What is the first name that comes to mind when you read the title?
Ronaldo ? Rooney? Larsson?...........Nah! The true star is John O'Shea!
Really think about it...when a defender gets injured ,who fills in ?
John O'Shea.
When theres a shortage of midfielders, who steps up?
John O'Shea.
When Rooney is injured , and Man U needs inspiration to beat' amazing home record' Liverpool at Anfield, who comes up with the goal?
John O'Shea.
When Van Der Sar gets kicked in the nose , who takes over?
John O'Shea!!
He is the man!!
The real star!!
Mr. Utility man.
Today he accomplished the full circle....he has now played as Goalkeeper, left back, right back, central defense, left / right midfield, central midfield and now striker.
How many people can you name to have accomplished such a feat.
Another admirable quality is that unlike Mikhael"Mr Heart Attack" Silvestre he knows his abilities and stays within them ..... He does not try to dodge Gerrard ....GERRARD for goodness sakes!!!....in his own penalty area.He does not try ambitious passes that Zidane would be proud of...He does not take long range shots...he just plays his normal simple game.
He sticks to conventions...and does whatever is asked of him.
So I think he deserves some recognition.
So this is a tribute to the one, the only .......TRUE Utility man in World Football.....John"STAR" O'Shea.
Saturday, March 3, 2007
Surely your joking, Mr. Atkinson
I had actually made a resolution to not write match reports on this blog....but this time , I can't resist.
The Manchester United- Liverpool game today was a classic example of the pathetic standard of refereeing in English football. I mean seriously , the situation wasn't so bad a couple of years ago.
Sir Alex is probably cursing his luck that Graham Poll (the highly experienced referee who gave 3 yellow cards to one person in one match) had to stretch his hamstring today of all days.....precisely when Manchester United have to travel to the Kop and play the biggest match of the year.
And to make it all worse , taking his place was the very inexperienced Mick Atkinson, who was actually Stevie Wonder in disguise.
I'm not being insensitive here but generally it does help if the referee is not blind.
It's remarkable to note the number of wrong decisions he made....Carragher should have been sent off for two horrendous tackles on Rooney and Ronaldo....Carrick should not have been booked.....and most importantly, Saha should have got a penalty.
In addition to this , he gave every single 50-50 decision Liverpool's way.
So you can probably understand how elated I am that Man Utd overcame these conditions to snatch a win at Anfield.
This is the sign of a great team : To play like crap , with a referee wearing a Liverpool shirt , with Rooney injured and Scholes sent off .....and still win.
Maybe this is the Man U fan in me talking .......but I think we saw the new champions of England being crowned today at Anfield.
The Manchester United- Liverpool game today was a classic example of the pathetic standard of refereeing in English football. I mean seriously , the situation wasn't so bad a couple of years ago.
Sir Alex is probably cursing his luck that Graham Poll (the highly experienced referee who gave 3 yellow cards to one person in one match) had to stretch his hamstring today of all days.....precisely when Manchester United have to travel to the Kop and play the biggest match of the year.
And to make it all worse , taking his place was the very inexperienced Mick Atkinson, who was actually Stevie Wonder in disguise.
I'm not being insensitive here but generally it does help if the referee is not blind.
It's remarkable to note the number of wrong decisions he made....Carragher should have been sent off for two horrendous tackles on Rooney and Ronaldo....Carrick should not have been booked.....and most importantly, Saha should have got a penalty.
In addition to this , he gave every single 50-50 decision Liverpool's way.
So you can probably understand how elated I am that Man Utd overcame these conditions to snatch a win at Anfield.
This is the sign of a great team : To play like crap , with a referee wearing a Liverpool shirt , with Rooney injured and Scholes sent off .....and still win.
Maybe this is the Man U fan in me talking .......but I think we saw the new champions of England being crowned today at Anfield.
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