Comments on: Short Thursday Roundup

By: Grognard

Grognard — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:47:15 +0000

I’d like to say Bert Trautmann but he played for City. I honestly don’t recall United ever having a German player. Probably wrong though.

By: MCRx3

MCRx3 — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:32:35 +0000

Who was the last German to play for Manchester United?

By: Red Ranter

Red Ranter — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:39:12 +0000

Podolski may not be the brightest of footballers tbh. This is what he had to say: Football is like chess, only without the dice. Last time I played chess, I hadn't used dice. Am I missing something? [Actual words: "Fussball ist wie Schach, nur ohne WÃ¼rfel"] LINK

By: tevez

tevez — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:07:55 +0000

Lehmann’s positioning wasn’t great for the cross coming in. The ball deflected early, off the first man, while it was still a fair distance from goal. Lehmann reacted slowly and then i think he may still have been able to get it if he was braver but it looked like he was afraid of hitting the post.

By: Grognard

Grognard — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:54:53 +0000

Liam; I think you are a bit harsh with Lehmann. He judged the direction of the ball and was moving right. Then the ball is deflected to his left. Now I don’t know if you have played a lot of sports, I assume you have. That is not an easy thing to do to change your momentum, balance and body weight in a split second and recover. I think he did all he could do. Boruc on the other hand is fantastic and like I said before, he like all goalkeepers is prone to the odd mistake. God knows Van Der Sar has made a few in his day too. His reflexes and shot stopping skills are amongst the best I’ve ever seen. Did you catch the number of exceptional saves he made today? WOW! And finally, I love Germany but I feel they were outclassed today and did not deserve a draw. That doesn’t mean they cannot win it all though. German teams have a knack for rebounding and righting the ship.

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:35:55 +0000

Grognard; I have to agree with tevez on this one. Boruc is world class at shotstopping but watching him quite a bit I find him to be a bit accident prone and quite sluggish sometimes. Once or twice this season he cost Celtic important games with stupid mistakes and seems to lose concentration when (as is usual in the SPL) Celtic dominate the game and he is only called upon once or twice. However if he keeps concentration then he is fantastic.

I also do think that Lehmann had plenty of time to get across to that but reacted quite slowly. That mistake probably cost Germany at least a draw and should be looked at.

By: tevez

tevez — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:16:07 +0000

Boruc is not the best keeper in the world.
Lehmann should have got to the second goal.
The only reason germany are favourites is because of the way the draw works.
Croatia are a very good team and deserved the win.

By: Ralphie

Ralphie — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:35:02 +0000

According to TribalBullshit, David Villa’s price is up to 32mil.

By: Grognard

Grognard — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:29:37 +0000

Patrice Evra has more class in his baby finger nail than Ronaldo has in his entire body and family line. For me his loyalty and pledge of allegiance to the team is not just appreciated, it’s a wake up call to all those assholes out there who seem to think signing for United is not a good career move. Patrice expressed himself very well and I for one am very grateful for his continued tenure with the team. He is also the best LB in the world right now and I think it’s a disgrace the out of form and woefully overrated Abidal plays ahead of him for France. It’s that old fashioned notion that one cannot be very good if he plays in the Prem. They have to be playing in Italy or Spain. What a load of rubbish.

By: Grognard

Grognard — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:21:21 +0000

olliey; Lahm is the real deal. How good is he? Just look at how bad Jansen was and you get a real impression of how good Lahm is. Yes he is right footed and he is actually better from the left side because when he cuts in he can use that right foot to take good shots like the one he scored in the World Cup. He would be a fantastic signing but he has agreed to a three year deal with Bayern now that Klinsmann is the manager. To get Bayern to sell him would take more than he is probably worth. Besides, the way Jansen has played so far, Bayern may look to off load him and put Lahm back at LB.

Liam; I think Lehmann is a quality goalkeeper who on occasion makes a gaff but then, all gk’s make gaffs now and then. He cannot be blamed for the second goal today as the Podolski deflection was beyond his control. He’s old but he is very good and has great shot stopping skills, is fantastic with corners and crosses and has excellent distribution. For me however, the best German keeper right now is Manuel Neuer. He is simply outstanding and I think he is better than the younger and slightly overrated Rene Adler. Germany in fact have at least half a dozen quality gk’s and so the competition is always there to keep them on their toes. Many have forgotten about Hildebrand and Robert Enke but they are excellent keepers too and King Kahn was fantastic right down to his last game. But for me the one that is tops is Neuer. Now if you ask me who the best goalkeeper on the planet is I have to say Artur Boruc of Celtic and Poland. That lad is just awesome. For me he is another Schmeichel A great shot stopper and great intimidating presence in the box. Nobody messes with him.