Still, thinking about Downing, Adam, Lucas, Poulsen and other players we actually did buy in the last 10 years or so, it's amazing how far we have come. Look at those players! Look at the squad we have!
And now, for maximum contrast, take a fucking look at this, my RAAAAAAAAAATINGS for a game against Blackpool, in which one Charlie Adam starred (hence Kenny fucking buying him soon after), dated Jan 13th 2011:
A terrible, terrible display, showing the scale of Kenny's task in all of its horrible dark majesty; a squad full of poor players, bad technique, no brains, fight, desire, organisation or skill. And to top it all off, lacking in confidence. We made Blackpool's Charlie Adam, a decent player, look like a cross between Platini and Souness.
And Kenny himself is culpable, selecting a shit, confused team, and waiting too long to make changes.
Reina (5). Made some decent stops, but beaten twice and not at his best.
Johnson (4). Kelly deservedly kept his place, but playing Magic at LB does neither him, nor us, any favours, negating his best weapon - attacking prowess
Skittles (3). A fucking brainless flid. All over the place like a mad woman's piss, and showed virtually zero awareness of how to play as a central defender.
Agger (4). Several piss-weak challenges and poor positioning.
Kelly (5). Average.
Crapsen (Poulsen) (3). Lumbering fucking cunt. We'd be better off having a traffic cone playing as the holding midfielder. He's pitifully bad.
Lucarse (4). Blackpool waltzed past this hapless cunt at will. Created nothing. Offers nothing. Is nothing. Was probably the pick of the midfield.
Ming (Meireles) (3). Needs to grow a pair. Had a generally horrible game and his passing was abysmal. Won't go into the "tackling" side of his game, because there doesn't appear to be one.
Jova (3). I wanted to see him given a chance. Well, he's had it. Goodbye.
Kuyt (3). Horrible.
Torres (7). Great goal. Like watching a lone swan majestically gliding across the surface of a blighted, foetid lake that is carpeted by dead, deformed, radiation-poisoned fish as far as the eye can see.