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Hope we can hold on to him. As the article states he's very important to Rafa - something backed up by comments in any of the books released since the CL win.

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Have you read Ballague's book? It says nothing of the sort - and was done with the cooperation of Rafa. Also, at the AGM last night Parry admitted the deal for Cisse was done a year beforehand, so whether Rafa rated him or not is a moot point, because he was coming regardless. Quotes from Ballagues books re Cisse Bascombe on Houlliers departure "...If Rafa had £40m quid, he wouldn't have signed Djibril Cisse with all due respect!" Ballague on the away victory Vs Fulham last season "...during those first few months, Benitez often stood on the touchline in a state of near despair. Djibril Cisse seemed to be doing lots ofbasic things wrong. Rafa had to explain to him the correct way to angle his run to beat the offside trap for instance." I cannot be bothered looking for it, but in one of the books (may have been the biography) it is made emphatically clear that Rafa would not have spent £14m on Cisse, but had no choice in the signing so did his best to make the best of it - hence the comments about his scouts at Valencia suggesting they would win the league every year if they had him. And don't tell me you're comparing Cisse to Ronaldinho? I don't enjoy arguing that any player of ours is not up to the job being asked of him, but Cisse quite obviously isn't.

how many of those goals were in the league/cl proper/fa cup/league cup rather than super cup or cl qualifying rounds? Genuine question.

sean dundee always gets on these lists doesn't he.

not good news for us really. We need him to go to the world cup and do well, so we can get a decent amount of money for him.

Really looking forward to seeing him play again.

I wouldn't waste your time arguing about it, people. He'll be gone in the summer anyway. ....and if you've got Cisse in your user name, its obvious why your arguing for him, and its nothing to do with his (lack of) ability

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seems to no one really knows too much because of the swelling and bruising and theres a lot of guesswork at the moment. hopefully, once all that's gone it'll be minor.

I think we looked at him a few years ago, if I remember correctly. Not sure he'd improve us that much really - always thought he was just a bit of a sprinter. Goal last night was class though.

DOB 22 Sep 1976 So not 30 till September. If he's motivated I'd say he'll score goals for us and do well. I am not sure he is though really - at least he doesn't give the impression of being so.

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balls.

hopefully the press are just being sensationalist here, and it turns out theres no long term damage.

i think we should try kromkamp on the right and move gerrard infield. at the very least kromkamp is going to stay out wide and offer something defensively. Maybe Garcia/Cisse for the easier games

Audacious means:- Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold. so its fearless to not even try win a game?

I've noticed you here a couple of times after defeat warbling on about tactics and everything being farcical and being very vague. I don't think you know what you're on about really.

Have you any idea what you are waffling on about? You make no sense at all.

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is right at the end there were 3 or 4 occasions in a row where van de saar or their defenders played long straight balls forward that ended up with Reina. If you have a player like Crouch, you are going to play long ball from time to time because not do so would be stupid. However, we are much more varied than that.

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