Nick wrote:Ahh someone talks sense :-).. I seem to have double posted.
Re: Toure, I've personally not seen him really have a game, again for some away games I just go off match reports on here. And tbh some people know fuck all about football. A guy i was speaking to on friday thought SWP was shite against arsenal in the cup (!!!!) and that we should drop him for the weekend. He also said that lescott is wank and should be fucked off immediatly. Lescott had looked excellent recently, from the match thread it just sounds like he was worse than shit today. How can we go from battling clean sheets against chelsea to letting 3 in against the worst team in the league?!?!? COME BACK NIGEL!!!!
Re: the guys having a go in the other thread. Today still proves that we dont have the squad we want. SWP and De Jong get injured and we were fucked.
I do believe Lescott can be a great center-back with time, but right now he is wildly inconsistent. From what I saw on the television screen today (i.e. the part of the field on camera and the angle), the third goal was ALL on Lescott, as he was trying to rush back and cover Klasnic on a cross. It was ridiculous how open Klasnic was.
The second goal was a class strike by Cahill. Wonderful turn and hit.. all props to him.
The first goal was all on the refs not picking up Klasnic being offsides (by a GOOD two yards).. and if you want to know about the ref, there is certainly a convincing thread on this board. I've never thought the premiership to have corrupt officials, but today.. today really makes me question things. It wasn't just the missed offsides.. there were a good four other calls/non-calls that shocked me. Among them, Bellers being sent off for "diving" after and receiving a second yellow (when neither I nor my wife watching saw him get the first yellow), and certainly the non-call when Micah got literally dragged to the ground out-of-bounds by a Bolton player, when the ball was absolutely out-of-play and it was to be a goal kick. For me, that should have been an instant yellow on that Bolton player.
Back to your post.. as for SWP, it's not just your friend who is "slagging off" on him; people on this board seem to get on his case
even when he does well. I don't get it.. for me, he is doing well for the team despite occasional inconsistency in his game. In fact, I think without his energy down the flank, we lose a lot (as we saw today). He is one of the few players who is willing to go one-on-one fearlessly, and can actually pull it off. He comes back and defends.. sometimes not so well, but often that is as much to do with his weight/size limitation. But still, at least he DOES try and come back. For me, SWP is indispensable.
Furthermore, I wish Ireland would start more games.. he is such a hard worker in the middle, and distributes well. (Heck sometimes he distributes too much.. when he should clearly shoot, but that is another matter)
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