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[Archived] Blackburn Sign Chilean Superstar Carlos Villanueva

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DingleBaiter Premier League

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Isn't it all just a teensy bit laughable when folk jump to praise/criticise too early?

I can understand fans doing it, they're often biased/hypocritical/daft/partisan etc.

But for Craig Brown to wax lyrical about 'head of fragmentation grenade' before the game on Five Live yesterday smacks of status anxiety. He was saying Carlos was brilliant (we know he is) and a great player, yet he could only have watched the one game, surely? I doubt the old goat can even work a phone, let alone Youtube, so he's basing his opinion - and expounding it to the wider world - on one occasion.

Maybe that explains why he loved Christain Dailly so much?

A lot of the Spurs-biased media did the same with Kabboul last season - they saw one game in pre-season and got all warm & fuzzy about how we was the future for Spurs. Season later he's offloaded as a makeweight for buttons to buy Bentley with.

We should bear in mind Brett Emerton's first proper league game for us, and how it took him a few seasons to live up to that. Personally, I'm sure Ince and Carlos will prove themselves over the fullness of time, and I'm soooooooooo excited about Carlos, but we do need to temper our expectations as everyone says.

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T4E World Cup

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We should bear in mind Brett Emerton's first proper league game for us, and how it took him a few seasons to live up to that.

You're not wrong - we're still waiting! If he plays like that just one more time we can all die happy.

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Laurence Premier League

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I don't think it was the sort of game that we could aford to lose width by putting on another striker.

However with Treacy coming through and hopefully a new quicj signing on the right this could be what Ince is aiming for.

-----------------Cruz

Treacy---Carlos-----Dunn---[NEW GUY]

------------------Grella

Warnock---Nelsen---Samba---Simpson

------------------Freidal (Robinson!!)

If Treacy can cut it then we could play Pedersen on the right (he's actually right footed after all).

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Laurence Premier League

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Laurence i have to stand by the fact that the Gamst ''right foot'' thing is the biggest lie in English football.

Oh I'm sure there are bigger ones than that.

I'm also sure that I saw an interview where he actually told the story of him training his left foot etc....

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Oh I'm sure there are bigger ones than that.

I'm also sure that I saw an interview where he actually told the story of him training his left foot etc....

The one thing I don't get about the whole situation is why doesn't he take set pieces and so on with his "natural" right foot? Having primarily used it until his mid-teens it must be strong enough. If we want to take in-swinging corners then surely he can take them with his right on one side and left on the other?

I believe the story about him starting to focus on his left to make him more two-footed and able to fill a difficult position, but why does he never use his best foot for set pieces when he isn't under pressure from defenders?

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The one thing I don't get about the whole situation is why doesn't he take set pieces and so on with his "natural" right foot? Having primarily used it until his mid-teens it must be strong enough. If we want to take in-swinging corners then surely he can take them with his right on one side and left on the other?

I believe the story about him starting to focus on his left to make him more two-footed and able to fill a difficult position, but why does he never use his best foot for set pieces when he isn't under pressure from defenders?

I remember him SCORING with his right foot, that was two seasons ago mind... :)

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You keep doing that! And still spelling his name wrong after all these years. ;)

Yep. Force of habit. Do wish the big man was still here, willing to give Robinson time although he has shown his recent form in having two good games and one bad one.

It's strange because Robinson was such a good keeper three years ago. I guess we need to let him settle and get to know the back four.

If it does not work out this Bunn guy is supposed to be good as well. Good hedging by Ince.

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LeChuck World Cup

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They're a bit spoilt for choice in Carlos' position, Luis Jimenez isn't even in that squad either.

I think we really need to calm our expectations of Villanueva, we're billing him as the superstar of Chile but in reality he can't make the national team on a regular basis. Mark Gonzalez is ahead of him and he hardly set the Premiership alight at Liverpool.

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