**** OFFICIAL Premiership 2006-07 season Thread!*****

[The once and future king]

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I don't like Robben, which is why I think they need width.

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Players that are >Robben are few and far between. But as I said Chelsea's lack of width has nothing to do with a lack of players that can play on the wing. It is a conscious decision by God so must be correct.

[New001]

Lehmann has been better by my metrics than Howard. He has a higher save percentage (88.00% to 86.42%), and I have him as worth about 3 goals better.

[Newtown]

Howard has a good thing going at Everton so I wouldn't be surprised to see him sold to them after his loan spell. United already have Van Der Sar, Kuszczak, and Ben Foster (on loan at Watford) so I don't think he has a long term future with the club.

[THAY3R]

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Lehmann has been better by my metrics than Howard. He has a higher save percentage (88.00% to 86.42%), and I have him as worth about 3 goals better.

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This got me thinking, are there any really good ways to estimate a players value? My favorite sport is baseball, which is ridiculously easy to assign value. Soccer, not so much.

+/- can't be too great, and surely save % isn't a very good way to grade goalies. I know players get "game scores"(or is that just in video games), can these be an effective tool?

[KDawg]

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Howard has a good thing going at Everton so I wouldn't be surprised to see him sold to them after his loan spell. United already have Van Der Sar, Kuszczak, and Ben Foster (on loan at Watford) so I don't think he has a long term future with the club.

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foster is teh future at the keeper position for ManU. I like Howard a lot, but Foster is a real talent

[ThaSaltCracka]

Ok guys, as well all know, ManU-Chelsea this weekend. Give me your prediction and thoughts on this game.

[Fallen Hero]

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Ok guys, as well all know, ManU-Chelsea this weekend. Give me your prediction and thoughts on this game.

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1-2 for chelsea, ronaldo is comming off an injury and I don't think a 70% Ronaldo + 100% Rooney is good enough against Chelsea.

[Newtown]

Chelsea have no width and United have tons of it. I don't see how they are gonna defend against us with a diamond midfield unless they switch it up by reverting back to playing with one up front (Drogba) and Cole plus Robben on the wings.

[KDawg]

1-1 or 2-1 to the good guys. ManU are gonna want to come out firing after some of the piss poor performances that they've had recently. I am however worried about Neville's calf problems as his influence is too valuable on the pitch to be gone for an extended period of time

[ThaSaltCracka]

I want to see a draw. 1-1 sounds right.