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Everton's bid for Neven Subotic

I was reading Sports Bild (German sports daily) yesterday and came across an article about Neven Subotic. I found this quote interesting:

"Along with Hamburg's Joris Mathijsen, Subotic holds the record for playing the most long passes in the Bundesliga season, only 34% of which found his team mates. Distribution is his biggest weakness"

Since the article went on to say that Everton's bid was rejected by Dortmund and Subotic pledged his future to them for at least one more year, what price Moyes putting a bid in for Mathijsen at some point this summer?
Geoff Edwards, Germany Posted 12/06/2009 at 09:33:37

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Dan Kemp
1 Posted 12/06/2009 at 13:36:02

I’d say there’s a 34% chance.

Martin Cutler
2 Posted 12/06/2009 at 14:22:44

I’ll pass on that one.

Joe Barnes
3 Posted 12/06/2009 at 14:34:15

Neven heard of him.

Colin Ryan
4 Posted 12/06/2009 at 14:44:37

Would be a good Sub me thinks!!!

Dan McKie
5 Posted 12/06/2009 at 14:49:38

Long passes? Sounds like a hoofer to me. However, I bet 34% is at least twice as good as Jags or Yobo?s stats for ?long passes?!

Will Leaf
6 Posted 12/06/2009 at 15:03:23

Slavic version of Subbuteo?

Steve Hopkins
7 Posted 12/06/2009 at 15:38:53

£12

Simon Dunne
8 Posted 12/06/2009 at 16:09:03

So we hear every rumour about Moutinho, M'bia etc etc and we choose not to believe.

Than we here of a bid for a nobody a few months ago, and we take it as gospel?

Is that what?s going on here? Believing things so you can have a go?

Alan Kirwin
9 Posted 12/06/2009 at 18:12:45

James Anderson
10 Posted 12/06/2009 at 18:20:41

13 - are we just writing random numbers?

Steve Hopkins
11 Posted 12/06/2009 at 19:02:17

I dunno about ^^ you two but my £12 was in answer to the OP’s question "what price Moyes putting a bid in for Mathijsen at some point this summer?"

Roy Rennison
12 Posted 12/06/2009 at 19:03:35

46 and 2 are enemies.

Steve Hopkins
13 Posted 12/06/2009 at 19:03:59

I just felt that it was a ridiculous rumour mongering question that deserved an equally ridiculous answer!!

Ian McDowell
14 Posted 12/06/2009 at 19:05:08

I know Jags and Yobo might like to use the hoofball but to be honest we lack movement in front of them and also a centre midfield player who actually comes short to them to receive the ball, so a lot of the time they have no option.

El-Ray Jackson
15 Posted 12/06/2009 at 19:06:45

£2.49 ? don?t know why though!

Chris Sill
16 Posted 12/06/2009 at 20:22:09

Numberwang

Michael Evans
17 Posted 12/06/2009 at 20:26:29

Probiotic would be a better signing - good and friendly and would blend in well with the team spirit.

Mike Gaynes
18 Posted 12/06/2009 at 23:35:49

Subotic isn’t a nobody, Simon. He’s an enormously gifted young American defender who played for the US U-20s but then decided to play for Serbia at the senior level because the US coaches pissed him off. He now starts in the center for Serbia, right next to Vidic, and scored this week against the Faeroes. And Serbia’s at the top of Group 7.

Yes, he’s a lousy passer, but he’s an outstanding defender and scores goals consistently. And he’s only 21. We could do a whole lot worse.

Stewart Littler
19 Posted 14/06/2009 at 01:01:32

Another article about hoofball, dressed up as something else. Whilst we may employ this tactic on occasion these days, I?d like to know how the author thinks we should play against technically better players when we come up against them. And why the fuck he is reading a German paper? Boring...