Sunday, November 23, 2008

Same Old Story

It was the same old story against Fulham but with different outcome. Many times before this game Liverpool had played like this but somehow, with one or two moments of magic, had won the game for them. Not this time. Many would say it has been a long time coming and I would have to agree. All the last minute wins so far has put a shroud over Liverpool’s shortcomings. 

People talked about the championship quality of a team that plays badly but still wins the games. Liverpool has done that many times this season and fans began to believe this would be the year Liverpool would win the premiership. But really, can a team that performed in that fashion is really a championship material?

Apart from Torres and the defence, the others were pure amateurish. Hell! Torres must be thinking what the heck he is doing amongst the other players on the pitch for Liverpool tonight. He is a few classes above the rest, but there’s so much a fantastic player like him could do when there is no support from the others. Without Gerrard to dictate the engine room, Liverpool’s attack was listless. 

Blame it on the international break, but really, ask yourself whether Liverpool would have won the game with that line-up even without the break. Lucas is clearly not EPL material. And Keane, I am sorry; I don’t see him as a suitable partner for Torres upfront. With the championship at stake, could Liverpool afford to keep on hoping that he will eventually be the Keane of yesteryear one of these days and still continue to partner him with Torres?

Yes, everyone knows the cliché when it says a team doesn’t lose the championship in November. But come December and the new year, if Liverpool is too far off the pace behind the leaders, we can then forget about the whole idea of becoming the champion. Last season it was the many draws that hurt us in the end. This season, we belief we now have a better team that beats the big guns like manure and chelsea. But, again a cliché, we would also have to beat lesser teams like Fulham. But frustratingly we could not. Against a team with the worst away record this season too, mind you. As long as we rely on the hope that other teams around us falter and drop a point or two after we did the similar, we will continue to be frustrated. So what would Benitez do now? 

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

So what would Benitez do now?
Good question. Let me put it this way, Benitez would lament:
IF ONLY Kuyt is not goal post blind to miss the target in front of a yawning goal mouth.
IF ONLY Keane know what is the meaning of "FINISHING".
IF ONLY Lucas know how to play first class football. The dude is USELESS and should be "lelonged" in "longgoks" in pasar malam.
IF ONLY the players know what is "THE SPIRIT OF SHANKLY" MEANS!
IF ONLY the players realise that there are millions of fans suffering from heart attacks because of their pathetic display.
IF ONLY the players know that there are fans who breathe their last breath as a loyal Liverpool fan.
IF ONLY we all know what was going on in Rafa's mind when he made some shocking and disgusting substitutions.
IF ONLY the players know how hard Paisley's boys worked to put us where we are now.
Well I'm only vetting my frustration just like you mate. They bunch of morons do not deserve to wear the red jersey and step their foot on Anfield. Rafa must do some quick clean up before he is cleaned up by the fans. Anyway, there is a little consolation for us that all our rivals suffered the same fate as we are. So, who say luck is not on our side? It is always there but because of some useles lazy F#@*!& we are suffering. Good day mate!

Anonymous said...

IF LIVERPOOL DO NOT WIN THE E.P.L THIS YEAR THEN THEY WOULD FIND IT MORE HARDER TO WIN THE E.P.L ALSO THIS COULD BE AND SHOULD BE LIVERPOOL YEAR BUT THE EASY GAMES WHICH THEY SHOULD WIN ARE GOING TO LET THEM DOWN BY NOT GETING 3 POINTS FROM THOSE GAMES

Anonymous said...

Lucas had fresh legs but fresh legs are not enough! He lacks that final touch. He lost a couple of chances against Bolton and a couple here. Plus he didn't pass well and cannot command control of the midfield. Barry or Nolan would have been better options....................................for this kind of game.

Anonymous said...

I'd rather have anybodies tired legs than Lucas's fresh ones!

Anonymous said...

rafa made a poor decision and needs to own up to it. still feel it was two points dropped

Anonymous said...

lucas, keane, pennant and benayoun should be shown the door as quite clearly they cant play at this level with this amount of pressure...and i think this is a load of crap...professional footballers should be fit enough to play 2 games a week .. keane missed another 2 sitters today apart from all the other matches lucas gave the ball away more times than he brushed his hair this morning pennant is drowning his sorrows in JD and was busted red handed and benayoun frankly doesnt play anyway and is a waste of $$$ babel has also been very unconvincing of late but lets give him the benefit of the doubt (i think likening him to henry has only put extra unnecessary pressure on him and with the mins he gets on d field he cant exactly do miracles...but in those few mins he has been poor and thats how he will be judged lets cash in on these 4 and get cavenaghi and a decent right back

Anonymous said...

Stick to the 4-5-1 formation rafa, dont make the same mistake again! Torres as a lone striker and Mascherano and Alonso playing just behind Gerrard. I think for todays match, Babel would have been an ideal option to play just behind Torres or even Ngog or EL Zhar. Your lucky that Chelsea and Manure also drew today, sort your head out rafa and make sure we beat West Ham next week!!!

Anonymous said...

By not selecting Alonso especially in the absence of Gerrard, I have doubts about Liverpool's ambition in the Premier League. Is there some funny stuff going on?

Anonymous said...

To be fair Lucas is as brazilian as my toenails, What a huge error and a waste of a golden opportunity, nice one Rafa. And as for bringing Alonso on for Mascherano thats the biggest joke of all, and its time to start Babel instaed of Keane, the lads confidence is shot to shit. Rant over!!

Anonymous said...

WITH GERRARD OUT WHY WOULD RAFA PLAY LUCAS INSTEAD OF ALONSO.LIVERPOOL COULD HAVE BEEN TWO POINTS CLEAR AS CHELSEA COULD ONLY MANAGE A DRAW TODAY, CHOOSING LUCAS COULD JUST HAVE COST US THE LEAGUE,RAFA LUCAS DOES NOT FIT INTO THE LIVERPOOL SET UP NEITHER DOES KEANE ,PLAY TORRES UP FRONT WITH BABEL AND BENAYOUN SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED OR ALONSO BUT NOT LUCAS HE'S CRAP

Anonymous said...

I wish Benitez would realize that great players, such as Alsonso, with tired legs are better than average players, such as Lucas, with fresh legs.

Anonymous said...

IN ALL THE GAMES THAT I HAVE SEEN LUCAS PLAY IN I HAVE YET TO SEE HIM PLAY WELL........RAFA I DONT KNOW WHERE THE HELL HE CAME FROM BUT GET RID OF HIM NOW AND GET RID OF KEANE WHILE YOUR AT IT.....BE A MAN ADMIT YOUR MISTAKES THESE HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN THE WORST SIGNINGS EVER AT LIVERPOOL

Anonymous said...

Lucas is total crap why doesnt Rafa learn? Play your best 11, that is at least he should do if he really wants the EPL