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Saints substitute better than Nasri and Terry!
8:33am Friday 21st December 2012 in Sport
Emmanuel Mayuka
He might not be able to get a game for Saints, but Emmanuel Mayuka has been ranked as the 85th best player in world football.
In a poll of writers at The Guardian newspaper, the Zambian international finished ahead of the likes of Inter Milan’s Wesley Sneijder, Bayern Munich’s Javi Martinez and, closer to home, Manchester City’s Samir Nasri and Chelsea’s John Terry.
The result will come as a surprise to many Saints fans, given that Mayuka has had little impact since his arrival from Swiss side BSC Young Boys in the summer.
The 22-year-old forward has made just six substitute appearances in the Premier League this season, with his only start coming in the 3-0 Capital One Cup defeat at Leeds.
Mayuka was, however, the winner of the Golden Boot award in January’s African Cup of Nations, scoring three times in the tournament as he shot to prominence.
Each of The Guardian’s 11 experts who took part were asked to rank their top 30 currently-active footballers in the world.
The number one choices were given 30 points, second place 29, all the way down to one point for the final person on each writer’s list. The points were than collated to create the final 100.
The first 30 players were announced yesterday, with the rest being unveiled by the newspaper over the coming days.
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Jesus_02
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8:43am Fri 21 Dec 12
Jesus_02
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9:00am Fri 21 Dec 12
Alicesdad
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9:02am Fri 21 Dec 12
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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9:02am Fri 21 Dec 12
St Retford
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9:17am Fri 21 Dec 12
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:Innit.
I would like to see him play.
We should be allowed to field 12 players.
mbetts
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9:20am Fri 21 Dec 12
mushrooms
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9:21am Fri 21 Dec 12
mbetts
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9:25am Fri 21 Dec 12
Puddletown Saint
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9:44am Fri 21 Dec 12
Start him tomorrow
See you there
SouthamptonLegend
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10:13am Fri 21 Dec 12
seventh-junction
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10:20am Fri 21 Dec 12
Jesus_02 wrote:That!...pain in the @rse isn't it.
BTW Echo, i understand you are reliant on advertising, however the page is becoming slow and unresponsive to the point of not working as too many flash windows are queuing up!
Go Mayuka! COYR FOADP
GX Saint
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10:45am Fri 21 Dec 12
saintsupnorth
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11:23am Fri 21 Dec 12
Optimist
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12:06pm Fri 21 Dec 12
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kev63
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12:08pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Jesus_02 wrote:I second that, it's becoming a real pain in the @rse, we don't ned this cr@p fored upon us, I quite oftenlev the site as it takes so log to load!
BTW Echo, i understand you are reliant on advertising, however the page is becoming slow and unresponsive to the point of not working as too many flash windows are queuing up!
BracknellSaint
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12:12pm Fri 21 Dec 12
I assume we'll lose him for the ACN, but he'll be a new, fresh body in the team for the run in.
Right now, would like to see Tad Lee back in the frame-I think with Adam's injury, he'd do a good job for us-plenty of pace and running, but also hard working to help track back and give assistance to the back line.
Folkestone Saint
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12:21pm Fri 21 Dec 12
kev63 wrote:And I see you have the same problem as me when typing too fast, half the letters get missed
Jesus_02 wrote:I second that, it's becoming a real pain in the @rse, we don't ned this cr@p fored upon us, I quite oftenlev the site as it takes so log to load!
BTW Echo, i understand you are reliant on advertising, however the page is becoming slow and unresponsive to the point of not working as too many flash windows are queuing up!
Dickosfc
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12:43pm Fri 21 Dec 12
CB FRY LIVES
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3:09pm Fri 21 Dec 12
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st1halo
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3:24pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Guly must be about 23rd then!
Play him ffs !!
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3:38pm Fri 21 Dec 12
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12:23am Sat 22 Dec 12
seventh-junction wrote:Get Adblock installed.
Jesus_02 wrote:That!...pain in the @rse isn't it.
BTW Echo, i understand you are reliant on advertising, however the page is becoming slow and unresponsive to the point of not working as too many flash windows are queuing up!
Go Mayuka! COYR FOADP
I forgot how annoying it was before I got it.
COYR
mitch76
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7:30am Sat 22 Dec 12
Optimist says...
8:35am Fri 21 Dec 12