fergie on anderson last night

"Anderson, for example, has been feeling the effects of being in China [at the Olympic Games]," revealed the boss.

"Adrenalin got him through his first match at Portsmouth, but since then he's been a bit low. But tonight he was back to himself which was great to see."

hopefully so. didn't see the game, did anderson look back to decent form? we could really do with someone carrying the ball forward at pace from deep - i think we've missed that kind of drive from mf this season so far.

Originally Posted by borsuk

hopefully so. didn't see the game, did anderson look back to decent form? we could really do with someone carrying the ball forward at pace from deep - i think we've missed that kind of drive from mf this season so far.

He looked very good.

Ball sticking to his feet again.

Nice movement, nice passing and a few bursting runs.


I just wanted the ball to go to him every time we got it

Anderson looked a lot better, lots more running and energy.

His passing was still a bit off, but that will come with games.

I knew he was struggling, that little break and time will sort him out.

The olympics came at just the wrong time for him. £#%&!ing disgraceful actually

he was crap.
passing the ball forwards, running with it, looking for the forward pass and showing good movement.

needs to learn to do pivots and feed rio and vidic the ball imo.

he was back to his best last night, it was good to see. hopefully he can keep other members of the squad out now

All the brazilians were class last night.

MOTWYW.

He was excellent. But then again his sublime pass set up our goal at Anfield, and another pin-point ball should have seen Tevez putting the game to bed. So I don't agree he's been off the pace at all.

Anderson was bound to be off the pace following the Olympics.

It's nice to hear that he is beginning to get back to where he was

Hopefully now we'll begin to see some genuine progression from the kid

Originally Posted by Ether

He was excellent. But then again his sublime pass set up our goal at Anfield, and another pin-point ball should have seen Tevez putting the game to bed. So I don't agree he's been off the pace at all.

The game passed him by in the second half at Anfield imo.

Originally Posted by Ether

He was excellent. But then again his sublime pass set up our goal at Anfield, and another pin-point ball should have seen Tevez putting the game to bed. So I don't agree he's been off the pace at all.

did you see his ball to put manucho through???

where was mannys composure... is he even left footed?

Originally Posted by marlo stansfield

did you see his ball to put manucho through???

where was mannys composure... is he even left footed?

He is both mate, both.

Originally Posted by marlo stansfield

did you see his ball to put manucho through???

where was mannys composure... is he even left footed?

fergie before the game

"he's got a cracking left foot" or something along them lines

He still looks a bit short of fitness to me, at least in terms of stamina, but he was definitely a fair bit sharper last night. Some very nice positive passing, a couple of driving runs, getting forward to support the strikers. Good stuff really, and clearly more reminiscent of how he was playing last season.

Originally Posted by Ginlarde

fergie before the game

"he's got a cracking left foot" or something along them lines

ffs I don't even think Fergie knows.

Originally Posted by Part 36 Offer

The game passed him by in the second half at Anfield imo.

Could say that about most of the team though.

Originally Posted by Part 36 Offer

He is both mate, both.

Originally Posted by Ginlarde

fergie before the game

"he's got a cracking left foot" or something along them lines

did anyone else laugh when they saw it.


i was thinking...

'there we go, our drogba is gonna put that in....'

'£#%&!ing hell what have we bought'

if he was left footed he would have hit it across the keeper and it go out wide that way if anything. if he was right footed he would have tried to side foot it...
he just took a wild swipe at it and a swipe that looked like it was hit with conviction as well

Originally Posted by Ether

Could say that about most of the team though.

Completely agree.

Originally Posted by marlo stansfield

did anyone else laugh when they saw it.


i was thinking...

'there we go, our drogba is gonna put that in....'

'£#%&!ing hell what have we bought'

if he was left footed he would have hit it across the keeper and it go out wide that way if anything. if he was right footed he would have tried to side footed.
he just took a wild swipe at it and a swipe that looked like it was hit with conviction as well

The pass for Nani's goal was awful too. Just straight to their defender. He nearly fell over after he played it

He'll come good soon.

he looks a great physical specimen, but i couldnt help but let out a loud sigh when he hit it, he has the touch of a rapist