by Sabre » Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:52 pm
Clearly to win a league you must do a lot of things right, and having 4 defeats in 9 games is something that cannot invite to optimism despite stranger things and come backs I've seen in football.
Rafa has some of the guilt. He signed Aquilani injured, and that means he had confidence in players like Lucas. Even if Aquilani was ready from the beginning, at some point of the season we'd need that the players that substitute the key players when injuries or otherwise come, are decent substitutes.
Babel is not ready for that, Lucas is not ready for that, and that Rafa bet has gone pear shaped. The history of Babel in this club is the history of lots of chances wasted. He count himself lucky because most players on a red shirt hadn't that many chances.
Rafa has then part of the guilt, players that should be showing more when our usual saviours are not available, and the owners, every one of them have a piece of the blame.
I think that we have a very good manager, and we won't witness a disaster like occupying the 8th place we're right now when the season ends. I think we'll come back but definitely so far, this is not good enough. Also I don't know what's going on with Riera, he was important enough last season, and this season he should be more present, especially in days in which the key players are not available.
It would be good we punch the table at Old Trafford to bring back some optimism.
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Sabre on Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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