What exactly is the misconceived comedic value you seem to have dreamed-up from this post?
Mellor got a knee injury one match into his loan spell and is facing the prospect of further surgery in the summer (he's already lost a year or so due to tendonitis in his knee). Pongolle is indeed a fine player who has shown great potential. I've actually seen him play in the flesh though, of course, rather than just from the comfort of my armchair. But strangely enough, I'm rarely consulted as to whether our players who are out on loan make the matchday squad or not. However, it's common knowledge to those who follow the game closely that teams other than those with the most depleted, threadbare of squads are loathe to play their loan signings unless it's an absolute necessity.
And we are talking about the same Pongolle & Le Tallec who Arsenal, manure and a host of other top European clubs tried to sign before Liverpool secured their signatures, aren't we? The same Pongolle who won the Golden Ball for the best player of the 2001 Under-17 World Championship? The same Pongolle who won the Golden Shoe as leading goalscorer (9) in that competition, including two hat tricks and a goal in the final, setting a new record for the competition in the process? And the same Le Tallec who won the Silver Ball at the same tournament? The same Pongolle & Le Tallec who scored 11 goals between them in the UEFA Under-16 Championship that same year?
"Sinama Pongolle, considered to be similar in style to Nicolas Anelka with blistering pace" (Soccernet).
"French playmaker of exceptional promise joined Sunderland in August 2005 on a year-long loan from Liverpool. Arrived at Anfield from Le Havre as part of a £6million double deal with striker Florent Sinama-Pongolle. Le Tallec's creative style of play has brought comparisons with the FA Premier League's Overseas Player of the Decade Eric Cantona." (PremierLeague.com).
I think you should ask your subs to start warming up.
I predicted the results of 16 matches – a margin of error isn’t unreasonable. You made just one prediction, and so far you’re 50% wrong on that one. Not many people would’ve predicted Bolton’s sudden run of poor form and Arsenal’s capitulation, either. I see you didn’t bother to quote the first two sentences of that post, though – would that be because it actually makes your point rather redundant? Here’s a reminder anyway, just for clarity:
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I wasn't suggesting that we'd beat them in the race for 2nd. in the Premiership. We probably won't, simply because they have far more home fixtures left to play in comparison to us.
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Time to call your Academy Director and see if there are any exciting young prospects that can reverse your rapidly fading form, methinks.
It was a goal, and only fantasists such as Mourinho would bother to claim otherwise. In any case, had the goal not been given, Chelski would've seen their goalkeeper red-carded and a penalty awarded against them. A moot point then, I think you'll find.
I much prefer;
We won it FIVE TIMES! We won it FIVE TIMES! In Istanbul, we won it FIVE TIMES! You must remind me, though - I've forgotten all of those famous Heerenveen chants, recalling their numerous cup-winning heroics.
The Premiership is the best league in Europe, period (that saves me backtracking for an older post to quote, too). I’m not even sure if it’s necessary to bother looking for quotes, given that the competition seem to have been relegated with a handful of games still to play.
