Comments on: Will Berbatov or Barry be transfer villian of 2008?

By: jon

jon — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:06:29 +0000

ronaldo scoring goals against weak defences? you mea liverpool, chelsea, arsenal, roma,lyon, indeed so weak, not every1 can be as great as fernando

By: Chris Traverse

Chris Traverse — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:28:13 +0000

Messi and Torres both play against their share of poor defences, but still scored less than united’s winger this season. go figure.

By: Bayern is the Greatest

Bayern is the Greatest — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:14:28 +0000

I’m glad to see that there is someone else in this place that actually knows something about football and can speak objectively on the subject. Liverpool_Fan, I totally agree with you especially on the Ronaldo point. He does very well against average and poor teams but against good teams he is generally average at best. Did you c the barca game where he so frustrated becuz he couldnt just use is speed to run away from players like he does in epl. I think people are getting confused becuz he being constantly linked with good sides like Real but what they r not realising is that he would be their next Beckham…brought in for commercial/merchandising reasons and not for football. Ronaldo would struggle in Spain cuz u need more than just pace over there. Messi is a far superior player, I am astonished that people are actually comparing the two.

By: Liverpool_Fan

Liverpool_Fan — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:20:37 +0000

I think Bayern the Greatest has a very valid point too. So many players in the EPL are overhyped nowadys. Im not being cocky or anything but Torres is probably the only striker in the league that would make it into the top 10 strikers list.
Ronaldo also is a great talent and all but scoring goals against weak defences doesnt make you a great player. Lionel Messi showed at Old Trafford he is a far superior player without hitting the back of the net but yet Ronaldo was praised for being a great “team player”.
Ronaldo wont survive in the spanish league there is too much quality in every team.

By: Liverpool_Fan

Liverpool_Fan — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:14:53 +0000

Berbatov 30million? I mean the lads a great player but aint that rippin the arse outta things. Although United are prone to splash 30million on players when they could buy similar talent for 10-15million

By: Bayern is the Greatest

Bayern is the Greatest — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:17:17 +0000

OH WOW RAED. We missed out on the champions league once in in about 7 year…. we must really be rubbish. Chelsea has a squad that cost over 300m… so whats ur point. We spent 70million euros on 7 or 8 players EPL clubs spend that amount on one player and yet history has shown that we are more successful in europe than all ur clubs except liverpool. And if spending money guarantees titles then what tottenhams excuse, they probably spent more than us. Even the smallest clubs in epl spend 20-30m a season so money doesnt buy titles

By: Raed

Raed — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:21:16 +0000

@ Bayern The Greatest: Bayern is so great that they failed to qualify for Europe last season eh? If they didn’t spend 100M Euros at the end of last season they may not have been champions this season I bet you.

By: Chris Traverse

Chris Traverse — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:25:57 +0000

also, its much more likely (read cheaper) we’ll get Fabiano, and put the 23million we’d save towards Micah Richards or Danny Alves….

By: Chris Traverse

Chris Traverse — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:23:56 +0000

I’m sure if Berba finally comes to united, the blow would be softened by having the money to buy Eto’o. Makes you wonder why united aren’t being linked with Eto’o…. I guess Anderson, Nani and Tevez just happened out of nowhere last season, so maybe that we arent being linked with him is a good sign

By: Bayern is the Greatest

Bayern is the Greatest — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:43:21 +0000

The EPL is such a strange league, itâ€™s the only league in the world where mediocrity is so celebrated and the most average of players finds a huge price tag attached to his head. With that said, if Berbatov gets the chance to go to one of big 4 he will go, as he should and Iâ€™m sure heâ€™ll do well but I donâ€™t think he will get the chance, not with a price tag like that. The reality is there are many strikers around the world who are at least as good and a lot cheaper. I can understand the temptation for Barry but if he is smart he will stay put because if he goes thatâ€™s the end of his England career. He is not good enough to hold down a place in that Liverpool middle unless someone goes, so he will either not play or be played out of his favoured position.