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Gallas and vd only joined very recently, and the others were very much in the shop-window. (apart from Gomes)...things can change... quicker than you'd think..
my point is that for most of the transfer-window we were not expecting to retain alot of the players with CL experiences and apart from Fabiano, none were expected to join with CL experience...the 2 deals for Gallas and vdV were done quite late in the window.... especially 1 of them as I recall...
Hadnt hutton cl experience with Rangers?
dont think CL experience per se is that important.... just players with good experience playing in a top-league and/or intl. experience with national side - therefore has played well in high-pressure environment..also players with experience of playing in multi-leagues has special value, as will be able to adapt to different playing styles, tempo, formations etc that much better.... eg. vdV who's played at the top-levels in Holland, Germany and Spain as well as many times for Holland..we are deffo stronger than we were at season-end.... not entirely convinced Citeh have improved as much, despite the additions (as no Bellamy is a big loss I feel)...
dont think CL experience per se is that important.... just players with good experience playing in a top-league and/or intl. experience with national side - therefore has played well in high-pressure environment..
We have a good squad with good strength in depth. With hard work, defensive concentration and the strikers seizing on their oppertunites we can definatley get out of this group!
Quote from: Gareth Keown on September 06, 2010, 05:39:06 PMdont think CL experience per se is that important.... just players with good experience playing in a top-league and/or intl. experience with national side - therefore has played well in high-pressure environment..also players with experience of playing in multi-leagues has special value, as will be able to adapt to different playing styles, tempo, formations etc that much better.... eg. vdV who's played at the top-levels in Holland, Germany and Spain as well as many times for Holland..we are deffo stronger than we were at season-end.... not entirely convinced Citeh have improved as much, despite the additions (as no Bellamy is a big loss I feel)...unsurprisingly, you have misunderstood me (again)..if anything, I was playing down the need for CL experience within the context of this thread.... not having that many CL experienced players is not as big a factor as is sometimes made out... its high-pressure experience thats important, and as we just came thru a very difficult series of games at the season-end, we've shown we have players that can take the pressures...also anything thing.... do we really need to be so nervous about qualifying from the group-stage ??... I really do not see why we won't qualify in the Top2 places... Inter are v.good but certainly not unbeatable (we seem to thrive against better opponents) and Bremen are certainly below us quality-wise (tho must never under-estimate a German team)... So Gareth in your own words BAE, Bale, Hutton, Defoe, Pavlyuchenko, King, Dawson, Corluka, Modric, Lennon, Keane, Crouch, Kranjcar, Bassong ..... well almost the whole squad have had international experience of some kind and seeing as alot of them have come from other teams they have experienced different types of playing styles etc. So It boils down to confidence, ability and tactics. Come the end of the group stages the whole squad are going to have CL experience, really don't see the big deal. Ok it helps but at the end of the day the team and management have to have confidence in their own ability and take the step onto the next level. Some peolple seem to take great pleasure in adding pressure to an already pressurized situation !!!
I have no idea what a DDOS attack is but it sounds a bit like a girl with large breasts attacking us? Is there any video of the attack as i would like to watch that one day?
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