Hope this can lift you upper - While awaiting for the new signing(s)
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:26 pmAn interesting article quoted from US & Canadian Arsenal Supporters
Would love to hearing from you as well
Liverpool that is. If there is a term "Sleeping Giant", then there is no bigger Sleeping Giant than Liverpool Football Club in English football. When Liverpool finally sacked Gerard Houllier, I was a bit upset. Not because I had any soft spot for Gerard it's-everybody's-fault-but-never-my-fault Houllier, but for a gut feeling that we may have another team to worry about. With the appointment of new coach Rafael Benitez, watch out, the sleeping giant may about to wake up...
Unlike Chelsea's new manager Jose I-am-the-best Mourinho, the new Liverpool boss is a low key figure who happens to have a studious approach to the game like our very own Arsene Wenger. Anyone who can lead a side to beat the mega-millions Real Madrid side to the Spanish title shall never be underestimated. The current Liverpool side has something in common with Valencia. The side does not possess too many "superstars", but they do have a solid squad, with plenty of quality players whom have been underachieving under former manager Gerard Houllier. Judged on Benitez's approach to the new side he has inherted, it looks to me the Spanish coach is ready to get his new Liverpool side to play organized, disciplined football, in order to offset the mega-millions troops like Chelsea and Man Utd, just like what he did with Valencia. Like any good coach should be, Benitez didn't go on and flash the cash in a hurry, nor attempted to make a wholesale change. He's probably buying his time to assess his new team and to make changes accordingly in the future. It seems to me, Benitez and Liverpool are heading towards a right direction.
On the other hand, the Bridge's new manager Jose Mourinho has been displaying an ultra confidence coming to English football. It appears to me that he actually believes he could just walk over the Premiership like that. He had boldly announced after being appointed as new Chelsea manager, "We have top players, and, sorry if I'm arrogrant, but now have a TOP manager. I am the EUROPEAN CHAMPION. I think I am a SPEICAL ONE." To me, he's either a truly SPECIAL ONE, or just simply being NAIVE. It's all so well that he had won an UEFA Cup and Champions League titles back to back, but to compete with the likes Arsenal and Man Utd for a 38-match season is an entirely different matter. Ferguson and Wenger did not combine to will 11 of the past 12 years' Premeirship titles by accident.
Would love to hearing from you as well
Liverpool that is. If there is a term "Sleeping Giant", then there is no bigger Sleeping Giant than Liverpool Football Club in English football. When Liverpool finally sacked Gerard Houllier, I was a bit upset. Not because I had any soft spot for Gerard it's-everybody's-fault-but-never-my-fault Houllier, but for a gut feeling that we may have another team to worry about. With the appointment of new coach Rafael Benitez, watch out, the sleeping giant may about to wake up...
Unlike Chelsea's new manager Jose I-am-the-best Mourinho, the new Liverpool boss is a low key figure who happens to have a studious approach to the game like our very own Arsene Wenger. Anyone who can lead a side to beat the mega-millions Real Madrid side to the Spanish title shall never be underestimated. The current Liverpool side has something in common with Valencia. The side does not possess too many "superstars", but they do have a solid squad, with plenty of quality players whom have been underachieving under former manager Gerard Houllier. Judged on Benitez's approach to the new side he has inherted, it looks to me the Spanish coach is ready to get his new Liverpool side to play organized, disciplined football, in order to offset the mega-millions troops like Chelsea and Man Utd, just like what he did with Valencia. Like any good coach should be, Benitez didn't go on and flash the cash in a hurry, nor attempted to make a wholesale change. He's probably buying his time to assess his new team and to make changes accordingly in the future. It seems to me, Benitez and Liverpool are heading towards a right direction.
On the other hand, the Bridge's new manager Jose Mourinho has been displaying an ultra confidence coming to English football. It appears to me that he actually believes he could just walk over the Premiership like that. He had boldly announced after being appointed as new Chelsea manager, "We have top players, and, sorry if I'm arrogrant, but now have a TOP manager. I am the EUROPEAN CHAMPION. I think I am a SPEICAL ONE." To me, he's either a truly SPECIAL ONE, or just simply being NAIVE. It's all so well that he had won an UEFA Cup and Champions League titles back to back, but to compete with the likes Arsenal and Man Utd for a 38-match season is an entirely different matter. Ferguson and Wenger did not combine to will 11 of the past 12 years' Premeirship titles by accident.
and liv would finish top 3
