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Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:38 pmby JBG
stu_the_red wrote:john craig wrote:welsh wizzard wrote:Ace i have seen him play,
1 He doesn't score enough goals.
2 He does get knocked off the ball to often.i/e lacking physical strength.
3 can't beat players with skill and pace enough.
He does have a varierty of passes to his game, and can open up a defence, Do you know who he reminds me of Danny Murphy a few years ago.
Absolutely clueless
Watch the re-run of the away match against Juventus from last season and tell me that Alonso gets knocked off the ball too often and has no physical strength. That performance was one of the best central midfield performances (in a defensive capacity) that I have ever seen.
Alonso is the complete midfield player. He lacks a bit of pace but makes up for that with his positional play.
If he reminds you of Murphy then clearly you've never seen him play.
Your posts are a joke WW, stick to the rumour mill mate.
Everyone says he lacks pace, i disagree.
He's no natural athlete, but he's no Jan Molby either. He's quicker than the likes of Parker, Lampard, Barton, Fabregas and one or two others.
Alonso is not speedy gonzalez, but he's certainly not slower than Lampard.
There have been slower players around that played to a similar level.
Posted:
Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:40 pmby welsh wizzard
Fecking hell Johnnymac, you actually can see i'm getting undeserved abuse. I thought i was the only one who noticed it, I'll tell you something its a good job i'm thick skinned!!
Anyway enough is enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted:
Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:44 pmby Judge
jbg is correct
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Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:48 pmby JBG
welsh wizzard wrote:I'll tell you something its a good job i'm thick
Well, it's you that said it. 
Posted:
Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:51 pmby hawkmoon269
Maybe we should sell Gerrard too, after all he did loose us the game yesterday - he's so cr@p, we'd be lucky to get £5M for him
Posted:
Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:51 pmby JC_81
stu_the_red wrote:Everyone says he lacks pace, i disagree.
He's no natural athlete, but he's no Jan Molby either. He's quicker than the likes of Parker, Lampard, Barton, Fabregas and one or two others.
Nah Stu he's certainly no Jan 
I differentiate pace and acceleration though. Alonso's quick enough off the mark when he needs to shift 5, 10, 15 yards, decent acceleration. Good enough for the position he plays in.
If it's a straight sprint over longer distances though he's not the quickest. It prevents him from making more runs into the box (because he knows he'll struggle to get back) and could be a slight problem he's trying to track back with someone quick (you'll rarely see him catch up with a player and dispossess them like Gerrard does so well when he's on form).
But on the whole, for the job he needs to do for us holding the midfield I don't think this is a particular problem. As long as he has someone like Gerrard or Sissoko beside him to do the running he's fine.
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Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:55 pmby the_red_alonso
Alonso & Gerrard can be the best midfield pairing in the world but that hasnt happened yet.
Looks like it aint gonna happen soon as Ballack is set to sign for Chelsea.......they give me a scare
Lampard & ballack in midfield who would win against Ballack anyway?
No matter how much hard we work its disheartening to know that Chelsea will go & buy a player who can just bring quality more than our 2-3 players combined.
If they get Ballack I cant see us winning the league next couple of seasons atleast,nor Man U or Arsenal.
Posted:
Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:36 pmby jonnymac1979
welsh wizzard wrote:Fecking hell Johnnymac, you actually can see i'm getting undeserved abuse.
Yeah, but you asked for it by starting a thread to be fair that the whole world or at least 98%+ are going to disagree with. It's not jumping on a bandwagon.
The abuse isn't that bad anyway, people are just saying you are clueless. You've got to admit they might have a little bit of a point judging by your threads and posts on this board.
I'm only saying what I see. Hey, that sounded like Roy Walker on Catchphrase.
Posted:
Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:42 pmby jonnymac1979
All a wind up?
I don't think so.
Posted:
Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:46 pmby welsh wizzard
jonnymac1979 wrote:All a wind up?
I don't think so.
Posted:
Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:48 pmby jonnymac1979
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Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:51 pmby welsh wizzard
2 Yellow cards Johnny in one day................
Bit like my mate Alonso!!!!!!!!
Posted:
Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:12 pmby 115-1073096938
JBG wrote:welsh wizzard wrote:I'll tell you something its a good job i'm thick
Well, it's you that said it.
You beat me to it...
Posted:
Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:19 pmby Ace Ventura
welsh wizzard wrote:
2 Yellow cards Johnny in one day................
Bit like my mate Alonso!!!!!!!!
Tbh i dont think you deserved warnings for this thread, even if it is an utter joke.
Its your opinion, however clueless it is, opinions are what make forums and your not doing anything wrong if your opinion is different.
But in reply to you again questioning Alonso's ability to compete physically, i am really puzzled.
You say you have seen him play....well i have never seen Xabi outfought in a game, he gets stuck in and doesnt back out of a challenge, he is nowhere near the same type of player as Garcia or some of the other foreign players that struggle with that aspect of our game.
Posted:
Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:32 pmby Ciggy
I know SS said no more swearing but Welsh Wizard you are a total gobshite.
