Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [11th - 16th September 2015]
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Milner has no personality though?
Milner and Can were the only ones showing any fight.
Rooney vs City .....3 years ago
He said clean
Rooney vs City .....3 years ago
That was a bit more important, but I don't think it was as good.
You might have a point except they were both utterly anoymous
They were the only 2 looking to press and close down Utd. Nobody else showed anything.
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Yet absolutely none of the rest of the team did, and over the game they team didn't get themselves in to it. The only reason Liverpool had spells looking like scoring, first spell was a De Gea mistake led to a couple corners and a bit of pressure. then after the second goal and a couple subs Utd just sat back and asked for it.
It's not about showing fight, it's about the ability to inspire others to show their fight... on that side it was a failure. It's not like a captain will always inspire that regardless of who they are. But this performance was terrible, Milner played a bit headless chicken mode, giving it away fouling, generally very very poor.
Rooney vs City .....3 years ago
Shinned it. Shouldn't have counted if we're being honest with ourselves.
Neither were 'pressing' very well, there was no difference between any of the 3 MF's they were all rather invisible. Milner as the captain should be the one to stand up and be counted, he has done the grand total of f all the past 2 games
Pressing only works if you do it as a team. We didn't do that though. And not being the captain is a lame excuse for not standing up and being counted but I'm guessing you'd rather scapegoat him.
Which was our problem. We weren't playing well enough to dominate the game with the ball so we had to get about Utd and pressure them into mistakes.
Although undoubtedly a mistake by De Gea, the whole incident starts from a little bit of effort and closing down from us. We done none of the above though, there was no real sustained pressing nor did we try or were able to string 2 passes together.
Which was our problem. We weren't playing well enough to dominate the game with the ball so we had to get about Utd and pressure them into mistakes.
Although undoubtedly a mistake by De Gea, the whole incident starts from a little bit of effort and closing down from us. We done none of the above though, there was no real sustained pressing nor did we try or were able to string 2 passes together.
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Was one of Berbatov's goals in his hat-trick against Liverpool an overhead kick? I think both being part of a hat-trick, winning the game and being so inch perfect made that one better.
found a video, yup second goal was fantastic.
He was found out vs Swansea last PL fixture - and no disrespect to them at all but they aren't exactly a leading side.
He is doing a job for his manager/ his side, and I'm not knocking him - but it was a blatant hole in the squad that was ignored during the window, he shouldn't even be a choice in that position
Watching Rooney's again, that was pretty good. I don't know now. Rooney's was much harder to time coming from a cross going across the body.
It's good but looks so awkward and a bit clumsy.
It's good but looks so awkward and a bit clumsy.