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It is gonna end in tears I feel. Ambramovich’s ego and lack of how a football club runs has ruin any chance of success. He has lost the best man for the job because of his constant interfering. ( money was good though!) I am gutted. It’s going to be a real struggle this season. Arsenal look the business at the moment.
I hope you are right marb. A really open race would be fantastic as long as the blues are there! Down the other end looks like it might be just as open but for Derby who already look dead and buried.
Marb,
Liverpool have got no chance of winning the title, they are 100/1 with me at least. The simple reason is Barmy Benitez’s rotation policy. Last week, away against Portsmouth, he left out Kuyt, Gerrard, Hypia, Torres, Babel etc – you just can’t do that at this level. This week he once again left his £25m striker out, and believe me Torres doesn’t look happy about it.
Surely you would have expected Liverpool to get at least 4 points, if not 6 against teams like Portsmout and Birmingham – but no, because of Rafa’s policy they picked up 2 points – simply not good enough and the perfect reason why they won’t win the title.
Man Utd all the way for me, though Arsenal look quite strong.
Mike
Agree re Liverpool – Not a chance for me. Once again they seem happy to pass up the Premiership in favour of the Champions League.
Man Utd are the team I think will win it, and comfortably too. Arsenal are playing well but I can see them hitting a bad patch as I don’t think they have anything like Man U’s strength in depth.
Marb,
I fancied them a little bit myself at the start of the season, and was delighted with their first 4 performances, so much so that I made Liverpool my bankers to beat Portsmouth. But when I saw the team to play that day I was gob smacked. I just couldn’t believe he was ‘resting’ so many players at this stage of the season against a very good home team.
I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but when he did the same thing again this weekend, leaving Torres on the bench, I instantly thought the same as Corm, he doesn’t think the Premiership is as important as winning in Europe – maybe the fans should start letting him know lol.
As for 100/1, perhaps I was being over generous – you can have 80/1
Mike
I have a bit of sympathy with Benitez and it’s not hard to see the logic behind his team selection – the trouble is, if it doesn’t pay off, he looks a pratt.
First, the Portsmouth game.
Gerrard had had a bit of a knock with England. Liverpool have a Champions League game coming up. He’s got a squad seemingly bristling with talent up front (Torres, Voronin, Kuyt, Crouch plus the in and out Pennnt. He’s also got others in midfield capable of scoring the odd goal). Had Liverpool beaten Portsmouth with the second XI – (ditto Birmingham) people would have been saying what a top chap he was, resting his top-stars and keeping his other strikers happy and match sharp. As we now know, it didn’t work out like that.
Imagine another scenario. He played Gerrard and Torrse from the start at Portsmouth. Gerrard got crocked and missed the Champions League game and Torres played like a tart in the CL. and they got stuffed. People would then be saying something like "…bloody hell, Benitez has got a bigger squad than Michael Stoute but plays his top stars against "Real" Portsmouth and gets one crocked and the other exhausted. What’s the point in spending millions on all these players and then using the same few to exhaustion. Doesn’t Benitez know it’s a long season and there’s still nearly 9 months left?"
Who’d be a football manager.ooh, this sort of debate is what makes this title slog so mouthwatering! I notice Chelsea have gone 9/2. I wonder if Roman would back them and his new pal manager at that price? If the Chelsea players can regroup and turn it on then who knows but very highly paid footballers can behave like spoit brats and forgo anything, even silver, to get what they want….Or make their point
If the Chelsea players can regroup and turn it on then who knows but very highly paid footballers can behave like spoit brats and forgo anything, even silver, to get what they want….Or make their point
I can’t remember ONE occasion when a team refused to perform because they didn’t like the manager. In fact, NO Chelsea player has criticised either the new manager or the owner because if they do, then they will face a long spell on the sidelines, without play or win bonuses. They might be thick but professional footballers know which side their bread is buttered.
just read my lastpost again. I was talking b……cks. Had been a long day.. I was wrong but will be interested to see them at Hull.
I think there have been LOADS of teams and players who’ve performed below par because the manager had ‘lost’ them.
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