The iceman cometh…
By: Richard | August 30th, 2009
(maybe…)
i’ll start with the good news. ASM may have finally found the number 9 it has been searching for. various media sources are reporting that Eidur Gudjohnsen is spurning a chance to return to England for Monaco. at just 3 million euros, that’s not bad business. however, it won’t be made official until Monday. this has me a bit nervous–seems like just enough time for a Premiership club to up their offer and steal him away. after the Dindane fiasco, i’m not going to get excited until i see Eidur in our shirt.
the bad news? it was another abject away performance in the Ligue, losing 1-0 to Sochaux. the Jekyll and Hyde theme from last season has not changed under Lacombe. we are undefeated and haven’t conceded a goal at the Stade Louis II, but we are winless and haven’t scored on our travels.
New recruit Puygrenier struggled horribly, giving up the penalty that led to the only score of the game and nearly scoring an own goal. In fact, none of the new players brought in the summer did very well. Our man of the match was Ruffier, who prevented this from becoming a repeat of the 4-0 defeat to Nancy.
While I hate seeing Monaco lose, there was some small consolation in seeing Charlie Davies perform so well for Sochaux. He was the man dragged down for the penalty that won the game, and he seemed like a real livewire out there. His combination with Sverkos up front seems pretty dangerous, so that should be inspiring news for any fellow Americans out there.
Next week, we host PSG. Can we keep our streak of home invincibility going? Let’s hope Eidur signs and Lacombe makes some lineup changes. So far, he seems to be relying on the other team to be mesmerized by the power of this mustache:
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We should have gotten Charlie Davies instead of Freddy Adu.
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This would be great for Ligue 1. From the articles I’ve read it seems pretty definite. He apparently rejected Man City for Monaco.
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Well at Man City he probably wouldnt get much playing time since there would be so many attacking players ahead of him in the pecking order over there. At Monaco he’s pretty much guaranteed a starting spot.
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What was wrong with Adu? It isn’t Freddy’s fault that Monaco got him on a loan and then decided to just sit him on the bench. Monaco alone have pretty much ruined the career of Adu more than Adu himself.
Sure, they glamour as a young teen player might have hurt his chances to develop into a great player, but if Monaco had no intention of using him in a productive role, why the hell did they even take him.
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