Joao Moutinho to replace Lampard 21 the captain - The engine

[robaldo]

Originally posted by Morrison
overrated by the price! who the **** want to pay € 15m for a kid??

man utd payed £30 million for a kid

[Morrison]

Originally posted by robaldo
man utd payed £30 million for a kid

yeah but everyone knows about Rooney and who good he is...

i never heard about Moutinho or Manuel Fernandes who have been slapped a price tag with € 15-20m/player...its ridiculous

Frank Cunha: yeah that was a bad move from Viana and Newcastle...

[Frank Cunha]

Manuel Fernandes was the best player in last week's derby
Benfica vs Sporting

by Benfica improving his finances in the last couple years, will see more players staying home, only if the price is right

[hanuma]

fernandes and moutinho along with iniesta and fabregas are the future of continental central midfields. worth the 15 mill if youve got it mate.

[MUFC]

Originally posted by hanuma
nothing like ronaldo....a superb, clever midfielder with excellent passing and a tenacious tackle.

Yeh but at the same time he has flair thats why he reminds me of ronaldo.

[Frank Cunha]

Originally posted by MUFC
Yeh but at the same time he has flair thats why he reminds me of ronaldo.

maybe a little too small for the Premier

[hanuma]

i disagree....he is a tough little bugger and juninho, zola and wise have proven small players can dominate the english league.....

thankfully rafa benitez and jose mourinho have brought much needed tactical finesse to our game and we have a league that, despite enjoying the physical nature of the game, is no longer decided on who is the strongest and fittest.

[MUFC]

Originally posted by hanuma
i disagree....he is a tough little bugger and juninho, zola and wise have proven small players can dominate the english league.....

thankfully rafa benitez and jose mourinho have brought much needed tactical finesse to our game and we have a league that, despite enjoying the physical nature of the game, is no longer decided on who is the strongest and fittest.

Yeh they have also bought the long ball, oh no wimberpool did that.

[hanuma]

^^^what a load of cack^^^^

the technique and tactical attributes of the premiership have been increased exponentially this season.

[Cantona_#7]

Another digg at Ferguson i see.

[hanuma]

i dont like him...so???

[MUFC]

Originally Posted by hanuma

^^^what a load of cack^^^^

the technique and tactical attributes of the premiership have been increased exponentially this season.

Yeh really look at the stats:

Everton points total for example if you take that points total to 1997 you will be in 9th place. The last two seasons the level has been very poor and you just have to look at the runs of the top teams and the amount of points WBA needed to stay up, if they didnt have a great run at the end, it could have been 30 points to stay in the league. Dippers the champions of europe lost 14 games, two more then WBA. They finished closer to the relegation battle then to the top.

Its no shock that there has been records broken in the last two seasons because of how poor the quality of the premiership is. Just look at every team having 10 players behind the ball when they play the top 3.

[hanuma]

yeah...bigger gap between the top and bottom teams now...strength in depth is now a necessity not a luxury.

but if you analyse the qualities of the starting XI's of a mid table team like villa compare them to villa 5 years ago....the villa team now wins....easily.

[MUFC]

Originally Posted by hanuma

yeah...bigger gap between the top and bottom teams now...strength in depth is now a necessity not a luxury.

but if you analyse the qualities of the starting XI's of a mid table team like villa compare them to villa 5 years ago....the villa team now wins....easily.

That is total nonsense the team qualities dont have to do with anything if they all play 10 players behind the ball, villa aint the best example to use as there chairman cant do anything right and they have an over rated manager who is useluss with cash.

If you compare a lot of teams how they used to play and how they play now, it would be a lot attacking 5 years ago.

Just look at the goalscoring charts, take henry out and the rest of chart is very very poor for strikers scoring goals. I remember every season we used to have 5 or 6 players scoring 20+ goals. This season Henry who has it is easy due to the team around him and the style they play but take that out, just look at where the next good example is. Johnson 18 goals(8 pens).

[Frank Cunha]

U21 international is already one of the best playmakers in Portugal if not the best
here is Moutinho profile

http://www.lpfp.pt/default.aspx?SqlP...PessoaId=12766

he just scored the first goal of Academica vs Sporting