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Just proves Youtube can make anyone look good!
SUPER, SUPER PAV..... 
WilsonJet said:
I miss him already, the loveable tit.
eggsoakley said:WilsonJet said:
I miss him already, the loveable tit.
He did score some great goals, unfortunately not enough of them and he was a lazy bugger. Shame, he could have been a legend
Anurag Jo said:
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Sad face, I will forever love the super Pav, his cheeky grin, always my fave player, no one else made being average in a great squad so cool
Russian footballers never really seem to cut the mustard in the Premier League, really not sure why. Kanchelskis was the last one I can remember and he went shite after leaving Man U.
Even Billybettybob at Everton is rubbish.
Pav will never be forgotten. Also is there a way to change names on the site?
That video has made me sad he's gone.
Thelonious said:
The problem is more players from ex-communist states than it is just players from Russia, in my opinion.
Ran into this a ways back reading about the differences between Modric and Berbatov, and I think it really holds water.
When you look at Pav, you immediately think of his poor work rate, and general lackadaisical attitude. Generally, the distinguishing characteristic of the EPL is work rate and pace, which I generally attribute to the climate, I.E. you can run harder for longer without wrecking yourself than you can in Italy or Spain. With such pace, technique and tactics don't quite matter as much as they do in Serie A or La Liga, where the game is a bit slower and technique and tactics have much more sway.
Ah, you say "But Pav has done great for previous clubs and country and worked his ass off! Why does he work so hard for Russia but not for his club?" The answer of course is that the players coming out of Russia these days still developed under a distinctly communist-style of Football. That is, extremely rigid management, ridiculous drills and "science." Ex-communist players need extremely rigid work environments. If left to their own devices in a free-er sense, exemplified like few others these days by Tottenham, where the idea of total football is "just fucking run around a bit," they crumble. E.G. Modric works his little fucking ass off, and there would be no place for Berbatov in the English game if he weren't so fucking good. The guy just doesn't put a shift in.
I was going to respond the same way, and I read and reread the comment to see if I missed something.coalhada said:
My best guess is that Modrić is the exception that proves the rule. That unlike his ex-communist brethren, he has understood the value of hard-work, etc. Berbatov, Pav, and the rest are typical examples.