Well opening day "bliss" for us this year as we come away with the 3 points against a team who really wanted to impress for their first game in the top flight for years.
We could have excused WBA on using Liverpools tactics by sitting back and letting the tide hit them, unfortunately they didnt have the class to present a potent enough counter attack.
To me the result isnt of much importance, but what is, is looking forward on how this team can go and what the positives and negatives where.
The huge negative for me is in relation to our wing backs and their inability to provide us with another aspect in attack. P Neville and Silvestre do not help us at all when were moving up the pitch. With the English game, all your players from the backs to the strikers need to have some attacking ability and our wingbacks dont and I think this wont help us at all.
Arsenal have Lauren and Cole, not the best defenders in the world, but very capable when defending and pushing up.
Its frightening to think that teams are playing us and knowing what we are going to do. We are playing predictable football. There is no width in our game like there used to be. Our defenders are there just to knock the ball to Keane and Veron and nothing else.
Another point is I think we need Scholes in the middle and either sell Veron or leave him on the bench. Scholes is to good to be left on the bench because he is creative and a great goal scorer.
Ole also needs to start, I dunno what else the poor lad needs to do to get a regular start.
On a positive note I think O'shea did preety well, but we'll have to asses his form against better teams and not the team who is CERTAIN to come last.
I also think Roy Caroll is an awsome keeper. Apart from that one bluff he did I think he is very safe and if Barthez was to leave any time soon I wouldnt want another keeper, Caroll is good enough !
Thats all for now.....
We could have excused WBA on using Liverpools tactics by sitting back and letting the tide hit them, unfortunately they didnt have the class to present a potent enough counter attack.
To me the result isnt of much importance, but what is, is looking forward on how this team can go and what the positives and negatives where.
The huge negative for me is in relation to our wing backs and their inability to provide us with another aspect in attack. P Neville and Silvestre do not help us at all when were moving up the pitch. With the English game, all your players from the backs to the strikers need to have some attacking ability and our wingbacks dont and I think this wont help us at all.
Arsenal have Lauren and Cole, not the best defenders in the world, but very capable when defending and pushing up.
Its frightening to think that teams are playing us and knowing what we are going to do. We are playing predictable football. There is no width in our game like there used to be. Our defenders are there just to knock the ball to Keane and Veron and nothing else.
Another point is I think we need Scholes in the middle and either sell Veron or leave him on the bench. Scholes is to good to be left on the bench because he is creative and a great goal scorer.
Ole also needs to start, I dunno what else the poor lad needs to do to get a regular start.
On a positive note I think O'shea did preety well, but we'll have to asses his form against better teams and not the team who is CERTAIN to come last.
I also think Roy Caroll is an awsome keeper. Apart from that one bluff he did I think he is very safe and if Barthez was to leave any time soon I wouldnt want another keeper, Caroll is good enough !
Thats all for now.....
