Michael Essien and SWP

[MLB]

You reckon Essien would get into our side? Gerrard and Alonso are streets ahead of him.

 

 

He'd get in my team ahead of Sissoko. Don't think he's better than Gerrard or Alonso, but he's still very good.

[Tom R]

Essien is rudd. Fact.

 

SWP is a potential class act. Fact.

 

What rashid knows about football could be written on a pin head. Fact.

 

A very small pin (pinette?)

[Brownie]

Essien is rudd. Fact.

 

SWP is a potential class act. Fact.

 

What rashid knows about football could be written on a pin head. Fact.

 

A very small pin (pinette?)

 

I agree with Tom R 100%.

[aws]

Trust in Ross.

[Kopite]

But SWP is bigger than Rash so it makes sense ;-)

 

So too is Tom Thumb ;)

[Kopite]

But Essien is the best midfielder in Europe. Better than Lumpard and Steven Gerrard.

 

(According to Joe Luganis, I mean Greg Cole, I mean Joe Cole).

[Paul]

There are at least five players at Chelsea who'd walk into our first team: Cech, Gallas, Terry, Duff and Robben. They're all still bell-ends, though.

[Beni]

Relative to their price YES.

 

SWP has gone missing in every big game I have seen him, and Essien froze at Old Trafford against Alan Fucking Smith.

 

Don't you understand, the price, when it comes to Chelsea, doesn't matter a jot.

 

Price is only a factor when it is a consequence. Chelsea can spend without ever having to pay the piper, such is their wealth. No club has ever had that power.

 

They are both quality players.

[Scouse_Datcha]

GH was monitoring Essien and he almost bought him for £4m in 2003. But Essien was under 18 and because of that he wouldn’t get a French passport, GH then would have to lend him out for the next season.

 

The deal was never made because they needed players for the first team and couldn’t afford to buy players and then let them out again on trial.

 

Sources: Liverpool Daily Post and liverpool.no

 

sometimes it seems like we almost bought every player in the world. Only one missing is Ronaldinho ?

[snez1]

Remember his cheating in Monaco? He is a despicable cunt.

 

Like Harry Kewell at Yoevil?

 

 

Oh Rash, will you never learn? This is the quintessential Rashid post: spend literally months going on and on and on about something (the board finding £20m for SWP) as if it's the only issue that will save Liverpool (the European Champions) from oblivion, before completely switching to the polar opposite view (SWP is shit) after about twenty minutes (less than 20 appearances, virtually none of which were as a starter or for the full 90 mins).

 

 

Perfect summary.

 

Both excellent players but Chelsea paid a little over the odds for both - whats new there?

[Thants]

Remember his cheating in Monaco? He is a despicable cunt.

 

Like Harry Kewell at Yoevil?

 

 

Oh Rash, will you never learn? This is the quintessential Rashid post: spend literally months going on and on and on about something (the board finding £20m for SWP) as if it's the only issue that will save Liverpool (the European Champions) from oblivion, before completely switching to the polar opposite view (SWP is shit) after about twenty minutes (less than 20 appearances, virtually none of which were as a starter or for the full 90 mins).

 

 

Perfect summary.

 

Both excellent players but Chelsea paid a little over the odds for both - whats new there?

 

 

Essien is class.

SWP is class.

Both young.

Unfortunately now very easy to hate as they joined the rich tarts.

Rashid get a life. I'm sure you're paid by Dave to just wind people up. You must be. Surely. There cant be any belief in your statements. There cant be. Can there?

Buy him. Didnt buy him. He's shit! Buy the next player.

Summary: I wan' that one.

[G Richards]

SWP would improve our team. Essien is ahead of Sissoko too (though it's to Rafa's credit that Sissoko is not that far behind, and at a quarter of the price). I'd have both players at Anfield if we could.

 

The price Chelsea paid is immaterial, given money really is no object to them. Wenger had it right when he said something along the lines of there being the Chelsea price and then the price for everyone else.

