by Rafa D » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:07 am
When I first read this about Pennant being miffed about not being in the England squad I couldn't believe it. First and foremost, he's a Liverpool player and should be more concerned about becoming a first team regular in the Liverpool squad. Secondly what has he done this year to derserve a place in the squad!
As many of you may be aware - I am not exactly Pennants biggest fan but I am and have been giving the lad a chance but then he disheartens me when he starts sprouting shite like this. When we first bought him, I thought you could tell instantly he had PANIC BUY tattooed across his ar[b]se[/], we needed a right winger, didn't have exceptional funds and he was all we could get. My view on that hasn't changed.
The start of his Anfield career has not set the world on fire has it? He looked lost and out of his depth in his first few months and was struggling to make any sort of impact. He seemed scared to try and take a man on and his passing was woeful at best. He started quite a lot earlier on in the year and although the team did not perform well either, he was really bad in my eyes. I remember the first time I seen anything decent from him was the PSV home game in the Champions League, he was asked to move about a lot that night but he put in a steady performance for me, and people were quick to commend him but we should surely expect a bit more from the one time Britians most expensive teenager?
He seemed to be having a hard time integrating into the squad earlier on in the year also, I remember Gerrard scoring against someone and all the lads were celebrating and he tried to but didn't look up for it - I actually felt sorry for him. His attitude stinks though. He came out with some similar cringey bile when he scored his first goal against Chelsea about how he felt he was playing to his correct level now - WTF!?! I expect and I assume other fans do, that he plays a lot better than he has been. He thinks that he is better than he is and although you need players being confident, he is arrogant.
Its not all bad though, when he plays in the team, the opposition are stretched a lot more because of how wide he plays. Next time he plays look at how much closer to the wing Pennant is than whoever plays LM for us, he makes a lot more space for the strikers and the midfielders. Also his Chelsea goal was brilliant and many have won a few more sceptical fans over but just because he hugs the line and scored ONE good goal does not make him the star he thinks he is.
His form since the start of the year has been patchy at best, he seems to disapear in a lot of games and I know thats a trait most wingers are falling victim to, but he seems to suffer a lot with it. I can't remember a game where he has played exceptionally well, although I am told he was brilliant in the reserve match against Blackburn the other night, and I hope he starts to produce the spectatular sooner rather than later. He has struggled this year, some fans don't like at all and aren't willing to give him the time of day, and its comments like his above that adds fuel to the "Lets sell Pennant" fire that is starting to burn brightly.
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