Any News on Babel

[MrsB]

I had no idea who you were talking about.

[banditos]

Where's the Rev? Thought he'd be onto this thread in a flash, defending his Babbsy.

[zimbo]

I had no idea who you were talking about.

I assumed we were discussing Peggy Mitchell's imminent exit from Eastenders.

[the rev leeroy brown]

Where's the Rev? Thought he'd be onto this thread in a flash, defending his Babbsy.

sorry i'm late, i was in the ****ter.

what have i missed then? plenty of "babel bashing"?

you can all go **** yourselves!!!!

hopefully babel gets fit for the world cup and shows on the biggest stage that he is as good i reckon he can be and leave you all with egg on your face.

babel for world cup top goalscorer

[The Birdman]

Hopefully he's fit goes to the World Cup plays really well and we get £12-15m for him, I find it disgraceful that we are hearing about his 'improved attitude in training' when he's been at the club for 3 years, try busting a gut from day 1 Ryan and you'd have played a lot more and probably played a lot better as well.

[rudedog]

so BABBS is ok then

Babbsi ???

Are you Graham Taylor ?

[Slinky Skills]

Breaking news just in is that he's still ****.

[skowser]

Look at how regular games in international football for Scotland helped Fletcher develop as a player and he was playing with other Scottish players.

More likely playing with good players at United helped him improve, no?

[dww]

More likely playing with good players at United helped him improve, no?

I think both. He wasn't getting many games with United but was a regular for Scotland for a good while. The point I was making was that he wasn't really given chances at United to actually play with players of that calibre regularly he at least played at a high standard of the game with pressure attached with Scotland. The equivalent of a short loan to a club where every game matters.

[Broner]

Still don't know why Rafa doesn't try Babel down the right more often.

Any time he's played there he looks alot more threatening than on the left ie cross for Torres's header at Upton Park last season.

A partnership of Johnson and Babel down the right is an exciting prospect.

Our left side needs addressing though, majorly.

[red g]

Still don't know why Rafa doesn't try Babel down the right more often.
Any time he's played there he looks alot more threatening than on the left ie cross for Torres's header at Upton Park last season.

A partnership of Johnson and Babel down the right is an exciting prospect.

Our left side needs addressing though, majorly.

its a no brainer.......oh sorry thats babel.

[dww]

I'm not sure but I have the feeling that Rafa uses Babel in particular games where he wants to use an inside out winger (i.e. the sort that cut in from their flank, usually because they are played on the opposite wing to their natural foot). I don't think he has looked any more dangerous when played on the right to be honest. I also don't see him offering natural width no matter what so I'm unconvinced by the argument that he would be more effective on the right.

[Fierce]

Still don't know why Rafa doesn't try Babel down the right more often.

Any time he's played there he looks alot more threatening than on the left ie cross for Torres's header at Upton Park last season.

A partnership of Johnson and Babel down the right is an exciting prospect.

Our left side needs addressing though, majorly.

It's also one that would be targetted at any given opportunity

Babel doesn't have the discipline to track back and assist when Johnson is in the oppositions penalty box

I think Kuyt is the perfect foil for the right, given the rampaging done behind him

[Broner]

It's also one that would be targetted at any given opportunity

Babel doesn't have the discipline to track back and assist when Johnson is in the oppositions penalty box

I think Kuyt is the perfect foil for the right, given the rampaging done behind him

Why not give the opposition something to worry about instead of us worrying about them all time?

At home against the lesser sides, i don't see why Johnson and Babel can't play down the right together.

[Mattshark]

Why not give the opposition something to worry about instead of us worrying about them all time?

At home against the lesser sides, i don't see why Johnson and Babel can't play down the right together.

Because Kuyt is a million times more effective and far more likely to assist or score than Babel.