by Ade » Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:35 pm
We lost the game in the 1st half, we gave them far too much room in midfield - the amount of space they had was unbelievable. For me, this was mainly cos the loss of Alonso means Gerrard drops deeper, and Hamann's natural inclination is to play behind Gerrard. With Garcia hopeless on the right flank our midfield was out of shape. Garcia is not good enough on the right, and for me he's not worth a place in the team right now - Andy Gray made a good point on Sky that when Brown was sent off, we had to stretch Utd all over the park. Rafa should've brought on Nunez soon as Brown was off and stretched them then. Morientes is dynamite in the air, so surely you need crosses whipped in, especially as Utd aren't tall at the back.
Keane was superb yesterday, and their defence was excellent - we have to admit we were outplayed for most of the game, and lucky to go in at the break only 1 down.
As for Dudek, he is absolutely ******. Someone posted on here recently that his saves to shots ratio is less than 50 per cent. That puts the team under so much pressure, and invites teams to take the ******. We have to get rid of him and quick; you don't expect every keeper to be a miracle worker like Schmeichel or Shilton, or Cech, but they've got to do the basics - Dudek is costing us point after point after point.
What's the point of having Luzi if he never plays? Is he good enough to warrant a run in the side at the moment?