----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Dobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 11:55 AM Subject: RE: [RedDevils] all things are quite silent
> Rich, I agree, watching Ruud labour alone up front was painful. How many > times was he running with the ball into a wall of pick-pockets? He needs > someone up there with him. Then perhaps some of Veron`s aimless long balls > might have been a bit more fruitful! How true Alan, how very true, in the three or four years I've been reading this list, I have read some wonderful postings from some of our members, but nothing has ever put any thread in a nutshell as well as this paragraph. Ruud is one of our best signings of the last decade no doubt, but he is just a man, I haven't heard of him walking on water as of yet, and for crying out loud, do not too many people see it?, just as an example, the last five games, unless I'm mistaken, he's been alone up front, in the Arse game, how many saves did Seagoon have to make...right, not bloody one, worse than piss poor for a HOME game, against Bolton, their 'keeper had one I think from Keano, the Bitters game, again a home game, we ended up lucky to get a point. We finally have Veron playing with the confidence he obviosly had lost last season, but with most of the time just one player to aim at, and with three men on him the chances are slim, it shows how much of a class player Ruud is by the amount of goals he does score...incredible really. Admittedly we did have chances on Sunday, and Dudek played well, but on watching the game a second time, a lot of the chances were right at him, as for the game against a subdued Juve last week, I still can't figure that one out, were we that good on the night or were they just bad. Not trying to sound clever, it's all too obvious to see, but what have we won since we went to playing this one up front shite?...nowt... it started off in Euro games and has now spread it's disease too all competitions. I thought after Fergie saw the light last season and turned our season around by playing Ole with Ruud we'd be ok, and we damned near were. We may or may not win one or two of the trophies we're still after this season, but win or lose them, I'd rather we played like we did a few short years ago, with some width, agression, and excitement. Not losing the faith, never have, never will...just a little patience. Paul. KC Red. *************************************** Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe from the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
