maguskwt wrote:It's very simple what's not right today... our midfield... Lucas didn't do many mistakes... but he's just not good enough as simple as that... He's a toothless player and cannot dominate the midfield... what needs to be done is simple...if everyone's fit, we need to play like this:
Reina
Johnson Carragher Agger Insua
Kuyt Mascherano Riera
Gerrard
Benayoun Torres
Now that Xabi's gone, Gerrard is needed to dominate the midfield until Aquilani can play. Benayoun can fill in Gerrard's role of supporting Torres. He did this very well last season when Gerrard was injured and again today showed that he can play this role. The reason why Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres and Babel looked ineffective today was because we could not control the midfield it's as simple as that...
I'd agree with that, mate. We looked a completely different side when Yossi came on and Stevie dropped deep.