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Re: Raul Axed by Spain

Lonnie — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:26:34 -0000

What's always impressed me about Raul is that he gets the job done with his brain and technical ability not pace or power and that's why he's remained effective even as he has gotten a bit older.

Re: Raul Axed by Spain

Ivan — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:47:45 -0000

Jlay. David Villa? what should convince you is the bloke has a awesome goal record at both club and country level.

Raul is getting into some form, i would have had him the squad. Not only the number of goals this season but the sheer quality of goals IMO.

Re: Raul Axed by Spain

Alex Hleb — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:48:37 -0000

i hope clichy does find a way to get in the squad. he deserves it.

Re: Raul Axed by Spain

JLay — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:35:25 -0000

Unfortunate - while Raul is definitely getting on in his career, the guy still has it. I'd keep him on as a super-sub if nothing else, and there's something to be said for experience.

Torres and Garcia ae legit, but I'm not convinced about Villa yet. Even with those three, I'd still keep Raul as a fourth option.

Re: Raul Axed by Spain

Ivan — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:15:07 -0000

Joaquin is a slight surprise but as you alluded to Valencia have had a dreadful season (silva though got into the squad), he started the season very well but like most of the squad didn't cover themselves in glory from their on. Vicente is an exceptional talent unfortunately he was injured just recently. Not a fan of Valdes at all, i think he is at best a good goalkeeper. Sure he can be unbeatable at times but i get a feeling of unsteadiness. My concern is the soft centre of defence of Spain....

Re: Raul Axed by Spain

wanderer_abroad — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:19:14 -0000

On closer look at the Spanish squad there are actually quite a lot of surprises. No Joaquin, no Vicente (although I would imagine he's injured cos he always is) and no Valdes. Would have liked to have seen the young Mata from Valencia get in as he has been one of the bright sparks in their dreadful season.

Re: Raul Axed by Spain

Ivan — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:09:07 -0000

Not really an axing considering he wasn't in any of the squads in the last year or so. I think he might have appeared in one of the early ties in qualifying. Would have been surprising to see him get into the squad. Sergio Garcia and Carzorla are the two surprises.

Re: Raul Axed by Spain

Michael — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:00:31 -0000

The French squad hasn't been finalized yet, Alex, but yeah, not being included in the provisional squad is a bad sign for Clichy isn't it?

Re: Raul Axed by Spain

wanderer_abroad — Sun, 18 May 2008 13:23:56 -0000

The Clichy one was definitely a surprise, especially seeing as Boumsong managed to smuggle himself in.
About Raul, its simply ridiculous. I've watched alot of spanish football this season and Raul was easily the best striker of the season. I've always thought Aragones was an idiot but this takes the mickey a bit. Its likely that Spain will probably reach the the quaters and get knocked out by the likes of Austria and Aragones will stay on because the spanish FA are either too stupid or scared to sack him.

Re: Raul Axed by Spain

Alex Hleb — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:57:09 -0000

the biggest surprise was gael clichy being left out of the french squad.

Re: Raul Axed by Spain

Michael — Sun, 18 May 2008 10:49:49 -0000

I think the bigger surprise was Bojan not being called up, Aragones has never really liked Raul so that wasn't really a shock to me.

Re: Raul Axed by Spain

The Gaffer — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:38:49 -0000

Burt,

We're gearing up for Euro 2008. Between now and the end of June, we'll have plenty of Premier League coverage but also news and analysis of Euro 2008.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

Re: Raul Axed by Spain

Burt Reynolds — Sun, 18 May 2008 09:18:55 -0000

What does this have to do with EPL..?

Re: Raul Axed by Spain

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