--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "fanxb2eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... we actually > scored from a corner (thanks to Becks's quick thinking), and it was a centreback that did it: Wes Brown's first goal in 111 games. (Big > competition for Ruud there.)
- when was the last time a centreback of ours scored? I think I'd only remember Laurent Blanc. IN fact, we rarely score from corners these days. Bruce and Pally were particular exponents of the art in their heyday. > > RVN wasn't so hot in the first half with the reason being, yet again, > that the defence and Fabien insisted on lobbing high balls up to him > all the time... - it's been said time and time again: Ruud just can't be expected to compete for the high balls , seeing that he's mostly alone anyway and anytime the ball comes, the opposing centreback's going to be on his back. Heck, they'll even take shifts. It couldn't have been more painfully illustrated than in the last FA Cup game. We CAN play with Ruud as the lone, out-and-out striker, but let's keep it on the ground. We can play with the best of them. ... young > O'Shea was instrumental in that. He did much better than Mikky, both > defensively and in attack, and linked well with Ruud. For such a big > guy, he's got the twinkle-toes of a ballet dancer. - i see him at leftback and the name Paolo Maldini keeps coming into my mind. A tad premature perhaps, but we have another gem for sure in John. ... With qualification for > the quarter-finals now more or less a formality, and with the Worthy > Cup just a few days after the Turin game, I expect we'll field a > weakened team out there, and will lose. - I hope not. Momentum's important, and maybe the Boss will save a few legs but i dun expect him to chop the whole team. Maybe we'd see Forlan and Solskjaer, Butt, Veron (if fit), Beckham and Scholes. I dun expect our defence to be dropped with the exception of Barthez for Carroll. > > What are the advantages of finishing top of the group? Do we play a > second-placed team, with the first leg away, or could we end up > playing any team? - correct me if i'm wrong: we'd play any second placed team (so long as they're not from the home country) away first. And i think the draw's random, if i remember correctly. > > So Bolton are next and I hope "revenge" is the key word in the > dressing room. Juding by the injuries they picked up yesterday, it > looks as if Scholesie, Mikky and Becks won't be playing but JSV should > be back and John O should keep his place. It's another must-win game > if we're not to mentally abandon the Premiership to Arsenal and put > all our eggs in the Champs League basket. > > Terry - i'd love to see Forlan given a start as a striker. NOt too sure how much of a gamble the Boss would take, but it wun be too big a gamble i believe, with the title still there for the taking. And for once, just this once, I'm rooting for Keegan and our neighbours. mATT Subscription info WWW http://red11.org/list Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] = subscribe to the list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] = unsubscribe from the list. Post message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
