EskWeston 696 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Reports today saying that Sidwell and Pizarro have been dropped from our Champions League squad for the latter stages to make way for Ballack and Anelka. I don't think anyone was particulary suprised, everyone (including Sidwell himself) knew if Ballack was fit for the latter stages they would be swapped in the squad. And everyone would rather have Anelka available rather than Pizarro for the Champions League. Ivanovic missed out because you can only include 1 player who has previously played in the UEFA cup and we included Anelka.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,367 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 No surprise really, Ballack and Anelka will hopefully do the business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 No surprise really, Ballack and Anelka will hopefully do the business. Yup Ballack and Anelka are 2 quality players and will be a massive asset in our push for the CL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misschief 24 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Shame that, they both looked like they had such great potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badboy 1,526 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 (edited) Not suprised we have swaped 2 players who cant get a goal for 2 who can get loads. Edited February 1, 2008 by Badboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidEU 2,023 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Did Sidwell even play in the CL? Will be good to have official confirmation of this. I didnt think we had originally named a full squad of 25? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott 7 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Did Sidwell even play in the CL? Will be good to have official confirmation of this. I didnt think we had originally named a full squad of 25? No we hadn't, because there's two spaces free for club nurtured players that we don't have. Actually, I think we did technically fill this with some youth players, but you know they're never going to be used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EskWeston 696 Posted February 1, 2008 Author Share Posted February 1, 2008 No we hadn't, because there's two spaces free for club nurtured players that we don't have. Actually, I think we did technically fill this with some youth players, but you know they're never going to be used. No we didn't fill those slots, Sam Hutchinson and Lee Sawyer went onto "List B" which is for players born on or After January 1st 1986 and to have played for the club for an uninterupted time of 2 years since their 15th birthday. We can only have a 23 man squad because JT is our only "club trained" player (This is a player who has been registered with the club for 3 years between the ages of 15 and 21) This is the sensible thing for the club to have done, Ballack and Anelka can be vital for us and better options than Sidwell and Pizarro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Shame to see Sidwell and Pizarro make way, but at the end of the day, Michael Ballack and Nicolas Anelka are better players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 10,227 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Shame to see Sidwell and Pizarro make way, but at the end of the day, Michael Ballack and Nicolas Anelka are better players. well put coudnt agree more, man i hope we win this comp this year, please god Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middleoftheshed 388 Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 Did Sidwell even play in the CL? He got a small runout at Valencia away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Yep, I remember him getting interviewed afterwards and he said "that's why I came here." Shame he won't get another run out this season, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aesthetic Relic 301 Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Biggest no brainer in world football tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted February 2, 2008 Share Posted February 2, 2008 Anelka is a big bonus to bring to the champions league knock-out stages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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