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Franck Moussa

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Well I dont think we are going to find out unless Chris Phillips has managed to purchase a load of cheap second hand phone taps from the former employees at News of the World! LOL I heard a rumour that Ron Martin is planning to enrich uranium in the dressing rooms during the close season and sell it to Iran - thats the real reason for the press black out!! Kofe Annan will broker a deal between RM and the Echo after the Euro Championships!
 
Yorkshire Blue said:
Yes, because good players will come inside to help bail out underperforming central-midfield colleagues; they will offer movement instead of being static; they won't let the game pass them by but will get involved. Think of England's best midfielder over the last decade. Before moving over to the US he was a wide midfielder, who regularly contributed inside.
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I don't recall Scholes being a wide midfielder until Sven played him on the left to accommodate Lampard - and I don't believe he's ever moved away from Oldham either.
 
mattytheshrimper said:
I never actually thought it was all that great to be honest but I will always be grateful to him for puttin the ball in the col ewe net.
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I'm with you on this, Matty. He seemed to be a bit of a passenger in the games I saw him in. I remember a Friday night game where he scored a cracker late on, but I never saw him as a hugely influential or talented midfielder. But then again, I didn't particularly rate Derek Hall either.
 
Shrimpero said:
I'm with you on this, Matty. He seemed to be a bit of a passenger in the games I saw him in. I remember a Friday night game where he scored a cracker late on, but I never saw him as a hugely influential or talented midfielder. [B]But then again, I didn't particularly rate Derek Hall either.[/B]
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Perhaps the finer points of the midfield game pass you by?:unsure:
(Agree with you about DH though).:winking:
 
BarnaBlue said:
Perhaps the finer points of the midfield game pass you by?:unsure:
(Agree with you about DH though).:winking:
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The finer points of most things pass me by, but I always felt he was a bit of a lightweight for us and he never particularly impressed me. But as he's been making a living in higher Leagues than ours for the last few seasons, then fair play to him - he must have something more to his game than a sensible pass.
 
Shrimpero said:
I'm with you on this, Matty. He seemed to be a bit of a passenger in the games I saw him in. I remember a Friday night game where he scored a cracker late on, but I never saw him as a hugely influential or talented midfielder. But then again, I didn't particularly rate Derek Hall either.
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BarnaBlue said:
Perhaps the finer points of the midfield game pass you by?:unsure:
(Agree with you about DH though).:winking:
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He can spot a forward though.

Shrimpero said:
The finer points of most things pass me by, but I always felt he was a bit of a lightweight for us and he never particularly impressed me. But as he's been making a living in higher Leagues than ours for the last few seasons, then fair play to him - he must have something more to his game than a sensible pass.
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Bit harsh to be expecting a kid to run midfield or to be fully physically developed. They are things which come with time.

A sensible pass is basically all Maher had btw.
 
Yorkshire Blue said:
Bit harsh to be expecting a kid to run midfield or to be fully physically developed. They are things which come with time.
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It's a harsh world out there! I know you were/are a fan of The Moose and though I like a midfield player who can keep possession and look to play in and off a forward, I am genuinely curious to know what it is/was about Moussa that made him popular with some of our fans. From what I am inferring from your point above, it seemed that it was about his potential rather than his actuality.
 
BarnaBlue said:
Nonsense.And btw Shrimpero is quite right about Scholes being a better midfield player than Becks.
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Not for England he wasn't.

Shrimpero said:
It's a harsh world out there! I know you were/are a fan of The Moose and though I like a midfield player who can keep possession and look to play in and off a forward, I am genuinely curious to know what it is/was about Moussa that made him popular with some of our fans. From what I am inferring from your point above, it seemed that it was about his potential rather than his actuality.
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That wasn't meant as a slight, but more showing what can be achieved if you can pass the ball.

The Moose was technically very good - there was a volley he scored, against Walsall I think, that was to die for. He's one of probably a handful at most of players post Maher/Gower who could pass the ball. In a team full of donkeys in midfield with the touch of a rapist like JFC and Alan McCormack, it made a pleasant contrast to have someone who could kill a ball dead with their first touch and play a measured pass.
 
BarnaBlue said:
In your opinion maybe but not in mine.FWIW,I saw some of his games for Real Madrid.He was past it even then.Great freekick but not much else.I like him as a bloke but he's hugely over-rated as a footballer(typically by Brits).
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What on earth have his appearances for Real Madrid got to do with how good he was for England?:nope::nope::nope:
 
Moussa still a free agent. I'm not usually one for welcoming old players back, but is this REALLY out of our reach? I can't imagine he'd command massive wages, and these days we seem able to sign all sorts. I suspect there's a few decent players in the lower leagues who are holding out to see what happens at Portsmouth.
 
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