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Emerald Red wrote:Don't care what Reira has to say. He's gone. Bon voyage, Albert.

bigmick wrote:Am I alone in becoming a fraction concerned about his actual contribution to games? Now this is not some lame attempt by me to re-visit my extreme reservations about us initially signing him, I've already said I was totally wrong on that score. He is a far better player than I remember from his City days, and has proved already that I was talking nonsense pre his signing.

I've said a few times though that despite providing obvious balance to the team, he has a tendancy to kind of run in snatches. Often he starts games brightly before fading, and whether thats as a result of tiredness or the full back getting into him a bit I'm not sure. I do feel though that his actual meaningful contributions to games, not counting nice flicks on the half way line and the rest have lessened over the last few weeks.

My view is he's becoming a bit ornamental, and needs a rocket up his erse. If Dossena wasn't quite so bad, I'd advocate Aurelio moving to left midfield for a game or two and giving Albert a bit of a rest. I just get the feeling that we need to see a lot more from him. Kuyt on the other side is a quarter of the footballer, but this season has contributed far more and my hunch at least is that Riera is on a bit of a downward spiral.

What a prediction...

NANNY RED wrote:No ,an im made up.

Excellent, i hope he enjoys watching it on telly 

NANNY RED wrote:No ,an im made up.

I like your style...

NANNY RED wrote:What a cheeky ba.tard . not a chance should he wear our shirt again,

Rafa's exit benefits me"



S. ADROVER. PALMA. Albert Riera has regained the hope of continuing to wear Liverpool's shirt after Benitez's exit from Anfield. "On a personal level, I benefit from his departure.  I was looking around for other options for the past couple of months.  It [Liverpool] was a closed door for me but now it is open once again", he admitted after taking part on a benefit golf tournament organised by Fundació Reial Mallorca that took place at Club Maioris in Llucmajor.

However, the mallorquín midfielder does not rule out a change of scenery despite the Spanish manager's absence.  "For now I'm staying but we know that unexpected things can happen in football.  The good thing is that I still attract interest and I'm sure the price wouldn't be a problem"he declared.  "I have two more years on my contract and another optional, I'm at a great club who aspire to play in the Champions League and to win titles, so it's difficult to want to change when you're in a place like this".

Riera lamented his poor campaign, in big part because of his bad relationship with Rafa Benitez.  "It's been a difficult year because I had problems with the manager, mostly because of misunderstandings.  It's no longer an issue of who's right or wrong, people should be able to understand one another and on his part I never got any feedback.  I'm over it now, although it has served me as a learning experience",he commented.    The 'manacorí' pointed out in resignation that if he had enjoyed of more playing time in Liverpool then perhaps he'd be amongst the chosen players to represent the national team in South Africa.  "It's a pity because under normal circumstances I could've been in the squad, a world cup is the biggest event in a footballer's career".
 
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