Javi Garcia

[Ray78]

Re: Javi Garcia (merged)

^I think the "flick on by a midget" you are thinking of was against CSKA. The midget in question isn't actually a midget, it was Honda, who is only perceived to be a midget because he's Japanese, he's actually only about an inch shorter than Garcia.

More than an inch shorter. Garcia is 6' 1" and Honda is 5' 8"

Nope Honda is 6' (1.82 m) and that was Garcia's only major fuck up in his entire City career.

 

[Rascal]

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To me his only strength is he is always available for a pass and he knows what he wants to do before he receives it.

Its funny how you describe his strength.

To me that strength is the most important any footballer can have. If you keep the ball everything else in football is irrelevant.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

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If you keep the ball everything else in football is irrelevant.

That sounds incredibly profound but is absolute bollocks.

 

[Rascal]

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If you keep the ball everything else in football is irrelevant.

That sounds incredibly profound but is absolute bollocks.

Yes to you probably.

But then the simplicity of the statement probably overwhelms you.

If you keep the ball you cannot concede, how is that bollocks?

 

[Burtonblue]

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Too slow. Only this.

 

[taconinja]

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Actually doesnt matter how tall the guy was as a garcia didn't jump.

Sure it does. You called him a midget. It's illustration of your bias altering your analysis.

Of course why didn't I see it...I'm biased....Garcia IS a great player after all. Phew.

Useful squad player I would say.

It's okay to have a fact wrong, you know? No real harm in it. You make some sweeping claims and they tend to be rather overstated.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

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If you keep the ball everything else in football is irrelevant.

That sounds incredibly profound but is absolute bollocks.

Yes to you probably.

But then the simplicity of the statement probably overwhelms you.

If you keep the ball you cannot concede, how is that bollocks?

Because the goal of a football match isn't to not concede, but to win. To say that "everything else in football is irrelevant" is ridiculous

 

[Lancet Fluke]

Re: Javi Garcia (merged)

If you keep the ball everything else in football is irrelevant.

That sounds incredibly profound but is absolute bollocks.

Yes to you probably.

But then the simplicity of the statement probably overwhelms you.

If you keep the ball you cannot concede, how is that bollocks?

It was the stupidity of the statement that overwhelmed me more than the simplicity.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Re: Javi Garcia (merged)

To me his only strength is he is always available for a pass and he knows what he wants to do before he receives it.

Its funny how you describe his strength.

To me that strength is the most important any footballer can have. If you keep the ball everything else in football is irrelevant.

And I agree that this is a very good strength, and when I read the comment I thought "Yea I s'pose Garcia does do that, fair enough". However, after thinking about it for 2 seconds I can't help but feel that in reality he, and everyone else in the world watching, knows exactly where the ball is going to go only because his play is so incredibly predictable that you can pretty much bet your arse that it will be going sideways or backwards at the same or slower pace than it came to him

 

[southstandblue27]

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Too slow. Only this.

For a two man midfield. Not playing as a defensive mid behind yaya and fern