsea 59
Arsenal 58
Tottenham Hotspur 56
Newcastle United 52
West Bromwich Albion 51
Swansea City 50
Fulham 49
Norwich City 47
Wigan Athletic 43
Stoke City 42
Sunderland 40
Liverpool 40
Aston Villa 30
Queens Park Rangers 27

Goes to show how far ahead the two Manchester clubs are really, and also how far Liverpool have fallen

BigFellasAfro wrote:League points in this calendar year (promoted and relegated clubs taken out)

Manchester United 83
Manchester City 77
Everton 61
Chelsea 59
Arsenal 58
Tottenham Hotspur 56
Newcastle United 52
West Bromwich Albion 51
Swansea City 50
Fulham 49
Norwich City 47
Wigan Athletic 43
Stoke City 42
Sunderland 40
Liverpool 40
Aston Villa 30
Queens Park Rangers 27

Goes to show how far ahead the two Manchester clubs are really, and also how far Liverpool have fallen

8th

Surprised to see Everton up there in 3rd too, good for you guys!

Everton should be competing for cups and top 5 finishes in my opinion, I don't see them as that team who barley scrapes 17th position infact I am starting to see them as a team who is under acheiving.

Liverpool on the underhand have gone the opposite way, when I see them getting beat to the likes of Sunderland, Villa, QPR I don't find it suprising I find it suprising when they win.

BigFellasAfro wrote:League points in this calendar year (promoted and relegated clubs taken out)

Manchester United 83
Manchester City 77
Everton 61
Chelsea 59
Arsenal 58
Tottenham Hotspur 56
Newcastle United 52
West Bromwich Albion 51
Swansea City 50
Fulham 49
Norwich City 47
Wigan Athletic 43
Stoke City 42
Sunderland 40
Liverpool 40
Aston Villa 30
Queens Park Rangers 27

Goes to show how far ahead the two Manchester clubs are really, and also how far Liverpool have fallen

Look at us up there above Stoke, Sunderland and Liverpool. Oh and Villa. THE GRASS GREENER NOW LAMBERT? IS IT GREENER NOW?

I did just think that it doesn't factor in games played, which has boosted us a bit. We played 1 more game than most, 2 more than some (our Spurs game was postponed from August 11 and played this year).

Here is the points per game table I just calculated based on the points above...

Manchester United 2.37
Manchester City 2.14
Chelsea 1.69
Arsenal 1.66
Everton 1.65
Tottenham Hotspur 1.56
Newcastle United 1.53
Fulham 1.44
Swansea City 1.43
West Bromwich Albion 1.42
Norwich City 1.34
Wigan Athletic 1.23
Stoke City 1.20
Sunderland 1.14
Liverpool 1.14
Aston Villa 0.86
Queens Park Rangers 0.77

We usually start poorly and finish with title fom!! I'm hoping this season we finish the same and it isn't just a reversal of our usual season

http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/aston-villa-fc/2012/12/10/norwich-city-still-obssessed-with-me-says-aston-villa-manager-paul-lambert/?

This man needs to just be quiet. Norwich fans are not obsessed with him, in fact we really could not care less about his future and we thank him for what he done for the club as we showed at Villa Park earlier this season.

Chrissy Hughton is the man to take us forward. So far he has been a blessing in disguise

You were obsessed with him last year...

Well done Sherlock

People move on, I like him as a manager, think he will be a top top one, but as a person he is moving right down in my estimations

Is Olly about to have a Kevin Keegan meltdown?

I would love it if he did. Love it.

Busy day at Brescia today.

Immobile, Yarmolenko, Torres + £1.35m IN
Longo + Mirallas OUT

I dont even care about him anymore, Hughton is proving to be a brilliant manager for us. The only person obsessed with Lambert is himself and his right hand the soloist

I will love it if we beat them. I'll be there on Tuesday, it'll be a sell out (despite there lot sending tickets back, yeah great support) and I can't wait to stuff em. Can't wait