What a mess. Didn't post yesterday cause i was too upset.
Missed the first half an hour of the game but by all accounts didn't miss much.
Heres what i made of the game and unfortunately i don't think i watched the same game woy described. For me there was nothing to smile about yesterday. No one showed any paasion, what i expect to see in a derby match is lots of challenges that are close to the edge of fair play. Passion, pride was evident in the way the players played but not in those who were wearing red.
Joe Cole didnt once miss out the first defender with his crosses, maxi was meant to be playing on the right wing but instead sat in the middle of the park making things very narrow. Jamie, isnt anything other then a centre back, so playing him as a right back, wtf?? he cant cross a ball, he cant run past defenders, he cant dribble................. .. why didnt he play Kelly? Every time i've seen kelly play, hes aquitted himself well. Far better option then carra as a right back. For parts of the game gerrad tried, for other parts just looked disinterested. Not one player had a good game, no one got stuck in, no one showed composure on the ball, no one treid something differant, no movement off the ball, no width, no crossing ability (even gerrads corners were piss poor), no heart, no desire etc etc etc.
On the whole Torres debate, give the guy a break. As someone mentioned above he is not the white emile heskey that woy wants him to play like. Any striker can only do so much on his own, for me yesterday he got absolutely no decent service what so ever. There is only so much he can do on his own. Every time the ball goes near him he is closed down by at least 2 defenders, yesterady when he got the ball there was very little support arounbd him unlike with everton. Everytime yakubu got the ball he had options around him, people making forward runs. All our players play sideways and back, no forward running to try and get behind the defence.
What game were you watching mr hodgson?
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