well be unbaised here. what are the players who he would displace at each of the other "top 6" (as is the new media buzzword) arsenal - song? diaby.... He's a shoe in to play there Chelsea - Essien if ift, mikel. one would argue that essein fully fit form 3 years ago, well he'd be no 1 i nthe elague. now though? lucas is better than mikel so far. Tottenham... ahem? huddleston and parker. Well lets not disparage those two but lucas has certinaly got at least as good a chance as those pair. Man City - Barry, Dejong and toure... now toure is top class and should move back into the defesnive role once city get sneider but until then we are talking barry or de jong and anyone who tells me that dejong is the equivilant of lucas... well i'll point out the sharpened studs dejong wears. Utd - carrick, anderson, gibson, fletcher. all much of a muchness here, some get heavily critised wrongly by liveprool fans to be honest, but again nobody head and shoulders above lucas here. Fletcher could have been but he's gone way way backwards. Lucas decent, most defensive midfielders under rated by fans and so there's not an exponent of the role out there currently (next 3 months is current) thats better in this league
I wanna know what's happened to Tiote this season? Last season he was one of the best (possibly on par with Lucas) but he seems to of faded. Some say it was due to Ramadan - but i don't go for that due to Toure and other players coping fine throughout Ramadan.
That's a bit serious for you, sky. OK. I think Lucas is an outstanding player, and anyone who doesn't should be taken out and shot.
Ramadan is my forte. Many of my clients partake in Ramadan and I have to always take such issues into consideration when designing CBT or general behavioural therapy. I'm not Muslim myself but I have a fair involvement with it as I often work alongside the 'equality officer' and run various forensic focus groups to improve the Muslim experience in British prisons.
You said 'that's a bit serious for you, Sky'. ...So I explained why I mentioned it. I am a forensic psychologist, believe it or not! I come on here for a bit of fun because my day job is pretty serious
Yeah exactly. I just heard from some Newcastle fans that this may be the reason that Tiote was under performing, but I don't buy into it.
Is there someone else on here that's a forensic psychologist, or is it you? It cropped up when the heavy academic thread was going on the banter thread. It explains why you're such a very strange, lewd and psychoerotic person. Me: I've got no excuise.
I don't agree with most our fans using Ramadan as an excuse. I just think he is playing pretty ****e. I predicted he'd be our biggest disappointment this season. Last season Lucas wouldn't have got near our team because of Tiote... this season, he would. From a neutral view he has come a long way in the last couple of years.
I think that was probably me. You would be an interesting client - I currently work with murderers, sex offenders etc etc so you would fit right in
What bout those who give Johnny cash middle fingers and Morpheus Guns a blaze with a slight twang into the redneck world?
Yeah I did notice there was a divided opinion on your board regarding the Ramadan situation. It's a shame his form has dropped because he was immense last season, however, so was Lucas... (not another Tiote vs Lucas debate )
No-ish. It is not flame on red, but it has red in it, more brown I think but got a ging tinted beard ( la barba roja - Xabi's nickname) but wanted to play on words type of thing, hence koppertop.
