Man Utd capture Larsson on loan (2 Viewers)

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Very Very good. I enjoyed that.:D

Class capture by Man U. Top draw player. I love Henrik Larsson. He is a true professional. I also thinks it will have a positive impact on Rooney.

Can anyone imagine Inter vs Man U final heading into last penalty kick, and up comes Henrik and Ibra to decide the game? And Henrik draws dagger to Inbra dreadful miss? Priceless.:D
 
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    Jun-hide said:
    Martin

    Can anyone imagine Inter vs Man U final heading into last penalty kick, and up comes Henrik and Ibra to decide the game? And Henrik draws dagger to Inbra dreadful miss? Priceless.:D
    He's only there till March, and then he goes back to Sweden, so even if Man U get to the final, he wont be there...
     

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    Jacques said:
    In what way?

    In the ads he makes (not that I recall any), in the reputation he has, just being a good striker, reliable, does the job and never complains?

    In having long term injuries and coming back to scoring every time?

    I just don't understand the use of the word overrated anymore actually.
    Ever since he scored 40 or so goals in Scotland, from what I've seen people talked him up to be a world class goal scorer. I'm sorry, but Larsson is no friggin Shevchenko or Trezeguet. He wasn't even thaaat good for Barcelona, and whenever I personally saw him play he missied a bunch of chances. Now I'm not saying he's a bad player as obviously he can put in a good amount of goals, but I just don't understand this association with "world class." He's not a world class player, thats for sure. He's not even that good so I simply don't understand what people see in him.

    Hopefully he'll have trouble in the EPL as well.
     
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    Andy said:
    Ever since he scored 40 or so goals in Scotland, from what I've seen people talked him up to be a world class goal scorer. I'm sorry, but Larsson is no friggin Shevchenko or Trezeguet. He wasn't even thaaat good for Barcelona, and whenever I personally saw him play he missied a bunch of chances. Now I'm not saying he's a bad player as obviously he can put in a good amount of goals, but I just don't understand this association with "world class." He's not a world class player, thats for sure. He's not even that good so I simply don't understand what people see in him.

    Hopefully he'll have trouble in the EPL as well.
    How many times have you watched a full match in which Larsson played?

    Just curious...would that be five, ten, fifty... or over three hundred like I have.

    Have you seen any of the Larsson dvd's?

    I respect your opinion, but I disagree with it, as my opinion is based on watching the player close up and in detail for over nine years.

    The subject does allow for a high degree of subjective assessment, but Larsson also holds the record for scoring the greatest number of goals scored in European competition for any British team, and obviously this wasn't against Scottish defences, but Europes elite...including a goal against Juventus, and two against Porto in the uefa Cup Final.
     
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    Just looked up his stats for Barca...played 40 games, most coming on as a sub...but still scorded 13 goals..coming off the bench and scoring virtually 1 in 3 at the age of 33-34 in the Primera League ain't something to scoff at.

    ...and don't forget his injury against Real Madrid
     

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    I can't believe anyone can even think of disputing Larsson's quality. A bit like Solskjaer :star:
     
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    Hello again Gray.
    I can understand where Andy's coming from.
    Look at Sheva at Chelsea just now...not really doing as well as expected.
    The English fans were expecting this amazing superstar , a goal scoring machine who only had to get within thirty-five yards of the goal and the ball was in the net...hasn't happened.
    So now, all we get is, over rated, only good cause he played for a top team in a boring league so looked better than he was, and so on.
    They want goals, but if you watch him long enough you see not only what he does with the ball, but what he does off the ball...Sheva makes so many chances for Drogba and the others at Chelsea with his passes and movement going forward that Drogba is now rated as the new Rush, but Sheva is classed as a waste of russian rubbles. You have to rate the player over the years, not just a season or two.
     

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    oops, I missed the part where you replied to my first comment :wallbang:

    as you can see from my info, I'm in my Motherland for a year to work. I'm teaching at an English academy, then I'll be heading back Down Under in June. Where have you been my man?

