Comments on: The White Makélélé

By: Evilo

Evilo — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:20:47 +0000

And you still can’t spell.
How old are you, 78?

By: Jay

Jay — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 05:15:32 +0000

Evelio,

Whatever kid.

By: Evilo

Evilo — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:06:46 +0000

So Toulalan with another huge game.
And for Jay, look who was responsible for Kallstrom’s goal?
Who intercepts the ball and quickly (and that was the key) passes it to Kallstrom?
Who stopped half of Lens’ attacks?

By: Evilo

Evilo — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:06:40 +0000

Jay, I’m 30 and I work in a football school in Normandy. I train 11 to 15 year old kids, and some of them go to pro football.
I also played with Frederic Nee as a youngster, playing in that very school.

And I see you still can’t spell my name properly.

And yes Jo, that’s for Olive, nick of Olivier, my first name.

By: Inara

Inara — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:09:15 +0000

If any player drives a fan to take drugs, it would be Fred. But anyway, Evilo, Jay, play nice. We’re all entitled to our opinions (I personally think Jose Reina is overrated but that did not score me points at Liverpool fans).

Anyway, as Matthew pointed out, it wasn’t my intention to state that Toulalan is Makelele, as I wouldn’t even say that Nasri is like Zidane (though if you ask the French press, Toulalan is hyped up as Makelele v. 2). But their roles on their respective teams are similar. Makelele is a background player who does the dirty work in the background. Same with Toulalan. Since his season started, he’s been one of the main reasons Lyon have even some fluidity in midfield, but all the praise has been towards Juni, Govou, and Benzema.

Guys like Makelele and Toulalan are the ones who run the team but they never get noticed.

By: guignol

guignol — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:52:00 +0000

i think white makelele is a false argument. the players aren’t similar, two very different but very effective approaches to the same job.

i won’t countenance any dissing of keke, evilo. cela ne se fait pas. he’s a great.

the toulalan story has nothing to do with natural ability… it’s about damned hard work and lots of it. he would have washed out as a youngster at FCNA if not for sheer brutal determination, the same as he displays on the field: 4 lungs is more like it.

he captained france éspoirs and was my choice to succeed juni… one day he’ll captain les bleus and you read it here first.

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:56:13 +0000

Evilo… Is it for Olive ?
Calm down, a such great player like you (Olive et Tom ! All my childhood) should not be so restive

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 06:38:43 +0000

Evelio,

How old are you kid?

By: Evilo

Evilo — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:12:44 +0000

And I AM smoking some stuff??? Wow!

1- You claim Makelele is legendary. He sure wasn’t legendary when he failed miserably in Marseille. He started being legendary when Jose said so.

2- Alou Diarra a “great” player? Wow, are you sleeping with him or what?

3- Belhadj better than Grosso? Wow again, Grosso was key in the WC, Belhadj had a very good first half last season, but a miserable second half. If ony good half a L1 season makes up for a key play at the WC along with a solid resume, then maybe YOU should quit somking some stuff.

4- BTW, the name is Evilo. I know it’s hard to spell when you’re high, but maybe next time you should avoid posting some stupid stuff all together.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:48:35 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, I think Toulalan is a fine player but I dont think he is as good, nor will he ever be as good as the legendery Makelele. And I don’t think he is as good as Alou Diarra before Diarra arrived at Lyon. Gerard Houllier ruined that great player and that’s why he was so pissed off. But he is regaining his form for a rising Bordeaux side that could easly challenge Lyon. Also, I don’t think Grosso is anywhere near as good as Belhadj yet Perrin has him benched too. So sad. I wish Belhadj was at Lens….we sure need him. Our roster this year is the pits….