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by **Thinkpad** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:21 pm

I am pretty amused.. It seems to happen very often when Rafa is manager... Most of the players came to Liverpool with decent potential. They started well but soon "develop" into mediocrity.

My take is Rafa tries to mould all the players too much. He wants them to be the type of players he wants which in the end resulted in players not able to develop their full potential. Secondly, because of the moulding all the players are basically very similar in traits.. A striker is also a midfielder and defender. So now the players, they can't pass well, can't dribble well, and lack of creative ideas during attack. most players built on bulk but lost dexterity. Only one or two of the newer players still have it in them.

Rafa keeps saying we need a few more players to challange the title.. He wants to buy players that offers options. But we already have a lot of options in the team. What we need is not just options. He keeps moulding the players those options will not help us. What we need are players that offer a different dimension to our game play. Unleash those newer players and let them play the best way they can and adopt tactics around them. With a new dimension to our game coupled with options on the field, we can win difficult games.

by **Red Dotty** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:21 pm

that was close...babbel

by **Sabre** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:22 pm

With Alonso's incoming I think Rafa has corrected the hole we have on the right, good sub. Anyway the initial proposal was a mistake of Rafa. Come on red men!

by **Graeme Noble** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:22 pm

I seriously think we need to get rid of Vorinin, Kuyt and Crouch.

Also, lets get rid of Riise and Hyppia while we're at it.

Being realistic, we won't win the league this season, just gotta hope for 4th place and win either FA Cup or Champions League.

by **Emerald Red** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:23 pm

If there's one thing that needs to be said for Gerrard, is that often he doesn't play the captains roll and step up to the plate. Not with individual example, but with charisma. He needs to be a general and motivate the players around him verbally by giving them either encouragement or stick.

by **El Nino_#9** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:24 pm

oh my god!

i've just realised if we lose this game, and everton's and villa's results stay the same then we will be :censored:

7th!

by **Dundalk** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:25 pm

Boro hit the post

by **Thinkpad** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:26 pm

Oh my good.. almost 2 nil

by **account deleted by request** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:26 pm

Back to how we played first half now

by **lakes10** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:27 pm

Gerrard looked to the bench then as if to aks what he was ment to be doing, that was close and we just got lucky then.

by **Red Dotty** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:27 pm

Mid hit the bar fecking hell

by **account deleted by request** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:27 pm

Wtf . Alonso hit the ref, Boro hit the post

by **Thinkpad** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:27 pm

Our passes is .. well not very good
Seriously do not know why Liverpool players suddenly can't pass..

by **hijjawi** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:27 pm

Reina Mistake (Min 52)
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by **Feeney** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 5:28 pm

Emerald Red wrote:If there's one thing that needs to be said for Gerrard, is that often he doesn't play the captains roll and step up to the plate. Not with individual example, but with charisma. He needs to be a general and motivate the players around him verbally by giving them either encouragement or stick.

Said it for a long time that Carra should be captain as Gerrard goes missing too often in games - like today.

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