Monday, April 07, 2008

Super super pissed;
Arsenal just can't score!
What's wrong with them.
First, Hleb wasn't given a penalty in the game against Liverpool where it was obvious that Dirk Kuyt was tugging blatantly on his arm after a brilliant mazy run by Hleb;
then Bendtner proceeded to play the role of last defender (for Liverpool) by blocking Fabregas's goal-bound shot on the line.
and then.....
Bendtner misses a sitter one-on-one...
what's wrong with them?

But I think they can go to Anfield and get a result; if they just keep their heads up, they can beat Liverpool, just as they did Milan at San Siro.

Anyway it seems like there's going to be a nail-biting finish to the season; Man Utd, I hate to say this, has been playing tremendously well, far beyond themselves. Ronaldo deserves to be EPL player of the year by a mile, even though he's from man utd; because he has that ability to change the complexion of a game with one brilliant move, feint, shot, dribble, backheel; he sees things that people can't see, and yet, this is crucial; he has the skills, and the technique, to pull them off to perfection; now that is class. and you realise that most of man utd's attacks go through him directly; inadvertantly, Ronaldo is involved; the moves always pass through ronaldo and he always knows what to do. but besides ronaldo, evra has been solid; so has anderson the hustler, and rooney still knows how to score some goals when he is required to do so. thus their attacking trio of rooney, ronaldo and tevez all seem to be in full force.........i have to say that they're a splendid attacking team, let's not take credit away from that.

but then again, their defence may prove to be their undoing; rio is injured now, and so is vidic; against middlesborough they had to rely on wes brown and pique, and afonso alves managed to score 2 goals against a woeful defence, and boro almost had the chance to score right at the death.

and let''s not forget chelsea; who are still relatively efficient, if relatively boring;


and if i were to pick a EPL dream team, it'll almost have to be like this:

GK: Petr Cech - still the best shot-stopper ever despite his howlers (occassionaly)
LB: Patrice Evra - good defensively, great going forward (Gael Clichy is a close second)
CB: Jamie Carragher - it's a toss up between him and rio but carragher is always solid
CB: Nemanja Vidic - solid defender, the one reason why man utd is conceding so little. powerful presence.
RB: Bacary Sagna - can attack and defend
LM: Alexander Hleb - he is a solid solid player; he holds the ball up superbly well, has great atheletism and energy, and wonderful sublime skills; can squeeze through the tiniest of holes and set off on mazy runs and passing is first rate; also two-footed but can't finish;
RM: Cristiano Ronaldo - EPL player of the year, need i say more? read above; has sublime skills, great pace, can use his head, a powerful shot with both feet, good reading of the game, creative, wonderful dribbling skills to beat his marker and tricks, waht else do you need?
CM: Francesc Fabregas - the best rhythm passer of the game; the best passer of the game in the league; first rate, be it a long-ball over the top or simple one-twos; makes the game look easy; plus can score goals from midfield.
CM: Javier Mascherano - a toss up between him and Anderson for the DM role, but i prefer mascherano because he's alweays crucial in breaking up the attacks.
AMC: Steven Gerrard - the complete player; great free-kick taker, passer, scorer of long-distance strikes, wonderful energy, athletism, pace; tracks back well;
SC: Fernando Torres - clinical, pacy, strong, with delicate skill to boot and great composure, not to mention a powerful shot. pacy;

2nd team:
GK: Reina
DL: Clichy
DC: Kolo Toure
DC: John Terry
DR: Wes Brown
ML: Stewart Downing
MC: Mikael Arteta
MC: Anderson
MR: Joe Cole
SC: Dimitri Berbatov
SC: Emmanuel Adebayor