 

I think Essien will do fine for Chelsea and he's already getting plenty of playing time. SWP might be another story altogether, though it's far too early to tell. My gut feeling is that his career has stalled, and he may not develop into the player he was threatening to become. I think he'd have been good for us but it wasn't to be. Perhaps in the long run Chelsea might miss out on some signings because of the experiences of the likes of SWP. Maybe in the next generation someone like Theo Walcott might come to us rather than Chelsea.

[Beni]

I would have been happier paying £20 odd million for SWP than £14 million for Cisse

[Tom R]

Maybe in the next generation someone like Theo Walcott might come to us rather than Chelsea.

 

Depends whether a player is looking to play football or earn a shitload of cash. i honestly think taht any young pklayer signing for Chelsea falls in to the latter category.

[Rashid]

i honestly think taht any young pklayer signing for Chelsea falls in to the latter category.

 

No mate, ANY player falls into that catergory. Name me a Chelsea player signed after Ambromovich came that DIDN'T Go there for the money.

[fivetimes]

Salif essien is not all the media is making him out IMO. He is playing for the best team, so his obvious flaws are not easily apparent. Very very over-rated i reckon.

[Rashid]

Salif essien is not all the media is making him out IMO. He is playing for the best team, so his obvious flaws are not easily apparent. Very very over-rated i reckon.

 

According to Joe (Special Needs) Cole - he is the best midfielder in Europe.

[Tom R]

No mate, ANY player falls into that catergory. Name me a Chelsea player signed after Ambromovich came that DIDN'T Go there for the money.

 

That's not true rashid, as much as I'd like it to be.

 

The very best, world class players will fancy their chances at any club and will want to be a part of what is happening at Chelsea, wheras 99% of young, more unproven players know almost full well that they’ll never get a look in but wil be paid twice what they will at other clubs.

 

As much you’d like to think that ALL players who play for Chelsea are merely disgusting mercenaries, I’m afraid it’s just not true.

[Rashid]

That's not true rashid, as much as I'd like it to be.

 

The very best, world class players will fancy their chances at any club and will want to be a part of what is happening at Chelsea, wheras 99% of young, more unproven players know almost full well that they’ll never get a look in but wil be paid twice what they will at other clubs.

 

As much you’d like to think that ALL players who play for Chelsea are merely disgusting mercenaries, I’m afraid it’s just not true.

 

Lets look at it another way, how many would be there today if Chelsea were still paying good money, but still under Bates circa 2003?

 

I can think of a few, but I certainly don't think the likes of SWP, Duff, Essien, etc would be there today without Roman. Also none of their clubs wanted to sell them, they wanted the move.

[dave u]

That's not true rashid, as much as I'd like it to be.

 

The very best, world class players will fancy their chances at any club and will want to be a part of what is happening at Chelsea, wheras 99% of young, more unproven players know almost full well that they’ll never get a look in but wil be paid twice what they will at other clubs.

 

As much you’d like to think that ALL players who play for Chelsea are merely disgusting mercenaries, I’m afraid it’s just not true.

 

 

What's happened to you? You've gone soft. I feel like I don't even know you anymore :-(

[Rashid]

What's happened to you? You've gone soft. I feel like I don't even know you anymore :-(

 

He has turned Gay.

[Tom R]

Lets look at it another way, how many would be there today if Chelsea were still paying good money, but still under Bates circa 2003?

 

Maybe that's because they wouldn't have been able to afford to pay the very best salaries for the very best player players before Roman came to town? D'uh.

That doesn't make every player who plays for them a money-grabbing cunt.

[WeAreTheBest]

He has turned Gay.

 

You're obsessed with gays.

[Tom R]

What's happened to you? You've gone soft. I feel like I don't even know you anymore :-(

 

if it comes to being soft or agreeing with rashid then it's marshmallow time. ;-)

[Rashid]

Maybe that's because they wouldn't have been able to afford to pay the very best salaries for the very best player players before Roman came to town? D'uh.

That doesn't make every player who plays for them a money-grabbing cunt.

 

I disagree, the likes of SWP turned down his dad's club Arsenal to take the money at Chelsea, Damien Duff had many admirors, but he folded after 10 mins of contract talks with Roman.