Degan’s Arrival Brings Further Uncertainty
Rafa Benitez has today boosted his defensive options for next season by confirming the signing of Swiss right-back Philipp Degen from Borussia Dortmund on a free.
“He is an offensive player with great energy and a winning mentality”, remarked Rafa. “His strength is going forward and I am confident he will be prove to be a quality addition to our squad.”
Twenty-five-year-old Degan has 26 Swiss caps to his name and appeared 10 times in a Dortmund shirt last season. He is set to compete directly with both Finnan and Arbeloa for the right-back berth at Anfield.
His arrival will no doubt cause further headaches for fantasy managers when it comes to considering a Liverpool defence that kept 18 clean sheets this term - second only to United and Chelsea. For me, this further competition in the full-back area, combined with the return to fitness of Agger at centre-back, only goes to increase the appeal of Carragher and keeper Reina as the most reliable sources of starts and clean sheets in Rafa’s backline.
The front page of Degan and his brother’s website doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence. http://www.degendegen.com/
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Reply by Alex on May 21, 2008 11:41 am:
Why must you do things like that…
I was just having lunch.
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Reply by TheNecromancer on May 21, 2008 4:18 pm:
Au contraire!
Look what being a well-oiled, homo-erotic footballer has done for C-Ron.
Sprechts du switzerdeutsch, Alex?
Humna, humna, humna,
-TheNecromancer
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Reply by Alex on May 21, 2008 4:45 pm:
Die.
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Reply by TheNecromancer on May 21, 2008 5:33 pm:
Is that “die” as in “go jump off a cliff” or “die” as in “that/this/the”?
-TheN
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Reply by Alex on May 21, 2008 5:48 pm:
As in mention German in relation to me again and I’ll sand down your nipples and throw you in a tub of nuclear waste.
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Reply by TheNecromancer on May 21, 2008 5:57 pm:
Duly noted, Fair Alex.
Way back when I shared a couchette with a couple of Germans and a couple of Danes, and while they would speak freely w me, they would utter hardly a word to each other. I should have known better.
Hup Holland,
-TheN
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Reply by Alex on May 21, 2008 6:03 pm:
So now you’re calling me Danish?
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Reply by TheNecromancer on May 21, 2008 6:09 pm:
Danish, Dutch. Potayto, Potahto. Whatever.
Just referring to a winder-held dislike of the Germans by their former colonial subjects…
Smile,
-TheN
Reply by Alex on May 21, 2008 6:14 pm:
Sandpaper. You. Nipples.
Reply by TheNecromancer on May 21, 2008 6:23 pm:
Oh, behave! Puffin will get jealous.
Reply by Alex on May 21, 2008 6:30 pm:
He only ever gets jealous at Capello and that’s because he has highlights and gets away with wearing a thong.
Reply by TheNecromancer on May 21, 2008 7:36 pm:
I am eating lunch.
Please refrain from more such rank comments.
-TheN
Reply by Alex on May 21, 2008 7:49 pm:
Adrian Chiles in a red leather thong riding Avram Grant like a piece of livestock?
Reply by TheNecromancer on May 21, 2008 11:45 pm:
Pardon my ignance but wtf is an adrian chiles?
nice to see cska london lose on their (financial) home turf.
-TheN
Reply by puffinboy on May 22, 2008 8:41 am:
Mr Chiles is a WBA-supporting TV presenter with a face like a squashed paper bag.
Reply by Alex on May 22, 2008 9:50 am:
More like a face that’s been vomited out by a hamster.
Reply by TheNecromancer on May 22, 2008 3:44 pm:
Perhaps Mr Chiles’ hamster should lay off the “bearded clams” Puffin is so fond of.
Pardon my ignance (again) but wtf is a WBA?
WBA = West Bromwich Albion? What’s wrong with that (aside from being called The Baggies, again, wtf)?
Cheers,
-TheN
Reply by puffinboy on May 22, 2008 3:52 pm:
Did I say there was anything wrong with supporting West Brom? Well, did I??
Reply by TheNecromancer on May 22, 2008 4:04 pm:
Pointing it out suggested something was unseemly about supporting The Baggies. I am all for ridiculing anyone for supporting a team with a name like that. Just think, next year we will have an entire season of being able to chuckle at The Mighty Potters!
Salute,
-TheN
Reply by themoz on May 21, 2008 4:56 pm:
Can’t believe I checked that link out! I was worried as I thought degen might be short for degenerative and things could only get worse from there.
But those Degen’s are so…………….well…….oiled.
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Reply by Brad on May 22, 2008 6:35 am:
Liverpool should buy both of the Degan boys. That way they could act as well oiled book ends to the hotness of Torres. If we can’t win the league at least we can try to be the best looking also rans. ; )
My biggest problem is selecting which Degan wallpaper i want!
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Off topic but… has a Fantasy Football Scout league been set up in
http://en.fantasy.euro2008.uefa.com? If so, let me know the details as i’d like to join in.
p.s. yeah that website is scary.
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Reply by skinnyfish on May 21, 2008 5:21 pm:
not that I know of - mark, do you have any plans to feature euro 2008 fantasy football news on the site? if yes, brilliant; if not, recommend any good sources to help with team selection?
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Degan will hopefully add a bit of width/attack to the Red’s right hand side… Similar to Evra’s role on the Left for ManYoo. i’d suggest he’d get the nod over Arbeloa, and Finnan is linked with a return to Fulham…
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