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"Friendlies Updates Thread"

I'm making this thread for fans of EVERY club to Update us on your teams Friendly performances/results. This will possibly give us all an insight as to how your team are doing, and whether or not they can take that into their respective League performances.

Scoring wise, none of them touch Shearer in his Blackburn days. Even Henry with his 30 league goals this season.

Shearer scored 31 in 35 when they won the league. Just amazing. Downhill after his injury though.

Shearer - best striker in the world for the last 10 years? Whaaaat?

You've forgotten retired players such as Romario, Klinsmann, Cantona, Batistuta? And there's plenty of strikers playing today who are better than Shearer was at his peak - Shevchenko, Ronaldo and Thierry Henry, for example. And, of course, Diego Forlan.

Newcastle 4 Rangers 2 Shearer(pen), Bellamy, Bernhard, Dyer all scored as the toon demolished a unbeaten Rangers side(still not full strength). And the shearer/owen thing, as I thought only Liverpool fans fighting owens cause naming individual games where he's performed by setting the odd goal up. The fact remains, he doesn't set up as many goals as Shearer, he doesn't score as much goals as Shearer. And to put it simply, he's not in the same class as Shearer. Don't get me wrong Owen is a good player, class even, but it makes me cringe when I hear people says Owen's better than the best striker in the world for the last 10 year's, after all Shearer's proven it already.

Man U 1-1 AC Milan *AC Milan win 9-8 on penalties

Scholes with the first, Schevchenko hits back 10 seconds from time, goes to penalties, Tim Howard misses his in his home town.

Solskjær wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> "Leeds United pulled out a shock 2-2 draw with spanish
> champion's Valencia..."
> -----
>
> Even by ignoring this result, Leeds United have still managed to
> amaze me with some of the signings they've made - and, many of them
> them have been free, too!


Leeds United's summer signings are not, by a long shot, Leeds' best players. Academy superstars (Goalkeeper: Scott Carlson Defender/midfield: Matthew Killgannon, Defender: Fraiser Richardson, Midfielder: Simon Walton, Striker: Jamie Mcmaster and Striker: Simon Johnson) are all incredible incredible players. And I mean in a few seasons they'll be going for BIG money.

The sad thing is that the eldest out of all of them is 18 with some players as young as 16. The academy stars are exactly that, academy stars. Future England squad in the making. But future England squad indeed.

It is a VERY big gamble to play these young players so early, what if they are injured? The championship is grueling and can they take the pressure?

So good old Blackwell went a searching and we have got some age old legend strikers, with Sullivan in goal... Sullivan is almost twice the age his competitor for the Number one shirt!

The problem Leeds have is that they have golden oldies and future heroes...

Where are the 23-28 year olds that a squad should consist of?

If leeds bounce back straight away then I hope, no I pray, that the academy stars have grown up and we'll have a first team to be proud of.

In the meantime. Go Brian Dean.

Don or†ega wrote:
> Speaking of Huth, he seems to be a free kick specialist according to
> champo!
>
> Ever seen him take one?

Gahahahahaha.

Genius.

This Shearer/Owen thing is a non-argument, Shearer at his best wipes the floor with Owen, most of you are just too young to remember.

Virtuoso wrote:
> That'll be easy when Viera's not there!
>
> :P

I'm not an insecure fan so I'll let that pass. Even still, you'll get played off the park by Henry, Pires, the new Reyes and the back 2.

Hibs 1-3 Leeds

Another win for the Whites! Roll on CCC...:D

Man u 1 Milan 0 at HT

Paul scholes