i'd like to see that permutation too - i think fowler has got the nous to form a rapport with someone of that pace. whether arsenal are the right opponents to try it out against may be another matter, but morientes and crouch aren't exactly overbrimming with confidence.
i think the flo loan has deprived us of a vital element of pace up front - particularly as cisse seems to be limited to a right-sided role. i'm somewhat surprised that rafa was happy enough to dispense with that 'possibility'
i thought the presenter was rather partisan tbh. i'm no apologist for savage, who clearly can't think without speaking first, but leighton james was doing a pretty good impersonation of a toshack fan.
they weren't given much of a prayer for this round. i think the winners of the last two european cups have shown that the right kind of organisation and tactics can beat the fancied teams.