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Sunday, Mar 09, 2008 - 16:30 SGT
Posted By: Gilbert

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Oh Boy Oh Boy



A response to those who don't think the breakaway goal was mostly Rooney's fault - yes, he's not a defender by trade (though it's hard to tell with the amount of time he spends at leftback anyway, a testament to his workrate), and yes, the other guys were a bit slow in returning (but then Rio and Vidic being up for corners is nothing new).

The problem is that even after not being able to head away the loose ball, the situation was a two-on-two, hardly fatal with support arriving, as all the two had to do was to somehow delay the attackers, or force them into a chancy shot that the goalie would be favourite to save, or might be off target in the first place.

The strange thing is that Rooney abandons Baros in the middle to get at Kranjcar on the flank, which is wrong on so many levels. It was not like Anderson was particularly in need of help, as he's quite fast and a recent sub to boot; It was not like Baros snuck in on the blind side either, as Rooney raced in from the wrong side of Baros to the correct side (so far so good)... and continued steaming on directly away from him, which really isn't a spur of the moment decision; And Kranjcar's no Maradona (and probably no Rooney either), but then since when was a Maradona on the outside with two men on him a prefarable situation to an average pro forward with a one-on-one with a keeper?


Then again, the Belgians may beg to differ (Source)

Unless he had eyes behind his back that (wrongly) saw a defender coming back, or Rio joked that he had gained teleportation powers, I simply cannot imagine how an international player could make (or be easily forgiven for) a defensive error of such magnitude...

Well there's a difference between losing due to a large dose of bad luck, and just rolling over and giving up (or just being far from good enough), and I think I know which category this match falls into.



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