lucas? tackles? wtf?
i've seen better tackles from 10yr old kids in training.

lucas' tackles are half-assed attempts where he just lazily sticks out his leg like a hooker trying to draw attention.
not even putting his body into it.
friggin waste of space he is.

Come on Lucas....

Hope Gerrard recovers soon.

It was really painful to see Liverpool lose to Everton in the dying minutes even though Everton (*cough*cough*) was the more threatening side. Pergi sekolah pun sakit hati..*sigh*

On the "bright" side, Babel showed some good spirit playing as a striker. Kuyt was brilliant. He's the heart of the team, and our defense were awesome. I don't think the outcome of this game would be as it is if Lucas wasn't sent off.

This post has been edited by Playboy21: Feb 5 2009, 07:55 PM

sigh, stevie g out three weeks... damn it, with real madrid around the corner...

Source: LFC.tv


Looks like we're gonna be without Gerrard for our next matches, which will include our CL matches against Real.

damn
i mean the other matches, i guess playing with alonso and masch will suffice,
but a massive CL match such as playing Real, we need gerrard.

The matches Gerrard will miss:

Portsmouth vs Liverpool, 7 Feb 09
Liverpool vs Man City, 22 Feb 09
Real Madrid vs Liverpool, 25 Feb 09

He could possibly be back for the Real clash, let's keep our fingers crossed.

On the bright side, he'll also be missing England friendlies, so Capello isn't going to be a happy camper either

i think we're lucky that we have an international friendly break in the second week, therefore he'd miss one less game.
phew

hope nothing happen to torres at international day...

With Gerrard being ruled out for about 3 weeks, Lucas will be given more chances to recover the lost ground.

Oops wait, Bernabeau awaits.

v r in trouble with gerrard s injury..hmm time for the rest to step up

i am really de-moralized this week. a very dissapointing time for Liverpool supporters. I am adamant that we will be zero on silver-ware again this season.
never the less, the support still maintains for the beloved club!

-cheers-

Don't be surprised if the team play better without Gerrard. Much of the attacking focal point has been around him... and when he doesn't perform the team suffers. After all, we did manage to beat the Mancs without Gerrard AND Torres!

i cant believe some of u saying lucas's tackle is good..dont say the word "improved" if u dont wanna say its "shit"..those tackles by Lucas dont even deserve the word "ok"..are u for real? lucas's tackle is good?

but thats not all..his passings are either average or bad..this is a team challenging for EPL title we're talking about..we cannot afford to have such an average midfielder in our team..

those penalty and red cards are easy to see..everyone can see it..they are just misfortunes, that always happen..with or without those incidents, u gotta see his contribution to the team

so far Lucas's best contribution that i can see was he doing nothing in the game versus Everton..until he gave out the penalty

what's so critical here is his mistakes cost a great team a great cup..he wouldnt be blamed much if he's playing for selangor fc or barnsley..no offense to them..

bad passings, bad tacklings, lose balls, it is so easy for me to hate him

scape goat? pftt..whatever..prove me wrong please

yup we still can make it withot them but a bit difficult unless no Lucas in the team

agreed, Lucas really bad omen for us

whenever he starts, we wont win, the beat is a draw.......tats why we hav so many draw

we did not beat everton in 3 previous games. we didnt deserve to win then.
i'll move on & i wont commit more agonising energy sapping games with them thsi season.

It is a bitter blow to lose Gerrard to an injury. This isn't the 1st time we lost him to an injury this season. We have to made do without his services once again. Question now lies is whether the others can step in to fill in his shoe. The answer is no because it isn't easy to replace a talent such as his however hopefully the others can at least hold the fort and keep us in contention for the title.

Let's look the games that Gerrard will be missing. He is set to miss the Pompey and Manchester City clash in the premier league. In my view both games are winnable as Pompey is sliding the table with their current form. Moreover we're playing away which will suit Rafa's tactic to play counter attack game which could play into our hands as they are desperately in need of a win. While the City game what is there need to say. The entire season their swashbuckling brand of football leave them expose at the back. We won't have to force the issue on both of those games as our opponents either the need of the point or their style of play. In fact it isn't that bad that we lose the service of our captain as I believe the players in our team should be able to secure the wins needed.

I think Rafa should lineup this way for the Pompey clash
GK: Reina
RB: Arbeloa
CB: Carra
CB: Agger
LB: Aurelio
DM: Masch
CM: Alonso
RM: Kuyt
LM: Reira
AM: Benayoun/Babel
FW: Torres

The reason why I drafted in Agger into the lineup ahead of the impressive Skrtel is that he offer something different than Skrtel. No disrespect to Skrtel he is good in the air and defending however in this occasionI feel Agger ability to distribute the ball and goal scoring threat would be useful. While on the supporting role either Benayoun or Babel could offer something different to our games. Benayoun has the craft and guile to open opponent while the pace and directness of Babel could play crucial against indecisive Pompey's defense. Babel could use his pace to good effect against the likes of Campbell and Distin which have lost their legs. Against Fulham is a good example of it as Nevland too full advantage of bad defending from Distin. If we got our lineup and tactis right this weekend I don't see why we can beat Pompey away.

it's ur own choice to commit or not

i agree with qspn,.....or either way..we can just play carra at right back...and skrtel in for aurelio...and let arbeloa play left back... i think thats a solid flat back four already....

tot he's prefering fat lamps in the middle?
Me prefer to see Nemeth or Pacheco comes in as sub even in lat 10 mins or so. About El Zhar, Im not so convinced of his abilities. Each time I saw him, misplaced passes or wrong options are the order of the day