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Sun Jan 02, 2005 1:30 pmby greece2004
With Rafas tactik we stopped Duff and Roben!!
With only one striker we bossed the midfield game and thats why we had so mach ball posesion!!!!!
I think that the only problem in the game was Luis Garcias performance!!!!
Rafa wanted from him to support Sinama but he didnt!!!!!
He is out of form surely!!!!!
But he is the kind of player who can with only one action to win the game!!!!
Hamman was great especialy after Alonsos injury!!!!
I think Rafas tactik was super........but we were unlucky thats all!!!!
Posted:
Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:03 pmby coolsobs
totally disagree, if anything hamann should be man of the match as he kept on breaking up chelsea's play
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Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:42 pmby lakes10
Hamann played well and done a fine job but i tell you what he was lucky to not get a red card.
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Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:46 pmby liamac
Maybe you would of preffered Dio ..................no accounting for taste 
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Sun Jan 02, 2005 3:12 pmby yckatbjywtbiastkamb
hammaan was probably my man of the match yesterday but i do think he is too defensive. its okay putting him in to nullify a particular threat like chelsea`s widemen but in general i`d go 4-4-2 and play gerrard and alonso in the middle.
in possession he always goes sideways or backwards, putting the onus on the defenders to start an attack, he`s a central midfield player and supposedly more comfortable in possession than a centre half so why keep giving it to sami?
when closed down sami or jamie, like 99.9% of other centre halfs will just hoof it down the pitch.
its a lot harder to create a move than to break it up, thats why players like gerrard and alonso are worth their weight in gold.
it looks like didi is going to get a run in the side now, and he has got all the attributes of a good player- even a decent shot. all he needs is a change of attitude when in possession i.e when he gets the ball take a look up the field to see whats on, if nothings on THEN pass it square or back, instead of instinctively passing it backwards all the time.
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Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:17 pmby L-type
Thats why he was in to shield our back 4, so by saying he played too defensive its a compliment