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Barnes was also able to beat a man all ends up, anywhere on the pitch. As I said above, Pennant does do that particularly - though as I also said above, that isn't a criticism as the way in which he opearted the other night (get half a yard and whip a fast, early cross in) is just as dangerous in some ways and certainly as tough to defend against.

So no overblown expectations there then. Just what he doesn't need. And also inaccurate. They are very different kinds of player on the evidence of what I have seen.

Ah, right. So it isn't safe enough for them to train there, or for their foreign players to even live there - but it IS safe for us to play there and we are 'chickens' for not wanting to? Surely that can't be it? Nope, still don't get it.

You really are approrpiately named. Ah, the new season must be here. efcrtragic tells us how s*** we are and then f***s off in a sulk as soon as anyone suggests that he is in fact a tad bitter. "Chickenpool"? WTF? Nope, lost on me that one, someone will have to explain that one to me.

You see, I don't think that is a problem - quite the opposite in fact. The thing that actually impressed me about him the most was that he doesn't need to skin the fullback in order to get a quality cross in - he just uses his quick feet to get half a yard and then whips the ball in early. That is much, much harder to defend against in many ways than being up against someone who you know is going to try and run you. Good full backs can generally deal with that against all but the very, very best players. To get the most out of him, we will need to start anticipating his early crosses better. I'm sure Fowler would have been licking his lips last night as he always got bagfulls of goals from assists out wide - McManaman, Bjornebye, Collymore, even Rob Jones. All in all, a very impressive debut. He looks a proper footballer.

Their cricket association informed the MCC that the squad was 'unacceptable' to them after D'Oliveira was called up as a replacement. There were those on the selection panel who were prepared to change the squad but they eventually bowed to pressure and pulled the plug on the tour. So in other words, we cancelled it and thus began the sporting isolation of South Africa (though whether that ultimately contributed to the downfall of apartheid is arguable) . Having said that, I generally agree that it is best to leave the Lebanese / Palestinian flags out of it tomorrow. Either go to the game, or protest - don't do both. At the same time though, I'm not totally without sympathy for those who want to protest. Nor do I think that the comparison between Israel and apartheid South Africa is as wide of the mark as some have suggsted.

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Generally speaking, yes it is. Though how putting an 'e' into the name Shankly, when it is nowhere near the 'l' or the 'y' on a keyboard, can be classed as a 'typo' puzzles even me somewhat.

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Stop bringing logic into it. Clearly it was Houllier's fault for bringing them too early in order to pacify the fans and he should be burned as a witch because of it as otherwise they would have been world beaters.

And how to spell his name, too.

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Yes, Carragher was average at best. And your posts are good.

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'...average at best' Absolute b******s. He was tremendous at left back in the treble season. Has always been a quality defender, just not eye-cathing enough for some people.

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