Having read most of the posts above this my 2penny worth,
Cant blame the ref, although he is still a kunt, we were pulled apart first half, Cole and Torres had no support or service, on the odd occasion we did get forward about 3/4 we either passed sideways or backwards, we played too narrow and allowed them to overrun us down the flanks pressurising our fullbacks, Nani against Konchesky was a mismatch in speed and Giggs on Johnson was just ugly, another lacklustre performance from GJ, Meireles & poulsen forget it, should have been Gerrard and Meireles, our back four wobbled too many times and its clear that Carra is getting slower, Skirtle not at the races, Johnson not good enough from him again and Konch to be fair had it rough with that cheating kunt Nani, Maxi again was sh*t and Gerrard not at his best.
Second half was better but it was obvious we were missing quality and with Torres being isolated made it difficult to pass through them, going two down was inevitable at that time and was no surprise, Roy sticks on Ngog and suddenly we have an outlet, the pen was a result of Ngog being a foil and allowed Cole to turn and face and slot the ball through and Evans scythed down Nando, the equaliser again was a result of having two target men and again alowed us to turn and go at their defense, Torres on their shoulder a ball passed and he is felled, no red for me though Van Der Saar would have got to it first, Great freekick from Stevie wonderful.
Overall they got lucky, two defensive errors cost us in the end and a lucky strike from Berbaflop, thats football for ya, they had the rub of the green yet again, had we been stronger and had a bit more quality it would have been different, but once again we have to swallow hard and accept that lack of investment cost us another 3pts, we need to start being more consistant its clear that Roy has his hands tied and can only work with what he's got, stop f***in about and have a settled eleven, build confidence, this would be my selection for the next few games;
Reina
Kelly Carra Agger Konch
Gerrard Meireles
Babel Cole Jova
Torres
Bench; Jones, Skirtle, Aurelio,Lucas, Ngog
Pacheco, Spearing
Obviously when Kuyt returns i would swap jova with Babel and have Kuyt on the right.
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