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It looks to me like Chelsea, with the help of an excellent manager I admit are going to win their second bought title.
Then again, this is just my opinion and it's possible that I'll be eating my words at the end of the season but I just can't see it.
Liverpool away for them in the league next. Lose that, and then they got Bolton who consistently cause them problems (a draw last season after being 2-0 up and a bolton win the season before)
> just don't rate Sol Campbell anymore
I'm sorry, but are you f***ing off it?
You haven't seen him play at all since the injury during his amazing form. And in the one game you may have seen, where he returned. He scored 2 goals from centre back (!) and conceded none!
Crap he is. Crap.
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Yes.
Arsenal 2nd and Man U 3rd, just like I said and so many people doubted?
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
And then, there's Craig Bellamy. An eccentric player who can get your team goals, when he plays. When he plays... So far, he's only managed 2 sub appearences for me this season, we're already in January. A 2 month lay off at the start, an injury in training here, another one the day after he's recovered...! And now he's in a strop 'cause I'm trying to flog him off to Real and Barca for £1m! :@
Anyway...
For defensive reasons, after the loss of Vieira, Arsenal still have an awful lot of work to do and really need to pick themselves up. They're still very strong going forwards, even without Henry, but I just don't rate Sol Campbell anymore and neither Senderos or Cygan can provide adequate cover for him to partner Kolo Touré. Middlesbrough have already exposed them at the back once this season!
Man United are playing like many other teams in the Premiership this season, very negatively. I hate it. When you have players like van Nistelrooy and Rooney who can score goals; Ronaldo, Giggs, Richardson, Eagles, Park Ji-Sung, Saha, Solskjaer, etc...
Why do you then leave the bare minimum upfront and allow easy access through an open midfield?
When you barely have a back four capable of holding off some of the weaker teams in the league (Neville, Silvestre and Brown out), where's the sense in sitting back on something you barely have? - no disrespect to van der Saar what so ever.
It's a similar thing at Liverpool, some of the best striking talent in Europe. Yet, he leaves one upfront on his own, gives him little support, sticks your 20-goal-a-season man on the right-wing...?
Just what is it with managers this season?
Surely, you play to your strengths when you have a limited squad, right?
There are times to sit back and defend, certainly, that goes without saying. Perhaps when your playing Chelsea, Arsenal, or a United/Liverpool of the past. But it should not be in EVERY game.
I understand Mourinho plays the 4-5-1 kind of shape, but he's also had the wealth and a reputation to get the EXACT players he needs to fit his mould. He could have any team he wants, so he picks one that can do it all.
It looks to me like Chelsea, with the help of an excellent manager I admit are going to win their second bought title.
Then again, this is just my opinion and it's possible that I'll be eating my words at the end of the season but I just can't see it.