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Feckin hell, Sad times

On Saturday at Craven Cottage, Liverpool’s injury problems were so severe that the back four Benítez fielded in the 3-1 defeat by Fulham — Philipp Degen, Jamie Carragher, Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Emiliano Insúa — cost just £2.5 million. Of all the Premier League defences selected at the weekend, only that of Burnley was cheaper.

Yeah, when you put all your eggs in one basket (Johnson) its always a problem when you drop the basket.

[NANNY RED]

Feckin hell, Sad times

On Saturday at Craven Cottage, Liverpool’s injury problems were so severe that the back four Benítez fielded in the 3-1 defeat by Fulham — Philipp Degen, Jamie Carragher, Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Emiliano Insúa — cost just £2.5 million. Of all the Premier League defences selected at the weekend, only that of Burnley was cheaper.

Yeah, when you put all your eggs in one basket (Johnson) its always a problem when you drop the basket.

But Rafa never dropped the basket , the egg crocked itself

[maguskwt]

and what happened to our complaints about quantity over quality?

[LFC2007]

Last season was progress, that was a side predominantly built by Rafa.

Regards Johnson, people moaned for years that we ought to be concentrating on strengthening the core with 'premiership proven' players. Rafa does just that and people moan that he should have strengthened the squad by spreading it more thinly. The simple fact is of course that he has thus far been one of our best players.

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Feckin hell, Sad times

On Saturday at Craven Cottage, Liverpool’s injury problems were so severe that the back four Benítez fielded in the 3-1 defeat by Fulham — Philipp Degen, Jamie Carragher, Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Emiliano Insúa — cost just £2.5 million. Of all the Premier League defences selected at the weekend, only that of Burnley was cheaper.

Yeah, when you put all your eggs in one basket (Johnson) its always a problem when you drop the basket.

But Rafa never dropped the basket , the egg crocked itself

To lose one player, Nanny, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose 12 looks like carelessness. (or a carton of eggs)

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Just to be clear ..... It was a joke about Johnson, not to be taken literally. I prefer quality over quantity. I also don't think he is a basket or indeed a cracked egg.

[maguskwt]

Feckin hell, Sad times

On Saturday at Craven Cottage, Liverpool’s injury problems were so severe that the back four Benítez fielded in the 3-1 defeat by Fulham — Philipp Degen, Jamie Carragher, Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Emiliano Insúa — cost just £2.5 million. Of all the Premier League defences selected at the weekend, only that of Burnley was cheaper.

Yeah, when you put all your eggs in one basket (Johnson) its always a problem when you drop the basket.

But Rafa never dropped the basket , the egg crocked itself

To lose one player, Nanny, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose 12 looks like carelessness. (or a carton of eggs)

But is that Rafa's fault?

maybe aquilani had brought the misfortune of Roma players to us... feckin aquilani...

[Reg]

Stop feckin boring me will ya.

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It will be interesting to see what team we put out tomorrow. If most of the injured/virus players play and we win, will it be down to miraculous recoveries, Rafa having saved them for this vital game at the expense of the league or just coincidence? If they don't play......... we may well be fecked and no one will care anyway.

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It just shocked me Saint to actualy read it mate , i never even thought about it tbh, 2.5 million woth of defence,

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It just shocked me Saint to actualy read it mate , i never even thought about it tbh, 2.5 million woth of defence,

To be fair you could buy five Traore's or one Hyypia with that 

[LFC2007]

I can't help but wonder how Sami would have helped if he'd still been here. If ever we needed an experienced, reliable and calm presence at the back it would be this season. Leverkusen are sitting top of the Bundesliga right now too with the fewest goals conceded - he must have had a strong hand in that.

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It just shocked me Saint to actualy read it mate , i never even thought about it tbh, 2.5 million woth of defence,

To be fair you could buy five Traore's or one Hyypia with that 

Rafas medical update 

RAFA'S UPDATE ON 10 INJURED PLAYERS
Jimmy Rice 02 November 2009

Rafa Benitez is hopeful of having summer signing Alberto Aquilani available for selection in Wednesday's crunch Champions League clash with Lyon.
The Italy international is recovering well from a virus which kept him out of Saturday's 3-1 defeat to Fulham.

His return to the squad would be a boost for Benitez, who will definitely be without Steven Gerrard (groin), Albert Riera (hamstring), Martin Kelly (ankle) and Martin Skrtel (muscle) for the Group E encounter.

"Aquilani had a virus. He trained today but was a little bit weak. Hopefully in two days' time he will be better," said Benitez.

"Gerrard won't travel to Lyon. He has no chance. He is improving but we have to wait. He has had an injection but we have to wait two or three days and see how he reacts.

"Skrtel has no chance. He has a small muscle problem. It's not too big but he is feeling something."

Meanwhile, the Liverpool manager will make late fitness calls on the recovering Daniel Agger (back), Glen Johnson (calf), Fabio Aurelio (calf) and David Ngog (ankle), none of whom travelled to Craven Cottage.

Benitez said: "Agger is improving - he will travel and we will then decide. He felt something in his back but it's much better now. We have to wait and see how he reacts.

"Fabio is improving but he still has a small problem in his calf, so we will have to wait.

"Ngog is much better, so he could be available.

"Johnson is training and working with the physios but he is a doubt at this moment. He will travel to Lyon and we will see."

Elsewhere, much was made of Benitez's decision to substitute Fernando Torres after 63 minutes of the Fulham loss with the score 1-1.

However, the boss feared his star striker could sustain a more serious injury had he stayed on the field.

Torres has yet to reach full fitness following an adductor injury suffered on international duty last month.

"I was surprised with the critics after the game because Fernando has had problems in the last month after the international games," said Benitez.

"We are trying to manage because he was close to having an operation. Still this morning, two days after the game, he is feeling something.

"He is not comfortable. He has not got the power he had before, so we have to manage and try to protect him. He cannot play well if you keep pushing him. Maybe if you push him he will be injured for a long time.

"So, I am really surprised with the critics. When you talk about big names, people just analyse the names and not how the player is when he is on the pitch. He was not 100 per cent fit.

"We have to take Fernando to Lyon because we don't have too many options. We have to keep working with him and the rest of the players."

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N166301091102-1449.htm

[LFC2007]

Funnilly enough Hertha Berlin are sat bottom. Must be feeling the loss of the Voronator

How they must regret the decision not to sign him   

Voronin: the difference between challenging for the Bundesliga and relegation   

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Well that quietened everyone down