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Is that true? Not Landon Donovan?
LandyCakes makes about $2m a year I think, and Deuce is now making $22m over 3 years.Blanchflower said:
missed the part where he said "yeah bitch" right after
Also, after watching Dempsey tonight I'm not sure if he'll be ready to start this weekend. His first touch was not quite there and he still is finding the flow of the game. On the bright side he got 180 minutes during the international break so hopefully he'll be ready to go soon since I think he will bring an incredibly valuable dimension to the squad.
jlb1705 said:
I've never understood why Mexicans hate Donovan so much more than Dempsey (I guess it's because Donovan has been an assassin to them so many times). Dempsey is just such a bigger trash talker and general pain in the ass. A guy you love on your team and hate on someone else's.
He was fucking shite yesterday.....offered virtually nothing
I think we've found our new target for abuse when the going gets bad mid-winter...
He wasn't Bale yesterday, but then again, not many are...
For me, Gallas was worse, he put in a real 'blamers' performance, always pointing at everyone else to 'show his superior authority that comes with age', yet when it comes down to HIM to show his maturity and experience, he passes it straight to Chelsea (twice) who score (twice) ...if I didn't know any better......
He wasn't Bale yesterday, but then again, not many are...
For me, Gallas was worse, he put in a real 'blamers' performance, always pointing at everyone else to 'show his superior authority that comes with age', yet when it comes down to HIM to show his maturity and experience, he passes it straight to Chelsea (twice) who score (twice) ...if I didn't know any better......
And thats one of the problems with our support. Once the mud sticks....it sticks, and soon Dempsey should never ever be picked ever ever ever, despite the fact he could have a good game.
Walkers next.
3 worst players (by far) based on player ratings collated thus far for the Chelsea game are:
1. Gallas
2. Walker
3. Dempsey
All have a rating well below 5.
Dempsey's season rating so far (having started 6 games) is 5.98 on this forum.
The only players who have less are: Adebayor (5.95 - 4 games (all 4 sub)), Walker (5.90 - 10 games), Assou-Ekotto (5.78 - 3 games) and Livermore (5.42 - 4 games (1 sub)).
He needs to up his game, criticism of him (and Walker) is not unjustified.
1. Gallas
2. Walker
3. Dempsey
All have a rating well below 5.
Dempsey's season rating so far (having started 6 games) is 5.98 on this forum.
The only players who have less are: Adebayor (5.95 - 4 games (all 4 sub)), Walker (5.90 - 10 games), Assou-Ekotto (5.78 - 3 games) and Livermore (5.42 - 4 games (1 sub)).
He needs to up his game, criticism of him (and Walker) is not unjustified.
We need to differentiate between abuse and critique. Everytime this kind of discussion takes place, people start crossing wires.
Same with Redknapp. When people abused him, and others defended him, they were usually hit with "he has faults and its ok to point them out".
Two different things.
We can sit here and say Walker has been woeful at times this season, without abusing him.
And we can say its a fucking disgrace to abuse him, without pretending that he hasnt made some bad mistakes.
Dempsey's ball control and dribbling this season has not been up to par, I agree. Whenever he gets the ball close to the box he thinks he is Messi and will somehow come out of a wall of 4 defenders with the ball just in time to make a chip shot.
To be fair, Sig seemed to give up possession just as much, if not more. Anyone know where to get statistics on these things?
To be fair, Sig seemed to give up possession just as much, if not more. Anyone know where to get statistics on these things?
Are you saying that AVB
This is why both should be benched and Adebayor given a run behind Defoe.
Both players are, to me, game change players, but they are players that need to be used when the tactics are suitable. Yesterday proved that if you try and fit them in just as starting players then it's possible for them to pretty much go missing. I'd rather see Ade starting and then seeing someone like Dempsey coming on in the 17th minute as an impact sub to grab a key goal, than the opposite, which we are getting at the moment. Plus, quite simply, Adebayor is the better players (whether you 'merkins like that or not
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I'm probably just being naive but I really don't think we've seen a fair reflection of Dempsey's skills yet. After coming into the side with no preseason, he's had to take a pivotal role for his country in both of the international breaks we've had so far, and I think he's just jaded. I would say bench him for a week or so, making appearances from the bench, until he's fresh and bedded in.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but quite a bit of his time with Fulham was as a key impact sub.....and he has been signed by us based on those performances. I'm thinking that if we expect something completely different from him we may be expecting too much.