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Bergkamp-Genius wrote:I don't even think them being toothless up front is their main problem, although it's hard to fathom why all their forwards seem to have become so impotent... They used to steamroller teams with power and pace with a bit of quality mixed in..now they don't seem to have that power or pace and they struggle to string more than a handful of passes together and lack creativity around the box...
Long may it continue....
they looked old to me , even at the back. utd had to much pace for them last night and that torres looks like bendtner at the moment, slow and confused,
Glad the Chavs are out, just need Schalke or Inter to do them in the Semi.
Otherwise I will be getting very concerned about a possible treble, esp if they beat Citeh on Saturday.
Bergkamp-Genius wrote:What annoys me after watching both last weeks game and tonights is that we are so much a better football team than both of them, even with just a couple of our weak spots strengthened well...we would piss all over both of them...
Football is sadly not played on paper.Utd have a much better manger than us.Who makes his back up players O'Shea Smalling Park Gibson and Henandez run through brickwalls for him.Can Wenger make shite like Eboue Squillaci Denilson Rosicky Diaby and Bendtner do the same.Would Fergie have any of them in his squad.
United's 3rd striker is Hernandez ours is Bendtner need i say anymore
Bergkamp-Genius wrote:I don't even think them being toothless up front is their main problem, although it's hard to fathom why all their forwards seem to have become so impotent... They used to steamroller teams with power and pace with a bit of quality mixed in..now they don't seem to have that power or pace and they struggle to string more than a handful of passes together and lack creativity around the box...
Long may it continue....
they looked old to me , even at the back. utd had to much pace for them last night and that torres looks like bendtner at the moment, slow and confused,
Yes all true..but beyond that they just don't seem to have much understanding in the team, they don't flow like we do, like United do, it's almost like a bunch of strangers underperfomring together...which is unforgiveable given the quality they have and the players they have had opportunity to buy....
As i said if i were Abramovich i'd dump the manager in the summer i don't think he is up to it...It would be interesting to see how someone like O'niell would get on at Chelski i think he is probably just what they need...
Bergkamp-Genius wrote:What annoys me after watching both last weeks game and tonights is that we are so much a better football team than both of them, even with just a couple of our weak spots strengthened well...we would piss all over both of them...
Football is sadly not played on paper.Utd have a much better manger than us.Who makes his back up players O'Shea Smalling Park Gibson and Henandez run through brickwalls for him.Can Wenger make shite like Eboue Squillaci Denilson Rosicky Diaby and Bendtner do the same.Would Fergie have any of them in his squad.
United's 3rd striker is Hernandez ours is Bendtner need i say anymore
Yes they have the advantage of a manager who is more capable of getting the most out of his players, but they are as weak as i can ever remember them being at the moment as far as quality goes...
I think we are a better football side than they are at the moment, but their professionlism, character, attitude, instilled by Fergie still gives them a bit of an edge over us...But it's an edge that i think we are only a couple of the right types of players in the right positions away from overcoming....
As for Hernandez, is he really that good, i'm not so sure, only time will tell, my guess is he's not much better than Vela and in a couple of years he'll probably be shipped out quietly, thought to be not quite good enough and we will never hear of him again..
Whereas Bendtner who i am not a huge fan of will probably end up at a club more suitable to his game and thrive and we will be wondering why we let him go, or more to the point why our manager played a lump like him out wide...
need i say anymore
