Heres a fact....well actually it's an opinion an important distinction to make and that is is that stats can be manipulated as can any other data to prove the point you want to prove I'm not and never have been saying in this thread that Nani doesn't have decent stats in some areas or that he is a poor player what I wished to object ...

I cannot access the earlier posts to reply directly as am at work and the page is blocked RE: STATS; If we are going to propose assessing players performances by stats and stats alone then we ought just all play football manager and be done with the real thing, there is far more to be looked at beyond what stats can show, using goals and ...

The stats quoted show yes an important contribution but do not show the whole picture by a long way, by goal and assist stats alone Bebe would be our best player! I do get somewhat fed up of people using stats to illustrate their points to the degree that they refute all other evidence the truth you have to face is that the players that draw ...

It can be deceptive where they re picking the sound up from, I have often wondered if SKY and others don't occasionally place the mikes near the away section on purpose, that said if I were there tonight I would not be overwhelmed by the performance so far especially Nani his passing has been woeful

For me the best passer of the ball I have ever seen, certainly at OT was your friendly neighbourhood postie Neil Webb, could land it on a penny, not saying his all around game was the greatest but still picking out a pass even better than scholes (hell of a volley from outside the box also!)

What I would question is whom are these truly world class players to whom you refer? In recent times by all account Sneijder would have been more than happy to come, RVP's camp are making all the right noises as are a whole host of other players, there are some of the German players like Schweini but then German players have things pretty ...

Given the current level of subterfuge being played out regarding the whole Lucas debacle who can say!!! what I would atest to however is that I would not be surprised in the slightest if and it's a BIG IF the Moura business has legs it isn't being funded by the sale of young Mr Nani!

FFP is and will be a joke, when most Italian clubs, Real Madrid and Barcelona and let us not forget PSG are all liable to fall well outside the regulations it is impossible to believe that Platini of all people would consider sanctioning these teams by excluding them from European competition If Platini and UEFA did have the balls to stick to ...

[quote user="THE RED DEVIL"]SAF NEVER says openly that he's after somebody, but he has done so with Lucas and RVP I think he is really after them, and he's confident that we'll get at least one of them. I think we'll have a good shot with Lucas cuz i just saw the man united group on facebook post that his Father/agent ...

1 - Andy Durham 2 - Mark Lawrenson 3 - Micky Quin 4 - Alan Shearer 5 - Andy Townsend I know 2 are radio but still they need putting out of my misery!