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will be interesting to see the impact Suarez will have after he is back... will he be as effective as before ?... :hmmm:
I think he will be more effective. Before the ban he was very good but not efficient enough. Hopefully the break serves him well. Can't say I was surprised about the Swansea- Arsenal result.. Swansea are very tough to beat, especially at home.
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I think he will be more effective. Before the ban he was very good but not efficient enough. Hopefully the break serves him well.
thats the difference isn't it..that this is no break, rather a suspension on the worst possible grounds - racial abuse. Crowds everywhere outside Anfield will have a go at him on this..not to mention the black players on the opposing team trying to mentally break him down.
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Europe's most accurate passer of the ball - not Xavi ..but Swansea's Leon Britton !

IT is official: Leon Britton is Europe's most accurate midfielder — better even than Barcelona maestro Xavi. Swansea's very own Great Britton — nicknamed 'Little' because he is just 5ft 5in tall — is the most accurate passer in Europe's five top Leagues. Opta stats show midfield wizard Britton has a 93.3 per cent pass success rate which betters Spain superstar Xavi. And numbers also prove Swansea's three-man midfield of Britton, Joe Allen and Kemy Agustien clearly hold their own against Barca's illustrious trio of Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets. The Swans' stirring 3-2 win over Arsenal on Sunday vindicated the attacking philosophy of boss Brendan Rodgers — whose side lie 10th in their debut season in the Premier League. Rodgers said: "It is all about managing pressure and how you do that. I like to coach the team to manage pressure with the ball." Swansea's triumph blew a huge hole in the myth Arsene Wenger's Gunners are England's pass masters. And largely thanks to their midfield machine, the newly-promoted Welsh side are the seventh-best passers among Europe's top leagues — better than Manchester United, Tottenham and Arsenal. Only Manchester City and Chelsea move it around more accurately, but that still makes Rodgers' Swans third-best in the Premier League. Britton, 29, is not the only Swansea star in Europe's elite, side-kick Allen, 21, also made the top 10 of most accurate passers. And to think only a couple of seasons ago Britton & Co were down in League One! Nathan Dyer, who left Arsenal's left-back Ignasi Miquel chasing shadows on Sunday, heaped praise on Britton. He said: "We've got a lot of hungry boys. Everybody used to watch the Premier League on Match of the Day. "A lot of players like Leon and Garry Monk have been in the third division. To come up and play in the Premier League is a massive achievement for this city and for the boys." Britton is the only player this season to complete a match with an 100 per cent success in passing — in the 3-0 win over Bolton back in October. Only nine players have completed a match without misplacing a single pass in the last six years. But the other eight are ALL defenders who normally pass alongside each other. London-born Britton is the only creative player in Premier League history to register a perfect game. No wonder Swansea outclassed and outpassed Arsenal.
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lmao @ the spuds :finger: but they will be doing the same to us in 2 hours :nervous:
What a close game..shows there is not much of a difference in quality among the sides. Save some of the finger for later frimpong..guess Wenger's going to be playing himself in defence for you guys today. Lets see how much worse than 8-2 its going to get.
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