by jammydodger » Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:31 am
Alonso's passing has been out of this world, he looks to be in good shape.
Whitbread's physical presence has looked good, but he still needs ALOT of nurturing to become anywhere near as good as Carragher or Hyypia.
Zenden looks good when he has space in front of him, however i havent been too convinced with his ability to beat a man, i think he has lost alot of the pace he had.
Crouch looks to be a brilliant signing, and it is a shame we have decided to get rid of Baros, is it only me who remembers how well he played with a tall, physical striker, with good touch in Euro 2004? (Jan Koller!)
Like him or not, Josemi has looked brilliant, positioning has been great, and on the ball he has been very composed. He has however made a few mistakes, but they will be stomped out by the start of the season.
Cisse looks to have regained some of that excellent form we saw at Auxerre, but still doesn't look to be match fit.
As for Sissoko, the kid looks amazing, but he still needs to get some more experience and needs to adapt to the premiership, dont expect anything too soon.
Gerrard is ALWAYS impressive, along with Carragher, and without Didi Hamann, we'd be a broken side, he'll be near impossible to replace.