redbeergoggles wrote:I really felt for Skrtel having to cover the gaping hole Kyrgiakos constantly left in our defence ,the Greek lump takes a fortnight to face the other direction, let alone have the mobility it takes to construct any form of tackle or indeed interception ,as for Degen like a kid running the shop in his slippers, doesn't matter how quick you get there if you cant remember what you were running for... I also think Spearing was well out of his depth and coupled with Plessis , we totally lacked any bite in midfield ,as for Babel this kid has some serious issues he gives real meaning to the term vacant .
However on the plus side Alberto Aquilani on this appearance alone looks to banish any lingering memories we still have of Alonso ,Liverpool look like they have found a player who could well grace Anfield for years to come ,this display however fleeting will have Torres licking his lips at the prospect of Aquilani as well as Gerrard delivering some incisive balls to his talented feet ... Oh and Insua's goal was superb and that about sums up our involvement in the Carling Cup
great post mate, as always! i totally agree that skrtel has been given too much stick for last night, but for me he was given no support by the greek, nor the keeper. as a result his own game suffered, an i tell you - what a pass he made in the first place for babel to nod down to insua. that was the only decent touch of the ball babel made all night! iv'e said it before the main issue i have with babel is his attitude,he really p1ssed me off last night.
enough is enough with babel how many chances does he want to so call prove himself. his bleating about not given enough chances in the side p1ss me off even more!
say what you like, but again last night proved that we don't have strength in depth because of our financial situation -yes we know we are skint as a football club, so lets get the funding we need from someone who cares about the football club i love an then games like last night would be more of a realistic challange.
i thought the side did play well in some parts an wasn't as p1ssed off as much as a result as i would be normally after a defeat, but i was gutted for the likes of spearing cause like you say mate he was out of his depth last night,which is a great shame as i do rate the lad an hope he learns very fast from this.
plessis was non-exsistant for me which didn't help spearing, but thats where we lost the game last night , cause there was no creativity from midfield. the porn star tw@t is an embarrasment an a disgrace to the shirt.
good start from aqua man, he has shown a great attitude from the word go. good competition for places has just got a whole lot better. which is what wev'e been missing for a long time.
