Tony Cascarino's Fiver
1 Torres recovers? So Fernando Torres came off with a hamstring injury against Chelsea but was in the Liverpool team yesterday for a meaningless match? Still sure the decision at Stamford Bridge wasn’t tactical, Rafa?
2 Strength over style? British clubs tell kids all the time that they’re not strong enough, but look at Lionel Messi. He’s phenomenal but slender and delicate. Makes you wonder if he’d have made it if he’d been born English.
3 Getting what you need Blackpool versus Watford was the most predictable draw of the weekend. It’s not that the teams set out to produce a result that suited both clubs, but it’s human nature to settle for what you need.
4 Top flight and guile Tony Pulis has done an incredible job at Stoke City, but they’re certainties to go down unless he adds guile. Direct, powerful teams get taken to the cleaners in the top flight when their confidence goes.
5 Envy of Europe The fan base in the Coca-Cola Championship is incredible. Sell-outs at clubs across the division yesterday, with the kind of crowds that top divisions in big European leagues can only dream of.
Strength over style? I have to agree. Someone at Nottingham Forest told the 16 year old Shaun Wright-Phillips that the were rejecting him because he wasn't big enough. Says it all really.
Posted by: Richard Featherstone | May 09, 2008 at 09:46 AM
Strength over style? I have to agree. Someone at Nottingham Forest told the 16 year old Shaun Wright-Phillips that the were rejecting him because he wasn't big enough. Says it all really.
Posted by: Richard Featherstone | May 09, 2008 at 09:45 AM
"1 'Torres recovers? So Fernando Torres ... Still sure the decision at Stamford Bridge wasn’t tactical, Rafa?'
not a bad tactical decision then, seeing as babel came on and scored the second"
Well, just imagine if they'd both been on the pitch. Nobody is questioning the decision to bring on Babel...instead we are questioning the decision to take off your top scorer (by a county mile) who can put the ball in the net in just a few seconds (witness the equaliser). In my opinion Babel should have started (as he has been recently, and despite Benayoun's assist - he showed nothing for the rest of the game, lacking strength against Essien, which Babel doesn't lack). Failing a start, he should have come on instead of Pennant (who Rafa seemed to choose on the back of a blinder against Birmingham) simply as Babel offers a massive goal threat, Pennant does not.
Posted by: Mohamed Negm | May 06, 2008 at 09:43 AM
1 'Torres recovers? So Fernando Torres came off with a hamstring injury against Chelsea but was in the Liverpool team yesterday for a meaningless match? Still sure the decision at Stamford Bridge wasn’t tactical, Rafa?'
not a bad tactical decision then, seeing as babel came on and scored the second
Posted by: Gary Gamble | May 05, 2008 at 10:45 AM