Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) Yea but Sheva's two big strengths were his acceleration and finishing. At his age the pace isn't there anymore.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) Well, I group that in with the finishing. btw, wasn't Sheva an amateur boxer in his early years ? Anyone remember how he bitch slapped Gattusso then put his hand on his throat ? Gattusso wanted none of that, lol.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) He's lost some of his quickness, and that's probably a big reason he lost confidence in his game. Sheva is moody, if he starts feeling comfortable with himself again he can still be damn good. Whaaat? Why have I never seen that
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) I'll look for it on youtube. Shit, I forgot what match it was but I swear to you it happened. But yea, Sheva went all Ukr/Rus on his ass.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) Fotty I asked the Milan fans and they said that Gattuso was bitching at Sheva for being slack on defense and not trying hard enough. See ? Gattuso knew that Sheva's boxing skills would come into play and he wanted none of it.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) That sucks, I looked on youtube and couldn't find anything. Maybe rutube has it When do you think it was? like '01-04-ish?
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) I'm thinking 02-04. Hopefully one of the Milan fans posts a clip or something, I wanna see it for myself. I just know that Milan were in their home kit and it was a ridiculously uncomfortable situation. That's the only time I've seen Sheva get into with someone, but he did sort of get pissed at Materazzi once.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) I recall Materazzi diving like Sheva hit him.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) Speaking of diving, I saw udinese v. inter yesterday. Udinese once again puts all teams to shame. I think their game plan was to get Julio Caesar red carded by diving around him. Glad they lost on a fluke goal where viera misses a point blank shot so badly it hits a udinese defender and the defender shins it into the goal. video of the goal: http://www.mediafire.com/?z0y5njz0mjj
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) It's Serie A, nothing new. It's not so much the diving that annoys me but the complaining afterwards.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) well udinese annoys me in particular because the 93rd minute penalty knocked zenit out of uefa cup
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) Perfect response for every time you complain about Shakhtar having Brazilians on the team.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) I don't care how may are there, I want a 6 + 5 rule at least. They can have 9 Brazilians on the roster, it depends on who plays.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) Most of the time he complains there's only three.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) Arsenal 4 - 1 Wigan. Goal + assist for AA and his one touch passing was just great in the second half. He really created the second goal too when he gave a deft pass through a defenders legs to Cesc who centered it to RVP I think it was ? But yea, Andrei's one touch passing is just sublime.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) Pavlyuchenko scored as well. Good day for Russian players.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) Nice! I just saw that he scored. Wish I would've seen the game. Was it on FSC? LOL, he passed between a defenders legs again?? He did that the game he scored into the roof of the net from no angle What's his assist and goal total in the EPL right now? 3 goals, 3 assists? Good to hear Pavlyuchenko netted as well, that one was for the winner.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) I believe that Andrei has 2 goals and 8 assists since joining Arsenal. His goal came after a horrible pass from the Wigan back line but if you look closely you'll see that Andrei helped force the pass with his pressure. He's playing with a lot of confidence right now and his one touch is just too good.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) So they didn't give him that sliding goal then? No way he has 8 assists, lol. Probably like 5-6 tops.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) He has 8, I'm 99% sure. Yea, that sliding goal was counted as an own goal.
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) Damn that's crazy! How many in the EPL, 4-5?
Re: FSU Players Abroad (Arshavin, Sheva, Pavlyuchenko, etc) Probably something like that. 8 in all competitions, the 2+8 stat I got from the Arsenal forum.