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Listed below are comments made by Benitez606 between Thursday, 21st August 2008 and Sunday, 28th September 2008.

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Torres key to Liverpool hopes 2:19pm on 28 Sep 2008 ...and I state it again... the real one-man-dependent team is Man U. Results prove it.

Berbatov is a great player but he is too slow to be part of what Man U do best up-front. So it's a matter of Man U changing the system to adjust to Berbatov. How wise is that? I wonder. Then let's face it... Scholes and Giggs are not getting any younger, while Nani and Anderson will never manage to fill their football boots as the footballing/tactical brains are incomparable. It is very likely that come January, we will be listening once again about Ronaldo being on his way out.

Man U have already over-achieved last season. ( They even had the key match against Chelsea on Chelsea's darkest week, right after Mourinho left. ) Arsenal will suffer from the inexperience just as last season and Wenger knows that the problem with such a young squad come when they are no longer flying on the wings of enthusiasm. (Listen carefully to the post- Hull match interview).

The genuine title contenders this season will be Chelsea and Liverpool.
Torres key to Liverpool hopes 12:54pm on 28 Sep 2008 Why does it need to be an article citing the important of a single element as if everything depends on him?

It's all part of the usual strategy...at times it's Gerrard...now it's Torres.

About 3 weeks ago...Liverpool were ruled out completely by pundits ...I do remember article by same author....is this a way to define a little exception to get out of the mess?

In reality nobody can tell how the premiership will unfold at this stage.
Man U are potentially 4 points behind top, Chelsea and Arsenal are there...Aston Villa doing fine....etc.. no need to try to be prophetic to face problems later.

If there's a team which is one-man-dependent...it's Man U. No C Ronaldo = no chance.
Capello and Barwick suffer as England struggle 08:04am on 21 Aug 2008 To be honest I prefer England leaving crappy performances for the friendlies rather than the other way round.

I'm sure Capello knows what he's doing and will take the right decisions where it matters.

It is also a fact that the Czeck Rep team is one of the best around. I thought that they got eliminated out of the recent Euro due to a crazy 10 minute spell also due to some bad luck with ball striking post on one side and with an unlikely mistake from P Ceck on the other. Playing against them would have always been difficult, but I'm also sure that a considerable amount of useful data has been collected.

England midfield requires some fighter/s who can break attacks...someone who works very hard for the team..it need not be a world class Lampard or Gerrard. Owen Hargreaves could be the player who best fits that decription although I' sure one may find a couple of alternatives. So yes, although it sounds like a big waste, to achieve balance it's looking more likely that leaving either Lampard or Gerrard warming the bench seems to be the best option.
I think that the absense of a naturally defensive midfield player is one of the reasons why England suffer on counter attacks as Capello pointed out.

I think we will see a revolution after playing against Croatia. At the moment, that game is too close and of course one needs to rely on experience, but I think we will see a change of personnel shorly afterwards.

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