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CURSE OF THE GONG 28.11.02 Previous Page Next Page The
curse has struck! Whoever win the
manager of the month award would likely to have his team going through a bad
period the following month. It
is happening to Liverpool now as it had happened to the Arse the previous month
with both teams losing their unbeaten record.
Thus it seems better not to win the award and hope another team do
slightly better than you?! Who
do you think will get the Gong for November?
No brainer, right? It has
got to be our neighbours across Stanley Park!
My colleague was asking me why the Toffees are doing so well at the
moment. So I looked at the 6 games that they have won recently and
concluded that they have not faced the crunch yet. The 6 teams they have won are:
Arsenal, Blackburn, Leeds, West Ham, West Brom and Charlton. Most
of us have watched the Arsenal game and would agree that Everton played well.
But Arsenal did not deserve to lose but for the curse of the Gong from a
wonder goal by Rooney! Rooney
followed up with a stunning goal against Leeds, who has not been doing well at
all this season. Blackburn was
beaten as they were still suffering from aftershock at the exit of the UEFA cup.
The other 3 teams? Save you breath! The
Toffees will meet the Magpies this weekend and Chelsea next weekend.
Apologies to Soaring Magpies as I think Everton would still win the game,
probably at 1-0 again! Although
David Moyes is likely to get the gong this month, I think that he would win the
first match in December just like Arsene Wenger and GH.
Remember Everton beat Newcastle in the “Worthless” (but most
Liverpool fans, including myself, like to think it is still worthy) Cup?
Everton, with their confidence sky high, could do it again.
However, the curse should kick in next against Chelsea, who would be
loathed to see Everton above them and Ranieri would certainly use this to
motivate his team. Back
to Liverpool and team confidence is probably at a season low now with us out of
the Champions’ League and losing 2 of 3 EPL matches in November.
The last game in November would be tonight against Vitesse Arnhem.
Vitesse what? Why are you so disrespectful?
It was Sander Westerveld’s team before he joined us and Westerveld is
sitting pretty at the top of the Spanish League now! Does
GH regret selling him as the Dude looked edgy recently?
No! All Liverpool fans
should not doubt him as this happens to all great goalkeepers.
Do you remember Slur Alex giving the red nose a break during the season
when he was making errors? Some
people, or so-called experts, have called for Kirkland to step in.
Not yet, I think! Dudek
has done consistently well with more than 20 clean sheets for the past year
until recently. Although he has
made mistakes, he should not be solely responsible for the poor results.
Hyppia has somehow lack his usual composure with Henchoz not
around, albeit Traore performing admirably with increasing confidence each game
he played. Right back should belong to Markus but we need to give him
time as his game fitness is not there yet. He has provided us with an attacking option from the right
evident from his performance at Sunderland.
I would like to see either Carragher or Vignal at left back as they have
better defensive capabilities than Riise, who is more adept at left midfield
with his attacking thrust. Thus you
can see here that we do not have a stable back four compared to previous
seasons. The
midfield problem is well documented with Stevie G’s form.
Glad to hear that GH announced that he has seen the good Stevie back. Let’s hope he does well tonight against Vitesse.
Hamann should take a rest from his World Cup exertions as he has not been
as influential lately. I would like to see Murphy attacking more as he often create
panick among the opposition defence when he is up front helping the strikers. Talking
about strikers, nope, we are not talking about Heskey!
He has not played as a striker this season.
How can he score only 1 goal in 13 league games!
Don’t forget that he took 19 games to break his duck last season! It
must be GH’s fault to play too defensively from the Barcelona match 2 seasons
ago and thus Heskey has forgotten that he is a striker.
Heskey has been played at the left wing, shouldn’t this role be left to
Riise, Smicer, Berger or even Murphy? He
should be challenging the opposition defenders for crosses into the box instead
of crossing them in with Owen leaping, although Owen does have a good leap and
scored some wonderful headers. GH,
if you are not playing Heskey as a striker, give the chance to Baros!
He has helped to make and score the goals at Fulham and has been the
striker on form. We need to score
otherwise how do we win? Hence, we
should not put the blame solely on the Dude as the whole team including GH have
not been performing. One
last game for November, and the curse may still be there…..
I would go for a 1-1 draw with Heskey, ooops, Baros scoring for
tonight’s game against Vitesse away. I will be back for the big match this Sunday! You don’t know who we are playing against? You are not a Liverpool fan! Liverpool Fanatic Latest Entries 29.01.03 : Are We Out Of The Slump 10.01.03 : Depression Clinic 07.12.02 : Managers Should Talk Less 30.11.02 : The Big Match : Liverpool Football Club vs. Manchester United 28.11.02 : Curse of the Gong 15.11.02 : Too Big A Hole 27.10.02 : Reds Toppled Hotspur 18.10.02 : Lightning Strikes Thrice; Seaman Exclusive Player's Interview Disclaimer: The writer shall not be responsible for the Singlish that you don’t understand and the Liverpool-inclined prediction that you rely on, if you have any betting losses. |
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