Soccer

For all the talk of Diouf and Diao (which were clangers) I agree that
letting Anelka go was GH's biggest mistake. At the time a fully firing
Anelka and Owen partnership would have been devastating.

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From: "David Seddon" <D.Seddon@btinternet.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 1:49 PM
To: <lfc@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [lfc] Re: Will this be a first?

> We let Anelka go too, though he was on loan (though we could have bought).
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> I'm not claiming Crouch is as good as Torres, but letting him go (and not
> man managing him so he wanted to go) was a big mistake too. We didn't
> replace him properly.
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> But, I'm not convinced that letting Torres go would be a mistake...it
> would depend when he went and for how much and who we spent the money on.
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> Let Chelksi offer £60m in the summer, or £50m now plus Anelka (well we
> need a striker who can go straight into the premiership and prosper).
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> --- On Sun, 30/1/11, Edward Crusoe <Edward.Crusoe@btinternet.com> wrote:
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> From: Edward Crusoe <Edward.Crusoe@btinternet.com>
> Subject: Re: [lfc] Re: Will this be a first?
> To: lfc@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, 30 January, 2011, 12:58
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> I think it's fair to say that Torres will be the best player 'lost' at or
> near his prime since Keegan.
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> The trouble is, I can't see us being as fortunate with his replacement
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> time :o(
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> From: "andym2210" <andy.macleod@alcatel-lucent.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 12:51 PM
> To: <lfc@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [lfc] Re: Will this be a first?
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>> --- In lfc@yahoogroups.com, ladyinred <ladyinred@...> wrote:
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>>> On Sunday 30 January 2011, Andy wrote:
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>>> > All of them went abroad - have we ever had to sell a player still at
>>> > his
>>> > peak to an English side and a rival at that?
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>>> He may not have been at his peak but arguably Beardsley still had a lot
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>>> mileage left in him.
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>> One of Souness' mistakes after he bought in Dean Saunders and David
>> Speedie before that but still not quite the effect Torres' departure will
>> have
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