Premier League Weekend's Winners and Losers – Part 3
More Winners
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 – does a Wayne Rooney
There is quite a contest going on between Arsenal’s main front man and his counterpart at Manchester United, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736. Both players scored their first league goals from other than the penalty spots last weekend and if no more injury comes by, both will
surely play a crucial part in the title race.
Both these strikers have an average of 0.51 goals per start in the Premier League. For Dutchman, the problem is plain and simple and that is his fitness. If he stays fit he’ll definitely be scoring goals but the problem is slightly different for Wayne Rooney.
He has been short on confidence and there seems to be too much going through his head at the moment. It looks as if the overwhelming praise showered on him recently by Sir Alex had nothing to do with his performance, rather it was done to give Wayne the
confidence he has been lacking.
Although, van Persie was guilty of missing some sitters against Birmingham, he still can be excused as he has hardly played any football in the last couple of months. Once his rustiness goes away, he’ll be as important for Arsenal as Fabregas and Nasri have
been.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-Welbeck-c10233 – setting the example
The Manchester United loanee has been in terrific form of late. He has been playing well all season but in recent weeks, he has matched his performances with goals and with 6 in his last 8 matches, he has set an example for Sir Alex Ferguson.
LOSERS
Chris Foy - Needs to go now
If there were any doubts about http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-c9006 Foy’s hesitancy in making big decisions, they were confirmed as he made a series of errors at the Hawthorns. One thing that works in his favour is that he wasn’t really biased towards any side.
First, he failed to give West Brom the penalty after Gary Neville’s red-worthy tackle on Graham Dorrans in the first half. He then missed the blatant hand ball by Jerome Thomas to cancel out his initial mistake.
It is pretty obvious that Foy is scared to make big decisions. He couldn’t have faced the wrath of Sir Alex had he given a red card to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gary-Neville-c14447 and a penalty to West Brom when the score was 1-1.
Similarly, he just wasn’t brave enough to hand West Brom a blatant penalty. This isn’t the first time as Foy has made similar catastrophic errors earlier in the season as well. He has not handed a single red card in his last 29 games.
Whereas, according to Premier League stats, 42 players have been dished out red cards from a total of 198 matches to date, i.e. nearly a red card every 4 games.
It’s sad to suggest but it’s about time that Foy is asked to gain more experience in the Championship.
Gary Neville – Time to hang up the boots
It is understandable that Sir Alex wants to be kind to one of the legends of the club but the man who made his first team debut just under 20 years ago, isn’t the same player now as he once was. Playing him is not just cruel for the club and its fans but
also for Neville himself, who can only bring down his legendary status by keep on playing.
Two of his three starts this season deserved to be cut short via red cards and he nearly cost his team again at the weekend. Retiring from football will be a decision that will benefit all parties and it should be made as soon as possible.
Continued in Part 4...
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