04/26/24
April 30, 2003
Team of the Weak.: Jerzy Dudek (ill-timed flubs), Lee Bowyer (fall from grace), and Peter Crouch (can't find the net) are among this season's First XI of Shame.
gspm: Super article. There's too much to love in this one. On Liverpool's Djimi Traore: "a young Liverpool man with plenty of talent but the concentration of a three-year-old at a church service." On Villa's Peter Crouch (my, he is a beanpole): "The Midlands' best Ian Ormonroyd imitator often gives off the impression that he's as ungainly as a newly-born foal, possesses no skill and couldn't score in a Thai massage parlour." And the much-loved Lee Bowyer: "He didn't earn an England recall amid rumours of a run-in with Sven Goran Eriksson and his status as a Leeds hero collapsed as he held out for a lucrative Bosman move. West Ham took him for peanuts and got a right monkey and he has added nothing to a team desperate for fighters of the type that Bowyer once personified. Lacklustre and lacking in belief, the enthusiasm that once made his game seems to be gone while the vicious edge has been retained, best exampled by a horrific stamp on the head of Malaga defender Gerardo while still a Leeds player. Still, the six-game Euro ban he received is unlikely to be effected soon as there can be few right-minded high-flying takers for him at the season's end."
posted by worldcup2002 at 11:29 AM on April 30, 2003
Goalie shoulda been Enckelman. Blues player of the year.
posted by squealy at 03:59 PM on April 30, 2003
I agree. I think they were too harsh on Dudek. Enckelman rules!
posted by worldcup2002 at 05:51 PM on April 30, 2003
Dudek acquired a stain from a poor stretch in a couple of games. If he has continued to be crapsome after his readmittance into the Liverpool starting XI then full marks to the Liverpool team in front of him that has sure turned things around to go on a strong run. But to be fair I would assume he has played well since regaining the starting spot in goal (though the assumption may be only because I haven't heard of or seen more Dudek groaners). yeah, too hard on Dudek. though i couldn't name a more obvious shame candidate but that would be due to not knowing enough of who might be more shameful. Could be just that he got the bad press on a high profile team, as unfortunate as that might be.
posted by gspm at 07:12 PM on May 01, 2003
oh, um, spied at Sportsfrog.