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Originally Posted by chairman-mao
sorry i dun agreed than pennant didn't contribute.Look at him when he was playing for Birmingham wk in wk out he is wonderful and that is when Rafa start notice him. This fella is getting better as days go by just wish thatt Rafa will play him more often.[/B][/COLOR],
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That's a good point about Pennant bro. Glad to see someone who can be objective rather than jumping on the bandwagon and shooting off.
I'm still undecided about Pennant after yesterday. If I'm not wrong, he lost Gudjohnsen on the right completely (I'm sure it wasn't Finnan) and allowed him a free run on goal. Not even able to track him and put some pressure. Reina was totally exposed.
So defensively, I often feel uneasy when Pennant comes on. You notice Pennant comes on for one of our strikers, not right-sided player. Rafa clearly doesn't trust Pennant that much.
Having said that, Pennant did well as an outlet yesterday. His running was good. He had a shot which was saved and also laid a low cross which Crouch blasted over. So I'd still go with him and he has to be honest showed much improvement.