Jan 15 2010, 02:25 PM
QUOTE(-nana- @ Jan 15 2010, 01:50 PM)
i feel aquilani performance so far is a little too controlled..i blv it is rafa's instructions.. hence u c him playing simple passes n mostly non threathening. from what i've seen,i personally think he is a very technical player .. he loves to attack n not sit on the midfield area to spray passes around..u can c him always moving forward when he pass a ball in the final 3rd of the oppenent half n sometimes he just sits back too deep with lucas..n there is no support for ger tor n our wings.. i wish i'm at melwood nw..i'm really very interested to see whats actually going wrong with the team after finishing so close to manu last season..its definately a huge motivation to go on n win this season..plus its a world cup season n players would want to have lots of playing time n finding their touch n form come this june..
right now..the injuries to 3 of our top scorers is a huge blow..huge one..n maybe its time to push aqua up the pitch n give him more freedom against stoke. i still think once he get used too to the quick play in bpl he can b a good signing, u can c he is pressured by the huge price tag on his head n the crap performance of liverpool fc this season so far, he get close down much much quicker n give less time on the ball as he would have gotten in italy... btw i think rafa is too tight on his players.. take babel for example..he was quite good in his first season n everyone started to blv he could go on n be one of the better players in the league but right now..his first touch is way worst than before n he look out of sorts n low in confidence.i dont blame him..cuz i blv the person at fault is rafa.i think the babel kind of player would love more freedom on what he does on the pitch.. look at his goal against lyon..it proves he has much much potential.
My opinion and observation, Rafa like to play "control" or "possession" football, in fact in most matches, Liverpool is the one having more possession of the ball (be it the match is loss or win), but the possession has no serious threat to opponent one, ie. passing around midfield and defender only, while have no clue what to do with the ball. right now..the injuries to 3 of our top scorers is a huge blow..huge one..n maybe its time to push aqua up the pitch n give him more freedom against stoke. i still think once he get used too to the quick play in bpl he can b a good signing, u can c he is pressured by the huge price tag on his head n the crap performance of liverpool fc this season so far, he get close down much much quicker n give less time on the ball as he would have gotten in italy... btw i think rafa is too tight on his players.. take babel for example..he was quite good in his first season n everyone started to blv he could go on n be one of the better players in the league but right now..his first touch is way worst than before n he look out of sorts n low in confidence.i dont blame him..cuz i blv the person at fault is rafa.i think the babel kind of player would love more freedom on what he does on the pitch.. look at his goal against lyon..it proves he has much much potential.
Also a lot of time, counter attack being held up due to holding midfield want to 'hold' up the ball instead quickly spraying passes to upfront.
Babel is not good in dribbling, get pass defender and crossing, but he can be good if playing those kind of midfield pump a thru pass beyond defender and then he chase and shoot towards goal. His style is not suit to be a winger. My view only.
I also believe there is too many instruction being given by manager as well which prevent players to express freely and playing with their ability and creativity. As a lot of time, we keep on seeing Rafa at touchline, give instruction to player to close down, to overlap, hand signal what to do etc. This should be done after the match analysis time, not when the match is going on.
Just like a factory manager, you just give instruction how to do to your operators to produce a product, then you just let them work on their own. Not the like watching every minute and give instruction when they are in betweeb carrying out the task time.
Added on January 15, 2010, 2:30 pm
QUOTE(Everdying @ Jan 15 2010, 02:23 PM)
so how many of you all here criticized rafa's rotation policy?
skeleton?
like u said...last season, rafa hardly rotated...he tried to give a final push in an attempt to land the league.
what this has done is obviously resulting in the players playing just too many matches, especially with some involved in the confederations cup and world cup qualifying.
torres back then during the end season also mentioned about fear of burning out.
and of cos dont forget the team's travel to asia.
and the results of all this over-playing can now be seen in the injuries the team are getting.
so are all those naysayer's now wishing rafa went back to rotation?
Without rotation, Liverpool nearly win the league last year. skeleton?
like u said...last season, rafa hardly rotated...he tried to give a final push in an attempt to land the league.
what this has done is obviously resulting in the players playing just too many matches, especially with some involved in the confederations cup and world cup qualifying.
torres back then during the end season also mentioned about fear of burning out.
and of cos dont forget the team's travel to asia.
and the results of all this over-playing can now be seen in the injuries the team are getting.
so are all those naysayer's now wishing rafa went back to rotation?
Current issue is not about rotation or not, it is about manager and players trust, determination and spirit problem. Last year, there were a handful of matches without Torres and/or Gerrard, Liverpool still can put up good performance in between, but it is not the case at the moment which need to rely luck to win a few matches.
This post has been edited by cherroy: Jan 15 2010, 02:30 PM
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