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Old 05-07-2009, 13:39   #363
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Re: Football Close Season Thread

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Originally Posted by Niles Crane View Post
How can a man with 165 goals in 308 matches (108 in 145 for Barcelona - their 3rd highest goalscorer ever), 37 goals in 80 international caps, 2 Champions League medals (scored in both finals as well - you can hardly claim he's not a big game player), 3 La Liga titles, African Nations Cup twice, 3 time African Player of the Year etc etc etc etc, and still only 28 years old, ever NOT be considered a "star"?
Scoring (on average) one in every other game is good, but not the standard I'd expect for someone the spanish media seem to worship.

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Eto'o would be the top striker at Man United by a country mile.
Let's face it, he wouldn't have that much competition. Rooney's world class but he doesn't score massive amounts of goals, Owen is past his best IMO and don't get me started on donkey.
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