by ivor_the_injun » Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:23 am
I think the good thing about this thread is that people are giving very good reasons why he should be in the team in one of two positions. It wasn't that long ago that people didn't have him in our best 11.
I really, really like Riise, and while he can be a bit single-minded at times, it's at least an indication that he has confidence in what he's trying to do. Give me that over a hesitant back-passing defender or midfielder any day of the week. I've always wondered if he was capable of filling in for us in left midfield, and the encouraging thing about the WB game was that we now know that he is confident enough in that position to do a job there. With the reports today that Kewell may be out until March, it may well be time to give him a run there. On the strength of current form, I'd certainly have him out there over Warnock.