All New Summer 2008 Transfer Merry Go Round/Rumour Mill
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50% and 75% of matches kind of indicates they where key players surely?
They may well have been a weakness which you couldnt address with what you had avaialbe, but surely the sheer number of matches they did play (even as subs) make them key players?
They may well have been a weakness which you couldnt address with what you had avaialbe, but surely the sheer number of matches they did play (even as subs) make them key players?
Not at all, both being sold soon after is a little clue to this.
Key players for that team were Cech, Terry, Lampard, Makalele, Robben, not sure whether Crespo and Drogba would have been key players at the time.
A player could play 100% of the matches and not be a key player. What you bring to the side (that nobody else could) is what makes a key player. The above players all brought a huge amount to that Chelsea side, Tiago and Kezman did not (regardless of how many games they played).
Not really, Kezman for one was rubbish but he was all we had, if anything he was key in us not being even better.
Just playing a fair amount of games doesn't make anyone a key player it's how they perform in those games
Exactly, number of games played isn't the deciding factor. What FrankJH has done has taken the fact that key players are likely to have played a large number of games, and then assumed that the reverse (large number of games = key player) is also the case.
Aye, Kezman couldn't hit a barn door.
Not sure where to put this but Ronaldo is set to have an ankle operation in the next few days and will miss pre-season apparantly.
United go to South Africa in two weeks, hope we make a signing before then. Wish we'd just test Spurs with an offer for Berbatov, he's the only player I think we need. Got a funny feeling Fergie is going to settle with Rooney, Tevez, Manucho and Campbell though.
United go to South Africa in two weeks, hope we make a signing before then. Wish we'd just test Spurs with an offer for Berbatov, he's the only player I think we need. Got a funny feeling Fergie is going to settle with Rooney, Tevez, Manucho and Campbell though.
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I agree with absolutely everything you said there
However
If you want the player and that's what Villa want then that's what you'll have to pay
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It would seem like a good idea but the question is surely who would want to buy him? As a striker who is frequently injured and when he isn't he is "not in the right mental state" or whatever the phrase is to play.
On behalf of my club I'd like to formally offer £1.46, a bag of Walkers salt & vinegar crisps, 6 paperclips and a couple of elastic bands - that being what I've got sitting about my desk at the moment. The plan is to buy him, ship him off to Lithuania and have him back when he realises that there are far worse things in life than playing professional football for a living. Deal?
not really - surely if you have no other player available for said position, then surely the only person who can play there, whether good or bad, is still key unless you want to play with 10 men!!!
Obviously good players are always key - Im not argueing they arent.