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Re: Carlos Sanchez
« Reply #90 on: August 14, 2014, 07:29:05 PM »
He's exactly the sort of brute we need in midfield.

But let's not expect miracles. I suspect he's not great on the ball and that could slow down our attacks a bit. I still think you'd want Westwood in there picking it up off the centre backs ideally - if you can fit those two and Delph on the same team

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Re: Carlos Sanchez
« Reply #91 on: August 14, 2014, 07:36:42 PM »
He's a ball-holding midfielder. Breaks the play up and protects the back-line. He gets a nose-bleed if he goes across the half-way line. Does an effective job. He'll allow the likes of Delph and Westwood etc to go forward. I think he'll be a more than useful addition to our squad.

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Re: Carlos Sanchez
« Reply #92 on: August 14, 2014, 07:46:24 PM »
He's a ball-holding midfielder. Breaks the play up and protects the back-line. He gets a nose-bleed if he goes across the half-way line. Does an effective job. He'll allow the likes of Delph and Westwood etc to go forward. I think he'll be a more than useful addition to our squad.

Sounds like the Makalele-type player so many of us bang on about. If he does come to us, then provided he can track an attacking midfielder back into the penalty area, he'll be worth his weight in gold.

Westwood might be tidy on the ball, but there are krill floating around in the Pacific Ocean with sharper defensive instincts.

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Re: Carlos Sanchez
« Reply #93 on: August 14, 2014, 07:48:48 PM »

Westwood might be tidy on the ball, but there are krill floating around in the Pacific Ocean with sharper defensive instincts.

Made me laugh...

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Re: Carlos Sanchez
« Reply #94 on: August 14, 2014, 08:03:13 PM »
We had Ashley 'Perfect 10' Young.

And he was fantastic for us.

Admittedly, he was a USELESS cheat. You could tell he was diving even if you were looking the other way. Like the referee must have when he awarded that penalty against us for Manure...

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Re: Carlos Sanchez
« Reply #95 on: August 14, 2014, 08:04:34 PM »
Carlos Cuellar might disagree...

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Re: Carlos Sanchez
« Reply #96 on: August 14, 2014, 08:36:50 PM »
It's quite amazing to think we have had two Spanish full backs over the last decade and probably the only two Spanish players who were terrible in possession.

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Re: Carlos Sanchez
« Reply #97 on: August 14, 2014, 09:13:26 PM »
It's quite amazing to think we have had two Spanish full backs over the last decade and probably the only two Spanish players who were terrible in possession.

I'd go as far as to say we managed to find the only two Spanish men on the surface of the earth with no innate ball skills at all.

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Re: Carlos Sanchez
« Reply #98 on: August 14, 2014, 09:33:08 PM »
It's quite amazing to think we have had two Spanish full backs over the last decade and probably the only two Spanish players who were terrible in possession.

I'd go as far as to say we managed to find the only two Spanish men on the surface of the earth with no innate ball skills at all.
Yep, your probably right. Quite incredible really.

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Re: Carlos Sanchez
« Reply #99 on: August 14, 2014, 09:47:06 PM »
We had Ashley 'Perfect 10' Young.

I miss him getting up from a dive, feigning pain and rubbing his knees Vic Reeves style

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« Reply #100 on: August 14, 2014, 10:26:11 PM »
It's quite amazing to think we have had two Spanish full backs over the last decade and probably the only two Spanish players who were terrible in possession.

I'd go as far as to say we managed to find the only two Spanish men on the surface of the earth with no innate ball skills at all.

We've been quite unlucky really lamptey was supposed to be the African Pele, salifou Togolese zidane.

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Re: Carlos Sanchez
« Reply #101 on: August 15, 2014, 09:05:32 AM »
If sky sports said he not arriving Untill Sunday, then he's not arriving until Sunday

Don't know what all the panics about him signing before that

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Re: Carlos Sanchez
« Reply #102 on: August 15, 2014, 09:15:43 AM »
Just the player we need.

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Re: Carlos Sanchez
« Reply #103 on: August 15, 2014, 09:32:50 AM »
It's quite amazing to think we have had two Spanish full backs over the last decade and probably the only two Spanish players who were terrible in possession.

I'd go as far as to say we managed to find the only two Spanish men on the surface of the earth with no innate ball skills at all.

We've been quite unlucky really lamptey was supposed to be the African Pele, salifou Togolese zidane.


And not to mention, Fabio Ferraresi who was the next Roberto Baggio.

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Re: Carlos Sanchez
« Reply #104 on: August 15, 2014, 09:34:51 AM »
It's quite amazing to think we have had two Spanish full backs over the last decade and probably the only two Spanish players who were terrible in possession.

I'd go as far as to say we managed to find the only two Spanish men on the surface of the earth with no innate ball skills at all.

We've been quite unlucky really lamptey was supposed to be the African Pele, salifou Togolese zidane.


And not to mention, Fabio Ferraresi who was the next Roberto Baggio.

And Ulises de la Cruz the Ecuadorian David Beckham
« Last Edit: August 15, 2014, 10:06:19 AM by mal »

 


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