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Listed below are comments made by SternButFair between Wednesday, 25th June 2008 and Tuesday, 10th February 2009.

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Di Stefano the greatest 11:37am on 10 Feb 2009 Tim - Can you clear up the Barcelona - Madrid Deal on Di Stefano

As I undertand it from "Barca -A People's Passion" by Jimmy Burns (mediocre book) Di Stefano was bought jointly by both clubs and it was agreed that he would play for an alotted time with Madrid then move to Barca. As history tells he ended up staying in Madrid but I do not remember Franco being mentioned as the reason for this anywhere in the book. I think Barca just took compensation in the form of money.

The writer never shyed away from the controversery between Franco's regime and what went on around FC Barcelona so I doubt that his failing to mention what so many people have stated (that franco interfeared in the transfer) has anything to do with him (Jimmy Burns) being dsibelieving towards this theory.

tbh franco was the type of pr**k that'd do that
Di Stefano the greatest 3:25pm on 09 Feb 2009 Tim Vickery is sitting in 30 degree heat sipping on a frozen cocktail while getting his feet massaged buy a brazillian girl laughing his ass off at the monster he's created

Next weeks blog....world XI
Di Stefano the greatest 11:19am on 09 Feb 2009 @ #55 - Cassadegas

I agree with you about modern athletes being more physically developed, athletes of old couldn't compete on the same level

fitness wise, diet and other reasons

but i think the main thing is natural human development

Look at 100 metre sprint, the record is always being broken, yes because training is becoming more advanced as is nutritional info and injury prevention but the other side of this is the humans are evolving, becoming strong, taller, faster and smarter

the entire olympics is a testament to man physically evolving

for this reason, i'd say maradonna is the best,

he is the one player in the all time best bracket that everyone agrees on (including pele) that would be able to cope physically with the modern game
Di Stefano the greatest 10:45am on 09 Feb 2009 Not one mention of ROBERTO BAGGIO in 48 posts...

I know he might not have been the best but he was damn near up there. Pele says it himself(even though he is extremely naive at the best of times).
Ferguson turns up derby heat 2:22pm on 28 Nov 2008 "the billions that are likely to be pumped into the club from the middle east"

unless they are recruiting Gigantor or the Avengers i'd say you could change the to millions - (or hundreds of millions!)
Alas Gallas! 3:35pm on 24 Nov 2008 #9 - not a chance in hell he will go to Real

you're column is nauseating to read, and in rseponse to anyone saying "well don't read it," i won't
Riquelme - one of a dying breed 2:22pm on 07 Oct 2008 @ donbothroyd (#185)

Brazil's ronaldo was all about speed, so him being regarded as a world class player without speed like Riquelme is wrong, maybe i'm misreadin what you're saying

and heres an article on paul scholes, this is what top professionals say about, this is why he is top class

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7408010.stm
Riquelme - one of a dying breed 12:55pm on 07 Oct 2008 @Tim

Excellent point about people basing their opinion on a players worth by judging can they play in the premiership

Leagues all over the world are different. Granted some are better and other are worse.

But if you compared La liga and the premiership.... Riera couldn't produce at Man City but could at Espanyol i.e. la liga is inferior, this is not the case at all

I believe the manager and trainers have a huge hand in performance. Already at Liverpool he is producing a few waves.

Henry went to Barcelona and is playing desparately i.e. La liga is superior to the premiership, this argument is also just as nonsensical as the previous.

I dont' know many people that truely believe Henry can't perform anymore. He isn't over it. Its just the system he is forced to play in and maybe a couple of other issues that we don't know about, manager player relations etc...

And to all those people that keep saying Iniesta is similar to Riquelme

STOP SAYING THIS, are you having a laugh, are you just saying this cause he is catalan and plays for barcelona just like Xavi which infers that they are identical...

Honestly I can't come up with any other reason for people saying this other than complete lack of knowledge.

Iniesta is not Xavi... if he was Rijkaard would not play them on the same team nor would Pep Guardiola.

And finally Riquelme is a better passer of the ball than Messi.
Riquelme - one of a dying breed 10:39am on 06 Oct 2008 Cesc Fabregas is inferior to Ruquelme, typical Premier league fan with their blinkers on. I think Cesc is a fantastic player but is still developing

And the pace Riquelme lacks he makes up for in positional awareness.

For people who exist only inside the EPL bubble have a look at Paul Scholes for an excellent example of the art of positioning

And if he lacks "bite" please explain what his free kicks are?

I read somewhere that he takes them like penalties, i coulnd't agree with this more...unbelieveable player
Irish No under scrutiny 3:41pm on 25 Jun 2008 @37 Freeborn - john

my apologies, that niggling feeling i had that i was missing something turned about to be that 35%!

taxi

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