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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Apr 18, 2014 18:35:59 GMT
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Post by jeycov on Apr 18, 2014 18:44:20 GMT
Red / yellow cards facts?
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Post by luke45 on Apr 18, 2014 18:46:22 GMT
Absolute nonsense. He's the best player in the league in my opinion and I'm sure many fans would agree.
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Post by Jimm on Apr 18, 2014 18:46:40 GMT
He's been talking to Sol Campbell
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2014 18:50:00 GMT
Highly paid footballer talking absolute shit?
What a surprise.
To be honest I've always thought he comes across ok in the media,and I'm not sure why he feels the need to pull the race card all of a sudden?
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Post by Olgrligm on Apr 18, 2014 18:51:31 GMT
I think he's the best player in the league and I don't think I'm alone in that. What does he want?
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Post by stokeramblers on Apr 18, 2014 18:52:31 GMT
I think part of it is because he didn't make it at Barca...
It doesn't help playing in the Premiership and his club not doing well in the CL
He's not playing for a global 'super club' either, he needs to be at a Barca/Real/Bayern type club rather than nouveau riche pretenders like Man City to real make a name for himself.
I'd say he gets respect in this country and from fans like he says.
He might have a point about not getting much respect across the rest of Europe though.
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Post by coates on Apr 18, 2014 18:55:38 GMT
Suppose playing for an oil club doesn't help rather than one of the big European clubs.
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Post by numpty40 on Apr 18, 2014 19:26:36 GMT
Brilliant footballer but quite clearly talks shit.
What compounds the shitness is the mention of Drogba who is widely regarded as one of the Premier League's all time greats and Eto'o, widely regarded as one of the world's best strikers.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2014 19:30:48 GMT
"Now you know how I feel, boss"  |
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Post by kingstokie on Apr 18, 2014 19:46:16 GMT
He's 30?!
You live and learn.
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Post by basingstokie on Apr 18, 2014 19:52:13 GMT
Rubbish. Everyone knows he's a top player. Definitely in a prem XI and decent contender for world XI
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Post by partickpotter on Apr 18, 2014 19:56:16 GMT
He may be onto something though - remember he is talking African, not skin colour.
FIFA world player of the year / Ballon d'Or has been running since 1991 in which time just two African players have been placed 1, 2 or 3 (George Weah who won in 1995 and Samuel Eto'o who was third in 2005.
By contrast France have had 10 placings, England 5!
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Post by coates on Apr 18, 2014 20:02:12 GMT
He may be onto something though - remember he is talking African, not skin colour. FIFA world player of the year / Ballon d'Or has been running since 1991 in which time just two African players have been placed 1, 2 or 3 (George Weah who won in 1995 and Samuel Eto'o who was third in 2005. By contrast France have had 10 placings, England 5! That us a valid point he said Africa not black. |
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Post by basingstokie on Apr 18, 2014 20:08:29 GMT
Rubbish. Everyone knows he's a top player. Definitely in a prem XI and decent contender for world XI
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Post by thedeadlyshart on Apr 18, 2014 20:15:10 GMT
Brilliant footballer but quite clearly talks shit. What compounds the shitness is the mention of Drogba who is widely regarded as one of the Premier League's all time greats and Eto'o, widely regarded as one of the world's best strikers. I don't think he's saying they aren't considered great, rather they did not receive enough consideration for things like the ballon d' or despite their impressive form. |
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Apr 18, 2014 21:09:22 GMT
He may be onto something though - remember he is talking African, not skin colour. FIFA world player of the year / Ballon d'Or has been running since 1991 in which time just two African players have been placed 1, 2 or 3 (George Weah who won in 1995 and Samuel Eto'o who was third in 2005. By contrast France have had 10 placings, England 5! When you look at the actual placings of the Balon d'Or though, it's hard to argue with most of the names up there really. The fact it's a yearly competition explains why a couple could be disputed as 1 stellar season is enough to put you in contention, i.e Jari Litmanen. |
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Post by tcdobinghoff on Apr 18, 2014 21:21:06 GMT
He is a fantastic player and gets credit in this country but in a world context he may well have a point.
As others have pointed out above he does not appear to be referring to a colour issue - he says African, not black.
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Post by whereami on Apr 18, 2014 23:01:08 GMT
I think he's the best player in the league and I don't think I'm alone in that. What does he want? He does say he gets recognitions from fans to be fair. On the face of it it seems far fetched at least, and I dont know if being African has anything to do with it, but compared to the likes of "the media never picks up on how much I dive" Iniesta he maybe isnt seen in the league of players he should be |
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Post by dirtygary69 on Apr 18, 2014 23:44:50 GMT
Maybe Africa just doesn't produce enough world class footballers?
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Post by Roy Cropper on Apr 19, 2014 0:06:15 GMT
He's not on the same level as Suarez or Hazard IMO, and I think I'd rather have Gerrard over him in the middle too. A cracking player though and gets as much recognition as he deserves, which is a lot.
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Post by britsabroad on Apr 19, 2014 2:45:07 GMT
Maybe he'd get his desired level of recognition if he wasn't such a lazy shit. He's brilliant when the team is up for it. Against Liverpool the other day I don't think he'd actually moved until he got injured.
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Post by partickpotter on Apr 19, 2014 6:05:41 GMT
He may be onto something though - remember he is talking African, not skin colour. FIFA world player of the year / Ballon d'Or has been running since 1991 in which time just two African players have been placed 1, 2 or 3 (George Weah who won in 1995 and Samuel Eto'o who was third in 2005. By contrast France have had 10 placings, England 5! When you look at the actual placings of the Balon d'Or though, it's hard to argue with most of the names up there really. The fact it's a yearly competition explains why a couple could be disputed as 1 stellar season is enough to put you in contention, i.e Jari Litmanen. Sometimes you have to take a step back and look at the wood rather than the trees. I think that is what he is saying. |
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Post by metalhead on Apr 19, 2014 9:27:40 GMT
What a load of absolute bullshit. He's considered the best central midfield dominator in the Premiership. Every other week, we have 2 minutes of Yaya Toure wankage from those buffoons on the BBC. No doubt, we'll get three minutes next time with Alan Hansen throwing every cliché bullshit ridden superlative he can think of.
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Post by oggyoggy on Apr 19, 2014 10:19:08 GMT
Its utter rubbish.
For those saying he has a point, which africans have been better than messi and ronaldo in the last few years? Zidane is Algerian; perhaps toure should criticise him for choosing france rather than talk this nonsence. Toure would get in a world 11 for me.
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Post by cmc89 on Apr 19, 2014 10:33:17 GMT
Maybe Africa just doesn't produce enough world class footballers? Pull the other one. Sidibe? By the way, are him and salif the only african players we've ever had? I can't think of any more |
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Post by partickpotter on Apr 19, 2014 10:59:48 GMT
Maybe Africa just doesn't produce enough world class footballers? Pull the other one. Sidibe? By the way, are him and salif the only african players we've ever had? I can't think of any more Oussama Assaidi! |
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Post by craig67 on Apr 19, 2014 11:03:59 GMT
Bangoura.
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Post by craig67 on Apr 19, 2014 11:05:12 GMT
Abdoulaye Faye.
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Post by coates on Apr 19, 2014 11:52:25 GMT
Its utter rubbish. For those saying he has a point, which africans have been better than messi and ronaldo in the last few years? Zidane is Algerian; perhaps toure should criticise him for choosing france rather than talk this nonsence. Toure would get in a world 11 for me. Bit like zlatan then none of his family is Swedish. |
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