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[JoeTerp]

Rafa has explained himself a few times on his strategy. If we would have been putting teams away, Aquilani would have seen minutes a long time ago.  Rafa obviously values the league and doesn't want to risk giving away points by throwing in someone in a game that could go either way into the middle of the park in the middle of a game, when they are not used to the pace of the game.

[Ola Mr Benitez]

Rafa has explained himself a few times on his strategy. If we would have been putting teams away, Aquilani would have seen minutes a long time ago.  Rafa obviously values the league and doesn't want to risk giving away points by throwing in someone in a game that could go either way into the middle of the park in the middle of a game, when they are not used to the pace of the game.

He is a 20 million pound player.. surely he can cope

[Fowler_E7]

if any one is wondering why Aquilani isnt playing it seems fairly obvious to me, he is currently second choice behind Lucas and will have to work to get him out of the side. Im not joking, i think Rafa actually considers Lucas first team now.

[Zidane]

if any one is wondering why Aquilani isnt playing it seems fairly obvious to me, he is currently second choice behind Lucas and will have to work to get him out of the side. Im not joking, i think Rafa actually considers Lucas first team now.

Yep.  I believe Rafa feels that Lucas hasn't done anything to lose his spot and Aquilani, for obvious reasons, hasn't done anything to win a place.  It is pretty dumb honestly but I do feel that Rafa is looking at it this way.

[account deleted by request]

Maybe Rafa is waiting to see if Masch signs his new contract offer before upsetting Lucas by dropping him. 

[killerp]

Maybe Rafa is waiting to see if Masch signs his new contract offer before upsetting Lucas by dropping him. 

..or maybe Rafa is waiting for January to sell a healthy Aquilani & buy back Alonso   

[account deleted by request]

Maybe Rafa is waiting to see if Masch signs his new contract offer before upsetting Lucas by dropping him. 

..or maybe Rafa is waiting for January to sell a healthy Aquilani & buy back Alonso   

Indeed, a cunning plan mate 

[Festy]

Maybe Rafa is waiting to see if Masch signs his new contract offer before upsetting Lucas by dropping him. 

..or maybe Rafa is waiting for January to sell a healthy Aquilani & buy back Alonso   

In that case we would be lucky to even get 5 millions for him. On the other hand surely Alonso's value would be more than what we paid for him ? Around 40 millions may be ?

[Seress]

Alberto is available to play," said Claudio, a paramedic at Roma. "He has been ready for more than a month. He feels good, the injury has cleared up and he is confident he is at no more risk than any other player of the problem coming back.

"The only way he can get truly fit is to start games. There has been a lot of frustration for him, first at being injured and then at not being chosen to play for so long. He is a player, so of course he does not want to wait to be involved with the team and to start his career in England.

"I do not know why Benítez has chosen not to play him, but that is an issue for Alberto. He must convince the coach he has to play."

Yet Aquilani's father insists, despite the long wait to feature for his new club and the heartache of leaving Roma, the team he supported as a child, Aquilani could not be happier on Merseyside.

"He is really happy in Liverpool, he has settled in really well," he said.

Claudio Aquilani.

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[REDTILLDEAD]

Maybe Rafa is waiting to see if Masch signs his new contract offer before upsetting Lucas by dropping him. 

..or maybe Rafa is waiting for January to sell a healthy Aquilani & buy back Alonso   

In that case we would be lucky to even get 5 millions for him. On the other hand surely Alonso's value would be more than what we paid for him ? Around 40 millions may be ?

A prime example of why i wouldn't trust rafa with 20 pence .....never mind 20 million!..... he wont be given anymore money by these two yanks to squander on unfit, unproven and average players aka deggen, voronin, dossena, Reira, Lucas, N'gog etc...........he has wasted enough time and money, he will have to "muddle on" with what he has and hope he can win a trophy by may or otherwise he will be out....and i for one wont bat an eyelid if he does go.

[maguskwt]

Maybe Rafa is waiting to see if Masch signs his new contract offer before upsetting Lucas by dropping him. 

..or maybe Rafa is waiting for January to sell a healthy Aquilani & buy back Alonso   

In that case we would be lucky to even get 5 millions for him. On the other hand surely Alonso's value would be more than what we paid for him ? Around 40 millions may be ?

A prime example of why i wouldn't trust rafa with 20 pence .....never mind 20 million!..... he wont be given anymore money by these two yanks to squander on unfit, unproven and average players aka deggen, voronin, dossena, Reira, Lucas, N'gog etc...........he has wasted enough time and money, he will have to "muddle on" with what he has and hope he can win a trophy by may or otherwise he will be out....and i for one wont bat an eyelid if he does go.

... Degen and Voronin are free transfers you muppet! Ngog costs 1.5 million and Riera was a success in his first season who played a great part in us being consistent. Only Dossena among your list can be considered a fail buy...

[woof woof !]

... Degen and Voronin are free transfers you muppet! Ngog costs 1.5 million and Riera was a success in his first season who played a great part in us being consistent. Only Dossena among your list can be considered a fail buy...

Do you know how much wages we have wasted on these 'free transfers' ? I'm sure we could have bought at least one Silva/Villa type player with that money.

[maypaxvobiscum]

REDTILLDEAD was stating that Voro and Degen were unproven, unfit and average. he was not talking about their prices. look who's the muppet now

[Penguins]

if any one is wondering why Aquilani isnt playing it seems fairly obvious to me, he is currently second choice behind Lucas and will have to work to get him out of the side. Im not joking, i think Rafa actually considers Lucas first team now.

I said that last week already. I cringe everytime is see the pairing of Masch and Lucas on matchday. Masch does the defensive work and not much else(even though it is important) and Lucas, well Lucas pass is sideways and.... backwards.

[maypaxvobiscum]

it doesnt make sense how a highly rated Roma star who left the fans gutted when he left and cost us 20million is 2nd choice behind Lucas of all people.....