For comparison Riise has 21 in 225.
Which means Riise scores on averge just over 1 in 11, Alves just under 1 in 16.
Which means Riise scores on averge just over 1 in 11, Alves just under 1 in 16.
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Mancini for me, HE would be a great versatile buy for us, I wouldnt play him in defence mind, but he is well able to play left or sight attacking roles, he assists are very impressive, he is exactly what we need IMO.Bill shankly to Tommy Smith after he'd turned up for training with a bandaged knee:
'Take that poof bandage off, and what do you mean YOUR knee, it's LIVERPOOL'S knee !'
"Sorry, boss, I should have kept my legs together," said Lawrence. "No, Tommy, your mother should have kept her legs together!," replied Shankly.
* After Tommy Lawrence had let in a fluke goal between his legsComment
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This is more or less what I have said all the time about Alves.But then Dani Alves is no ordinary right-back. He has played at right-back, right-midfield, left-back, left-midfield, central midfield and in St Petersburg last season even played up front - winning a penalty and providing an assist. He plays everywhere - and in the same game, too. He is, says this morning's AS: "Three players in one: a central midfield playmaker with a winger's soul who plays at full-back." He is a one-man band, a phenomenal athlete who screams and tears round the pitch like a hyperactive child, a Roberto Carlos for the right. Only Alves can defend. In fact, he can be a right horrible little ******* when he wants to, diving and kicking and tugging to his heart's content. It's no coincidence that as well as topping the assists charts, he leads the way in yellow cards and fouls. In short, Alves can do everything.
Alves delivers every game, week in week out in many more positions than Mancini.
Alves would be my choice without any doubt at all. Mancini may deliver a stunning match winning performance from time to time but Alves has been Sevilla's best player in almost all the games this season.
Alves would also make it possible for Rafa to rest more key players because he can play in so many positions.
Alves has showed that he is very good defending when he is asked to do that. In the cup final he was outstanding as a right back and didn't attack as much as he normally do.Last edited by AFII; 24-06-07, 11:04 PM.Just believe and you never know what will happen.
According to Benitez it's important not simply to go out to win but to go out prepared to win, which means players have to put in the same level of work on a daily basis. Anything else is unacceptable.
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i'VE CHANGED my mined Alves is the man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Originally posted by bazza76 View PostThe Crushing Machine MKIIComment
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Yes.Originally posted by akjs123 View PostJust believe and you never know what will happen.
According to Benitez it's important not simply to go out to win but to go out prepared to win, which means players have to put in the same level of work on a daily basis. Anything else is unacceptable.
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but he is as one-footed as Riise, Kuyt and Pennant though.... so it will be a lot of cutting in...Originally posted by akjs123 View Post--== Because the gang and the government is no different ==--Comment
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Alves for me.Twin boys - now arriving late August 2008.
Its gonna be Fernando and Gerrard if I get my way!
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Until Pennant starts scoring goals, he'll never be a truly effective attacking midfielder.Originally posted by NICKZS View PostThe main aspect from me, which you didn't speak about, is their primary positions in relation to where we need to be looking to improve. I think Pennant has shown that he is capable of making the right side his own during the second half of last season. People may disagree, but to me he looks like one of the best creative players in the squad when he is on form.
The left side, however, is different in that we have no outright first-teamer on that particular wing. Kewell, whilst being a talented player and one I like to watch when he is on his game, cannot give us any guarantee that his fitness woes are behind him. Gonzalez is out the door and Zenden isn't playing football for us anymore (was he ever?), so for me, this is the main area of concern after the CF spot.
So Mancini would be my preferred signing, although I suppose if there is any dough left after we sign him and Torres I wouldn't be adverse to a bid for Alves
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Wonder if this provides any clues that Roma and Mancini are parting company:
From Sky-
Roma strike Esposito deal
Cagliari winger Mauro Esposito has signed for Roma in a joint ownership deal.
Esposito has enjoyed six years with the Sardinian club, but will spend next season in the Italian capital with Luciano Spalletti's side.
Despite also losing star striker David Suazo, Cagliari president Massimo Cellino admits he could not prevent Esposito from joining Roma.
"He's a Roma player," Cellino told Radio Rai. "He joins the Giallorossi as a joint ownership.
"He told me that he would have remained at Cagliari for life, but to a possibility like Roma it wasn't possible to refuse, and I didn't want to say no."
Cellino also admitted that a joint ownership agreement was the best type of deal for both clubs.
He added: "Roma said they couldn't make big sacrifices. With them I did not have a written engagement for Suazo and so a solution has been found.
"Esposito is an important player."Comment
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Mancini for me.
He can play either side and can score goals. That's the sort of player we're crying out for.Babel fanclub member # 4!!!
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Seemed to work okay for Pires though.Originally posted by tomasjj View Post
Not that I'm switching to advcate Alves - just that this flaw as a backup option on the left is not necessarily a big consideration for me."The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."
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Get Mancini this year, Alves the next.You learn nothing reading signatures.Comment
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