    I think the comparison with Shevchenko is fair, and I can understand where one might get the impression that Larsson's not all he's cracked up to be, but one would be hard pressed to find fault with Henke if they looked at what he achieved throughout his Celtic career both domestically and in European competition, as well as during his Barca years when he was supposedly over the hill.
     
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    gray said:
    oops, I missed the part where you replied to my first comment :wallbang:
    In the true spirit of Christianity, I forgive you my son.

    gray said:
    as you can see from my info, I'm in my Motherland for a year to work. I'm teaching at an English academy, then I'll be heading back Down Under in June. Where have you been my man?
    I'm a part-time student again so spending most of my time trying to keep me old brain box booted...that's why I ain't been here so much.
    Teaching English eh?
    Are's metspllieng p,.unctution ok then matey?

    gray said:
    I think the comparison with Shevchenko is fair, and I can understand where one might get the impression that Larsson's not all he's cracked up to be, but one would be hard pressed to find fault with Henke if they looked at what he achieved throughout his Celtic career both domestically and in European competition, as well as during his Barca years when he was supposedly over the hill.
    I think Larsson had to leave Celtic to show that he wasn't just a big fish in a small pond...I think he succeeded
     
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    Oh, I've just noticed, I've lost a ball.

    Wasn't painful or anything, but have we re-evaluated the postings/ rank system again?

    Have I got to start posting single word replies again to get my third ball back?..ah the indignity of it all
     

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    hehe...I'm just on ma way oot ra door the noo to parkheed..I'll keep an eye out for yah...and yur sheep.................only kiddin'

    The dons, i must admit, are a threat today.
    I don't know how Selic are doing iyt these days as some of the footie is god awful


    You got lucky! Dons were well worth a point. Don't see how that team beat man u as they could only make two chances against Aberdeen. Kenny Millers was miss of the season (even though he was two yrds offside).
     
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    juve red said:
    You got lucky! Dons were well worth a point. Don't see how that team beat man u as they could only make two chances against Aberdeen. Kenny Millers was miss of the season (even though he was two yrds offside).

    hmmm...I remember five, six chances...McGeady had a good shot as did Graveson, two or three headers, scrambles from corners, and Zurawski could have ended up with a hat trick if he wasn't out of form.

    ...but your right, Celtic weren't at their best. ..but what about the Dons?
    2 minutes into injury time before Boric had to make a save.

    Still, Celtic did beat Man U ,and are in the last sixteen, so I shouldn't be moaning
     
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    ..and when I think of it, Rangers got beaten as well, so that should be some consolation for you to
     

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    ..and when I think of it, Rangers got beaten as well, so that should be some consolation for you to

    Always a good laugh seeing Rangers lose. Reason that boruc didn't have a save to make is that Calderwood plays so negatively until we go a goal behind.

    As for your 'chances' i don't regard shots from 25 yards or scrambles as chances so by my definition there were only 3 clear chances and aberdeen had one in the last minute. Maybe you didn't see that as you may have left five minutes before the end like about 20,000 other tims did.
     
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    juve red said:
    Always a good laugh seeing Rangers lose. Reason that boruc didn't have a save to make is that Calderwood plays so negatively until we go a goal behind.

    As for your 'chances' i don't regard shots from 25 yards or scrambles as chances so by my definition there were only 3 clear chances and aberdeen had one in the last minute. Maybe you didn't see that as you may have left five minutes before the end like about 20,000 other tims did.
    Celtic may have been limited to long shootie, but by your own admission your team played negatively...so why would you expect Celtic to have many goal line scrambles, or passing moves cutting through your ten man, at times, defence?

    Aberdeen had a lot of the ball, yet weren't very adventurous.

    ...and why would I leave early? I was waiting to see you and your sheep invading the pitch after your last minute winner...well' maybe just you:D

    It takes two teams to make a good game...Celtic at least tried to entertain their fans.
     

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    Actually, the only thing about this that surprises me is that we have three pages talking about Larsson and ManU on a Juve forum. :confused:
     

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