Friday, October 07, 2005

EPL: Is it really over?

Paddy power, wonder who makes makes the decisions at this betting house!! I think Abromovich must have paid him to do this, probably one of Mourinho's elaborate mind games, after selling his oil plant for 7.9 Billion a few weeks ago, this must be Roman's small gift to Mourinho!!! I for one dont think its over, United and Arsenal, in a way Liverpool are all in it. If Newcastle think they can make it into top six, anything can happen.

As for my favs, its definitely in shambles. Chelsea are due at OT soon and this is the not the form you want going into such a crucial match. The only highlights so far this season has been Ji Sung Park and Van Der Sar, both the new signings have shown that its money well spent. Park was the spark (sorry could not avoit that) last weekend, if not for him the team definitely lacks the creativity of old, the play has been very direct and teams easily man mark us out of the game and only Park's brilliance avoided another embarassing defeat at Craven Cottage. Blackburn showed how a disciplined game against United will win you 3 points, home or away!

Sir Alex's tactics have been questioned recently. Although its very disappointing to see such a legend receive that kind of disrespect, I can clearly see where they are coming from. I dont think why we should not be more flexible, we have told the world that we play 4-3-3, so there is no surprise waiting for them, to add to that Sir Alex did not change anything when clearly it wasn't working against Blackburn!! Where are the days when he would just take a defender out and throw in Ole to get the winning goal? The speed of United's play have gone and it more like watching an Italian team these days, we might not play ball like Arsenal, no one will for that matter, but United were feared for our speed, the excellent counter-attacks, the way we turned defence into attack, everything's missing, it's as if United are using the Premiership to practice for Europe. Finally, we have one of the best headers of the ball playing upfront in Ruud and Ronaldo can do a decent job of that too but we dont cross that many into the box anymore!!

Keano, the time has come and I for one think he should leave. I did mention United's counterattacks and in way Keano's age has contributed in its demise because when we hit back it was usually Captain Fantastic driving the team forward and a Beckham/Giggs killer pass that created the chances, now both are not possible! What happened to Sir Alex is a good reason why Keane should leave at the top and not come back, if he does that he would be bigger than Sir Alex or Bryan Robson, probably remembered as the best ever to have worn the United shirt and I would hate to see him any stick, he doent deserve it.

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