Liverpool FC Forum

[devaney]

Good news that agger is back in training , be tempted to drop carra for chelsea but daniel doesn't have the match fitness yet and drogba will probably rape him if thats the case

Hopefully Rafa won't be tempted!

[Manc Scouser]

my dad supports Liverpool whilst my mum supports Man U

Listen to your dad

And disown your Mum.. 

It sometimes can be a love hate relationship between me and my mum and dad. My dad was actually treated by mum to see the thumping at Old Trafford when Liverpool won 4-1. He was in the away stand with me and my sister and Mum in Man U stand. My Mum hardly picked the calls up on the end after each goal.

She has forced me sometimes to be a bigger Man U supporter. My mum got me Rooney top for my birthday and my dad got me a Torres top. I only where Torres one as i don't really like Rooney that much, so i gave it to my mate and my mum still hasn't found out yet.

It's really interesting atmosphere when have our cousins round who support Chelsea. It's quite hard to not discuss about football as it usually erupts into mega,mega arguments not loud arguments but long on-going ones that i try to avoid every now and then. My life is surrounded by football and it's great but it's always hard for everyone to get on now and then with the football matches on. I really have no choice in to supporting between Man U and Liverpool i just accept it, i'm fine with that because at least one team will be player brillaintly. Which was Liverpool last year in the last 3 months.
Still i probably should stop bickering and get back to the thread.

Can't wait to see one of my favourite players play for one of the greatest teams graced by earth.

[Tim LFC]

Can't wait to see Aquilani training with the other lads.

[Cool Hand Luke]

From the little I have seen of Aquilani he looks a genuine pass and move player who moves with the play. Alonso was more of a stand and deliver type who would hold position but it looks like Aquilani moves forward with play and tries to receive the ball back higher up the pitch.

I’m sure he will play every home game, especially against teams that “park the bus”, but I wonder if he will play away from home in the big games?

Replacing Arbeloa and Alonso with Johnson and Aquilani is definitely part of a change in playing style. But this change has already seen our centre backs exposed as good but not excellent players.

I guess Aquilani will be pencilled in for his first start against Arsenal in the League Cup on 28th October.

[Dundalk]

Really looking forward to seeing this guy now

We have kept in touch at the top and with Aquilani still to come in it will be a great boost to the team. I still think Lucas will play a major part this season

[JC_81]

Have heard rumours that the Sunderland game is the proposed return date for Aquilani... hope so.  I'm going to that one, hopefully he'll get a run out

[7_Kewell]

I'm not sure Joe but I do believe we have a good medical team that can resolve chronic injuries. Remember Gerrard and Owen...

As far as I can remember Gerrard was "cured" by a medical team from France, Owen was never really fixed and then there was always Harry Kewell.

Although all of them were also treated by the famous Dr.  Müller-Wohlfahrt now at Bayern I am not sure how much benefit they received from him. (I think he told Gerrard he would grow out of it?)

Another famous "cure" was when they told Gerrard to stop eating Tomatoes to cure his back and groin problems.

So while I am sure that Liverpool have excellent medical staff I wouldn't give 100% credit to them for their treatments. I suppose the best thing they ever did was saving Cisse's leg and his career.

Certainly there is nothing wrong in seeking outside help either.

you're right, things have got a LOT better. We have also learned that rushing players back who are only half fit is bad in the long run (i.e Owen). Kewell's problems stemmed from his time at Leeds, and you only have to look at Woodgate to see that the clowns are Elland road didn't have a clue when it came to treating serious injuries to young players.

I am sure there is still room for improvement, but our medical team is one of the best in the league in my view.

[bigmick]

I am sure there is still room for improvement, but our medical team is one of the best in the league in my view.

I'm not saying you're wrong mate, and I'm not saying you're right, but how would you know? People often do this on here, make general statements about stuff the like of which I have absolutely no knowledge at all.

I'd be absolutely staggered, amazed, gobsmacked if ALL Premiership clubs didn't make use of the best medical brains in the World today with regards injuries. They are hardly going to baulk at the private medical fees for a top surgeon or physician, so what makes us think that our medical team is better than anyone elses?

