footyfan1
25 Jan 2007, 05:25 AM
not true....i was a BVB fan way before Smolarek donned the yellow and black colors....
for your info - BVB sparked my interest when Flemming Povlsen was running up and down on the flank for BVB in early 90's....and thanks for playing, buddy
My apologies for the alliegance comments. I was dead wrong. Sorry. No excuses.
As far as your snide remarks go, well, I'd tell you about them, but Cris' post after yours said things perfectly.
whether Ebi missed sitters or not is not the point....the point is that Valdez has 0 goals this season.....now doesn't that directly affect BVB's standings?
No. Because in match changing situations, Valdez isn't the one missing sitters. Valdez has mainly been the guy freeing up the dude who's been missing the sitters.
That's been Frei. The thing that saves Frei much of the harsh criticism that he deserves is that he at least has some goals.
I'm not going to lie and say I'm not angry that Valdez hasn't scored yet. I'm mad as hell. But he's also doing other things to help this team and the others aren't helping him out.
That's the boat I also think Ebi is in this season. He's doing his part, but the others are failing him. Especially Frei and Valdez.
However, remember, YOU originally brought up the comparison to last season.
And the thing you continue to conveniently ignore, that I once laid out for you case by case, is that Smolarek continously missed sitters that cost the team matches that would have put them in the UEFA Cup.
Valdez has done no such thing yet. Valdez has missed a couple, sure, but Frei is the one missing far more of those sitters in match changing situations.
What seems to gall you the most is that I still think Valdez is the better overall player between he and Ebi. I still stand by that. Ebi is poaching better so far, but as far as overall team play, Valdez has him beaten by a country mile.
The one place where we do agree is that we didn't pay 4.5M for a setup man. We paid 4.5M for a f#cking goal scorer.
Here's what I said on our e-mail list about Valdez last night after posting an article stating Valdez still has the backing of the BVB management:
"Of course they have to back him. They paid about 2M too much for him.
If he doesn't come through, they look like asses.
Not that that is hard to do anyhow......
We thought Buckley would score a goal and catch fire too. It was easy to dump him because he only cost 425,000.
Buckley was a good gamble only because of the price. Easy to cut him loose. Great move.
If he doesn't score, the same is not so with Valdez.
Valdez had better f#cking come through.
Of course. Not as harsh as I was on Smolarek last season. But we're not to that point of futility yet. When or if he gets there, he'll get his.........
He's just not there yet. Of course, for you, he is. They are going to be keeping your guy on the bench for him when Valdez is totally healthy.
I don't agree with that move and I've said so.
Perhaps Ebi will score on Friday and keep Valdez' ass on the bench. But other than that, I think despite all the praise Valdez is getting from BVB management, the only f#cking reason Valdez will eventually take over from Smolarek is so BVB management can try to keep themselves from looking like asses for paying 4.5M for Valdez.
Yeah, I was all for getting the guy (But not at 4.5 or even 4M) and playing him ahead of Ebi based on last season. But look back and you will see that I also said they were paying too much for him.
Yeah, I said I would not be happy if Ebi Smolarek was in BVB's starting lineup in Munich at the start of the season. I had damned good reason for that and even Ebi knew why the team went out and bought two new starting strikers. But instead of bitching and moaning, it took two matches, but Ebi went out and played better than both of them.
That's the guy I was waiting to see. That's the guy I want to see now.
And that's the guy I think BVB management are going to screw for two reasons:
1) Again, they have to play Valdez and hope he starts scoring. Otherwise, they look like asses for spending 4.5M on him.
2) I still believe Watzke wants to rid this team of anything "BvM" or "old regime". I think he's plotting to let Metzelder walk and cry that he could not match other offers and I think they are going to try to get rid of Smolarek because he's a "BvM Guy".
Just how long before Watzke wants to get rid of Dede???? :(
for your info - BVB sparked my interest when Flemming Povlsen was running up and down on the flank for BVB in early 90's....and thanks for playing, buddy
My apologies for the alliegance comments. I was dead wrong. Sorry. No excuses.
As far as your snide remarks go, well, I'd tell you about them, but Cris' post after yours said things perfectly.
whether Ebi missed sitters or not is not the point....the point is that Valdez has 0 goals this season.....now doesn't that directly affect BVB's standings?
No. Because in match changing situations, Valdez isn't the one missing sitters. Valdez has mainly been the guy freeing up the dude who's been missing the sitters.
That's been Frei. The thing that saves Frei much of the harsh criticism that he deserves is that he at least has some goals.
I'm not going to lie and say I'm not angry that Valdez hasn't scored yet. I'm mad as hell. But he's also doing other things to help this team and the others aren't helping him out.
That's the boat I also think Ebi is in this season. He's doing his part, but the others are failing him. Especially Frei and Valdez.
However, remember, YOU originally brought up the comparison to last season.
And the thing you continue to conveniently ignore, that I once laid out for you case by case, is that Smolarek continously missed sitters that cost the team matches that would have put them in the UEFA Cup.
Valdez has done no such thing yet. Valdez has missed a couple, sure, but Frei is the one missing far more of those sitters in match changing situations.
What seems to gall you the most is that I still think Valdez is the better overall player between he and Ebi. I still stand by that. Ebi is poaching better so far, but as far as overall team play, Valdez has him beaten by a country mile.
The one place where we do agree is that we didn't pay 4.5M for a setup man. We paid 4.5M for a f#cking goal scorer.
Here's what I said on our e-mail list about Valdez last night after posting an article stating Valdez still has the backing of the BVB management:
"Of course they have to back him. They paid about 2M too much for him.
If he doesn't come through, they look like asses.
Not that that is hard to do anyhow......
We thought Buckley would score a goal and catch fire too. It was easy to dump him because he only cost 425,000.
Buckley was a good gamble only because of the price. Easy to cut him loose. Great move.
If he doesn't score, the same is not so with Valdez.
Valdez had better f#cking come through.
Of course. Not as harsh as I was on Smolarek last season. But we're not to that point of futility yet. When or if he gets there, he'll get his.........
He's just not there yet. Of course, for you, he is. They are going to be keeping your guy on the bench for him when Valdez is totally healthy.
I don't agree with that move and I've said so.
Perhaps Ebi will score on Friday and keep Valdez' ass on the bench. But other than that, I think despite all the praise Valdez is getting from BVB management, the only f#cking reason Valdez will eventually take over from Smolarek is so BVB management can try to keep themselves from looking like asses for paying 4.5M for Valdez.
Yeah, I was all for getting the guy (But not at 4.5 or even 4M) and playing him ahead of Ebi based on last season. But look back and you will see that I also said they were paying too much for him.
Yeah, I said I would not be happy if Ebi Smolarek was in BVB's starting lineup in Munich at the start of the season. I had damned good reason for that and even Ebi knew why the team went out and bought two new starting strikers. But instead of bitching and moaning, it took two matches, but Ebi went out and played better than both of them.
That's the guy I was waiting to see. That's the guy I want to see now.
And that's the guy I think BVB management are going to screw for two reasons:
1) Again, they have to play Valdez and hope he starts scoring. Otherwise, they look like asses for spending 4.5M on him.
2) I still believe Watzke wants to rid this team of anything "BvM" or "old regime". I think he's plotting to let Metzelder walk and cry that he could not match other offers and I think they are going to try to get rid of Smolarek because he's a "BvM Guy".
Just how long before Watzke wants to get rid of Dede???? :(