Fla-Mini Adventure
4 comments November 27th, 2004
At least, it would be if I had my way.
At the start of this week, I argued that “Cesc needed a rest”, and that “The answer could be Mathieu Flamini”.
Following Flamini’s impressive substitute performance against PSV, I feel that now could be the time for his first Premiership start.
Xabi Alonso and Gerrard are a very very strong midfield partnership – if Cesc is just one step off the pace, we will be punished. The kid is only 17, and has been forced into action far more than anyone with his best interests at heart would have wanted.
Flamini’s no-nonsense, tough-tackling style could be exactly what’s required to combat this sort of thing:
The man you see above, I ought to add, could still end up at our beloved Chelsea, if you listen to Arsene.
One man who I reckon probably won’t start is Jose Reyes, who isn’t in the best of form. However, his international team-mate and bloody good midfielder Xabi Alonso has labelled little Jose a “genius”.
Good man.
I’ll leave you with some statistics that either show you:
a) How unlucky we are, or
b) How rubbish Jens is.
