SWP man of the match (again)
Mark Hughes’ ever woeful Man City scraped past Aalborg on penalties last night. All that money spent — mostly on the wrong players for the kind of donkey football Hughes favours — and they struggled all over the pitch against significantly weaker opposition.
Shaun Wright-Phillips continuously wasted possession; at times running into Aalborg’s players without looking where he was going, or simply passing the ball directly to their feet. Despite this — as I’d already predicted — people reckoned he was the best player on the pitch. I’ve previously explained why I think Shaun Wright-Phillips is shit, but last night was just taking the piss.
The following from the BBC’s player rater is madness:
Running pointlessly all over the pitch is playground football, not something we should be seeing from a professional player.
