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JDB, allyuh reading ah different thread to me? how everybody putting words in my mouth so?
to reiterate!
I never said I would take Makalele over Essien.. All I said was that his departure from Chelsea was cushioned by the fact that they have a boss player like Essien for the midfield.
I never said Makalele was better than Keane. I said they represented two entirely different types of players for the same position, then went at great pains to stress that my
personal preference is Makalele before Keane any day of the week. See response to TVO here..
i never said Keane wasn't a smart player, and I'm in agreement with most of what you said.. I just think Makalele was smarter and much more discipline and tactically aware.
I'm not arguing who's the better player, i personally prefer Makalele but I can't begrudge ah man if he prefers Keane.
All this talk about who more skillful or who better than who doesn't speak to my point about the way in which Makalele revolutionized the CDM role.. I could also speak about the way in which Pirlo revolutionized the CDM role as he plays it in an entirely new and different way to everyone else on the planet, but that doesn't necessitate an argument on who's better between Pirlo, Keane and Makalele.
I never really like Keane but I respect his game to the fullest. However, still not sure if he coulda cut it outside of the EPL.. Thats ah next thing about Makalele.. When a player can make the transition from another European League (Italian, Spanish) to the EPL and still maintain his level, then you know he is ah borse player.. Thats the most difficult transition possible in football right now..
Makalele is one of my favorite players of all time.. If I see him in the street tomorrow, I will make it a point to personally stop him and thank him for the joy he brought me just by the way he played the game. I actually lock off Real Madrid completely when they sell him and never could take them serious since.
So there. I freely admitted by personal bias so as not to further cloud the discusson..
Now if only Venerable One could do the same. In this thread he saying Keane should have been World Player of the Year, in a next thread he chalking down Man Utd tapping up Berbatov to some paranoid conspiracy theory of a master plan by Spurs chairman Daniel Levy.. In yet another thread he saying Man Utd is the hallmark of moral ethics and Real Madrid is the worst and most scandulous club in the world.. and dey smaller than Man Utd too.