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17th December 2009, 01:43
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Evra - We must put teams to the sword, leave the pitch crimson with their blood!
By Tony Little
17th December 2009 PATRICE EVRA is unhappy that Manchester United did not inflict even MORE damage on Wolves on Tuesday night. Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has faced huge criticism after making 10 changes at Old Trafford to the side that beat Spurs 1-0 on Saturday. They duly lost 3-0 and the Premier League may yet decide McCarthy's competitive integrity was brought into question. But United full-back Evra, 28, said: "I was not happy to only score three goals. "The goal difference is important and, in a game like that, we should have won by five or six." Alex Ferguson's side have hit 37 league goals so far. Although three behind Chelsea and Arsenal, it is over halfway to last year's tally of 68. Fergie admitted: "Our scoring rate last season was good enough but it hardly blew anyone out of the water. "A few weeks ago I asked the players to be more decisive with their chances. It seems they took my plea on board." Evra wanted six | The Sun |Sport|Football Okay Paddy didn't quite say that but he's a passionate lad and it the spirit is the similar. 
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17th December 2009, 02:21
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Last season we got away with it because we were a few points above the rest of the pack, but if we were tied on points going into the last game of the season as in 07/08, we could have lost the title because Liverpool had a better GD than us. It does irritate me sometimes when we take the foot off the pedal towards the end of a game we are cruising 2-0 or 3-0 because if we put that a little bit more effort in, we could score another goal or two against a tired defense which could become very important towards the end of the season.
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17th December 2009, 02:32
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Too true, the last time i remember us properly thrashing a side in the league and giving them no quarter was that second half against Newcastle at OT a couple of seasons back. In the past we'd seinze an advantage and just keep scoring, no pity.
And we've been spurning chances for a good while now, in the past players like Ruud and Ole would have put them away in their sleep. Admittedly we have Owen now who is closer to that albeit no longer in his prime, but i don't see him getting an extended run any time soon under ideal conditions. |
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17th December 2009, 11:21
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17th December 2009, 11:25
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Good stuff paddy, evra captain material? But yeah we really dont seem to have a ruthless streak at the moment, hard to pin down whether thats a collective or personnel issue.
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17th December 2009, 11:29
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17th December 2009, 11:30
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I think we'll easily match and surpass our goal tally from last season. Id love to see the team rip into the opposition, hit them early and hit them hard. Its was a hallmark of the 2006/2007 season.
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17th December 2009, 11:32
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Still, it's the kind of thing you could imagine Evra doing, the crazy wee mentalist. |
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17th December 2009, 11:56
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17th December 2009, 12:02
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17th December 2009, 14:33
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than Evra. The fact he could also play either full back position easily makes Irwin the superior player imo. I agree with ya on the being mental bit! |
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