--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When we played Wolves, I pointed out that we created hardly chances > (only scoring from a set piece), and that we were lucky to win the > game. > > I was told (as usual) that everything was perfect because we won, >and if I had faith, I'd be ok.
Ed - I didn't respond to you for a long time, but I've started to do so now because primarily, in my view, you are overly simplistic about a lot of issues. Your last two sentences are again a vast oversimplification of what was said. I certainly did not say that everything was perfect because we'd won. What I've said to you is that, the performances may not be wonderful, they may be poor in some instances, but to make judgements about how the whole season will progress at this early stage is premature to say the least. I've said it earlier today and I will say it again, you are not going to get perfection or wonderful dominating performances at this stage of the season (important qualification coming up here) when you have several new team members and several inexperienced signings who have to be settled in to the team. As I said again this morning, United's preparation is always geared for the maximum tempo in March/April and the start is frequently a little slow. Arsenal may be a little more fluent at present, but they've had fewer personnel changes. Apart from Toure in defence and Lehmann in goal, they're unchanged and the players know each other better. Would I be happier if we were dominating the PL and tearing teams apart? Of course. But, at the back of my mind, I would also know that there will be times when the performance drops off and when the team will play poorly and will struggle and will have to grind out a result and there will be defeats. It's a long season and it's too early to judge but it's sensible to assume that the players we have purchased, who are all quality recruits, will improve with time and will settle with time and the performances will improve. We've played two home games and won them both. We've also been to St James' Park and won (and while Newcastle have had a bad week, it will still be a difficult place to go and get a win this season) and we lost to an 88th minute goal at St Mary's - another difficult place to go to get points. Didn't they beat Arsenal there last year? Could we have done better? Yes, of course, but it's too early to make any long term judgements. Until 10,12 maybe 14 matches, it's too early. Should the team/players/manager be immune from criticism? No, of course not, but you seem never to take any extenuating circumstances into account or to be taking a long term view. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/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/
