Terminal of season reappraisals
Liverpool
Where they completed:
2nd
Season in five words:
Place draws be the rubric
Successful season?
Yes, first a serious rubric challenge to Man Utd was mounted. Consistent, hard to crush and in Torres and Gerrard, a deadly forepart two. Finally there were overly many draws against lower resistance and regarding Liverpool maked the double up United, they will be disappointed to hold completed behind them.
Delineate instant:
Rafa 's harangue perchance? Whether or not he was right is besides the issue. The draws and hapless signifier that followed are what cost Liverpool the conference. I make n't consider it was a happenstance.
Participant of the twelvemonth:
Steven Gerrard is the obvious selection but recognition must be given to Xabi Alonso overly. Dirk Kuyt holds suddenly turned into a fundamental participant with his best season since joining.
End of the season:
Torres vs Blackburn
Flop of the season:
Dossena was another add-on to the long listing of left dorsums who hold flopped at Anfield. A little fat and a trifle slow. He maked grade great ends against Man Utd and Real Madrid though. Ryan Babel holds n't fulfilled prospect, or even come roughly making so.
Highlight:
The devastation of Real Madrid was impressive ( if not surprising ) and holding a existent spell at Chelsea in the Champs one-quarter concluding 2nd leg was entertaining ( if finally doomed ). They ceased Chelsea 's long unconquered place conference record excessively. There can simply be one pick though and that Holds the Xli spanking of Man Utd at Old Trafford.
Summertime preparation:
Living Gerrard but specifically Torres tantrum and playing together. Make n't sell Alonso, purchase a striker, a left winger and mayhap a left back excessively.
Man Metropolis
Where they completed
: 10th
Season in five words:
Large outlay but pitiable effects.
Successful season?
Not really. Outlook was high after a summertime putsch and there was decent clip to splosh a British record fee on Robinho from Real Madrid. Grade Hughes ' side were reasonably piteous nevertheless and for much of the season were towards the underside of the table. Though recovery was done, via more pile Jan signings, Metropolis wo n't be playing European football next yr. Domestic cup outlets were done to lower conference resistance and most of the season was a example of win at place, lose forth.
Delineate second:
Towards the midnight deadline for summertime signings, Metropolis announce the signing of Robinho for32.5million. Holding been rejected by Berbatov, with his subscribing the United arab emirates's capital proprietors denoted they intended concern. The impudent side of this was paying 17million for Nigel DE Jong in Jan when he could hold been purchased for 2million this summertime.
Participant of the yr:
Stephen Ireland. The shaven headed master was one of the few highlights of a Jekyll and Hyde season at Eastlands. Robinho holds exhibited plenty in his launching season ( at place at least ) to advise he could get 20 ends following twelvemonth.
End of the season:
Robinho's lob vs Arsenal
Flop of the season:
Dunne and Richards. The former looked slow and prone to errors while the latter appears to care more about his habitus ( dry given his fat nates ) than his positional sense. OH and Robinho offly from place.
Highlight:
A Xxx convince Armoury was rather impressive in November, as was an early 6-0 banging of Pompey.
Summertime prep:
Subscribe a good strike mate for Robinho, get Petrov, Dunne and Richards playing like they neutralized 2007/08, purchase a left back better than Wayne Span. Quality not amount ( see strikers ).
Man Utd
Where they completed:
1st, Champions Conference finalists and Carling Cup Winners.
Season in five words:
Liverpool been, outclassed by Barcelona.
Successful season?
Yes. Their record bing Eighteenth conference rubric was won unconvincingly but at the same clip without bay problem. Liverpool sought hard but maked n't hold the experience of shutting it out. A record tally of clean sheets maked upwardly plenty of an vantage to revolve about Europe. Though they hitted the terminal again, Barcelona instructed them a footballing lesson in Roma. They won the Carling Cup overly.
Delimiting minute:
Macheda against Aston Villa perhaps
The day before Liverpool holded caught a critical eleventh hour convince Fulham to locomote top so impulse was with them. United played poorly and were losing 21 before representing a retort in the last 10 transactions. In the eleventh hour 17 twelvemonth old debutant Federico Macheda, commanded, turned and hit a great victor past Brad Friedel. Impulse reconstruct to United, conference rubric caputs to Old Trafford.
Participant of the twelvemonth:
Nemanja Vidic was great until the springtime and doubtless lay the foundations for the record break defense. He got encountered out by some agile strikers towards the terminal but overall was fantabulous. Wayne Rooney holded a great season, and Fletcher holds somewhat much launched himself as first selection primal midfielder.
End of the season:
Cristiano Ronaldo's 40 yard toe punt
against Oporto.
Flop of the season:
Flops in a rubric winning side? No one verily. Berbatov gets another season to prove that he can suit into Utd 's mode of drama. He holds n't flopped but he holds n't affected uncooperative. Nani is beginning to look like a lost cause though. Avant-garde der Sar will be had best to still be first selection come 2010.
Highlight:
Equalling Liverpool 's rubric record is an overall highlight. Outclassing Armoury at the Emirates in Europe and Macheda 's end against Villa were particular highlights.
Summertime prep:
Do a determination on Taurus Tevez and subscribe a pacey replacing if he moves. Get Hargreaves tantrum and playing in the large games.
Middlesbrough
Where they completed:
19th
Season in five words:
Want of ends intends relegating.
Successful season?
No. Despite all the mocking of Schteve McLaren, he usually holded Boro forcing the top one-half and in a cup terminal or two. Gareth Southgate holds taken them farther downward the table with each passing season. Boro 's job was selling their best participants and not replacing them, and not holding anyone capable of hitting on a consistent ground. England 's best left wingerStewart Downing holded a suffering season hitting zero ends, while the less stated about Alves and Aliadiere the better.
Delineate instant:
Losing Score Schwarzer to Fulham last summertime. A large ground why Fulham moved from 17th to 7th this yr while Boro travelled downward.
Participant of the yr:
Erm, Tuncay was the one highlight suppose. He reminded me of Juninho a couple of eld back where he was the only one attempting to hold them upwards but no one else was good enough/cared plenty to aid.
End of the season:
Not hard to take given there hold been so few. Tuncay's bicycle kick
tardily in the season against Villa wins it.
Flop of the season:
When you pay 12 million for mortal you exect to a higher degree six conference ends therein this season. Southgate will be judged by his transferral trades and Alves will travel downwardly as one of his large mistakes. Playing Brad Jones over Ross Turnbull in fundamental terminal of season games was a stupid thought overly. Jones is improbably useless. Horrendous hair overly.
Highlight:
A Xx convince Liverpool of all people in Feb.
Summertime preparation:
Get obviate participants who make n't desire to be there, mark individual who can hit ends in the Title. Seek and get 15 million for Killing from Spurs even though he Holds wounded.
T.
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