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[Benny The Noon]

Imagine how strong we would be with Gerrard, Masherano, Alonso, Suarez and Torres...
I blame twit and ...

Mascherano always wanted away eventually.

Alonso was a direct result of bad man management by Benitez.

But I do echo your sentiments that we would be awesome with that team.

Alonso was a direct result of bad man management by Benitez

Or an indirect result of Alonso's below par form the previous two seasons  

we will find out in June when Alonso book comes out, but already we know he dont talk nice about Rafa in it.

Doesn't matter what the book says - we saw the best of Alonso in two seasons - his first and last , inbetween there was a lot of below par stuff , it was those performances that prompted Rafa to look at other options - you have to ask yourself why didn't Xabi play the way he did during the last in the previous seasons .

Anyway it's something been done to death now and is well in the past.

[tonyeh]

Alonso left because of Benitez.

There is no other story.

[Dundalk]

Imagine how strong we would be with Gerrard, Masherano, Alonso, Suarez and Torres...
I blame twit and ...

Mascherano always wanted away eventually.

Alonso was a direct result of bad man management by Benitez.

But I do echo your sentiments that we would be awesome with that team.

Alonso was a direct result of bad man management by Benitez

Or an indirect result of Alonso's below par form the previous two seasons  

Less of that!!


You leave Xabi alone   

[Benny The Noon]

Alonso left because of Benitez.

There is no other story.

Only for those that are so blind that they cannot see .

Rafa does take a lot of blame but so does the player himself and the higher level management .

[Benny The Noon]

Imagine how strong we would be with Gerrard, Masherano, Alonso, Suarez and Torres...
I blame twit and ...

Mascherano always wanted away eventually.

Alonso was a direct result of bad man management by Benitez.

But I do echo your sentiments that we would be awesome with that team.

Alonso was a direct result of bad man management by Benitez

Or an indirect result of Alonso's below par form the previous two seasons  

Less of that!!


You leave Xabi alone   

He was one of my fav's DD but he was far from immune for any blame in the whole incident .

Solely blaming Rafa is the easy way out .

[devaney]

Sh.it - I could have sworn this is the Steve Gerrard thread !!!!

Frankly Rafa should be blamed for everything: The £30m profit we made on Torres was rubbish! The £20m profit on Alonso was just poor poor management! And winning that fkg Champions League trophy was just downright lucky. Rafa you were a right a.rse !!!!

[lakes10]

You leave Xabi alone   

He was one of my fav's DD but he was far from immune for any blame in the whole incident .

Solely blaming Rafa is the easy way out .[/quote]
well Alonso has his book coimg out in June and Rafa is said to be sorting his book out and there is hope it will come at around the same time....this could be fun lol

[lakes10]

Sh.it - I could have sworn this is the Steve Gerrard thread !!!!

yes you are right.......but when have we ever not gone of track lol

[devaney]

Sh.it - I could have sworn this is the Steve Gerrard thread !!!!

yes you are right.......but when have we ever not gone of track lol

I hope nobody mentions G & H !! Out of interest Lakes what is happening with that tw.at Hicks

[metalhead]

who gives a sh!t, rafa is gone and alonso is gone. Who to blame? I really don't care

[lakes10]

I hope nobody mentions G & H !! Out of interest Lakes what is happening with that tw.at Hicks

well he had a bust up with BOA but still think he will take RBS to court to get his money back that he says he lots in the sale of the club but he got done for another loan and now looks like he never will. both have been very ill and thats why not much has gone on.


 

[Kash_Mountain]

I hope nobody mentions G & H !! Out of interest Lakes what is happening with that tw.at Hicks

well he had a bust up with BOA but still think he will take RBS to court to get his money back that he says he lots in the sale of the club but he got done for another loan and now looks like he never will. both have been very ill and thats why not much has gone on.


 

Just out of interest, what do you mean "very ill" Lakes ?

[devaney]

I hope nobody mentions G & H !! Out of interest Lakes what is happening with that tw.at Hicks

well he had a bust up with BOA but still think he will take RBS to court to get his money back that he says he lots in the sale of the club but he got done for another loan and now looks like he never will. both have been very ill and thats why not much has gone on.


 

Just out of interest, what do you mean "very ill" Lakes ?

Not wishing them any harm but are they near death and in a lot of pain?

[Kerry07]

@Benny and JD I was talking about the CL Final. Yes didi stabilized the midfield but Gerrard took it by the scruff of the neck and won it. Yes Rafa made the right tactical changes but Gerrard led on the field. If Maradona almost single-handedly won the 1986 world cup, then Steven Gerrard almost single-handedly won the 2005 Champions League Final.

As i said before about the introduction of Hamann, it wasnt actually what Hamann did.. it was what he allowed Gerrard to do. He removed the shackles imposed upon him and the rest is history. Hamann is the water carrier, while Gerrard is the match winner.

What Rafa did in that first half, in not playing a defensive midfielder, was suicidal. To put Gerrard there was akin to playing Didi as an attacking midfielder. It was lunacy, and had Gerrard not unveiled his superman cape in the 2nd half (when he moved into his natural advanced role) and took the game by the scruff of the neck, Rafa would rightly have got savaged. He had seen PSV run at Milan in the semi (the likes of Park ran them ragged) and so he thought he would try similar (playing Kewell), disgarding the 4-2-3-1 that had got us there, but it backfired massively as without a defensive midfielder Kaka had free reign to run riot. Rafa got out of jail bigtime that night.

[Kerry07]

I hope nobody mentions G & H !! Out of interest Lakes what is happening with that tw.at Hicks

well he had a bust up with BOA but still think he will take RBS to court to get his money back that he says he lots in the sale of the club but he got done for another loan and now looks like he never will. both have been very ill and thats why not much has gone on.


 

Just out of interest, what do you mean "very ill" Lakes ?

Not wishing them any harm but are they near death and in a lot of pain?

usually you just ask... are they ok?.. but nah.. "are they near death".... (and for a brucie bonus) "in a lot of pain"