Foxholer
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A couple of semi-contradictions to my mind in the above.
Maureen does change his tactics and these changes do tend to get results, so in that way I can at least that he is a good tactician, even if the media exaggerate his 'ability' somewhat. He's also relatively predictable, though last night's changes did seem to come earlier than I would have expected. That 'tactic' didn't turn out to be too good, but a bit of good luck, rather than bad, in that 'one minute that changed the game' (though I don't really think it did) would have been seen as brilliance!
For a 'top man manager', he doesn't seem to be able to inspire his strikers out of their 'slump'! That was something ORN actually seemed to have a gift for - or were they simply given more opportunities from the 'tactics'!
There does come a point when you have to admit that the 'better team on the night' won - and Chelsea were definitely outplayed imo. Whether that is the better team overall, injuries and suspensions included, is something only a league with them both in and playing the same number of games would really show imo. And that's where Liverpool's EPL result is slightly cheapened imo - as would ManU's performance next year if, by some minor miracle, that happens.
I actually think the 'cause' of the loss was not getting a goal in the away leg. That, in effect, forced them to open up in the home one, which rather played into AMs hands. Whether they were capable of getting that goal really depended on the attributes of the respective buses!
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