The starry-eyed crap from Noone and Navarro when we were whupped at Anfield was quite vomitworthy. It was all they could do to stop themselves dry-humping Gerrards leg in the warm-up. We were a decent Championship club playing away at a distinctly average PL team, but in the whole buildup, Noone...
Skin the fullback twice, go back for one more cheeky nutmeg, then fire the cross into the crowd.
Jinx inside, evade 3 tackles, make room for the shot, then scuff the ball 5 yards wide into the advertising boards.
Repeat ad-infinitum.
Fair enough, and Nooney certainly wasn't a *bad* player. But he never got his head up, his crossing and shooting was woeful, and although he was capable of some exciting dribbles, the end product was so rarely worth the build-up.
At the time he was here I always had him behind Buckley and KLL...