Monday, August 18, 2008

kick off!

and the English premier league is off! it all started this saturday.

sunderland 0 1 liverpool

very good start to the season for liverpool in my opinion. hopefully this is a sign of some efficiency creeping in. playing without mascherano, lucas and babel, stevieG invisible in midfield, train stopping defence from suderland, they still managed to sneak a win albeit thanks to the brilliance of xabi alonso and torres .

almost all through the 1st half 'pool were playing the long-ball game. it was totally unrewarding (not to mention daft) - when the main asset of your main striker is pace and the opposition are defending VERY deep. booooringgg!!

this was andrea dossena's first game in the league and i think benitez told him "Boy, in england we play a very direct and fast game" . he took those words to heart and kicked the ball hard and long from left corner to right, stupidly a 1000 times. dumbo.

one main reason for the lousy 1st half was damien plessis. he's young . he's a good DM but he cant pass the ball. and on a day when gerrard was invisible, the 2nd man in midfield should have really steppd up to the plate. it may have resulted in the long ball stategy. xabi alonso came on for him and things changed.

i hope this performance from xabi alonso means that benitez will quit this cribbing about barry. ok. barry is a good player. but once masche comes back, why barry!

i would've posted a link to the goal and some other stuff but apparently youtube doesnt seem to have any footage <>

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