by bigmick » Tue Sep 21, 2004 8:47 am
It was defo' welcome to the Premiership for a couple of our lads and probably the manager too. The intensity of occasions like last night is unique to this country and the likes of Garcia, Cisse etc will be better for the experience.3
We didn't get out of the blocks at all and once we were under the cosh in the 1st half, they were never going to let us off the ropes. In the second half I felt we were the better side, with Alonso orchestrating everything, ably helped out by Didi who was excellent. On balance of play and chances though, they deserved it. It was a massive night for them, they desperately needed a result and it showed. The referee was a homer in the extreme but did we expect any different? I know i didn't.
The two really negative notes for me were the performance of Kewell who's confidence looks shot and of Cisse, who didn't put it in enough for my liking. Too early for me to say if he's a classic Houllier signing or not but a bit of passion and desire while we all make our minds up wouldn't go amiss.
"se e in una bottigla ed e bianco, e latte".