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Elano:
--- Quote from: Dr. Ján Ïtor on December 22, 2008, 07:24:14 AM ---
--- Quote from: The Krasnoe Dinamo on December 22, 2008, 07:12:53 AM ---F.c. Inter is on Ibisevic,this player is :o
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I don't buy that shit... nothing serious if you ask me. He doesn't want to leave anyway. I think he'll fall off next season anyway, the German BL had so many topscorers who were only good for one season in the last few years.
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don't you think he's a very good player ?
he's a good kicker,physically strong,189 cm...... it's enough for me
Furor Teutonicus:
--- Quote from: The Krasnoe Dinamo on December 22, 2008, 10:34:04 AM ---
--- Quote from: Dr. Ján Ïtor on December 22, 2008, 07:24:14 AM ---
--- Quote from: The Krasnoe Dinamo on December 22, 2008, 07:12:53 AM ---F.c. Inter is on Ibisevic,this player is :o
--- End quote ---
I don't buy that shit... nothing serious if you ask me. He doesn't want to leave anyway. I think he'll fall off next season anyway, the German BL had so many topscorers who were only good for one season in the last few years.
--- End quote ---
don't you think he's a very good player ?
he's a good kicker,physically strong,189 cm...... it's enough for me
--- End quote ---
he's been playing a brilliant season so far. but like I said there were so many "one-hit wonders" in the last few years. 2 years ago he was not even good enough for Aachen.
Elano:
--- Quote from: Dr. Ján Ïtor on December 23, 2008, 05:58:07 AM ---
--- Quote from: The Krasnoe Dinamo on December 22, 2008, 10:34:04 AM ---
--- Quote from: Dr. Ján Ïtor on December 22, 2008, 07:24:14 AM ---
--- Quote from: The Krasnoe Dinamo on December 22, 2008, 07:12:53 AM ---F.c. Inter is on Ibisevic,this player is :o
--- End quote ---
I don't buy that shit... nothing serious if you ask me. He doesn't want to leave anyway. I think he'll fall off next season anyway, the German BL had so many topscorers who were only good for one season in the last few years.
--- End quote ---
don't you think he's a very good player ?
he's a good kicker,physically strong,189 cm...... it's enough for me
--- End quote ---
he's been playing a brilliant season so far. but like I said there were so many "one-hit wonders" in the last few years. 2 years ago he was not even good enough for Aachen.
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ok,2 years ago.....
Antonio:
LOL i still remember Ailton from Werder Bremen.. ;D
Elano:
Phil Brown furious after Hull are savaged by Manchester City
During a season replete with firsts in the history of Hull City, here, against a resurgent Manchester City, was one that Phil Brown, their manager, could presumably have done without: first Premier League team to spurn the use of a dressing-room at half-time.
Infuriated by a dismal first-half showing during which Brown's over-achievers had conceded two goals each from Felipe Caicedo and Robinho in the space of 22 minutes, Brown marched his players back into their penalty area after halting their walk down the tunnel.
After applauding his club's supporters, Brown spent the ensuing five minutes issuing a finger-pointing lecture to his bewildered players. Hull have been involved in some wholly unexpected sights in the first half of the season but this may well have been the most unusual.
"I thought it was nice and cold and I wanted to keep them alive because they looked dead," Brown said. "The fans deserved some kind of explanation for the first-half performance and it is difficult to do that from the confines of the dressing-room.
"For people to arrange Christmas and Boxing Day around a game of football, which they've done, I think we owe them an apology for the first-half performance. It was unacceptable behaviour and an unacceptable performance from a Phil Brown side. I'm bitterly disappointed."
Caicedo took 14 minutes to put City in front but the home team had been building from the opening minute when Robinho received a square ball from the Ecuador international, at the end of the game's first attack, and curled a shot just wide.
The Brazilian's position, wide on the left of a three-man front line, proved a problem for Hull and in particular Bernard Mendy, their right back, and would prove pivotal in the onslaught that was to follow.
First, however, Hull would have their chance to break the deadlock as Geovanni's pass played Marlon King through for a fierce shot which drew a diving block from Joe Hart.
It was as good as the contest would get for Hull as Robinho's skill and innate feel for the game, allied with Stephen Ireland's passing and the strength and hard running of Caicedo, simply overwhelmed the visitors, who had boldly, perhaps too boldly, fielded a 4-3-3 formation.
Caicedo's first goal originated, ironically, from one of City's much-maligned defenders rather than one of their charismatic forwards. Richard Dunne made a strong tackle deep in his own half and surged two thirds of the length of the field before playing a sensible pass to Robinho, who, intelligently, switched play to Ireland on the right. His cross was delivered perfectly into the six-yard box, where Caicedo arrived to convert.
Robinho tormented Mendy yet again and was denied only by a good save by Boaz Myhill before Caicedo added his second goal on 27 minutes.
Pablo Zabaleta's long ball freed Ireland, who surged past Paul McShane and crossed perfectly — again — for the irrepressible Caicedo to drive in the ball from a half-dozen yards.
It took barely a minute for City to extend their lead. Ireland, inevitably, won the ball and played the pass from halfway that permitted Robinho to ease through, twist past Michael Turner and plant an unstoppable shot into the far, bottom corner.
Caicedo could have claimed a hat-trick, only to guide a header directly at Myhill, and Elano had an effort tipped over before City underlined their overwhelming superiority in the 36th minute after a strong run and centre from Shaun Wright-Phillips, which Robinho converted with a finish that he made look far more simple than was actually the case.
"There are a lot of people out there looking for us to fail," Mark Hughes, the City manager, said. "Sometimes you have to stand up to that and cope and make your own statement. Players did that today, the manner of performance was exactly what we were looking for. We have to build on this."
Whether public relations exercise or astute motivational technique, Brown's half-time embarrassment of his team brought some improvement in the second period with Craig Fagan, the substitute, scrambling in a consolation goal in the 79th minute after Hart failed to hold Daniel Cousin's cross.
City, and Ireland in particular, would not be denied further reward, however. Robinho's neat, short pass allowing his team-mate to covert from the edge of the penalty area eight minutes from time.
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