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[quote author=LarryHagman link=topic=35664.msg939309#msg939309 date=1252249390]
Rage, I agree with you.
Benitez has been a sactimonious cunt (again) and cost us points.
Whatever.
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Yeah because Riera is this great saviour who singlehandedly carries the team and avoids us letting in goals.
Oh wait..
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to be fair even though he has next to no end product we seem to play better with him then without him.
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Yeah, but that doesn't amount to categorically being able to state, beyond doubt, that we'd have won against Spurs or Villa just because he played, he was shite against Bolton anyway.
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better control of the ball would have help us to dominate more in both games, but undoubtably we were undone by poor depending on set pieces. basically had riera played we probably (definately?) would have conceeded the same goals but we 'may' have been able to outscore villa and spurs had he played.