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Listed below are comments made by allejo between Saturday, 27th June 2009 and Tuesday, 27th October 2009.

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Valero and Vieri: the future and the past 3:09pm on 27 Oct 2009 "49. At 1:38pm on 27 Oct 2009, tomefccam wrote:

#43 - your comparison is completely unjust."

The Everton/Villarreal comparison is not unjust - they finished in the same spot in their respective leagues and therefore met in the qualifiers! They even finished in the same spot last season. You seem to say it's unjust because Villarreal had world class players and Everton are better now!
All that tells me is that Villarreal finished 4th in La Liga with world beaters and Everton finished 4th in the Premier League with an avergae squad, which backs my point up. I guess that's what you object to?
Valero and Vieri: the future and the past 12:11pm on 27 Oct 2009 ChelseaLad89 wrote:

"Valencia are arguably Spains fourth best side so that would pit them against Liverpool or Arsenal."

I was going by last season's placing. Everton finished 5th and Valencia were actually worse, finishing in 6th (forgot Villarreal finished 5th). I know on paper they might be the fourth best but that isn't set in stone yet. The best striker in the world played for the 6th best team in Spain last season; quite a compliment.

I did state the top four in England are generally stronger (even though that might change this year as the English sides don't have the best players - Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Ronaldo, Kaka, Casillas etc and Sevilla could certainly give Liverpool/Arsenal a good game)...the rest of the Spanish league would trump the Premiership. Remember Villarreal - Everton a few years ago in a CL qualifier? It was embarrassing for Everton, though they nearly got through. The quality of your average player in Spain is higher and defending in both leagues is poor, giving the advantage to the Spanish teams. IMHO, of course.
Valero and Vieri: the future and the past 11:07am on 27 Oct 2009 "Arsenal invented what Barca now do."

I think you'll find the Dutch did. Years ago.
Valero and Vieri: the future and the past 10:36am on 27 Oct 2009 English league is better? The top four is stronger but tha match ups for the rest of the league would go to Spain. Valencia versus Everton? Don't tell me you think Everton would stand a chance.

Lost a lot of good players over the last few months; Vieri, Maldini, Figo, Nedved.

Hookers_armpit wrote:

"I can barely believe response No.3. Complaining that you are not hearing about Barca / Madrid!!! All we ever hear about is Barca //Madrid"

Good post. #3 would do well to remember there is a world of football outside the ten teams that make up the last 16 of the Champions League each year. An entire world full of riches. This blog's heart is in the right place.
Maradona singing in the rain 12:24pm on 12 Oct 2009 Maradona is bad, only marginally better than Bielsa and Pekerman.

Three years on I can't get over, well, Zidane's headbutt for one, but also how Argentina threw away the World Cup in Germany.
Giggs is Manchester United's shining knight 1:25pm on 27 Sep 2009 These "Arise Sir Ryan Giggs" banners are all well and good, but shouldn't we be concentrating on Scholsey getting an MBE first? After all, Barry Ferguson, Steven Gerrard, Teddy Sheringham have MBE'S. OBE's have gone to Dean Windass, Zola(?!), Pallister, Beckham.

Only Giggs has achieved more.
Owen worth Man Utd gamble 10:22am on 03 Jul 2009 Even Inzaghi and Van Nistelrooy offer more than Owen - at least when they stand around, showing their lack of pace, you KNOW they'll take the chances they've been standing around, waiting for.

This is a regression. Forwards nowadays offer so much variety, why has Fergie plumped for the most one dimensional striker? Worrying.
Comments 01:25am on 28 Jun 2009 Maybe if the BBC had the foresight to show the headline act live, as they usually do, we could have seen the other half.

I enjoyed it in the end and all that - but it wasn't even live on iPlayer. You can watch the likes of White Lies and Lily Allen again and again though.

Well done BBC - for doing the minimum (showing some of the headline act). Exceeded my expectations.
Comments 11:49pm on 27 Jun 2009 Thanks.
Comments 11:37pm on 27 Jun 2009 I started watching at "Prove it all night". Can anyone tell me what I've missed before that?

This whole coverage has been shambolic - worse than ITV football.
It isn't T4, it's Glasto. Some of us coouldn't go or get tickets and we've been denied the next best thing.

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