weasel said:
Fingers crossed Southampton stick to form and actually try and play football cos after watching Liverpool "play" WBA, Palace and Watford it'd be nice to see a game were the ball didn't spend half the time in the air and one team wasn't sat in its own half trying to kick anything that moved.
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I should learn to shut the **** up.
That Pool game was one of the worst I have seen in a long time. I've had more exciting root canals. Saints didn't quite boot anything that moved. They set up very defensively and stuck to their game plan. Credit to them for that. Their central midfield 2/3 showed fantastic discipline. Pool were atrocious though. SOOOOO slow. Breaking down a packed defence isn't rocket science, fast paced passing and movement. The last thing you wanna do is take 27 touches when 2 will do and pass it sideways and backwards all day long. Which was exactly what Liverpool did. The penalty was never a pen, so justice that it was saved. Though personally I don't like seeing keepers doing what Forster did. I'd book him for that. Ditto players who stand right in front of a free kick stopping it being taken quickly. Hockey has a rule that you must get five as soon as the free is given, if not it's a card. Football would do well to take that on board. Jurgen really needs to either think of a plan B, or at least light a rocket under his team as that is 5 or 6 games in a row where they have been ponderously slow. If they make CL it is by default.
As for Utd and Arsenal, the least bad side won. The game was miles better than that Liverpool game. But that's like saying being kicked in the balls is better than being decapitated.
Arsenal still look like a poor side. Utd look worse. Yes, Jose made changes but 7/8 of those who started were in the 11 who played the most games under LVG last year (and that side finished higher) so it was hardly a weakened side. Tho Wazza did play so they effectively played with 10.
I feel sorry for Rooney, in spite the fact he is a blue who spent most of his career playing for Utd. He has reached the stage where he isn't even a pale shadow of the player he was. It's almost as if Utd have found a great look alike and have been playing him for the last 18 months.
The guy was always a form player, amazing or shite, but he was has been getting progressively worse for 2-3 years now. He was head and shoulders the worst player on the pitch on Sunday. He slows all Utd's attacking moves down, he doesn't have the legs to get into position of cover defensively and he sure as hell can't tackle. Any thoughts of him becoming a Pirlo-esque play maker are as delusional as Susan Boyle dreaming of being Miss World.
It's sad seeing someone who WAS a great player, now dragging his blatantly unfit and knackered arse round a pitch and trying to kid himself he can still contribute when he's patently done.
I'm actually not even sure he is PL class any more. On the evidence of Sunday Everton would be mad to take him in the summer, even if it is on a free.
Do the decent thing Wazza, retire and go out to stud. Just think of all that extra time you'll have for nailing grannies!
Ohh and for the record, NONE of Utd, Arsneal or Pool deserev to be near the CL. All three sides are the definition of mediocre. City are only marginally better, and that's purely due to their massive bank balance allowing them a deeper squad. Even they have huge issues.
