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First thing is why would he want to leave, we are a club that is rebuilding and has now been under the owners and kenny's wing for many months.
Be interesting to know if this rumour is true, then his reasons for wanting to leave. If it is home sickness then fair enough can't argue with that.
But i think he is a great addition to the squad and hope he stays. I can understand a teenager who lives with his mummy getting homesick, but a 28 year old international footballer? come off it.
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meireles is an okay player he had a nice purple patch, whats the big deal if we sell him? 12 million thank you muchly (Italian team) You seem to be losing the plot House, Big deal if we sell him? Really? He and Lucas has worked their arses off for the team in the middle of the park in the absence of stevie for the whole season. Meireles has been a great asset to have especially when he plays behind the strikers as he links up with Suarez effectively and they seem to compliment each other very well. He is an excellent runner off and on the ball and that was very helpful tricking defenders and causing havoc whenever Suarez and others were on the ball. You do know we brought him for 14m right? I bet you didn't so we will be making a loss on a player that has shined when we should be putting a price tag of 15 to 20m on him considering how every player is for 20m these days. He's a big asset and if you are saying big deal then your very wrong. 14 million, really? i thought it was 10 million, and he is still only average and i don't see him starting any games next season unless we don't sign any more players and even then he will only play on the left where he is useless there just isn't room in the team for him
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Wise words from an unlikely source....
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First thing is why would he want to leave, we are a club that is rebuilding and has now been under the owners and kenny's wing for many months.
Would not a move to Inter Milan - who it has to be said have a considerable better chance of winning trophies than we do as things currently stand - appeal to any non-English player? Raul does seem popular with other members of the team, has a good attitude and most importantly of all, looks a good-quality player Selling him and getting Adam in as a replacement makes no sense to me whatsoever
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raul is a good player but not a great player
I agree but my point is that he's better than Henderson and Adam. We've already shelled out £16m or whatever it is for Henderson and we all know with plenty of other big clubs interested (Man Utd/Tottenham) Blackpool are going to play hardball with Adam, meaning we'll be paying something around the £10m mark That's a lot of money for 2 players who if Raul and rodriguez go the other way, actually weaken our squad
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I agree jimbob if we signed Adam today and the transfer window shut tomorrow.
That job interview was going so well until I realized I was fukked up on acid in the middle of a cornfield naked and talking to a scarecrow.
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I don't understand how anyone can talk about selling our player. 6 months ago you would've said he was the only player along with Carra and Gerrard thats worth keeping.
Henderson is unproven and who knows if Adam can cut it at the top level at the top club.
People talking about a purple patch are talking out there ass he played fantastic when he was played IN HIS POSITION, then when he moved out wide he was still one of our best players in most of the games continuing to be a threat and setting up people regularly.
Shows you the kind of loyalty when were linked with alot of Centre midfields and we've already packed the players bags for him. He has had a great season in which he was still learning the ins and outs of the EPL (as he came from a lesser league). He has proved his class and should be ahead of Aqulani, Henderson, Adam and Spearing. And i would say Lucas but hes a DM.
He started on a lesser contract and was told to play for an improved contract. He has done that and deserves to be tied down to our club for the best years of his career.
(Whats that Ben Foster is available??? get Pepe out NOWWWWWWW hes only been ok and hes not even english.....sound familiar?)
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No way can we sell Raul!!!
He's a quality player, and for those saying he's average, don't forget how often he's been played out of position. For a central mid, he's quality, and the only reason I can see us getting rid of him is:
a)Letting the younger players like Spearing and Henderson jump in the deep end.
b)Aqualani is going to come back and take his role
c)We get Adams (would much rather have Raul).
d)We buy a real quality mid (Not Gago!).
I wouldn't say that playing spearing and henderson is "throwing them in at the deep end" Spearing has been with the club for 4 or 5 years so won;t be phased by anything. And Henderson has had more premiership experience than Spearing and Meireles put together! Meireles is far too weak for the english leagues and I'd be over the moon if Adam took his place, regardless of fee, net spend or any other [oops].
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I don't understand how anyone can talk about selling our player. 6 months ago you would've said he was the only player along with Carra and Gerrard thats worth keeping.
Henderson is unproven and who knows if Adam can cut it at the top level at the top club.
People talking about a purple patch are talking out there ass he played fantastic when he was played IN HIS POSITION, then when he moved out wide he was still one of our best players in most of the games continuing to be a threat and setting up people regularly.
Shows you the kind of loyalty when were linked with alot of Centre midfields and we've already packed the players bags for him. He has had a great season in which he was still learning the ins and outs of the EPL (as he came from a lesser league). He has proved his class and should be ahead of Aqulani, Henderson, Adam and Spearing. And i would say Lucas but hes a DM.
He started on a lesser contract and was told to play for an improved contract. He has done that and deserves to be tied down to our club for the best years of his career.
(Whats that Ben Foster is available??? get Pepe out NOWWWWWWW hes only been ok and hes not even english.....sound familiar?) The point is, plenty of people are unsure about Raul. I'm one of them. It doesn't necessarily mean I'm "right" or you're "wrong". For a player to be classed as important to the first team the majority of fans would need to agree on his talent/contribution. The likes of Reina, Carragher, Kelly, Gerrard, Suarez, Lucas(?) all fit into the category of "most fans think they should start whenever possible". That's half of a very good team. We need players as good as them to fill the other half of the team. Essentially, unless a player is regarded highly by most fans then it's safe to say that they are most suited as backup/squad player status. The widely differing opinions suggest they aren't bad as some say but clearly not as good as others say either.
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No way can we sell Raul!!!
He's a quality player, and for those saying he's average, don't forget how often he's been played out of position. For a central mid, he's quality, and the only reason I can see us getting rid of him is:
a)Letting the younger players like Spearing and Henderson jump in the deep end.
b)Aqualani is going to come back and take his role
c)We get Adams (would much rather have Raul).
d)We buy a real quality mid (Not Gago!).
I wouldn't say that playing spearing and henderson is "throwing them in at the deep end" Spearing has been with the club for 4 or 5 years so won;t be phased by anything. And Henderson has had more premiership experience than Spearing and Meireles put together! Meireles is far too weak for the english leagues and I'd be over the moon if Adam took his place, regardless of fee, net spend or any other [oops]. When I say chuck them in the deap end, I mean, us not buying any central midfielders apart from Henderson and giving them full responsibility of running the midfield with Gerrard and Lucas (Alternating). It doesn't matter if Spearing has been with the club for that amount of time, he's only played half a season in the Prem really, and Raul was better than him and Henderson this season, so Prem experience means nothing. And if you think Raul is to soft, you should see hime with Portugal when he's playign in CM, he is solid as a rock. Plus he was awwome for us when he was give an AM role. There's no point selling.
Last edited by Pops; 17/06/11 03:57 PM.
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