Interesting facts

insua- 165cm
pacheco- 168cm
lucas- 173 cm
aquilani- 177cm
yossi- 178 cm
glen- 182cm
torres- 183cm
skrtel- 184cm
gerrard- 185cm
carra- 186cm
reina&agger- 187cm
ngog- 188cm
ayala- 190cm
plesis&kelly- 191cm
soto- 193cm

sos-http://www.premierleague.com/page/Statistics/0,,12306,00.html

Pacheco is taller than Insua! OMG!!!

He is 178cm dude! Even taller than Aquilani...

http://www.premierleague.com/page/PlayerPr...57~2009,00.html

he is 178cm , taller than lucas

I cnt believe Pacheco is taller than Insua

Maybe his skinny look make him looks shorter.Anyway, cant wait for the summer. Left side of the team need complete overhaul.

Riera is heading the exit, Aurelio's contract is expiring....Babel and Insua are both too inexperience to hold the position as their own...

Insua....Pacheco....Taller..... shocking


Wonder if we would get Turan as a replacement

i would prefer someone english on the left..

Everything is building up nicely for El Classico. Messi's definitely one to watch for, those who have follow Barca's recent matches would agree, he just went one level above God-like.

Back to Liverpool, great game last night. Finally Liverpool's a joy to watch and how we really miss it so badly. Once again, Gerrard show in games like this, he is a good option to use in midfield. With Kuyt in the hole, Gerrard's able to burst into the box unmarked. And Maxi Rodriguez, a bit surprised that people are starting to write him off a little as he did well last night. Not much contribution in terms of direct assists and goals but he brings players around him into play. Great link-up. And Johnson's regaining his confidence bit by bit. There was this point in a match where he rushed and got to the ball before the defender despite being 1 or 2 yards behind. His pace was frightening. Babel did very well too so perhaps Duke Red's right about giving him a run of games.

And the Fernando Torres goals... absolutely sublime.

Albert Riera closes in on Liverpool exit but Spartak Moscow demand commitment from Anfield agitator

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...l#ixzz0jZEWRe9N


It seems like it is a loan move....for now...

Lucas is way better than anderson for me, beside i think hes rarely been out for injuries (if im not mistaken).. the way rafa plays him, i personally think he is just a backup for macherano, if he decided to move out from LFC..
about Reina, hes great! second to none!

let's kill author named Zack Wilson

http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zo...s-for-liverpool

From my pov, it is the play system make Lucas looks bad which can affect the player confidence.

If play 2 DM, then you hardly can spark some creativity in the midfield area, which eventually could lead to inability to score goal, and somemore with 1 lone striker upfront, make life even tougher for the striker department due to lack of support from 2DM or thru passes to create goal opportunity.
You don't expect to win many matches if play with negative mindset or ultra-defensive line-up.


Macherano + Lucas in CM is not a good combination.
Play Gerrard in the middle and partner either one of them, and with current situation for defensive cover and defensively excel one, Mascherano is preferred.

yup.. rafa got fool bt his old valencia tactic which use 2DM..


=====Albelda===Baraja======
=Rufete============Vicente=
=========Aimar==========
========Di Viao==========

u can't use same tactics from la liga into BPL.. sure mati la like that ..

not me use but rafa

For PL, want to succeed in league or having good position in league, then one must ruthless in attack, just like what happened on last night match against Sunderland, score 2-0 early then shut the game up.
Playing ultra-defensive and hope for counter attack to nick a goal to win 1-0, won't carry team very far. Occassionally against strong team may be ok, but not week in week out.

Actually, you win the league title by beating the lower team consistently and ruthless, you don't win the league by beating top teams only.

What similarity for the top 3 team on the league table?
They are ruthless in attack and able to score a lot goals.
And having little problem to beat the team below especially at bottom half table teams in general.

im ok as long as we concedes less goal than opponent.. like last time, we are known for playing defensive football, yet we still manage being in the top 4 places.. until comes a predator named Torress!

Errr... it has nothing to do with the formation. It has nothing to Rafa too.
With the same fat Rafa and the same cursed formation, we were the top scoring team last season.

4-4-1-1 worked last season because alonso and gerrard is on fire.. including every other players..

this season we have off form gerrard and... lucas

sunderland game was a joy to watch.. but stronger team will murder that left/right defense