Mascha and Argentina

[dom9]

I heard Mascha is headed back to South America to play for Argentina. FFS! This is beginning to get on my nerves now!

He'll be shattered at the beginning of our most crucial phase of the league challenge. Dark November! And we've got Chelsea away.

What do you expect if we sign the World's best holding midfielder who happens to have won two Olympic gold medals for his country.

[bobbyfallon]

You know the score when you sign a player from Africa, South America or Australia. They're going to be involved in a lot of long flights.

just a pity some of these flights happened to be return

[Crazy-Horse]

Too ****in right, let's stop signing players good enough to be picked for their country!!!!

And then we can all moan like hell when they don't qualify for work permits, because they haven't played enough games

[spider-neil]

I wouldn't have played him v wigan regardless, alonso and gerrard is enough midfield steel adding masherano to that is overkill against a team that will almost certainly put 10 men behind the ball.

[dww]

I think Wigan are a better team than a lot of people credit them for. I guess central midfield is not their strong point but I hope the squad don't feel as "it's only Wigan" as a lot of people on here seem to.

[billy_mac]

We also have an away game in Madrid in between those games. Shouldn't need to play Mascher at home to Wigan if everyone else is fit after the internationals

With or without the internationals I agree with this. Gerrard and Alonso is plenty in the middle of the park for a team that will come to defend.

[JohnDoe]

Heskey always plays well against us. It'll be difficult, they have some very good players. Their weakness is their defence but they're going to park the bus in their half and try to hit us on the counter.

We'll have to unlock a tight, deep lying defence. We're not very good at that.

Will be a tough game.

[Harv]

I might be wrong, but i think Australia play a lot of their 'home' games in London. We should try and get Argentina to do the same

To be fair, you cant begrudge Mascherano on this one, it's a WC qualifier and he'll obviously be picked to play. The Olympics is different for me, but WCQs are non negotiable.

Thats just friendlies mate.

[DannyMan2006]

I think Wigan are a better team than a lot of people credit them for. I guess central midfield is not their strong point but I hope the squad don't feel as "it's only Wigan" as a lot of people on here seem to.

If we can't beat teams like Wigan at home then we don't deserve to win the title, nor will we. The odd slip up such as Stoke is understandable, but we need to win these sorts of games at all costs.

Wigan at home will not be easy, but no premiership game is. And as we are playing better with Alonso and Gerrard I see no need for Mascher either, though he will obviously be needed for the likes of Atletico and Chelsea.

[Dave Benson Phillips]

Apart from the ones like Vieira that come from France obviously.

Not that a nation that has happily knicked South Africans in cricket and is now willing to nab anyone from a pacific island for rugby union can really complain.

he comes from Senegal, which is in Africa, go back to school.