Manny Muscat's Maltese mission
UniGoldenrods - Propping up Capital Football since 1994
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Congratulations to Manny on his call-up - 
Hope it all goes well and he gets a chance to mark players like Milan Baros, Jan Polak and Zlatan Ibrahimovic - after them shutting down Joel Grif should be a breeze!
UniGoldenrods - Propping up Capital Football since 1994
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Great to have another "international" in the Nix squad.
Well done Manny - well deserved reward for hard work and commitment.
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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Would love to see Sex Panther vs Ibrakadabra, terrific stuff Manny!!!
You know we belong together...
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Malta have games on September 2 and 7.
According to this...
....Manny's in the provisional squad. Surely he won't go?
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interesting - i hope he doesn't but i do hope we have Ryan and Winston available for our friendlies (but won't be surprised - or too offended if neither turn up)
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interesting - i hope he doesn't but i do hope we have Ryan and Winston available for our friendlies (but won't be surprised - or too offended if neither turn up)
This seems like a different window though tigers? It's this coming week, so he'd miss the Perth game.
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Interesting that it says Hutchinson (CCM) isn't available for these games, so I'm guessing Muscat hasn't made himself unavailable at this stage...
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yep different window -same issue
we all want our lads to stay with the club ahead of an international cap and we want o'seas clubs to release the AW's and for them to risk their place in the pecking order to turn out for Aw's
just human nature in action, i guess
we all want our lads to stay with the club ahead of an international cap and we want o'seas clubs to release the AW's and for them to risk their place in the pecking order to turn out for Aw's
just human nature in action, i guess
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we all want our lads to stay with the club ahead of an international cap and we want o'seas clubs to release the AW's and for them to risk their place in the pecking order to turn out for Aw's
Yeah it's a great comparison
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But isn't the difference, Muscat will miss a club game while Reid will not? The argument being that a trip around the world for two friendlies will jeopardise Reids West Ham spot due to not coming back in the best shape?
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Manny is definitely going to play for Malta, so he'll miss the Perth match.
On a more positive note, Jade North will be on the same plane back to Wellington with him, so both will be available for the Sydney game on September 11.
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Hmm, so I guess just a straight swap with Troy in to RB. And Toto maybe onto the bench.
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Manny is definitely going to play for Malta, so he'll miss the Perth match.
On a more positive note, Jade North will be on the same plane back to Wellington with him, so both will be available for the Sydney game on September 11.
Fair enough too. I want all clubs (including our own) to respect international windows.
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it seems unlikely we'll see the admiral and whilst Reid being dropped by Wham is good for his likelihood of comoing over - I'd almost rather he stayed over there and fought for his place in the prem
because i figure he'll improve faster that way ready for confed cup quals
because i figure he'll improve faster that way ready for confed cup quals
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Malta play Israel in Ramat Gan (Tel Aviv) tomorrow at 6:15. Thinking of watching it assuming there's a stream.
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...and not on the bench either, as just announced by the commentator. Gonna stop watching.
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Pretty sure he came on in the 80th minute, I watched the first 20 of the second half.
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Sauce
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=307572&cc=3436&league=UEFA.EUROQ
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=307572&cc=3436&league=UEFA.EUROQ
You know we belong together...
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Argh, my day just keeps getting better. Worst commentator ever. Cheers Oska.
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Manny played the first 59 minutes of today's 0-2 loss to Latvia. Report here...
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Malta have drawn Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Armenia in European Group B for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers
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Italy? Piece of piss Manny. Just ask Pasty, Leo and Lochy for some tips.
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