Aboutreika18
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He was good, askabob, but your Carrick obsession is closing in on Cal?/FranklyVulgar levels.
Ok.....he looked pretty shit, park and nani played well but him and fletcher were wank
Yeah id say that's fair, he was much better than he has been for a long time which is encouraging, first half neither he nor fletcher were much cop seeing as how Van der vaart and Modric especially were running through our midfield with ease at the time, Sir alex made reference to this in his post match comments saying we allowed VDV far to much freedom in the first 45 and had to rectify that.He was ok today, a step in the right direction.
Poster above me said, no one was brilliant today, so I thought I'd respondVidic was a fecking monster today, but I guess that's for a different thread.
So true.I thought he was very good with his passing and possession play. When he performs like that we look so fluid in midfield. Him and Fletcher were much more like their usual selves and it showed in our overall command of the match. Did y'all notice just how many interceptions he makes in that midfield area? He takes a lot of heat off the defence that way.
Didn't see that He was brilliant though, that's for sure.Poster above me said, no one was brilliant today, so I thought I'd respond
That is a difficult position though. He's such an advanced midfielder it's confusing whether the defenders should push up or let the midfielders drop deep. Of course the fact that Keane did a Houdini helped us immensely. Still think the team did a great job nullifying VDV. He's been in great form and we shut him out of the game bar a few potshotsTo me the problem with VDV was down to Vidic (captain) and managers. They didn't provide a solution in the first half to VDV constantly finding space. Fletch/Carrick obviously had other instructions and they weren't asked to change up their play till the 2nd half.
Carrick had a much better game than Fletcher in my opinion. Carrick at least managed to pass the ball to a teammate, not a Spurs player. Fletcher gave the ball away a lot.Thought he did very well tonight, just read that Fletch got MOTM and I'm surprised at that, Carrick was miles better than him. His impact defensively seems to be overlooked but he is really very effective in that department. More of the same please Michael.
I'm with Pete, our central midfield was invisible until Scholes came on.They were both rubbish which is why Spurs stayed in the game as long as they did.
They weren't invisible. We were just two against three, but we still dominated.I'm with Pete, our central midfield was invisible until Scholes came on.
Exactly. I thought Fletcher was poor, particularly in the first half, whereas Carrick was picking out a teammate with long range passing and was very good on the counter. He side-stepped a few challenges in tight situations in the second half which got a lot of acclaim at the time.Carrick had a much better game than Fletcher in my opinion. Carrick at least managed to pass the ball to a teammate, not a Spurs player. Fletcher gave the ball away a lot.
Did he? I don't recall more than 1 or 2 occasions.Carrick had a much better game than Fletcher in my opinion. Carrick at least managed to pass the ball to a teammate, not a Spurs player. Fletcher gave the ball away a lot.
He seems like a really laid back kind of charachter. You rarely see him get annoyed or pumped up. Maybe that's got something to do with it.I don't understand why Carrick can't produce these type of performances on a regular basis
He did give away a lot of possessionDid he? I don't recall more than 1 or 2 occasions.