January 18, 2006

That wasn't so bad now, was it? Yes it was.

Well, that sucked. Awful low tempo game. No one made a very positive impression except maybe Tranquil Teddy, but he's always cool. Midfield was crap with no pressure applied and very little movement. There was plenty of space but no movement and the passing was really poor. Maxie Schnellenbaum didn't do much damage as a left back and Toby Hysén was invisible like last time I saw him in the yellow shirt. Martin Ericsson was decent in the first half I thought, reminds me a bit of Ishizaki, only better. We've got a few of these types of midfielders, good when they have the ball, completely bloody useless when out of possession. Anders Svensson is easily the best of the bunch and is miles better now without the ball. Djuric, Ishizaki, Martin Ericsson and Kim Källström simply cannot be trusted to perform any defensive duties whatsoever. Karl Svensson was also close to decent but putting the ball up the pitch without being under pressure is something only Norwegian coaches applaud. Only Ollie Mellberg is allowed to do that and that is only because he can beat up both Freddie Ljungberg AND Zlatan. Eddie G was just the same as always, I thought. Very erratic, a bit like a younger David James. Gods help us if we lose Isaksson.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

God´s got a name.
He´s called Daniel "the Ear" Örlund!
Well, "God" might be a little bit exaggerated so far but hey...The Ear and The King together will problably do it defensively this year!

Go järnet, Le Gnague!!!