Re: Double Fix


"The Crow" <Thecrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Bernie The Bolt" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:07:48 +0100, "The Crow"
>> <Thecrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Bernie The Bolt" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 10:38:00 +0100, "The Crow"
>>>> <Thecrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Take that game yesterday, put in Simao to get round the back and cause
>>>>>some
>>>>>damage, in behind; and take a left sided centre half with more pace
>>>>>than a
>>>>>three wheeled tractor, and everything would have been different. The
>>>>>scoreline didn't reflect the match, and I think that we're just missing
>>>>>the
>>>>>things that everyone, including Raffa, knows we're missing.
>>>>
>>>> Owen.
>>>>
>>>No, definitely not. There's been nothing to recommend that guy since
>>>2001,
>>>if not before. Reputation gets you too far in this game. I'd sign Bent
>>>over Owen. Give me a hungry youngster over a young hasbeen any day.
>>>
>>
>> What would you rather have over a lanky streak of piss who can't score
>> goals then?
>
> Nothing. Crouch, if that's who you mean, has been one of our better
> players so far, in my opinion. He's honest and determined and it's not
> his fault that the three behind him are all out of position. Look at it,
> Gerrard, whatever he thinks, is a box to box midfielder, not a one off the
> front man type. Garcia is a boot cleaner, not a right winger, and JAR is
> a left sided suited to being further back, not an out and out winger.
> None of them fit where they are being put.


I think you are dead right. Looks to me like a rare plus given that he
hardly
gets the support he should. Much as I criticise Benitez this looks like a
decent buy at the price. Great attitude and a touch of class. A good bye,
but not sure he was the 'right' buy given the make up of the side?

LC


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