LIVERPOOL did what was expected but no one expected them to beat Aston Villa by 5 goals. If this was meant as a declaration of intent, then it was the best I’ve ever seen. Most teams would have withered under the pressure like Chelsea but Liverpool did not and tore Aston Villa a new one.
Liverpool came out of the dressing room ready for a battle and started so brightly that it was obvious that Martin O’Neill had no idea how to countermand the onslaught he was witnessing. Attack upon attack resulted in Aton Villa playing the lousiest game of their vaunted season.
By half time, Aston Villa had been beaten into submission; it was actually unfair for them to continue the second half. If this was boxing match, the referee would have stopped this punishment at half time. But Aston Villa needed to understand that joining the big four was not a job for the weak hearted or the skills deficient manager. If he couldn’t stop the attacks of Liverpool, admittedly not the best attacking team in the league, how was he expected to match up against the really attacking teams like Arsenal or Manchester United.
Something I just learnt about Martin O’Neill and a warning to the Man Utd fans who believe that O’Neill should take over from Fergie when he gives up the ghost at Old Trafford – Aston Villa have never won a game in March since O’Neill became manager. In the three years he has been manager at Villa Park; he takes a spring break and doesn’t bother coaching to win. Imagine that???
Arsenal have continued their unbeaten run and dumped Newcastle into the bottom three on Saturday afternoon. Andrei Arshavin has informed us what Arsene Wenger told them to expect. Newcastle will come out blowing very hot and run round the pitch a lot. They will then tire and then Arsenal should beat them easily. It happened just like Wenger said; and this suicide approach of Newcastle is embodied fully in the silliness of Steven Taylor. His energy is evident but his stupid consistent fouling led to Arsenal’s first goal and his self induced injury compounded the issue when he was off the field for the second goal.
Blackburn lost again and once again Sam Allardyce is blaming some one else. Phil Brown served under Sam Allardyce for six years at Bolton; they must have spent many nights perfecting the art of delusional responsibilities shifting from themselves to the referee or to the opposing side.
Which way Manchester United? They have Wayne Rooney, Paul Scholes and Emmanuel Vidic suspended for their next game against the hapless Aston Villa. Dimitar Berbatov is injured and might not be available. Carlos Tevez might be the biggest waste of strikers space this side of Nicholas Bendtner. Ronaldo doesn’t like the physical touch of opposing players and is complaining too much. So Fergie has to earn this title with all the guile and determination that has kept him at the top of his game over the last 16 years.
I stick by Manchester United winning the league but only on the last game.
...I would hardly discribe Steven Taylor's efforts as stupid. Prior to getting injured, he saved 3 goals by throwing himself as a 'bullet proof vest'. Interestingly, it was after he left that the gunners found space in the middle of the defence. If it wasn't for RVP's passing, Steven Taylor would have been my man of the match. You bin watch the game?????
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