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DRIAN DURHAM: The snobs who will stop Le Fondre playing for England... Spurs have signed a paperboy... And Wenger's French farce can run and run in the West End
By ADRIAN DURHAM
Three hours after Reading came from two goals down to draw with the European champions, their manager Brian McDermott sent me a text declaring that Adam Le Fondre can play international football.
'He could come off the bench for England, no problem,' he said.
Sadly there are too many football snobs out there who would recoil in horror at the thought of a player who turned out for Stockport and Rochdale wearing the Three Lions of England.
Personally I love that Reading scout the lower leagues and pick up players.
Le Fondre scored a hat-trick in a trial game with Manchester United as a youngster and was then told he was too lazy and wouldn’t be taken on at Old Trafford. But he fought back by dropping down to the lower leagues and banged in goals and earned his move.
Both of Le Fondre’s goals against Chelsea were set up by Hope Akpan, the most recent arrival at the Madejski Stadium.
Last month he was playing for Crawley Town in League One, until Reading paid £350,000 to take him to the top flight. McDermott says that’s a bargain.
Le Fondre cost even less - £300,000 - and his goalscoring record is amazing, even in the Premier League. And they say English players are expensive.
There are plenty more players down in the lower leagues who are good enough, if Premier League clubs can be bothered to look for them.
McDermott used to be a scout and says it’s the perfect grounding for a manager. He also says his top scorer could play for England. I can’t disagree.
Did anyone else feel a bit queasy seeing substitute Lewis Holtby’s first taste of the Premier League being ruined by AVB turning him into the errand boy who delivers the Post-it notes to the Tottenham players?
Holtby, a Germany international who helped Schalke finish top of their Champions League group, must have wondered what he’d signed up for.
In the end, no silly notes were needed. Only the individual brilliance of Gareth Bale saved Spurs from defeat at Norwich. No tactical genius from AVB.
Arsene Wenger is an innovator, a genius. And he has come up with a brand new defensive system. Arsenal are playing with a bad back four. And it’s hilarious.
Sagna slipped up, Vermaelen fell over, Ramsey backheeled it to an opponent inside his own box and then the big flipping German Per Mertesacker squealed and turned his back as Suarez scored Liverpool’s first.
And then for the second goal, Mertesacker, Santos, Ramsey, Sagna and Szczesny were all embarrassed by Jordan Henderson. Yes Jordan Henderson. Vermaelen got a good view of it all as he ambled back seemingly unaware a goal was about to be scored.
This French farce directed by Wenger could run and run in the West End.
ario Balotelli is an expensive overpaid penalty taker and Manchester City getting £19m for him is the best bit of business any club has done in this transfer window. I keep being asked if I’m going to miss Mario. What’s to miss?
He strolled around during games, was sent off four times in two years, and most of the headlines he made had nothing to do with football.
In England we seem to have a fascination with foreign players who are mavericks. That’s fine if they also perform on the field. Mario Balotelli didn’t.
If you get your football kicks from watching a lovely penalty then Mario’s your man. If you loved him for all the off-the-field nonsense then don’t worry.
DRIAN DURHAM: The snobs who will stop Le Fondre playing for England... Spurs have signed a paperboy... And Wenger's French farce can run and run in the West End
By ADRIAN DURHAM
Three hours after Reading came from two goals down to draw with the European champions, their manager Brian McDermott sent me a text declaring that Adam Le Fondre can play international football.
'He could come off the bench for England, no problem,' he said.
Sadly there are too many football snobs out there who would recoil in horror at the thought of a player who turned out for Stockport and Rochdale wearing the Three Lions of England.
Personally I love that Reading scout the lower leagues and pick up players.
Le Fondre scored a hat-trick in a trial game with Manchester United as a youngster and was then told he was too lazy and wouldn’t be taken on at Old Trafford. But he fought back by dropping down to the lower leagues and banged in goals and earned his move.
Both of Le Fondre’s goals against Chelsea were set up by Hope Akpan, the most recent arrival at the Madejski Stadium.
Last month he was playing for Crawley Town in League One, until Reading paid £350,000 to take him to the top flight. McDermott says that’s a bargain.
Le Fondre cost even less - £300,000 - and his goalscoring record is amazing, even in the Premier League. And they say English players are expensive.
There are plenty more players down in the lower leagues who are good enough, if Premier League clubs can be bothered to look for them.
McDermott used to be a scout and says it’s the perfect grounding for a manager. He also says his top scorer could play for England. I can’t disagree.
Did anyone else feel a bit queasy seeing substitute Lewis Holtby’s first taste of the Premier League being ruined by AVB turning him into the errand boy who delivers the Post-it notes to the Tottenham players?
Holtby, a Germany international who helped Schalke finish top of their Champions League group, must have wondered what he’d signed up for.
In the end, no silly notes were needed. Only the individual brilliance of Gareth Bale saved Spurs from defeat at Norwich. No tactical genius from AVB.
Arsene Wenger is an innovator, a genius. And he has come up with a brand new defensive system. Arsenal are playing with a bad back four. And it’s hilarious.
Sagna slipped up, Vermaelen fell over, Ramsey backheeled it to an opponent inside his own box and then the big flipping German Per Mertesacker squealed and turned his back as Suarez scored Liverpool’s first.
And then for the second goal, Mertesacker, Santos, Ramsey, Sagna and Szczesny were all embarrassed by Jordan Henderson. Yes Jordan Henderson. Vermaelen got a good view of it all as he ambled back seemingly unaware a goal was about to be scored.
This French farce directed by Wenger could run and run in the West End.
ario Balotelli is an expensive overpaid penalty taker and Manchester City getting £19m for him is the best bit of business any club has done in this transfer window. I keep being asked if I’m going to miss Mario. What’s to miss?
He strolled around during games, was sent off four times in two years, and most of the headlines he made had nothing to do with football.
In England we seem to have a fascination with foreign players who are mavericks. That’s fine if they also perform on the field. Mario Balotelli didn’t.
If you get your football kicks from watching a lovely penalty then Mario’s your man. If you loved him for all the off-the-field nonsense then don’t worry.
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