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Originally posted by InTheHood
van der Sar, Gary Neville, Rio, Vidic, Evra, Heinze, Ronaldo, Rooney, van Nistelroij....pretty good base. And with Gattuso, Ballack and Diarra all lined up......
It tells me it was one match, Liverpool were poor, United were poor
Oh and Chelsea are by far the best team in England, which isn't neccesarily good for the game, but it's up to the rest to catch up.
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One midfield player, with no central midfield at all doesn't seem like much of a base to me. Keane's absence from the team has affected them as much as Vierra's has Arsenal. Vidic is in no way proven, Evra has had a shocking start in the Premiership so far, Ferdinand is as much of a liability as he is an asset, and Heinze is out for the rest of the season. Ballack has said he doesn't want to play here, and I doubt anyone other than Chelski would be prepared to pay either the transfer fee or his wages, anyway.
Liverpool weren't poor at all. The finishing was bad, but a team that dominates a game, especially away from home against supposedly one of the best teams in Europe, quite clealy has not played poorly at all. It may make manure fans sleep easier to suggest that there wasn't much in it, but they were out-played at home by the team they see as their biggest rivals. Yes, they took the three points. But they were well beaten as a team, and they know it.
It's hardly surprising, given that the only thing stopping them from cherry-picking the world's best talent is that a few have morals and have refused the offer of huge wage packets to sit on the bench or play for the reserves.