Saturday, August 25, 2007

25/8 - Sunderland vs Liverpool

Fresh from criticising Roy Keane's transfer moves and the quality of his Sunderland team, I am now back to offer my opinions on this exciting English Premiership match-up that everyone is looking forward to. By the way I do not know why I keep saying English Premiership even when everyone else says EPL.

Liverpool will have its hands and feet full dealing with a Sunderland team that should be modeled in its manager's image. Tough tackling, no-nonsense, swashbuckling monster of a team that they are. The players will be eager to silence their No. 1 critic (who else?), but they have to do it without captain Dean Whitehead. If I were Roy Keane, the instructions would be simple - get stuck in! Liverpool, despite having a decent start to the season and having pegged Chelsea back for much of last week's game, are still suspect to me - the soft underbelly is still showing with their slightly meek surrender to Chelsea upon conceding the equaliser. Even if Steven Gerrard were to be fielded, putting one or two Sunderland destroyers would trouble that toe of his.

That said, Torres inspired with his quick turn of pace which should pose a few problems at the Stadium of Light. I would be hoping Pennant gets some playing time, you know when soccer needs a few dramatic talking points and he could provide it by scoring a winner against the Black Cats.

Still, this all points to a creditable draw for Sunderland, with Liverpool back to the drawing board.

1 comment:

Eddy said...

Thanks for the comment. You've got a pretty nice blog going here yourself. I hope to have some future interaction!