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Arjen robben...
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 1:29 amby 115-1073096938
Slightly off topic, but this lad deserves mention.
What a player. He's only about 21/22 if i'm not mistaken.
World class.
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 1:34 amby LFC #1
no doubt about it, brilliant player. scary thing he is still young and he is already oe of the best left sided players in the world.
btw he is only 20.
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 2:29 amby greenred
stu_the_red wrote:Slightly off topic, but this lad deserves mention.
What a player. He's only about 21/22 if i'm not mistaken.
World class.
World class? Getting ahead of yourself there spu,he`s only played about five games.
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:01 amby 115-1073096938
5 games?
Oh right, what about all those he played for PSV and Holland? 
And yes, a player with amazing technique, shooting ability, fantasic skill, excellent pace, good strength, excellent passing, invention, intelligence, link up play with good movement and a decent work ethic with a desire to improve is world class.
Simple as that.
Greedred, if you're going to speak to me in future, use my name or drop dead ya stupid ******.
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:54 amby greenred
stu_the_red wrote:5 games?
Oh right, what about all those he played for PSV and Holland?
And yes, a player with amazing technique, shooting ability, fantasic skill, excellent pace, good strength, excellent passing, invention, intelligence, link up play with good movement and a decent work ethic with a desire to improve is world class.
Simple as that.
Greedred, if you're going to speak to me in future, use my name or drop dead ya stupid ******.
Spu the red,sounds right to me. 
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 5:56 amby ivor_the_injun
It's players like Robben that put into perspective this whole thing that managers talk about when they're trying to bring youngsters through. He's like players such as Owen, Anelka and Rooney - they were thrown in at the deep end while in their teens, and they were able to swim. Then look at players such as Pongolle and Le Tallec. We may be sat here until they're in their thirties kidding ourselves that they're going to fulfil this wondrous youthful potential.
Similarly when people talk about ages late 20s/early 30s being the peak years for players. It's absolute b*llocks. I don't know where this myth was perpetuated, but it doesn't appear to have been at LFC. Players are either good or they're not, and very few players sustain the same level from the beginning of their career to their twilight years - it's just a matter of having the ability, and then working to maintain your fitness from whatever age you start to whatever age you stop. Generally, if a player starts coming through when they're 17, they're shot by the time they hit 30.
Sorry, I'm straying way off topic now. Arjen Robben - an absolute class act. You look at Arsenal with Pires and Ljungberg, and Chelsea with him and Duff... Suddenly I can't help but feel like we're kidding ourselves if we think we're going to compete this season when we've got an underachieving Aussie and a Norwegian left-back vying for one wing, and an Irish right-back toe-to-toe with a Spanish link-up midfielder to fill in on the other.
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 6:31 pmby Dom1
Spu
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 6:48 pmby 115-1073096938
Yes Dim? 
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 6:59 pmby Dom1
noffin spu, just laffin cos greenred spelkt ya name wrong
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:05 pmby A.B.
Robben is one amazing player. He has adapted in the EPL faster than expected. His skill is magnificent.
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:09 pmby Dom1
dutch players always fair well in the prem, i think there league is of a similar style to the EPL!!
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:20 pmby 115-1073096938
No problem Dim 
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:21 pmby Dom1
fair do's spu
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Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:23 pmby HistoryGirl
LFC #1 wrote:no doubt about it, brilliant player. scary thing he is still young and he is already oe of the best left sided players in the world.
btw he is only 20.
i agree he is a great player and very special as Mourinho said. Best Chelsea buy this season definitely.