But yesterday he was rubbish,shouldn't switch Raul with him.
Frankly speaking we weren't playing quite well yesterday,our first touches were out of place and quite a lot of misunderstanding passes.

It's okay though,a draw is better than a lost.

i watched the manc derby last week and when i saw the attendance (close to 76k) it crossed my mind that anfield could only get bit more than half of that if managed to get full house. so (just to simplify it) their revenue is almost double from what we get per game. i hope John Henry is planning to expand Anfield in very near future. 75k seater is too much and i doubt we could fill it up. 55k - 60k is more realistic.

John Henry did said in a press conf a while back that they are looking a way to stay at anfield. they done the same with red sox fenway park so if they can expand anfield section by section (like the manc did) then I think most fans would be delighted. nothing wrong with building a new stadium but i guess majority of reds prefer to stay at renovated anfield.

with 3 CBs, i think we finally found a way to include insua in the team. cant we recall insua and put johnson back to the right side?

Even a counter attack football won't cut it with the players we fielded the other night. Which players had pace that night ? Only Johnson and arguably Maxi. The balance seems a bit off. We had little pace and with both Gerrard and Suarez not available, meant we had little goal threat. We also fielded 2 none ball playing central backs which meant our midfield had to drop even deeper to collect the ball. Wilson was defensively solid but he offered no width and very little to the passing game. So i think you're right that we had little choice but to deploy a very defensive minded first 11. The game plan was to stifle them and win the tie at Anfield.

we also cant guarantee the Europa place if we keep play like this...

maybe that time he was the most outstanding player among other teammates. he did singlehandedly change the match with his tireless run and dynamic ability. nowadays he look like he's running out of juice after series of injury. hopefully he will be back to his best soon. maybe he won't be as explosive as before but surely he will be as effective as before.

Kyrgiakos is pretty decent in the air eh? They mispelt his name on his kit last night. Spelt it "Kygriakos" instead.

On the Carra issue, I've read comments indicating that he is a dirty player but no one seems to have any evidence to back it up. I've followed him since his first game for us, and he has always been a model professional.

looking at the league table, we are still a massive 15 points away to be in position as running at least for a hope to be in the final places of CL.

i dont want to be too carried away with last nights win. maybe we had already done too much damage to ourselves under Roy.

i still blame (RH) for our timidity this season & by far, far more damaging & poly causing us to runneth 2 years without CL. (despite providing some loose cash for some reinforcement, be it alot, lot, lot higher salary for a almost non existing english player & signing 'dependable' pedigree from his old club)

Even the insipid performances in europa cup made LFc fans not watch our games (thus depriving us of much need gate revenue).

We will remain positive still. we might catch spurs (due to their inevitable hiccup form) but top 4... may need some divine intervention 

carra was bad under houllier coz he kept played him as a fullback..when rafa came he convert him to centerback...thats when his performance improved

We will have to see how good Carroll is if his departure was indeed a blessing in disguise. But your observation on Torres's positioning has its merits i reckon. Torres once said that Rafa worked tirelessly to improve his positioning, he would tell him exactly where to be within the box and which particular post to attack.

The comparison between him and Suarez is a bit unfair tho imo. They're both completely different kind of players altogether. Suarez is obviously the better dribbler but Torres didn't have to dribble as much because he normally played off the defender's shoulder. Most of the time, he only had a defender and the goalkeeper to beat. A quick turn and a burst of pace, and he was on his way towards the goal. As a finisher, he is as deadly as a striker can be. He has scored numerous headers and from variety of angles and range.

The one thing that i feel is his weakness is that he has this methodological approach when tyring to get into scoring position - the most obvious one was that he would stay on the defender's weaker side and look to skin him with pace. It's predictable and even the most average defender can have a good day against him. Suarez, on the other hand plays more like a no 7. He drifts everywhere and has plethora of methods when attacking the goal. And his  impulsiveness makes him very unpredictable and a pain to play against.

I'm not one to cry over spilled milk but what a combo these 2 players would have made. Kinda like the a good cop and bad cop scenario. One plays by the book, the other doesn't. Pity that it was not meant to be.

he talks about liverpool because that is what the press likes to ask him..to compare Chelsea with Liverpool....But i wonder if he can actually turn down such interviews.  At this stage, the less said, the better for everyone. 
but the more interviews he gives, the more we can see what was in his mind during his last year with us.....darn..if i have half his talents and can play for the club, i will run myself to the ground week in and week out for the club...(See Kuyt)

Lets hope Suarez and AC can do a good job and confirm that this is what the phrase `blessings in disguise' is created for!

Yes, I'm totally agree with Gerrard losing his touch. If I could remember starting 08/09 season whereby Gerrard lesser move frantically in the field and trying to score explosive goal with his gifted right foot. He try to score thru curl freekick which totally out of his style (maybe not so much depth for him also). He's an aggressive man and he should be keep aggressive way of playing. I agree his mellow down in his tackle which totally shown maturity as a captain but scoring goal, he needs to keep aggressive as before. It's nothing more explosive than Gerrard's goals from outside of penalty box thumping into the net. It makes you go euphoric!

I think the transformation starts during Rafa's time at Anfield but somehow Gerrard yet to get out of it. I must say Gerrard is a player who need excitement to be excited. After so much disappointment last season and this season, his morale couldn't be any lower. He still instrumental to Liverpool and as a captain, he needs to step up to the plate and proof his worth again.

Maybe UCL qualification next season (or quick fix of winning Europa League this season) could get him back on his feet. It had been 2 disastrous seasons for Liverpool but nonetheless, it's not the end of it. LIverpool is rebuilding; faith and belief are 2 most valuable asset required in fans to keep supporting the club and during this time, the club needs the fans more than any other time.

nice there, i will go fo barca this time.

btw. gerrard can play this sunday match?

Wth happened?!
Just one match and all the bad comments coming from everywhere..
Shit.. I dont usually get to read these, especially when we won ManU and Chelsea...

And please be smart abit to isolate between real life football and fifa/fm....