--- leo_durocher_was_right <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --------------------------------- --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ryeground <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We need cover in defence. Count the number of players > we have in the squad in that role, and consider if > we get a couple of injuries. As Mark repeatedly points > out but not everyone listens, 3 out and none in.
>Ok, players who can play in defence: Neville x 2, >Rio, O'Shea, Silvestre, Keane, Kleberson (if signed), >along with whatever >youngsters we have left like Mark Lynch. The CL is not a place for youngsters in the back four. Maccabi is an example. I don't include either midfielder you name, as they may be needed in their natural position, Keanes fitness cannot be guaranteed, Kleberson is not yet a United player. I make it 5 established defenders. >Now compare to strikers. We have Ruud, Ole, Forlan, >and Bellion. Imagine Ole and Ruud getting injured. >Which seems weaker? Take 2 key defenders out, Rio and Silvestre for instance. Ruud can score plenty but without decent cover at the back his work will be wasted. > As for the Real defeat, we scored 5 and conceded 6. > That speaks for itself. Not enough experience in the > back four was the Wizards verdict. He picks the team > and his opinion happens to be the most important. > You cannot rely on a 'bit of luck' in a CL QF. > Defending in the Premiership is not the same. >Personally I think this was an excuse. He picked the >wrong team in the first leg, and that's where we lost >it. We showed that had we gone at them, we could >easily have won the first leg. >Real relied on quite a bit of luck with us missing >chances and Casillas making several good saves. You keep banging on about luck. Did we lose to them in 2000 by luck as well? Have we falled short every season in the CL since 1999 due to 'bad luck'? > Buying fistfuls of strikers and midfielders will > not prevent us making the same errors again, and > another CL campaign goes pear-shaped. > > Paul >Maybe it will, maybe it won't, but I'd rather make >sure we win the league and hope we win the CL than >the other way around. >Ed Unless we address the defensive cover we may be handicapped in the Premiership too. Paul __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Toner for Your Printer or Fax at LaserTonerSuperstore.com-Save 55%! We have your brand: HP, IBM, Canon, Xerox, Apple and many more for less! http://www.LaserTonerSuperstore.com http://us.click.yahoo.com/YmQqWC/qicGAA/ySSFAA/GtUolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
