by monkey 20 » Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:37 pm
although momo has indeed slipped down the pecking order and has been extremely poor in the passing department as well as giving the ball away needlessly, the flack he is taking from some of you is simply unjust! momo tries his heart out for our club and had a fantastic first season... i agree that we might need to sell him, purely because of our strength in central midfield, but i would back rafa if he kept him. my prefered choice would be to sign mascherano up permanently. i think that some people are jumping the gun thinking that it might be better to let him go because when xabi is fit he'll play and that luca will fill that role alongside stevie, but i think mascherano is a great player, he's still young and he seems to get better each time i watch him... mascherano is a 'monster' as maradona put it, he's all over the place and ive never seen a player put as many tackles in as him! just wathing the porto game, we were pushing forward a lot and it was masch who saved us with some superb tackles which were simply superb! his timing in the tackle is immaculate and he can distribute the ball well. i think it would be a major step backwards to lose javier! yes i believe lucas will develope into a class act, but saying that he'll play a major role next season wouldn't be on the spot, i think maybe in his third or fourth season he'll start showing us that he should be in the starting line up every week. maybe he'll prove me wrong, but with injuries like this season and losing players like alonso, even gerrard, we would be silly to let mascherano go! we definitely need a world class winger, no doubt, but i have faith rafa will convince hicks and gillette to pay out. if momo goes, so be it, but if we want to take our team to the next level then the owners might have the bite their tongues and cough up the dough.
YNWA
may our goals continue!!!