You know what I'm really sick of? It really irks me when we make teams like Reading and Portsmouth look like some of Europe's finest. It's annoying to have your players either keep punting the ball aimlessly up the park, or passing it back at each given opportunity. I'm not sure if they are just playing to instruction but it seems that everytime we have possession near the half way line, the ball ends up being played all the way back to Reina. It's like no one is given the freedom, or wants to shoulder the responsibility of creating opportunities when on the ball.

For a diminutive guy, Insua doesn't really have much acceleration does he? How often did Aurelio have to go supersonic to help him out? Insua has been doing really well but his lack of pace means he'll always struggle against quick winners which is a big concern considering how crap we are at dealing with crosses this season.

i beg to differ, as shown by reading, this tactic can work wonders with the correct players and application. On the other hand, for the past few games, it seems that we neither have a game plan or that nobody understands what rafa wants them to do. 

until now rafa sux

he sold our potential player guthrie doing good in newcastle obviously better than lucas , he sold warnock , obviously better than fat insua and dosenna , he sold sissoko , obviously got better height than mascherano , and he sold our blardy alonso , who can pass like god...lolz

On the notion that we need real wingers to play good football, I disagree. If I recall, Chelsea won the league a few seasons back playing with a 4-3-3 formation with Robben and Cole flanking Drogba. They played with 3 central mids as well, effectively making them a narrow team which still managed to chalk up various 1-0 victories. Cole is right footed. It's good to have options in the end. It necessarily a bad thing to have a right footed player on the left or vice versa. Gives you the option of drifting in and taking a shot on goal with your strong foot instead of your weaker one.

he even stated that ramsey has more better vision than gerrad , no doubt that ramsey could be the next big thing for england but judging him only for one match and compare him to  gerrard pedigree that is well proven is absolutely ridiculous..sometimes i just wonder how much he got paid for talk nonsense

rafa extremely use on torres without thinkin other striker actually.. torres just start every match when he arrive at anfield even against poor team..against poor/below mid team rafa shuld try to start crouch too cz he dont bad at all.. then when torres injured then we not get a good back up .. last summer liverpool link again to take crouch.. great tat it wont happened...

Nope, you didn't select which high school to go to did you? So similarly it was their parents who select which academy to enter and they would care much more about how their kids could develop in the academies as opposed to brand or fandome. Because in the end, if they are good enough, they would end up in a top club.

Of course, it's nice to know that Kenny Dalglish watches your kid play.

Actually now that I think of it, weren't we assigned lol?

Well, bad analogy I guess but what I meant to say is at that age parents will naturally be a strong influence on their kids' decision and sending them to football academies is definitely something parents will think hard.

To be honest with u guys, I dun think Liverpool can get any trophies this season.

Why not just Liverpool players just focus on the World Cup.

Well, when i first read about it, it made me blood boil... but after mulling over it for a bit methinks it is but an unfortunate but not totally unexpected episode.

1) Both muppets and their families have been cursed/call names (hey, I just did) and the general amount of 'hate' directed at them is well, unbelievable.

2) SOS and the other supporter groups have probably been bugging the board and directors non stop, which imho does not help.

3) This will irk many, and i am prepared to be flamed, but has SOS and the rest actually done anything to help (aside from whining)? It is still the yanks money (or lack of a better word - debt). There was much hoo hah about supporters buying over the club earlier - what has happenbed to the plan? Died out as it was unworkable?

again, this will put me at odds with A LOT of people, but have SOS and their lot been able to change anything?
are we still not piss poor, both financially and on the pitch?

honestly, i tire of all this shit. if the muppets are not going to leave, then we might as well double our efforts to engage them and make them understand what LFC means to us. Boycotts etc are akin to cutting your nose to spite the face at times like these.

why cant we talk about xabi? cos he makes lucas seem worthless?
ppl are still talking about shankly after 50yrs...tell them to stop.

so tell me then, what are ppl talking about?

Captain Marvel he may be. The heart of LFC he may be but there is no disputing that Gerrard's leaving is a very real possibility especially if we finish the season some distance behind the leaders, and fail to qualify for the Champions League. Jose Mourinho is a firm admirer of our captain and has twice come close to courting his services. Some may say that it was indeed a change of heart at the last minute, that he decided to turn Chelsea down pledging his loyalty to his Scouse roots after coming to terms with the situation. Another faction on the other hand might say that his decision to stay came after receiving several threats on his life and his family's. Bottom line, we choose to believe the former, I know I do. The reality however could be far from what I believe it to be. Here is a man at the prime of his career with a big appetite for success. Is it really inconceivable to believe that he will accept an offer abroad even if it means leaving the club he loves? At what point do you say, "I love my club, but I need to leave to fulfill my personal ambitions"? Torres has done that, no? Will Gerrard's departure go down as smoothly with us, and Torres' did with his legion of fans at Atletico?

If he does leave, will it for the better or for the worse? Let's face it, neither Gerrard nor Carragher are getting any younger. At this age, they should already have a number of silverware in their trophy cabinet. They are not player for the future, if indeed Rafa is looking that far ahead. If we finish this season out of the top four, without any silverware, his departure could spell the end of an era, but also the beginning of a new one. Is that honestly a bad thing? Aside from a European Cup, 1 UEFA Cup, 2 FA Cups, 2 League Cups, 1 European Supercup, 1 Charity Shield, what have we really achieved in the last 2 decades? May count may be slightly off but you get my drift. It's an era few will remember anyway so starting fresh might not be such a bad thing. We have a new generation of players that have the potential to form the spine of LFC in Pepe Reina, Daniel Agger and Fernando Torres. Gerrard won't be allowed to leave for cheap and if the funds we get from his sale can be used to plug a few holes, it could benefit the team as a whole. It could also mean that Rafa will be forced not let the club's fortunes rest on the weary shoulders of only two players. It could force him to try to get the best out of each player and not have to play them even if they aren't fully fit. When Rafa's Valencia came to Anfield and took us apart, it was said that we lost to a superior team. Can we say we beat teams in the same manner as they did us? When we win it's often because of a moment of brilliance from an individual player. Perhaps with Gerrard out of the picture, the team will not be 'tempted' to rely on him so often, and will function better as a unit, not necessarily because they want to, but because they have to.