So much energy expended in denigrating probably our most consistently excellent player and definitely the best right back in the league and in the best few in the world. You need a ticket to sit in the Paddock for a few games to see what a player he is.
Apparently were a bunch of idiots for rightly applauding a good performance from a finally near fit Kewell. http://football.guardian.co.uk/Observer_Ma....html?gusrc=rss
I don't think it was out but I'm fed up of seeing it described in the media as a disallowed goal. Sami and Pepe had both stopped so it might have been scored, saved or cleared, who knows?
I saw a player who improved his performance pretty every game he played. He was unlucky to get that injury as soon as he arrived and was never as bad as some make out. He did a job for us and was a handy squad player during his time here.
I thought Hyypia especially looked a bit off the pace right from the start. Maybe the Japan trip and two games in three days are catching up with him a bit.
We're now such an obviously well coached side. Each player seems to have a great understanding where their fellow players are, which runs they will make. There's obviously some special stuff going on in training and match preparation.
I was surprised. I didn't expect a rapturous reception but I wasn't expecting boos, though as I said, it sounded like a minority from half way in the Paddock and nobody was booing round me.
I didn't boo and I was disappointed to hear them, though they sounded a lot quieter from the Paddock than they did on the telly. Surely Owen's eternal regret at not keeping the faith is more than adequate punishment?