forever a red and white Posted 11 October, 2011 Share Posted 11 October, 2011 For those of you who are ineterested, - Anders captained Sweden to a 3-2 win over the Netherlands tonight, meaning Sweden qualify for the Euros and hopefully he will be there. - For anyone interested in coaching this website is quite good and a nice little interview with and about the man himself: http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/stars/makingof/video/videoid=1515104.html?autoplay=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 11 October, 2011 Share Posted 11 October, 2011 Sorry mate but we're not allowed to talk about ex-players on here, the more simple minded start foaming at the mouth. P.s thanks for posting : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewell Posted 11 October, 2011 Share Posted 11 October, 2011 A brilliant player who we never got the best out of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted 11 October, 2011 Share Posted 11 October, 2011 Svensson knocked the Argies out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Red Posted 11 October, 2011 Share Posted 11 October, 2011 Very tidy midfield player in our best side this century ( to date !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 11 October, 2011 Share Posted 11 October, 2011 Anders Svensson: Andrew Surmans playing blueprint, brilliant one week indifferent the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsacar saint Posted 11 October, 2011 Share Posted 11 October, 2011 Gifted but very inconsistent,because I really like him as a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Saint Posted 11 October, 2011 Share Posted 11 October, 2011 Anders persuaded Michael to join Saints. Can't be all bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RinNY Posted 12 October, 2011 Share Posted 12 October, 2011 Lacked pace (to put it kindly), and often had glacially slow decision making: seeing him dwelling on the ball only to get dispossessed was so frustrating. When he had time or inspiration hit, was capable of excellent things, but just not consistently a Prem class player, in fact he just wasn't really suited to the fast-paced English game. There's a reason we paid $4million for the rather limited Delap basically to replace Anders, after all. He shows up well in Swedish play, & even in internationals: he is given the time on the ball to decide what to do, and when he has time he can certainly pick out a good pass & deliver it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Patrik Posted 12 October, 2011 Share Posted 12 October, 2011 In the Swedish teams these days he is often used as the defensive midfielder in the diamond shaped midfield - even if he´s 35 there is no better option - he is really dominating that role and once he retire from the national team he will be really missed. Anders is pure class and really showed again yesterday - SWEDEN IS GOING TO EURO 2012 Yihaaaaaaaaaaaaa : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Nelson Posted 12 October, 2011 Share Posted 12 October, 2011 He came to Saints during a period when we quite often bought players without quite knowing what to do with them. Several of them were Swedish. Remember, for instance Mikael Nilsson, whose confidence we were all too ready to torpedo by not knowing what we wanted him to do, resulting in him being considered as useless by the fans. Both players have had a long and successful career both before and after they left us. Those indecisive and confusing days are happily behind us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 12 October, 2011 Share Posted 12 October, 2011 There's a reason we paid $4million for the rather limited Delap basically to replace Anders, after all. Who bought Anders??? He was bought during the period when we didn't have a manager And Delap was only bought a month after Anders, so I wouldn't say he was bought to replace Anders. But well done to Anders, liked him both on and off the pitch, a very nice bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted 13 October, 2011 Share Posted 13 October, 2011 Talented rather than brilliant. Wouldn't say we never got the best out of him, more that his infuriating inability (or unwillingness) to adapt to the pace of the English game meant that we never saw the best of him on a consistent basis. Still some good memories of a good player in a good era... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Stimp Posted 13 October, 2011 Share Posted 13 October, 2011 Bosh! and Bosh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever a red and white Posted 14 October, 2011 Author Share Posted 14 October, 2011 Remeber both those. That miss cost Sweden as Cameroon went down the other end and scored to kncok them out of WC. On another note, England have announced a friendly agaisnt Sweden for the 15th November I think at Wembley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stkev7 Posted 14 October, 2011 Share Posted 14 October, 2011 In the Swedish teams these days he is often used as the defensive midfielder in the diamond shaped midfield - even if he´s 35 there is no better option - he is really dominating that role and once he retire from the national team he will be really missed. Anders is pure class and really showed again yesterday - SWEDEN IS GOING TO EURO 2012 Yihaaaaaaaaaaaaa : ) I saw the game and noticed he was playing a defensive role in midfield, sensible really because his legs have gone. Sadly we never saw the best of him for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Stimp Posted 14 October, 2011 Share Posted 14 October, 2011 England have a friendly lined up against Sweden in November, hope he plays! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambosa75 Posted 14 October, 2011 Share Posted 14 October, 2011 Frustrating player because he showed he had the ability to run games but never seemed to have balls to stamp his authority on a game regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 14 October, 2011 Share Posted 14 October, 2011 He came to Saints during a period when we quite often bought players without quite knowing what to do with them. Several of them were Swedish. Remember, for instance Mikael Nilsson, whose confidence we were all too ready to torpedo by not knowing what we wanted him to do, resulting in him being considered as useless by the fans. Both players have had a long and successful career both before and after they left us. Those indecisive and confusing days are happily behind us. Nilsson WAS fcking useless, an absolute sh1111!thouse of a player. I'm by no means a blood-and-thunder kind of guy, but I've never seen a player so gutlessly wince out of a 50/50 as he did at Carrow Road that season. He wasn't crap because we "didn't know what to do with him", he was crap wherever we played him (full back or wide midfield) because he couldn't give a toss and didn't put any effort in. For all the slating of Davenport, Bernard and Jakobsson, it was Nilsson who was our worst player that season - in fact one of the most useless I've seen for any Saints side - made all the worse for his vaguely competent career either side of it. Anders, in comparison, worked his guts out, could see a pass, had a great touch, was a decent dribbler, and had a pretty decent career at Saints, even if he did set a world record for being tackled from behind in one season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clifford Nelson Posted 16 October, 2011 Share Posted 16 October, 2011 Nilsson WAS fcking useless, an absolute sh1111!thouse of a player. I'm by no means a blood-and-thunder kind of guy, but I've never seen a player so gutlessly wince out of a 50/50 as he did at Carrow Road that season. He wasn't crap because we "didn't know what to do with him", he was crap wherever we played him (full back or wide midfield) because he couldn't give a toss and didn't put any effort in. For all the slating of Davenport, Bernard and Jakobsson, it was Nilsson who was our worst player that season - in fact one of the most useless I've seen for any Saints side - made all the worse for his vaguely competent career either side of it. Anders, in comparison, worked his guts out, could see a pass, had a great touch, was a decent dribbler, and had a pretty decent career at Saints, even if he did set a world record for being tackled from behind in one season. But you must admit it somewhat peculiar that he had a long international and successful carer after he left us. If he was that utterly useless, how come there was nobody better in Sweden to do his job? How come he was an international before he arrived here, and again after he left. Somehow we must have had a role in it. My point was to point out a peculiar time in this club's history, which I am grateful is now firmly in the past. My comparison was with how NA nurses the new players into their roles and their appreciation of the team around them. I didn't post to big up a player that I haven't got any particular interest in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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