Anelka: Misunderstood | Netflix

feedmpenzaandhewillscore said:
pissed me off when he scored in the derby and gave the 5 times to the rags behind the goal. He wanted to retire at one point, Pearce and Keegan has to talk him out of it. Soon perked up when the dippers came in for him.
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it pisses me off looking back at it now but at the time i thought it was funny as fuck...as long as it pissed them lot off it was enough for me,just shows how things change...
 
TheCentralScrutinizer said:
it pisses me off looking back at it now but at the time i thought it was funny as fuck...as long as it pissed them lot off it was enough for me,just shows how things change...
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If I was a Leeds fan I would have been even more pissed off they were subsidising his wages whilst he stole a living for us.
 
Loved him. Brilliant player. His understanding with Drogba and Malouda in when we won the double in 2010 was borderline telepathic.
 
Onholiday(somemightsay) said:
Still one of my favourite ever games (possibly top 3 - but this is getting ever harder to rank) - my first derby and had so much adrenaline I couldn't stop my leg shaking pre-kick off.

The atmosphere was everything you could ever want out of a crowd..............
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I’d go as far as to say the best atmosphere in an all seated Maine Road.
 
Vialli98 said:
Loved him. Brilliant player. His understanding with Drogba and Malouda in when we won the double in 2010 was borderline telepathic.
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I just remembered, if it wasn't for him [and City] we'd have achieved an invincible season the very next season after Arsenal did it. We lost 1 single game in our 2005 title win, a 1-0 defeat at Eastlands, Anelka scored the penalty.
 
Vialli98 said:
I just remembered, if it wasn't for him [and City] we'd have achieved an invincible season the very next season after Arsenal did it. We lost 1 single game in our 2005 title win, a 1-0 defeat at Eastlands, Anelka scored the penalty.
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Yep.

The whole team were magnificent that day, including a brilliant performance by Sun Jihai at defensive midfield.
 
Vialli98 said:
I just remembered, if it wasn't for him [and City] we'd have achieved an invincible season the very next season after Arsenal did it. We lost 1 single game in our 2005 title win, a 1-0 defeat at Eastlands, Anelka scored the penalty.
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We managed to take 4 points off Chelsea that season, without conceding a goal. David James' save from Lampard at Stamford Bridge was one of the best I've ever seen.
 
Vienna_70 said:
I loved the Anelka. He was brilliant for us, and when he scored the first in the last Maine Road derby, pandemonium broke out in BB (and probably the rest of the stadium), so much so that my glasses were bent in the chaos.
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If you watch his goal v the rags again, watch him run to the family stand and you will see a bald head kiss him! Someone me and you both know from Blue Print days ;)
 
A tremendous footballer, loved him. I wouldn’t believe everything you read in Fowler’s autobiography - he himself wasn’t exactly loved by his teammates. Unless you were Scousers with really shit curly hair.
 
The Elk was a great player and it felt (at the time) like we'd turned a corner bringing in a great (world class?) player at the time.
 
jay_mcfc said:
A tremendous footballer, loved him. I wouldn’t believe everything you read in Fowler’s autobiography - he himself wasn’t exactly loved by his teammates. Unless you were Scousers with really shit curly hair.
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In my opinion, they were both (anelka and fowler) a pair of lazy bastards who pretended they were putting effort in when they weren't.

They both thought they were doing us a favour by playing for us and I would have been glad to see the back of them both earlier.

Both conned the fans imo.

Funnily enough though, as players for other clubs, I liked them both and don't mind them both as individuals now.
 
jma said:
In my opinion, they were both (anelka and fowler) a pair of lazy bastards who pretended they were putting effort in when they weren't.

They both thought they were doing us a favour by playing for us and I would have been glad to see the back of them both earlier.

Both conned the fans imo.

Funnily enough though, as players for other clubs, I liked them both and don't mind them both as individuals now.
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Whilst I think you write bollocks there was a reason both were at a mid table prem club and not title winning teams. It was a pure pleasure to have Anelka play for us when we were used to the two Taylor's, Conlon, Bradbury etc. It was the first real signs of the club getting to where it eventually went.
 
In terms of contributions to the club, Anelka did so much more, including scoring the first ever goal at the Etihad. They say times a healer but I've not forgiven Fowler for missing that penalty against Middlesbrough.

Anelka and Foe are the two players I think of wearing (in my opinion) our best away shirt in my life time, even though it looks like pyjamas in this pic.
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jma said:
In my opinion, they were both (anelka and fowler) a pair of lazy bastards who pretended they were putting effort in when they weren't.

They both thought they were doing us a favour by playing for us and I would have been glad to see the back of them both earlier.

Both conned the fans imo.

Funnily enough though, as players for other clubs, I liked them both and don't mind them both as individuals now.
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I was with you up until the last paragraph. They're both tossers as far as I'm concerned.
 
Good player for us

wasn’t happy about him taking a pen against the scum in the CL final. Every **** and his dog could see he was going to miss
 
jay_mcfc said:
Whilst I think you write bollocks there was a reason both were at a mid table prem club and not title winning teams. It was a pure pleasure to have Anelka play for us when we were used to the two Taylor's, Conlon, Bradbury etc. It was the first real signs of the club getting to where it eventually went.
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Well, obviously Fowler was ruined by injuries by the time he joined us. Anelka still had all the ability to be a top class striker as he proved once again a few years later at Chelsea.
 
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