Villa lose out to Real in chase for Sahin

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SAF saying Rooney and Cheech will be rested against Schalke on Wednesday. Nothing like resting players for a CL semi-final.

Not sure how Sahin could choose Real over Villa. Villa has the better tradition and much more money. Not sure which club has more fans. I guess when Sahin wakes up in the morning he feels more Spanish.

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Originally posted 10:27 AM ET  05.03 by Bayern

SAF saying Rooney and Cheech will be rested against Schalke on Wednesday. Nothing like resting players for a CL semi-final.Not sure how Sahin could choose Real over Villa. Villa has the better tradition and much more money. Not sure which club has more fans. I guess when Sahin wakes up in the morning he feels more Spanish.

Cuz Villa is Nike.

Butt stays. Kraft goes. Sahin is royally screewwwwing Dortmund. Bad for the Bundesliga, but, then again, he's no German.

No love for marca.com?

Hmmm, Aston Villa (a team which could be relegated this season) or Real Madrid (a team likely to challenge for every trophy they are eligible for)... That is a tough choice....

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Props to Bayern though for calling this one yesterday.

I also listed player salary (4 million euro annually) and transfer fee (10 million euro), two things left off this summary.

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Props to Bayern though for calling this one yesterday.

Where do you think they heard about it?

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Originally posted 10:43 AM ET  05.03 by Crosscountrycpjon

Hmmm, Aston Villa (a team which could be relegated this season) or Real Madrid (a team likely to challenge for every trophy they are eligible for)... That is a tough choice....

I mean, who doesn't want to live in lovey Birmingham over slummy Madrid?

For those that missed it late yesterday.

Abidal is back from injury and is available for the game today.

I think you all might be forgetting the issue of playing time. I guess you have to have confidence in yourself that you will be able to break through even though many before have not been able to. Either way I don't think very many would ever choose Villa over Madrid/anywhere else.

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Originally posted 10:48 AM ET  05.03 by MessiEsDios

For those that missed it late yesterday. Abidal is back from injury and is available for the game today.

Do you think tonight's game is going to be crap-tacular?

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Originally posted 10:50 AM ET  05.03 by MessiEsDios

I think you all might be forgetting the issue of playing time. I guess you have to have confidence in yourself that you will be able to break through even though many before have not been able to. Either way I don't think very many would ever choose Villa over Madrid/anywhere else.

Well, Adebayor should be out of the way....

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Originally posted 10:27 AM ET  05.03 by Bayern

SAF saying Rooney and Cheech will be rested against Schalke on Wednesday. Nothing like resting players for a CL semi-final.Not sure how Sahin could choose Real over Villa. Villa has the better tradition and much more money. Not sure which club has more fans. I guess when Sahin wakes up in the morning he feels more Spanish.

Germans in general would be a much more likeable lot if they had even an elementary grasp on sarcasm...

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Originally posted 10:50 AM ET  05.03 by LetsPlay2

Do you think tonight's game is going to be crap-tacular?

Not necessarily because Madrid now HAS to attack which should open up the game a bit more.

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Originally posted 10:48 AM ET  05.03 by MessiEsDios

For those that missed it late yesterday. Abidal is back from injury and is available for the game today.

Its stomping time!

Who deleted my comment about Sahin screwing the Bundesliga? He IS. and he NO GERMAN!

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Originally posted 10:51 AM ET  05.03 by LetsPlay2

Well, Adebayor should be out of the way....

I was trying to think what impact this could have, and if Sahin can play with an width, I could see Ronaldo moving to a more central pairing with a Pipa/Benzema pairing with di Maria and Sahin wide and Ozil in the middle. Ozil hasn't looked bad out wide, but he'd need to improve his fitness dramatically.

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Originally posted 10:52 AM ET  05.03 by MessiEsDios

Not necessarily because Madrid now HAS to attack which should open up the game a bit more.

But Barcelona doesn't. I expect 60 passes between the back line before Barca looks to enter the final third of the field.

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Originally posted 10:53 AM ET  05.03 by CU Tiger

Who deleted my comment about Sahin screwing the Bundesliga? He IS. and he NO GERMAN!

By inference you slandered the Turks. Turkish Air sponsors Barca. UEFA will not stand for your impudence...

I kid. I kid.