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by **OneHotRed** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:58 pm

Two yards off the pace, second to everything, won one header in the entire match (well done carra) - Not as fit, not as skillfull, not as hungry, we got kicked up in the air tonight, this is what Sunderland will do to us, which makes me worried.

BUT BUT BUT

This is all a ploy by rafa to go out early - so we can concentrate on the league.

by **Simari** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:59 pm

Not sure what game you were watching MetalHead, but the one I saw on TV - Alonso passed into the Ether ....

by **7_Kewell** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:59 pm

i hope

rusty first game back. we underestimated the opposition and got caught out from the first 5 mins because of it

I fear

that our lack of creativity in midfield and non wingers will mean another frustraiting season and 4th place.

by **europian-kings** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:59 pm

Very luky to escape with a draw, im confident we will come on on top at anfield...but it wasn't very convincing with the sunderland game just 3 days away.

by **metalhead** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:00 pm

Simari wrote:Not sure what game you were watching MetalHead, but the one I saw on TV - Alonso passed into the Ether ....

Alonso was the only player who was doing something in the first half.

In the second half he drifted off the match in the last 15 minutes or so.

by **OneHotRed** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:00 pm

metalhead wrote:Absolutely awful performance! shocking really

our best player was Alonso tonight, some of his passes were fantastic.

Agreed just a shame the passes didnt go to anyone but the ballboys

by **account deleted by request** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:01 pm

Very hard game, in which we were pretty lucky to get the 0-0. Keane and Torres never got going, and our midfield, for all the praise of Alonso was second best all night. Reminded me of a game against Bolton, physical players working very hard and willing to put good balls into the penalty area.

I never thought it would be easy tonight, but I expected more from us than we saw. I think we were lucky that they couldn't keep that pace up for 90mins or we may even have lost.

by **Simari** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:02 pm

I'll give you that ... he tried. But this is not the Alonso I'd want to see. He needs to deliver and dictate a lot more.

Given the team make-up today - he needed control the game from midfield.

by **Kash_Mountain** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:03 pm

Utter Sh1t3 performance. Are we going to improve by Sunday- we F**king better.

by **Toffeehater** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:03 pm

The absence of mascherano and babel hurt us . Mascherano would have broken up their plays , plessis is too young and babel would have offered some pace down the flank which beanyoun so clearly lacks . MOM , reina keeping us in the game when we should have lost 3-0 . Well played reina .

by **OneHotRed** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:04 pm

Jesus, just watching their chances, our defense is DIRE, i mean really REALLY bad - Stu was right

is it too late to swap keane for villa and barry for alonso :laugh:

by **LOVERPOOL** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:04 pm

why rafa didn't change himself? even El-Zahar could manage this match better... :blues:

by **Reg** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:04 pm

Toffeehater wrote:It's been that kind of day where we can't do anything right and get battered by the oposition

Subtle difference:

"It's been that kind of day where we can't do anything right and DONT get battered by the opposition".

0-0 wasnt it? Kept them out. If we were that shocking then the BELGIAN CHAMPIONS would have scored 2 or 3.

Come on lads cheer up, we´re always dicey at the start.

Leave it to Sammy to show them the error of their ways on the training ground tomorrow morning.

by **redrover** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:04 pm

dreadful stuff against a team that was at the same fitness levels as us (not that it showed ). nothing to take out of this game except we didnt lose. thought plessis and reina were the only 2 that could hold their heads up after that. different season same old cr@p

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by **Toffeehater** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 10:05 pm

Simari wrote:I'll give you that ... he tried. But this is not the Alonso I'd want to see. He needs to deliver and dictate a lot more.

Given the team make-up today - he needed control the game from midfield.

He need to grow a set and go into challenges , everytime he pulls out , not the alonso i want to see , infact a long way from it . His passing did not stand out , but than again the opposition had some very big players and they marked out each and every of our player .

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