I was so upset with the game against Stoke last Saturday that I can bear to blog about it for 2 days. It was absolute rubbish.
Gerard, Lucas, Riera, Benayoun were virtually "missing" from the game. Riera was nowhere to be seen on the left. Lucas was, as usual, giving away possession cheaply. Gerard only turned up in the last 15 minutes of the game. Benayoun was running around aimlessly. Why was Torres AND Keane sitting side by side on the bench?? We know that Torres is not fully match fit but why has Keane been benched for 2 games after seemingly rediscovering his scoring touch?
We can't keep coming home with a point and say that it was a job well done! Not when a certain team is 5 points behind us with 2 games in hand. It would have been a good point if both Chelsea and Man U had drawn as well. Unfortunately, that was not the case. I am not sure if what Benitez said about Fergie had an impact on the United players but it seems so. Remember how Drogba scored 2 goals against us after Rafa openly criticised him before the game against Chelsea last season? In any case, the managers can decide to wage a verbal war against each other but the players need to keep their focus on the pitch. I felt that some players were just not hungry enough in the game against Stoke.
Benitez needs to start with his strongest 11 as far as the league games are concerned. Lucas must be banished onto the bench for a long long time. In the absence of Alonso, I feel that Gerard should be reinstated in the middle of the park instead of playing Lucas. We don't need to see Keane and Torres on the bench together especially when they are both not injured. That is ridiculous. Playing Gerard in midfield will mean either Torres and/or Keane will have to start. Kyut can continue playing on the right flank. I felt that the team selection against Stoke was flawed.
Man U will have a tougher fixture list in the second half of the season. They are bound to drop a point or two in the remaining games. We need to do ourselves a favour by ensuring that we do not drop anymore "unnecessary" points. I feel that the title race will be between Man U and us from now.
This is really becoming too stressful for me......
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Bro, actually, United will be playing most of their games at home from now on... We played most of all the top 10 teams from last year away from home.
And with regards to what Rafa said about Davil gills being on board the FA's Board, well..... we still got such !@#$%^&* fixtures... what diff does it really makes!?!?!
But yeah, i agree with Rafa... only SAF can get away with talking to the ref the way he does...
With the games comming hard and fast! who knows.... we may be very very close to ya by this week end! thats when the pressure gets to the team...
As for what Rafa says about teams.... i think he really need to learn from SAF. Thanks to his comments, i am sure it fired up United....the players love SAF, and would do anything to defend him. Its like the players of chelsea when Jose was still there and yes, i remember what happen when he mention what a diver Drogba is and he dived infront of Rafa when he scored! 10/10 for technique! hahahaha.......
Although I enjoyed reading his comments, I felt it worked against us. But I guess its ok. The title race will surely hot up and that can only be good news!! Just keep taking Liv and Man U to clear handicap...hehehe!
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