tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22044464.post115624776793968066..comments2024-03-07T10:17:31.203+00:00Comments on An Smuigin: Auf Wiedersehen Pet - The Special OneAn Smuiginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07410240249594658270noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22044464.post-1156414742794684112006-08-24T11:19:00.000+01:002006-08-24T11:19:00.000+01:00Quick comment outlining my disgust and outrage at ...Quick comment outlining my disgust and outrage at the latest assault on the pitches of the premiership. Jeus Pedro Mendes nearly got killed last night and that is no exageration. Ban Ben Thatcher for ten games, and criminal prosecution. It was GBH. Michael Brown's attempted leg break on giggs is also worth punishing very strictly. Yes i advocate tough play but not this sort of vagrent thugery. Pedro get well soon , your lucky your neck isn't broken. Ben Thatcher you can just go back to whatever gutter you crawled out of, tramp!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22044464.post-1156321226199120472006-08-23T09:20:00.000+01:002006-08-23T09:20:00.000+01:00Can't agree with you there dathi, the idea should ...Can't agree with you there dathi, <BR/>the idea should be to play in a friendly as you would attempt to in a competitve fixture. I realise that it rary works out that way but i for one would prefer being called "rude" than getting an absolute drubbing in our own back yard.<BR/>As for kilbane, yeah i know he is fairly useless but he will die on the ball and thats what we need. Plus occasionally he can rise above his own capabilities and put in a good performance like against the french last year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22044464.post-1156262179135499092006-08-22T16:56:00.000+01:002006-08-22T16:56:00.000+01:00Commentators are quick to recall Keane the Elder's...Commentators are quick to recall Keane the Elder's tackle on Overmars at the opening of the 2001 qualification clash against the Dutch. In the context of a full-blooded, high-stakes competitive international, that's exactly what you want from your players.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, it's a little . . . well . . . rude to do that in a meaningless friendly held 4 days before the start of the season. Landzaat's heavy challenge on Stephen Reid (which, by injuring the Irishman, kind of proves my point) was the only real proper challenge that remains on the mind. One would hope that the lacklustre challenges are more a function of the environment than a general malaise - surely they'll be tougher than that against the Germans.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I'd be far more worried about the state of the defence. Kilbane's enthusiastic and resilient, but to have a left back that makes you pine for Ian Harte's positioning really gets the alarm bells ringing. A friendly experiment that may be, but it can't possibly be used in an game of importance. John O'Shea looked about as comfortable at centre half as Alan Kernaghan used to. There was no coherence, no marking (Huntelaar's first goal, and the sitter Robben missed were disgraceful chances to give them). It would be nice if Dunne and Given improve that, but by now we won't know until it's too late, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com