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Originally Posted by KMS
With Ruud in the side we became very one dimensional and predictable at times which changed when he left and the free flowing, full of movement football came into play.
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Yes, we played a lot of free-flowing football during Ruud's last season! I mean the creative central midfield pair of Alan Smith and Darren Fletcher, Ryan Giggs on one flank, and z0mfg Ronaldo on the other was a sight to behold! Also, we had a one-eyed Paul Scholes. From the right we had John O'Shea providing pin-point crosses, and from the left it was Sylvestre bombarding forward! Who can forget the late off the bench contributions from Richardson! I mean, phew!
You are absolutely right, it was Ruud's slow game that pulled us back.
I mean, he then went to probably the most unstable clubs of all times, a new team, a new management, a new country and barely scored 35 goals while being the top scorer in the league in his first season and in the CL as well till the time Madrid were in it! Anyone can do that, isn't it? Real would've won the title without him anyways!
Yes, we were too reliant on him, always expected him to score (which he rarely did). Now, that is not the case. It is not one player scoring 40 goals while none of the other scored 20 now, is it? We were too predictable then, but now, see, no one know who'd score for us. That's so deceptive!