what can i say chaps?...at least the Reds did not lose last night...even had some sympathy for Rafa(well a little bit together wif a wry smile) when the Reds were 1-2 down n the brummie fans were chanting "sack him in the morning"
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good pts: Ngog is showing some potential at last even to extent of getting a pen when it actually sld not hv been awarded
...glad for the lad, good for his confidence n Reds deserved abit of the rub of the green...GJ had a cracking game, perhaps once again showed that he may well be worth the 18m quid afterall...appearances of Gerrad n Aquilani was a heartening sight...even Lucas looked pretty good...n the lads showed resilience n toughness even when the ball wld not go in the net for them...kept their chins up n grafted...something i had not seen in the last few games save for the Manure match...
bad pts: not that many really...generally tot the lads played quite well n tight n dominated the game most of the time...poor high ball defending fm a set piece free kick caught them out again when the brummie's equalised agst the run of the play...this zonal marking system is just not working for the Reds this season...n as for the brummie's 2nd goal, Reina's fault for playing shortstopper instead of standing back on his line, but i wont hold it agst him because he has been one of the few Red Men who has consistently performed thruout this bad patch...so he is allowed to make afew mistakes once in awhile...but hope he learns fm this one...
pts to worry abt: Reira n Benny hobbling off injured...n Babel once again being put on the subs bench notwithstanding his fine cameo in Lyon...Rafa is killing this lad's confidence...
Reds just hv to dig in their heels fm now on n fight for that 4th CL spot...it is going to be one long hard cold winter...hopefully the 2 wk international break shall give the backrm team a chance to get the injured players fit for the fight...