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Post by MrAndyJay on Jan 6, 2016 16:49:01 GMT
..... Shit Just Got Real. Ok, so same as before the way localnative set it up.... who I think I left out of the spectator thread. I'm good at this. Heung-Min Pleat Liverpool_96 Maskya Yoshida ange postecoslamp SolitarioWhether you're in or out, whenever somebody kicks it off, I'll give you 48 hours to post your shit. Ok, seconds out, round one, ding ding: Who had the greatest PL Debut?
Points awarded for it being a Spurs player, pizzazz, pep, zing, going the extra mile, giving 110%, blue sky thinking and what the french call a certain..... I dont know what. Do not pass go, do not collect £200. Go.
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Post by MrAndyJay on Jan 8, 2016 23:19:36 GMT
Woah woah woah, don't all post at once, I doubt the servers can handle it.
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Post by The Quito Diet on Jan 8, 2016 23:21:13 GMT
Aye come on lads, can't do any worse than me saying the only great debut I can think of was one that never happened in the judges PM.
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Post by Бенне on Jan 8, 2016 23:21:50 GMT
I'm not impressed so far, 0/10 all round.
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Post by MrAndyJay on Jan 8, 2016 23:25:07 GMT
I think 0 is being kind.
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Post by Heung-Min Pleat on Jan 8, 2016 23:31:33 GMT
Mine'll be up before our game on sunday
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Post by localnative on Jan 8, 2016 23:40:38 GMT
Late entry. Gonna post mine tomorrow
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Post by MrAndyJay on Jan 8, 2016 23:42:35 GMT
I'm sticky with excitement.
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Post by Maskya Yoshida on Jan 9, 2016 0:11:24 GMT
I'm out tomorrow I'll do it Sunday.
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Post by localnative on Jan 9, 2016 11:27:48 GMT
The best ever premier league debut comes from a snot nosed, teenage, little wanker in a Man Utd kit. Now I know what you're thinking, 'narrow it down for us Local' So I will. No, it's not Ronaldo nor is it Januzaj, or any other of the smug prima donnas, bar one. Let's set the scene. It's the 08/09 season, Manchester United were reigning champions of England and Europe. They'd managed to keep Ronaldo out of the grasps of Real and enslaved (remember that!) at Old Trafford. Things were looking perfectly rosie in the red half of Manchester. It looked like clear sailing all the way to league title número 18, matching their old rivals Liverpool. In fact mid March they were 7 points clear of the scousers with a game in hand. But United's strongest squad of recent memory was tired. A terrible run of form which was sparked by a humiliating 4-1 thumping by Liverpool saw Benetiz's side close the gap and go top of the league by the time Villa visited Old Trafford. United weren't just tired now, they were devoid of options. Vidic, Scholes and Rooney were all banned, Rio and Berbatov were injured whilst Tevez had just returned from South America three days earlier from international duties. Ferguson even decided to play a 34 year old Gary Neville at centre back against a 6ft 5 Norwegian Goliath. Now I know what you're thinking, 'But Villa are shit' and yes, yes they are. But in 2009 they were more than the Tescos own brand Premier League filler we see before us today. This is when they had the likes of Milner, Barry, Young, Agbonlahor and Carew. Before they all turned into overpaid piles of garbage. They even managed to qualify for Europe by finishing 6th. So they were in no way considered pushovers. United ended up going behind twice and having lost the previous two BPL games they look nervous. An 80th minute goal from Ronaldo looked to have earned them a vital point. However 1 point from 3 games isn't the form of champions, especially not at this late stage of the season. But on the 92nd minute a young Roman popped up with a stunning winner. He received a pass that with one touch of his right foot he knocks it behind his left foot and between himself and the defender who's breathing down his neck. With his second touch he's striking the ball and curling it into the top corner. Now this wasn't a multi-million pound signing. Nor was it someone that had produced such a display before. In fact he's never scored a better goal since. This debut, this performance, this moment changed the course of the title race and gave United the belief to regain their form and the title. The composure shown at such young age and on his debut at such a pivotal moment in the season makes this the best premier league debut ever.
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Post by Heung-Min Pleat on Jan 10, 2016 13:36:00 GMT
The greatest debut the Premier League has seen occured in the third season of the then newly formatted top division. The inception of the English Premier League led to a mass influx of foreign imports, highly paid players and footballers becoming media profiles and personalities in their own right, and one man who ticked all those boxes back in 1994 was one who'd leave a legacy in England and beyond after a stellar career and memorable performances on the biggest stages.
He was thought of as a genuis, also a bit of a maverick, some called him a cheat and he was one of the league's most unpopular players before he'd even kicked a ball on an English pitch, but that afternoon in August 1994 at Hillsborough, love him or hate him the nation would certainly have more than half an eye on him from then on, Klinsmania was well and truly alive and kicking and Dear Old Blighty was gripped. Whether you were in the 'one of Europes premier strikers' camp or sat firmly in the 'Nancy German diver with crap hair' section, his Tottenham debut made you sit and pay attention, taste what was to come from this one time bakers apprentice. Two assists, tucking away a header of the highest quality and a never-to-be-forgotten celebration had Tottenham fans daring to dream (once again). Teddy Sheringham must have been drooling after his first taste of what was to come.
Klinsmann's greatest personal task upon joining Tottenham would surely have been to change the British publics perception of him, to shake off the reputation of being a cheating, robotic German soft lad, winning over the adulation of not only the Spurs support but neutrals nationwide would take time, effort and the best of his ability mixed in with some of that non-existent German charisma. With one self depreciating celebratory dive into the Hillsbrough mud, laying on a few goals and scoring a crucial one himself, this was the biggest step he took and on the first time of asking. It was always going to be easier from then on. It's just a pity the state the club were in and that we had a complete and utter cunt as chairman; someone who months after this would decide a young Frenchman called Zinedine something was deemed too wooden. Cunt.
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Post by Maskya Yoshida on Jan 10, 2016 14:01:34 GMT
No words are needed. Just imagine how well we'd have done if we had a defence for a season.
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Post by localnative on Jan 11, 2016 18:33:56 GMT
MrAndyJay are we expecting entries from others?
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Post by MrAndyJay on Jan 11, 2016 18:36:19 GMT
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Post by MrAndyJay on Jan 12, 2016 18:06:02 GMT
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