Roman banking on Goose to lay golden egg

ONE of the most damning indictments of Scolari’s reign was that even Nice Bloke Wilkins was more capable of changing a game than the World Cup winning boss as he demonstrated at Watford last Saturday.

The Brazilian-perpetrated myth that Drogba and Anelka can’t play together also seems blown out of the water and just to top off a hat trick of crowd pleasers we supporters got to see youngsters Mancienne and Stoch play and play well.

The motivation too seemed better although I’d imagine that was as much down to having Abramovich and Hiddink in the stands as anything else. The players, if rumours are to be believed, have seen off one manager, and so need to prove that the poor form of late has not been simply down to their own failings. What Guus would have seen in the first half was a dominating performance but one devoid of any cutting edge and that was largely down to no width and Anelka being played out on the wing — Scolari style.