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Grella & Moore: Liabilities Who Cannot Start Against Germany


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By scouse_roar - 6 Jun 2010 1:21 AM

That's what I've learned from the last six months, and the last three games have borne that out. Grella has been comfortably ensconced as the worst player consistently starting for us, while Moore's lack of top-level match practice has been damningly obvious against even middling international-quality strikers.

This performance against the USA pretty much solidified my opinion and my worst fears - that Grella is shit, and an unnecessary risk in a position of strength in depth, yet will start regardless, and probably get sent off or put our defence under pressure in other ways, like tonight - and that Moore's complete lack of pace and his turning circle like a Mack truck will get found out by strikers with any sort of pace and mobility, of which the teams in our group have plenty.

We have better players with more match fitness in better form than these two players. Please, Pim, don't start them*.





*Even though, since you have no imagination or plan B whatsoever, they will start, and I knowe they will.
By afromanGT - 7 Jun 2010 2:30 AM

That's probably the understatement of the cup s_r
Glenn - A-league Mad wrote:
Thats what shits me most - EVERYONE is covering for Moore.

His return for the WC was selfish in that it robbed us (pim) of trialing competent replacements (sasha Ogenovski ect...) Pim just locked him in cause the team loved him and he was "experienced".

True Grella has been dangerouse. We have a shite load of midfielders.

Perhaps keep Culina as the Defending Midfielder and bring some one else on for more holding/attacking position?

It's unacceptable at this level that other players have to cover for you. Moore has no place in the national side and players like Bosnar and Ognenovski if nothing else are at least PHYSICALLY up to the task, and just as technically apt.

Grella has no place in the team either, he has been turned into a hatchet by Allardyce and when the one thing we don't have a problem is, is midfielders, there's no reason for him to be there. He's basically in the squad for the same reason Moore is. You could have Culina, Valeri, Carle (yeah, coming from ME, preferring Carle to Grella. Never thought I'd say that.), Jedinak, even Musialik would be better.