by KennyisGod....still » Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:35 pm
Strange innit....all season long its been one injury after another, players out for two/three months and all that. Well, to finish 5th and maybe win the CL on the strength of 3 possible draws aint a disaster is it? I for one dont understand our away performances to be honest, cuz in europe they have - on the whole - been damn good, yet in the PL we cudnt win a raffle away. Admittedly, Satdys game werent exactly football of the highest quality, and we have got a lot of players not used to trench warfare that can be a relegation dogfight in the PL, but I swear if Rafa cud nail the away performances we'd be up with Chelsea and the scum. Without checkin is it 10 or 11 games away now we've lost? Thats like 30 points, against alot of mediocre opposition, yet we can hold Juve, beat Bayer and reach the semis based on damn good performances.
Gimme the choice now of 4th or the semis I'd take the semis, purely because I feel Rafa can cure this problem for next season and we can progress from there, but there aint no guarantee of a semi spot next year. I'd love to have been in that dressin room satdy tho, cuz I think the gaffer was fumin at Palace's tactics!!
Ah well, if 4th has gone then its gone, its still been a season of transition from GH to RB and that was never gonna be easy, so i aint gonna cry over it. Lets see what wensdy brings, maybe an away goal cuz they are leakin 'em at the minute and go from there. Rafa's done well, most of the team have done well if not quite well enough, but thats for the future. Right now anyone with any football sense can see we're in a far better position to start next season than we did this one - with or without SG.
Stu Averill, a wannabe Scouse/Scot. I remember the good times & have faith in them comin back
Beside the Hillsborough Flame, I heard a Koppite mournin, "Why so many taken on that day?" Justice has never been done. But their memory we'll carry on. There'll be Glory Round The Fields Of Anfield Road