An open letter to sven and rafa - (like they're ever going to read this)
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:39 pmDear Sven and Rafa,
I am a Liverpool fan, and an England supporter and I write this short satement on behalf of millions.
Sven, please don't play Steven Gerrard against Uraguay on Wednesday. If you do play him, let it be for no more than 45 minutes. As a Liverpool fan, I know that he must be knackered and his love of LFC is probably all that is keeping him performing at his exceedingly high level. He has been playing on a regular basis since late July, often with two games a week and nobody, or rather no body, can take that sort of punishment. You may have no alliegence to Liverpool, but can you imagine the state he will be in come the World Cup. If he plays through that competition and England reach the latter stages, he will have played around 70 competative games in one year. That's 1.3 games a week which is like having one match a week lasting for 120 minutes. For England, give the lad a couple of days off.
And Rafa, buy a freakin' striker who know's what a goal looks like. It's time to buy big, something that I'm rarely in favour of because I don't want Liverpool to end up like Leeds. But that won't happen if you buy an established goal machine. Cisse and Morientes are just not good enough and we are relying too heavily on Midfield for goals which is asking for trouble. Everything else you've touched in the Liverpool side has turned to gold. A top-notch keeper, a midfield with all the right ingredients and a defence that Ebanezer Scrooge would be proud of. All that is left is someone who will bang in 20 a season and we're looking at silverware.
This may be all rubbish I suppose. Gerrard may well make it through the year unscathed and without matchsticks holding his eye-lids up (and if anyone can, it's our Stevie) and Morientes may bang in 15 in the next few games. But is it worth the risk?
Otherwise, fine. Keep up the good work,
Yours,
The Ace1983 (and anyone who agrees with me)
I am a Liverpool fan, and an England supporter and I write this short satement on behalf of millions.
Sven, please don't play Steven Gerrard against Uraguay on Wednesday. If you do play him, let it be for no more than 45 minutes. As a Liverpool fan, I know that he must be knackered and his love of LFC is probably all that is keeping him performing at his exceedingly high level. He has been playing on a regular basis since late July, often with two games a week and nobody, or rather no body, can take that sort of punishment. You may have no alliegence to Liverpool, but can you imagine the state he will be in come the World Cup. If he plays through that competition and England reach the latter stages, he will have played around 70 competative games in one year. That's 1.3 games a week which is like having one match a week lasting for 120 minutes. For England, give the lad a couple of days off.
And Rafa, buy a freakin' striker who know's what a goal looks like. It's time to buy big, something that I'm rarely in favour of because I don't want Liverpool to end up like Leeds. But that won't happen if you buy an established goal machine. Cisse and Morientes are just not good enough and we are relying too heavily on Midfield for goals which is asking for trouble. Everything else you've touched in the Liverpool side has turned to gold. A top-notch keeper, a midfield with all the right ingredients and a defence that Ebanezer Scrooge would be proud of. All that is left is someone who will bang in 20 a season and we're looking at silverware.
This may be all rubbish I suppose. Gerrard may well make it through the year unscathed and without matchsticks holding his eye-lids up (and if anyone can, it's our Stevie) and Morientes may bang in 15 in the next few games. But is it worth the risk?
Otherwise, fine. Keep up the good work,
Yours,
The Ace1983 (and anyone who agrees with me)
