by azriahmad » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:01 am
Is that all, a quality winger?
What about more alert defenders? Whenever Carra plays, he has to fight like hell and throw himself all over the place to block or intercept while the likes of Traore, Josemi etc. gets pulled out of position or turned by the opposition way too easily. Yet these walking disasters get to start or play far to regularly.
On top of that, the first choice strikers are far too cumbersome and don't get much service. As always, Stevie have to take the game by the scruff of the neck and try to play like 2 or 3 players rolled into 1.
I am utterly baffled why a manager who has been a proven winner in the past still insists to play such a European way when it is clear we don't have the personnel to make it work. Also, he has continuously failed to come to grips with the spirit and grit in the English game, which is such a big factor that caused us so much problems in the past season.
For heaven's sake, get our act together! So depressing...
off right now. The Crystal Palace result wasn't even a surprise. You would have thought that following the devastating defeat to Fulham, we would at least produce a decent result against a lower league team yet we produce nothing. I believe Benitez knows that this is La Liga and is finding it hard in the English game. While I feel like saying 
