EPL 101: Torres (is greater than) Hull City
By: Matt | September 26th, 2009Liverpool 6 Hull City 1
Well that was painful.
The instant I saw the team sheet I knew this was gonna be a long day. When you throw out Ibrahima Sonko and Liam Cooper (who? yeah exactly) as the center backs against FERNADNO TORRES, the best striker on the planet, you don’t stand a F’ing chance. And we didn’t. Not that I particularly blame Phil Brown, what else could he do?
If you didn’t see this match, go watch the highlights, because believe me, you will never, ever see a center back (Sonko) so utterly outclassed and befuddled by a striker. It was surreal to watch. Every one of the three superbly taken goals by Torres was at the direct expense of Sonko. The second and third were the exact same move, yet both times poor Ibrahima was left swiping at thin air as Torres glided past. Yikes.
Positives? Some. Ghilas was one of the few who looked like he belonged, zipping around the pitch with gusto, not afraid to hold the ball up (even though he’s like 5′4), take people on, and crack off a shot. Geovanni celebrated his new deal with an excellently taken goal, but it was a false dawn at 1-1, I remember thinking to myself after it went in ‘Damnit now we have to hold out for 70 more minutes.’ Which we didn’t. And lastly cheers to Paul McShane. Yes he is much maligned, for being, well, rubbish, but he sticks up for his teammates, and he doesn’t take sh*t from anyone, and that’s why I love him. An abysmal footballer but I really do like having him out there, and I think his teammates do as well.
So in conclusion, when looking at the calendar, this was never going to result in a win, so lets move on. Applause for El Nino and his outrageous ability, and lets aim for a better result in a weeks time.
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I just started following this blog to get some inside info as to why Jozy, after his promising start, is not playing anymore.
What’s the word? I know a touch of the flu kept him out of the US team’s win against Honduras, but that must be fairly recent.
Thanks
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The fact of the matter is he is still only 19, and Hull feel they have more experienced, and at the moment, more effective options for their purposes. Vennegor of Hesselink is a proven goal scorer, and Ghilas is lightning in a bottle. So he’ll get time, he just isn’t going to start every match at 19. Who does in the Prem? Very few.
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So, it sounds like it wasn’t a change of heart by management or anything. He just isn’t going to be handed the keys to the club as a 19-year-old on loan, right? Makes sense. It stands to reason then, that if those more experienced options don’t produce, he should get more time. We’ll see.
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I like that they aren’t just handing the keys over to Jozy. He is a tremendous talent, but making him fight for his spot will be good for him and will make him a better player. City clearly rates him highly. I hope that he manages to stick with them for a while.
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