Reina will leave if rafa does

[Reece]

apparantly not according to the replies I got on Friedel

And my point was, if he was a true true world class keeper as you lot all seem to think, then surely 2 clubs just couldn't have missed this MASSIVE potential!!

Thing is Friedel is 37 now, so doesn't exactly have long to go, whereas Reina is 23/24 now, so is possibly only going to get better. So why replace a keeper on the up with one coming to the end of his career?

Players don't always become world class at the first (or second) club. Sometimes it can take time to blossom.

And did Villareal sell him, or did we buy him? I doubt they WANTED to get rid.

[BFG]

apparantly not according to the replies I got on Friedel

And my point was, if he was a true true world class keeper as you lot all seem to think, then surely 2 clubs just couldn't have missed this MASSIVE potential!!

He was very young at Barca and Villareal didn't want him to go, they just understood how good he was and didn't want to stand in his way of playing at a top club.

If Friedel is sooooo good why did we let him go and why should we sign him back now he's close to getting his bus pass?

Oh and your opinion is wrong.

[Sarb]

Which one are you talking about?

the one that plays for Benfica, Osasuna, Guimares, Lisbon or Betis?

All of em

[Craig_H]

apparantly not according to the replies I got on Friedel

And my point was, if he was a true true world class keeper as you lot all seem to think, then surely 2 clubs just couldn't have missed this MASSIVE potential!!

Friedel's class, but he's 37 ffs.

[215liverpool]

if Reina was sooooooo good, why did both barca and villarreal let him go?

I think Reina is better than Victor Valdes (Barca Keeper) who gives you the same reassurance as Charles Itandje does in goal !

I think Villarreal didn't have much choice with letting him go as a bigger club (Liverpool) came in for him. So they took the money instead of rejecting it and having an unhappy player on their books

[Craig_H]

He was very young at Barca and Villareal didn't want him to go, they just understood how good he was and didn't want to stand in his way of playing at a top club.

If Friedel is sooooo good why did we let him go and why should we sign him back now he's close to getting his bus pass?

Oh and your opinion is wrong.

Nic is wrong, isnt he BFG?

[BFG]

Nic is wrong, isnt he BFG?

You're right DJS, Nic is wrong.

[Nic83]

All of em

Only 2 of them actually have a Ricardo. i bet you can't tell me which ones without googling!

[Nic83]

Nic is wrong, isnt he BFG?

You're right DJS, Nic is wrong.

[Sarb]

Shall we try Lisbon and Guimares?

[cled the red]

if Reina was sooooooo good, why did both barca and villarreal let him go?

If Cech is soooooooooo good, why did 3 clubs Blsany, Sparta Prague and Rennes let him go?? See, anybody can bring up a baseless and stupid sentence to back up their opinion.

You don't rate Reina as highly as many on this forum and that's fine i've got no peoblem with that,but the fact is that the opinion of only one person matters in this instance and that is Rafa Benitez and he places Pepe in the top 3 keepers in the world with Cech and Casillas.

[Nic83]

If Cech is soooooooooo good, why did 3 clubs Blsany, Sparta Prague and Rennes let him go?? See, anybody can bring up a baseless and stupid sentence to back up their opinion.

Those clubs are selling clubs mate, they can only survive by selling their top players, unlike Villarreal and more so Barca, who are now 2 of europes top teams and a sanctuary for the worlds best, and capable of winning top honours

You don't rate Reina as highly as many on this forum and that's fine i've got no peoblem with that,but the fact is that the opinion of only one person matters in this instance and that is Rafa Benitez and he places Pepe in the top 3 keepers in the world with Cech and Casillas.

Fairy muff, I respect all opinions. Excepts DJ Syds.

[CJ]

Ask fergie how difficult it is to get a keeper that has the mental strenght to be at a top top club.

James is a great example. will always look good has bags of ability but put him in the top 4 and he would go to pieces. Every single time he has been under pressue he has bottled it. Which is a shame but he has the physical ability but just not strong enough.

[dww]

I think an interesting example is Almunia at Arsenal - never really played a great deal of football and then after one season as a first team regular at a relatively old age Wenger buys him and now he has established himself as a solid keeper at a top team. On the face of it he has much less talent than, say, David James but his mentality is much better.

[Craig_H]

Fairy muff, I respect all opinions. Excepts DJ Syds.

Paddy Power respects yours...especially when it earns him so much