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Luiz Felipe Scolari: "I Need To Work More On Nicolas Anelka's Head"

 
I may be twenty-four, but there are times that I have the mind of a fourteen year old. I read this tag line on Soccernet and about spit my beer across the room. "Well, this should be an interesting article," I thought to myself as I dug in. I figured that this was simply a slip of Scolari's English skills. The new gaffer for the Blues plans to get into the head of the French striker who will be heading the Chelsea offense on Saturday due to the injuries of Drogba and Scheva. One of Scolari's worries is that Anelka, who is pushing his thirties, is too quiet. He seems to be talking about quietness off the practice field and the pitch itself. What does it matter if the man is mute from the time his feet cross the touch line of the practice field until the game on Saturday? There is no real problem with Anelka except the simple fact that he never really got played under Grant, for some strange reason. I had vivd dreams of rubbing my Chelsea jersey in my friend Josh's face, a Man U fan, at the ... (link)

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