Rubyappeal wrote:
Without doubt,one of the luckiest footballers that ever lived.
In terms of City,the game against Villa and kicking the ball off the line in a swamp derby apart,he was total shite.Trades description act stuff.Rotten.
His early seasons at Liverpool were quality..he looked like he was going to be the bollocks...he played in that game at Maine rd where White scored and Saunders missed the penalty,and he looked like a real talent.Played well for a time after that,then decided to use the Bosman rule and sit on his arse for a couple of seasons...meanwhile becasue there was literally no-one else who would take the poisoned chalice of playing left wing for England,he somehow amassed a load of caps...again,by somehow convincing enough people to believe that he was actually contributing "something...."..fast forward to his free transfer to Madrid,he again did what he did best-warming the bench- before coming on and scoring "that" goal in the CL final that effectively earned him dinner for the rest of his life...
Steve McMoneyman,the "Forest Gump" of English football.Got to the top,finished a multi millionaire with a CL final winners medal,but not even he really knows how.
Wish I knew the secret!
He played the whole match in the CL final that he scored, and the whole season, but Madrid wanted to sell him a quite a few others like Redondo and the end of the season but he did't want to be 'parked'.
It was his second CL win where him came of the bench in 2002, but he did score to ensure RM beat Barca away in the semi for the first time in ages.