QUOTE (I_Rossoneri @ Jan 18 2012, 09:54 PM)

Decent first half although we should be more than 1-0 up, we have had 67% possession though so if we continue like that then they will tire in the second half.
El Shaarawy looking very good indeed, he's scored a very good goal and was very unlucky with his other chance - only a great save stopped him scoring what would have been an even better goal IMO. He's also got a bit of a swagger about him which shows he's got belief in himself, if he continues like this then we'll have a very good player on our hands for the future.
Merkel has done ok so far but it shows that it is his first game back, I think after afew games when he's settled down we'll see what he's really capable of.
I never got the Merkel hype and this game confirms it for me. Yes it's his first game back but he's just so hesitant!! all of his passes are imple ones that rarely spark anything. I look at El Shaarawy and him, and they're an ocean apart from each other.
Els Shaa hasn't been playing as much as him, not even a fraction, yet he has that confidence about him.
I don't know, but I'm just not impressed with Merkel. Maybe he's just not ready yet, this is why he should have stayed at Genoa, where he was doing well