Comments on: Fred For Sale

By: mrs todd

mrs todd — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:29:23 +0000

there are some very decent strikers in south america other than delgado-juan carlos cacho,salvador cabanas,omar bravo,alessandro nunes and josiel-why go for delgado?

By: ronan

ronan — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:40:40 +0000

Sorry everyone the last comment was mine not shazbak i typed his name in the wrong place

By: Shazback

Shazback — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:39:17 +0000

Agreed but i have to say i do like utakas pace

By: Shazback

Shazback — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:24:50 +0000

Ronan, Utaka knew that Rennes were in the running for Wiltord and that Briand had just recieved his first international call-up for France. Briand was pushing Utaka towards the bench because he is a far more consistent performer and has also a lot more talent. In Dréossi’s 4-2-3-1, Briand was preferred over Utaka because he could protect the ball a lot more. So Utaka was playing as a winger or a central midfielder, something Utaka didn’t like much. So when Portsmouth popped in, he was only too happy to follow the lead. He rejected offers from “bigger” clubs, so I guess he was concerned about his playing time. Just like why he came to Rennes from Lens… And anyway, Rennes have had big bench players in the past and present… Emerson : 5M€ (leaving on the 5th of Jan for 7M€) only played 30 minutes this season, Lucas Severino : 140MFrancs (approx. 21M€) played only 72 games in 4 seasons, most as a sub, Dudu Cearense : 8M€ for 14 games over 2 seasons, Luis Fabiano : 12M€ for 11 games over 18 months… Don’t forget that Rennes have the financial backing of the 34th richest man in the world : François Pinault… And when he took control of the club in 1998 he splashed 80M€ over 2 seasons… Mainly on players that never made the cut.

By: ronan

ronan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:42:03 +0000

7.5mill i meant

By: ronan

ronan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:41:41 +0000

by the way i doubt rennes would have a player on the bench worth 7.emill

By: ronan

ronan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:41:00 +0000

then play utaka?

By: ronan

ronan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:40:14 +0000

i said at CB cris-escude

By: ronan

ronan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:39:43 +0000

shazback-i was taking the piss out of jardo about villa

By: Corey

Corey — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:32:42 +0000

Shazback my friend, I enjoyed reading your consistent bitch slaps on Ronan, keep up the good work.