So, as we all know, Rafael Benitez - Liverpool manager is completely full of crap, often to the point where, what he says lacks any logical proof whatsoever, and leaves himself open to so much criticism, I almost feel sorry for him.... almost.
His latest attempt at conning Liverpool fans comes after they lost 2-0 to Middlesborough, giving Manchester United a 7 point lead with a game in hand. He has made the excuse that if it wasn't for injuries to Fernando Torres, Liverpool would be much closer to United in the title race.
Do the facts support his claim? As usual, the answer is: no. Liverpool have gained 31 points from 15 games with Torres. This is an average of 2 points per game. Liverpool have gained 24 points from 12 games without Torres. This is an average of 2 points per game. Same form with him, same form without him.
Perhaps he is forgetting that Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo missed the first two months of the season? But of course, he didn't happen to mention that. It's amazing that Liverpool fans don't see through wave after wave of excuses. Again, poor old Rafa talking through his rectal cavity like the con-man he is, and that's a fact.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Review
I ended up shelling out €47.99 for Smackdown vs Raw 2009 which is the cheapest I've seen it, any where except Manchester where it was being sold for a ridiculous £20. Anyways, I have to say it was €47.99 well spent.
I think its a vastly improved game from last years. The Road to Wrestlemania mode is absolutely brilliant. It places you as Jericho, Triple H, Cena, CM Punk, Undertaker, Batista/Rey (co-op). This basically means that you have Jericho acting as Jericho, Triple H acting as Triple H, instead of the generic feel which previous story modes had in the series.
Without giving too much away, Jericho has to find out who the masked man behind a serious of "codes" are, and is determined to interrogate everyone he meets. Triple H has to choose between two well known "paths", which every even remote wrestling fan will love.
Create a finisher mode is also new, and works very well. You have a serious of up to 10 actions you can combine to put your finisher together. You can have taunts, kicks, salutes, punches, lifts and anything you wish before you actually execute the move. Depending on what actions you pick, your options for the next stage will be narrowed down. (i.e: if you position someone for a Tombstone, there are only so many moves you can do from there). You can also select a pre-set name which the commentators will use when you perform that move which is a nice touch.
Some minor annoyances are apparent, but these can be easily rectified. For example, Jericho doesn't have his correct music, no problem, you can just burn his proper music onto a cd, rip the track from your cd to your xbox, and then go to the create an entrance mode, and change Jericho's entrance to the track thats sitting nicely on your xbox.
Another problem I found was the difficultly. Normal is ridiculously easy, where hardly any moves are reversed. Hard is "tough-ish", but the cpu will reverse 9/10 of any grapple moves you try (if you are against any kind of decent opponent). Seeing as grapple moves make up a vast part of your armory, you would imagine this would be a massive problem? Wrong. The game provides sliders for almost everything. You can tone the frequency which the cpu will attempt to reverse grapple moves, and bring it in line to a more realistic value.
All-in-all, its a very good game, much better than 2008, and much better than what I was expecting.
I think its a vastly improved game from last years. The Road to Wrestlemania mode is absolutely brilliant. It places you as Jericho, Triple H, Cena, CM Punk, Undertaker, Batista/Rey (co-op). This basically means that you have Jericho acting as Jericho, Triple H acting as Triple H, instead of the generic feel which previous story modes had in the series.
Without giving too much away, Jericho has to find out who the masked man behind a serious of "codes" are, and is determined to interrogate everyone he meets. Triple H has to choose between two well known "paths", which every even remote wrestling fan will love.
Create a finisher mode is also new, and works very well. You have a serious of up to 10 actions you can combine to put your finisher together. You can have taunts, kicks, salutes, punches, lifts and anything you wish before you actually execute the move. Depending on what actions you pick, your options for the next stage will be narrowed down. (i.e: if you position someone for a Tombstone, there are only so many moves you can do from there). You can also select a pre-set name which the commentators will use when you perform that move which is a nice touch.
Some minor annoyances are apparent, but these can be easily rectified. For example, Jericho doesn't have his correct music, no problem, you can just burn his proper music onto a cd, rip the track from your cd to your xbox, and then go to the create an entrance mode, and change Jericho's entrance to the track thats sitting nicely on your xbox.
Another problem I found was the difficultly. Normal is ridiculously easy, where hardly any moves are reversed. Hard is "tough-ish", but the cpu will reverse 9/10 of any grapple moves you try (if you are against any kind of decent opponent). Seeing as grapple moves make up a vast part of your armory, you would imagine this would be a massive problem? Wrong. The game provides sliders for almost everything. You can tone the frequency which the cpu will attempt to reverse grapple moves, and bring it in line to a more realistic value.
All-in-all, its a very good game, much better than 2008, and much better than what I was expecting.
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