Excellent. Be great to see him up against a Champion's League defence. Hard not to wonder whether his goals in the ACN were mainly due to poor defending.
For some of his goals that may have been the case, but considering egypt won the tournament and had the best keeper there, his wondergoal against them seems pretty special
It was an awesome goal, alright. And I don't think there's a defence in the world that could have kept it out. Still, it was one of those "could go anywhere" shots, I'd still like to see how he copes against a really tight, disciplined defence.
Not unless we enter the UEFA Cup
That they are. But how?
Eurogoals!
are we allowed to talk about streams on this forum?
Streams, you say.
It depends, but sometimes yes. I don't know quite how to share my information about nature (streams, forests, meadows, etc.) without getting in trouble with national geographic, but people should feel free to pm me.
You'd have to think so, wouldn't you?
It would be good PR for the WC 2010 is he was playing in the Prem before then....
Only thing he's done so far is scoring a few goals in the African Nations Cup.
True, but he was the main reason why Angola was in that stage on ANC.
He outscored Drogba (best striker in the premiership last year) and Eto'o (widely considered the best striker in the world) whilst his team (who were far inferior) were in the competition.
It is when you bear in mind that Anderson was a "special talent" after a couple of substitute appearances in the Copa America and Kalou was a "special talent" before he'd played in any major tournament at all.
A fair point. Do you think that the English work permit people take the same approach? (i.e. judging special talent on league performances rather than a tournament?)
I was hoping it would be perminanty inflated Raven if not rising.
I think he had played the requisite number of games but Angola was just outside top 70 teams. Angola has moved 8 places to 64 since the ACN which might help us. He has been capped 15 times for Angola but I'm not sure if that 75% of their matches over the last 2 years.Sir Alex To Re-Apply For Manucho Permit
Recent Manchester United acquisition has been farmed out to Panathinaikos due to his being denied a UK work permit, but Sir Alex Ferguson is eager to try again soon.
Angolan striker Manucho will spend the next few months in Greece with Panathinaikos after being refused a British work permit, but Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson holds out hope that the ex-Petro Atletico man will pull on the red shirt sooner rather than later.
He told the Manchester Evening News, "Given that he played for Angola and did so well at the African Nations Cup, we will re-apply for his work permit in the summer and hopefully next year he could play for us."
Under United Kingdom rules, work permits do not have to be granted to players who do not play in 75% or more of their national team's matches over a two-year period.
Only in exceptional circumstances will permits be granted for such players, with Manucho being turned down for his.
However, the player himself remains upbeat, saying, "It is a pleasure hearing all this from someone as experienced as Alex Ferguson. If things turn out favourably, I will do my best to score as many as I can."
Manucho, 24, managed four goals at the Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana.
http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=585443
I had mistakenly thought it was a foregone conclusion that he could sign for us in the summer. Which was a bit silly, to be fair, I was completely overlooking the "75% of games over two years" clause needed to get a work permit.
That was the main reason, I think, why Chelsea had Alex on their books for two whole seasons before he got clearance to play in the UK.
Looks like we need Manucho to make a serious impact in Greece and qualify as a "special talent" or we won't see him at United until 2010
To be honest, i'm not sure if you can compare here. Anderson and Kalou were teenagers and looked to be excellent already regardless of age in a decent league.
