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Fri May 15, 2009 5:17 pmby Toffeehater
FFS keane is classified as a flop after half a season where he cost 10 million less than berba and had only 2 goals less than him up to that point while playing less games. Berbatov should be right up there , some of those names in the list are jokes
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Fri May 15, 2009 5:21 pmby Greavesie
In Berbatov's defence, he's about to win a PL and play in a CL final, can't really argue
he was never worth the £30m but his achievements are there for all to see
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Fri May 15, 2009 5:24 pmby Toffeehater
Greavesie wrote:In Berbatov's defence, he's about to win a PL and play in a CL final, can't really argue
he was never worth the £30m but his achievements are there for all to see
That is true but so did veron , he won a pl title and still makes number 1 on that list
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Fri May 15, 2009 9:05 pmby burjennio
how did Diouf not make this list? Houllier declined on taking Anelka long term and signed that sh*tbag and all we got in return was him occasionally spitting on gobby fans
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Sat May 16, 2009 1:48 amby GOAT
Greavesie wrote:In Berbatov's defence, he's about to win a PL and play in a CL final, can't really argue
he was never worth the £30m but his achievements are there for all to see
I've never understood that, he could win a couple of trophies with his club so he's been a successful buy?
Let's see man u sign up bruce forsythe for 35mil, hell he'll probably win a couple of trophies sure but would he be deemed a successful transfer because of that?
And where is forlan?
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Sat May 16, 2009 2:05 amby DrPepe
GOAT wrote:Greavesie wrote:In Berbatov's defence, he's about to win a PL and play in a CL final, can't really argue
he was never worth the £30m but his achievements are there for all to see
I've never understood that, he could win a couple of trophies with his club so he's been a successful buy?
Let's see man u sign up bruce forsythe for 35mil, hell he'll probably win a couple of trophies sure but would he be deemed a successful transfer because of that?
And where is forlan?
i was going to argue this point earlier...
surely a manager doesn't sign a player just cos he'll play X number of games or score Z goals... It's also about how he interacts with the squad, contributes to the team - the synergy of talent that the blend brings about
For that reason, i don't see Berbatov as a failure for the mancs, as he's scored a half decent amount of goals (it's his first season at the club), and a shed load of assists
More importantly he's contributed to a (probably) title winning side.
Not a transfer flop by any means
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Sat May 16, 2009 3:38 amby redbeergoggles
Frodde Kippe anyone ? Jean Michel Ferri 1.7mil for a spy ,or 3 million for Bernard Diomede apparently a member of the French World cup squad ( I think he was the cook ) just some of Monsieur Houlliers more astute purchases , how we all laughed on the Kop as we paid for our season tickets 
(B@stard ) dark days indeed .
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Sat May 16, 2009 4:33 amby bigmick
DrPepe wrote:GOAT wrote:Greavesie wrote:In Berbatov's defence, he's about to win a PL and play in a CL final, can't really argue
he was never worth the £30m but his achievements are there for all to see
I've never understood that, he could win a couple of trophies with his club so he's been a successful buy?
Let's see man u sign up bruce forsythe for 35mil, hell he'll probably win a couple of trophies sure but would he be deemed a successful transfer because of that?
And where is forlan?
i was going to argue this point earlier...
surely a manager doesn't sign a player just cos he'll play X number of games or score Z goals... It's also about how he interacts with the squad, contributes to the team - the synergy of talent that the blend brings about
For that reason, i don't see Berbatov as a failure for the mancs, as he's scored a half decent amount of goals (it's his first season at the club), and a shed load of assists
More importantly he's contributed to a (probably) title winning side.
Not a transfer flop by any means
Yep I agree Berbatovs not a flop as of yet. He's got some improving to do, but much of the publicity about his settling in year has been brought about by the controversy over Tevez and the comparison between the two.
Also, I think it's dangerous to write a player off after one season. They very often do take a year or so to settle and produce their best form. Sometimes after an intially disappointing opening, they can really prosper. This is particularly the case if they are handled sympathetically by the manager.