From: Gabbage on 31 Mar 2010 11:21 On Mar 31, 5:12 am, Abubakr <deltara...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The only problem with your theory is that Robben will likely play most > of the game on the right. But then if Altintop gave so much trouble to > Evra and co. I don't see why Robben will not give them even more > trouble. I'd say the more obvious problem with his theory is that the last time Gary Neville faced Robben, he was not 35 years old.
From: Binder Dundat on 31 Mar 2010 11:34 On Mar 31, 11:11 am, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote: > REDDEV...(a)nospam.net wrote: > > : Ribbery didn't "maul" Neville tonight and Gary has played against > : Robben before and done a very good job. > > Neville owned him rather well until that hand ball. > > Where we should have done more pressure was on the other side, where the > wing back was weaker but Lahm (especially) way way too hesitant to take > much advantage. I thought he did take advantage of that and moved up field a lot. Most of the dangerous stuff on that side came from > Altintop. > > I for one think it a mistake to automatically put Schweinsteiger back in > there, unless he shows more away to Schalke on the weekend. I rather > liked Pranjic in his place, in support of Olic. > > Olic must absolutely be on the field for 90 minutes. Last night showed > why. Against Stuttgart van G took Olic and Pranjic off at the half, > after they'd scored the 1-0, and put Klose on. What a mistake. Good > thing he more or less learned from it last night. With Robben back, > Klose should be on the bench. I agree Olic needs to play. I dont think Schweinie or Robben for that matter should be automatic picks for the weekend or the next game. > > -- > ciao, > Bruce > > drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
From: Bruce D. Scott on 31 Mar 2010 15:54 Binder Dundat (dundat(a)gmail.com) wrote: : On Mar 31, 11:11=A0am, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote: : > REDDEV...(a)nospam.net wrote: : > : > : Ribbery didn't "maul" Neville tonight and Gary has played against : > : Robben before and done a very good job. : > : > Neville owned him rather well until that hand ball. : > : > Where we should have done more pressure was on the other side, where the : > wing back was weaker but Lahm (especially) way way too hesitant to take : > much advantage. : I thought he did take advantage of that and moved up field a lot. Maybe once for every five timid turn-arounds... -- ciao, Bruce drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
From: Jesper Lauridsen on 31 Mar 2010 18:27 On 2010-03-31, REDDEVIL6(a)nospam.net <REDDEVIL6(a)nospam.net> wrote: > On 31 Mar 2010 12:23:02 GMT, Jussi Uosukainen <juso(a)iki.fi> wrote: > >>REDDEVIL6(a)nospam.net wrote: >> >>> >>> United have a class striker to come in and play in Rooney's place. >>> >>This is from Luis Van Gaal, via the Guardian... >> >>"Just look at the statistics. Rooney is their top scorer with 34 goals. >>Dimitar Berbatov has 12 goals but until this weekend their >>second-highest scorer was the opposition, with 11 own goals." > > What's wrong with that? > > Did you know that Chelsea have 10 own goals? No they don't. Chelsea have scored 82 league goals: 24 Didier Drogba 17 Frank Lampard 11 Florent Malouda 8 Nicolas Anelka 4 Michael Ballack 3 Ashley Cole 3 Mickael Essien 2 John Terry 2 Deco 1 Rodrigo Alex 1 Salomon Kalou 1 Branislav Ivanovic 1 Joe Cole --- 78 82-78 = 4.
From: Jussi Uosukainen on 31 Mar 2010 19:09
Bruce D. Scott <bds(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de> wrote: > REDDEVIL6(a)nospam.net wrote: > > : United have a class striker to come in and play in Rooney's place. > > Berbatov we know well. He's done less damage than Voronin over the > years. > > -- > ciao, > Bruce > > drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/ Now _that_ was harsh. -- /jussi "Government is the Entertainment Division of the military-industrial complex." * Frank Zappa |