The Manhattan Project wrote:After the support the fans showed Rafa, I think these statements posted on the official website, are in a sense a betrayal:The Reds manager also defended his decision to substitute both Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard, admitting that with the Reds trailing late in the match, his thoughts had switched towards the key Champions League clash with Marseille on Tuesday.
"We were losing 3-1 and so I was trying to protect the key players for the next game," he said.
"We had quality on the bench and we tried to change things with different players who had pace.
"It is an important week for us now and we have the Champions League match to look forward to. We must approach it with confidence and try to win.
"Only then can we think about Manchester United because you know my idea is to take one game at a time. The target is now Marseille."
To take off two of our best players with twenty minutes of a match, where a point was still a possibility, in order to prepare for a match three days later is shocking IMO.
The_Rock wrote:If we lose against marseille then what does the subbing of gerrard and torres stand for ? I mean does these subs guarantee a win against marseille ?
I hope to god we win....else this season will be another write off.
poolboyuk wrote:The overall issue for is that Rafa reverted back to what has frustrated us for large parts of the season - too often we are left with the feeling of points dropped because of an unbalanced or strange team selection. He selected a side with no real width, creativity or pace in midfield. Admittedly we have some injuries there but surely one of Kewell/ Babel/ Lucas could have started to give us some pace or creativity. Voronin right wing is beginning to hark back to the horror Houllier selections of Henchoz at right back or Biscan at centre half!
jeff capes wrote:even after winning the champions league nobody even dare mention liverpool as the best in europe or in the country. that season people were saying we was not even the best team in liverpool .
Bamaga man wrote:Leon give me a card ya big fairy if you feel I'm going against the grain of "lemmings"
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