posted Feb 2, 2008

Diarra (although not what this thread is about), was in the Chelsea squad for the Charity Shield. This officially isn't a competitive game and therefore excludes him from any suspension.

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posted Feb 2, 2008

I still reckon Harry's done well, Diarra hasn't had a lot of game time but he is still top class.

As for defoe, he's made an impact every time he's come on this season, i reckon he and benjani will be absolutely potent.

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posted Feb 2, 2008

If a player is sent off in the Community Shield then there is an automatic suspension for the league. It seems that in some respects the Community is an official match and in others it is a friendly. He should be banned, but won't.

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posted Feb 2, 2008

Go away child.

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posted Feb 2, 2008

Ha ha ha ha! McNulty you're hilarious. That was one of the most pathetic articles I've ever read on hear. My mate who's a Spurs fan is so delighted that Defoe is gone, he's paying for my beer all night tonight.

He (Defoe, not my mate) would not improve Everton's team, because we currently have 4 better strikers than him, all of whom bring more to the team than just being a "natural goalscorer". Is Defoe a more natural goalscorer than the Yak? No, of course he isn't, so how on Earth would Defoe improve the team "immeasurably"? Trash, McNulty.

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posted Feb 2, 2008

I agree Phil it's a great signing for Pompey,a quality striker who maybe gives them slightly different sort of movement up front. I think with regular football in the starting 11 he will improve greatly and cut out the inconsistency that he is sometimes prone to. Got to disagree about Lassana Diarra, 'quality' is just not a word that goes with such a name. He's shown nothing at any of his clubs to show he is anything better than average.

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posted Feb 2, 2008

Diarra is a very good player,a young Makalele in the making,I saw him play for France against the Faroe Islands,he was just superb.I just hope Defoe proves his critics wrong,he might flourish especially if put with Kanu upfront who is a good provider of quality passes

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posted Feb 2, 2008

Lassana is a good player with good vision,I can only imagine how good Pompey would be if Kanu,Diarra and Defoe were both on at the same time,two good passers of the ball and a good finisher,that will be bad news to most teams

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posted Feb 2, 2008

Should Everton have offered Andrew Johnson, not at his best this season and not a regular, to Spurs in exchange for Defoe?

Should Manchester City have tried to sign Defoe rather than make a move for Benjani, a striker Redknapp was willing to sacrifice to land his top target?

In both cases, my answer is a resounding "yes". Defoe would improve Everton and Manchester City immeasurably but the chance has gone.

Wow.. so its finally confirmed by this article that your aim is to be purely controversial on this site. Johnson for Defoe... "A resounding yes"... from who?? only you Mr Mc, the expert in all things footy, so it sounds. Yer, yer, of course its all about opinions, but... givusabreak mate!!!
Sounds like you were searching for examples there. Everton dont need Defoe,he's never consistently proved himself. Johnson is doing fine thank you very much, and wouldn't swap him for many other forwards in the Prem.....
It's also nice to see (being sarcastic here), how BBC even update Johnson on a GOAL, on its website, only to say its been disallowed for whatever moments later!!!... how about waiting to see if its a goal or not?? Simple??
Anyway, to be honest, this is the first time I've ever felt to complain about your service, and althogh my complaint is serious, I must say, your servce is usually superb overall. However, people like McNulty and their arroagance only serve to alienate real people from the BBC. There is no need for his deliberate wind-ups? Is that what the BBC has come to to ??... if so, well, its bye-bye, and hello SKY, or whatever...
You a;ways prided yourself on upholding the qualities of quality journalism, however McNulty's flippancy and BBC's poor live Premiership goal service (saying GOAL: Blackburn 0 Everton 1) when it was atually not, strikes me as amateurism and unprofessionalism. Please keep up your previous excellent standards!!

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posted Feb 2, 2008

Gotta agree with the other comments on here, Defoes a great player but would probably be on the bench for Everton like Johnson as neither are as good as Yakubu, would Defoe have been willing to trade the bench at White Hart lane for the same seating arrangements at Goddison? I think not. As for City, well I think most would agree that Defoe is not the sort of striker they are looking for at the moment. It looks like they need an old school Centre Forward with strength as well as pace and in players like Podolski and Benjani they could have got that. Maybe Newcastle could have done with Defoe however as Owen just doesn't seem to be firing them in anymore and Defoe has always looked to me to be the Englishman to eventually take his place in the line up if Capello were looking for a similar player.

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