Quote Originally Posted by Cz View Post
Drogba's been outstanding, of course, and he's probably won more points for his team than Ronaldo has, but I've seen a few games where he's been pretty anonymous. That's something I definitely couldn't say about Ronaldo.
Liverpool 0 Manchester United 1. Cristiano Ronaldo was anonymous in that game, heck, the entire United team were uncharacteristically dull and listless, other than Paul Scholes and his bizarre assault on Xabi Alonso (and if you want to dish out the PFA Player of the Year Award based on entertainment value alone, Scholesy is your man!) and I'm still wracked with bitterness that we actually lost that. Still, like our satisfying revenge on your lot, maybe we'll do the same to United in, say, oh, I don't know, the Champions League final

I don't know why Rafa has now got a boner for 4-5-1. Using that formation at home to Middlesbrough seems ridiculous to me, but eh, we got the 3 points with a little bit of luck so can't complain too much. I just hope he goes back to 4-4-2 with Kuyt and Crouch up front against Wigan. If it's so vital that Stevie plays in the middle like the media say it is (it isn't, but lord knows the media is never wrong!) then just use Mascha in the middle and put the rapidly improving Pennant on the right. This is only in reference to Wigan, though, as I prefer a Mascherano-Alonso partnership in the centre against most opposition.