If Pompey go bust who stands to lose points ?
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From: nigel on 22 Feb 2010 10:00 Joe Horowitz wrote: > "nigel" <useweb(a)nospam.com> wrote in message > news:8cSdnSA2sKT67B_WnZ2dnUVZ7sOdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk... > >> When you consider the number of chances Man Utd create, and the number of >>goals scored by Ronaldo, who was principally a wide player, their central >>strikers should be clearing 30 goals a season easily. > > Rooney's on course to do it this season, Actually he's on target to score 29.555555 >>Liverpool's goal against Unirea immediately sprang to mind. Pacheco's >>cushioned header back across goal for Ngog to score is something Van >>Persie couldn't/wouldn't do - he'd always try his luck directly on goal. > > > So would Shearer. That's what great strikers do. Doesn't make him a bad > person. > It's not the best for the team though. > >>A striker should be able to weigh up his own odds of scoring against those >>of passing successfully to a colleague then the colleague scoring. Van >>Persie aside, Arsenal too often err on the side of passing. > > > A striker should, first and foremost, look to stick the ball in the net. > Shoot first, ask questions later. Every great goalscorer in history has > been inherently selfish, and often shot fruitlessly when passing was a > better option. If you stop to think about it you're not a natural > goalscorer. If you get the ball, think "where's the goal? Over there > somewhere I guess" and bang, it's flying goalward, then you might have what > it takes to clear 30 goals in a Premiership season. Van Persie plays like that and won't score 30 in a season even if he stays fit. On the other hand Rooney has more vision and contributes a fair number of assists. > DWTWP. Man Utd are pretty strong this season. By your own admission they > create loads of chances in their games, they've a striker on course for 30 > goals, and they only really defended badly for a bit when their entire > backline was injured. That they're not quite as strong as last season is > true, but they lost two of their best players and haven't yet replaced them > so it's to be expected. I don't think any of Man Utd's back four are playing to the standard they achieved last season. Even Vidic and Evra seem a bit vulnerable this season. However their midfield is significantly weaker, with Giggs and Scholes off the pace and Valencia struggling to make an impact. When it's considered a disaster that Nani isn't fit and Fletcher is hailed as their most important player, you realise how bad things have become.
From: nigel on 24 Feb 2010 10:00 nigel wrote: > Joe Horowitz wrote: > >> "nigel" <useweb(a)nospam.com> wrote in message >> news:8cSdnSA2sKT67B_WnZ2dnUVZ7sOdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk... >> >>> When you consider the number of chances Man Utd create, and the >>> number of goals scored by Ronaldo, who was principally a wide player, >>> their central strikers should be clearing 30 goals a season easily. >> >> >> Rooney's on course to do it this season, > > > Actually he's on target to score 29.555555 > Heh! Personally I suspect his current hot streak will dry up and he'll narrowly fail to make the 30, but it's not something I'd be prepared to bet money on.
From: Mike Hall on 25 Feb 2010 20:55
Once Portsmouth goes into administration how quickly will Peter Storrie get the sack do you think? My bet is 3 hours: - 2 hours to look through the books - 10 minutes to summon Storrie to the administrator's office - 49.8 minutes of listening to more of Storrie's lies - 12 seconds to say, "Peter Storrie. You're a lightweight! You're fired!!" I don't know the names of most Premier League Chief Executives, but this guy is the 2010 Iraqi (Saddam Hussein's) Minister of Information! Mike Hall |