[DrPepe]

with reference to staff at the club, "medical team" is a bit misleading

all the teams will basically use a lot of the same private specialists around the globe for players when specific problems or injuries occur that require treatment

but it's the training regime/maintenance of players throughout the season (not really a "medical team")  where the divide in quality care seems to occur. Certain clubs do seem to have a lot of recurrent muscle / strain injuries and that is unlikely to happen by chance (<ahem> Gooners <cough cough>)

[stapo1000]

with reference to staff at the club, "medical team" is a bit misleading

all the teams will basically use a lot of the same private specialists around the globe for players when specific problems or injuries occur that require treatment

but it's the training regime/maintenance of players throughout the season (not really a "medical team")  where the divide in quality care seems to occur. Certain clubs do seem to have a lot of recurrent muscle / strain injuries and that is unlikely to happen by chance (<ahem> Gooners <cough cough>)

torres tends to pull his hamstring every time he's off with Spain. Wonder if it is anything to do with a poor training regime/ warm up routine

[account deleted by request]

with reference to staff at the club, "medical team" is a bit misleading

all the teams will basically use a lot of the same private specialists around the globe for players when specific problems or injuries occur that require treatment

but it's the training regime/maintenance of players throughout the season (not really a "medical team")  where the divide in quality care seems to occur. Certain clubs do seem to have a lot of recurrent muscle / strain injuries and that is unlikely to happen by chance (<ahem> Gooners <cough cough>)

I agree mate, injuries used to follow Souness about like a bad smell when he was managing clubs.

[bigmick]

with reference to staff at the club, "medical team" is a bit misleading

all the teams will basically use a lot of the same private specialists around the globe for players when specific problems or injuries occur that require treatment

but it's the training regime/maintenance of players throughout the season (not really a "medical team")  where the divide in quality care seems to occur. Certain clubs do seem to have a lot of recurrent muscle / strain injuries and that is unlikely to happen by chance (<ahem> Gooners <cough cough>)

I agree mate, injuries used to follow Souness about like a bad smell when he was managing clubs.

I think that's because Sounness used to take part in the 5-a-sides himself though mate, I'm not sure that is entirely the same thing  .

[account deleted by request]

with reference to staff at the club, "medical team" is a bit misleading

all the teams will basically use a lot of the same private specialists around the globe for players when specific problems or injuries occur that require treatment

but it's the training regime/maintenance of players throughout the season (not really a "medical team")  where the divide in quality care seems to occur. Certain clubs do seem to have a lot of recurrent muscle / strain injuries and that is unlikely to happen by chance (<ahem> Gooners <cough cough>)

I agree mate, injuries used to follow Souness about like a bad smell when he was managing clubs.

I think that's because Sounness used to take part in the 5-a-sides himself though mate, I'm not sure that is entirely the same thing  .

pmsl 

[JoeTerp]

I think we may see him first on Oct. 7 when the ressies take on Burnley at Prenton Park

[bigmick]

I think now we've got going a bit it's fairly clear that if Aquilani is actually any good, we're going to have a pretty good team when everyone is fit. Put Gerrard back alongside Torres and you've got a partnership that will cause everybody problems, and if the little Italian can play alongside either Lucas or Masherano and still keep a supply of decent passes going into the forward areas, we may well be onto something.

All that said, I've seen him labelled as being "World Class" today, and really whether he is or not doesn't mean he will come into the team and find the Premiership to his liking. The sight of Dossena warming up on the touchline every now and then is a stark reminder that the words "Italian International" and "footballer who has a clue" aren't certainties to belong in the same sentence, and the Premiership has hardly been a happy hunting ground for Italian players.

Funnily enough, if you cast your mind back and think of Italian International midfielders who came with big reputations, there was one. Roberto Di Matteo did fairly well at Chelsea before someone snapped his leg in half, and perhaps that's about what we can expect of Aquilani. Realistically I think he'll do "fairly well", and I also think people will spend time trying to snap his legs in half. Infact I'm more certain about the second statement than the first to be honest.