by bigmick » Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:28 pm
Well my two penneth worth from seeing only the last 20 odd minutes. Really good winning goal, great header from a decent stand up by Babel. So much for people like me saying Torres needed a rest, that was a fantastic strikers goal and they showed his first at the end as well. If there's a better striker around in the World at the moment, I haven't seen him.
Babel was our best player in the period I saw. Doesn't mean he'll do it in the next match, but it does confirm once again that there is talent there. He simply must play on the right or centrally, and can anybody tell me how N'Gog can possibly get selected in front of him? Feck me unless my telly's on the blink there is a chasm in terms of ability between the two players.
Lastly, I hear all the concerns about the defence (and I don't doubt they are well founded), and yet to be totally fair we never conceded a shot or header on goal once we hit got the third. I was expecting us to have to batten down the hatches and have to fly into last ditch blocks and the like, but we nullified them quite comfortably during that period. As for Carlton Cole causing us a problem in the air, he will do that to a lot of teams as he ain't a bad player and he's a big lad.
All in all though it's an absolutely huge win, and such are the fixtures that we can't possibly fail to gain ground on some of our rivals. Although I took the challenge of Man City very seriously before the season started and obviously do so even more now, I can't help thinking a good result for us would be them winning at Old Trafford. Equally, although Spurs are obviously a good team under Redknapp I'd like to see them win at Stamford Bridge too. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll get my wish as I think Chelsea will win and there'll be a draw in the Manchester derby. At least whatever happens though we can't lose any ground, and for me this is by a distance our most significant win of the season. Onward and upward.
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bigmick on Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:31 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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