Liverpool FC Forum

bigmick wrote:I guess we'd better start getting ready for a bit of an influx on the good ship over the next xouple of days.   

Aye Aye captain....

puroresu wrote:Adebayor had a bust up and last I heard wasnt playing for his national side.

The ref was not the reason we lost.  We were awful today.  The system and team selection was wrong.  We are 10 points behind and we cannot just assume arsenal will start losing.  We are level on points with pompey.  Joke!!!

Momo has been awful all season yet continues to play. Why?

When things are going wrong it seems to be hit it long and if they dont work hit it longer.  Riise cant run at all.  He could of stopped the 3rd goal but has no pace.  2nd goal was down to awful defending.

no we are 7 behind lvl on games with the gunners 6 behind the manc's with 1 game in hand we beat manu and win game in hand we are level on points with them not end of our season yet but it shouldnt have been this hard but come on its liverpool we all ways make it hard for our selfs well for last 20 years we have any ways . 

rinoayuna wrote:Everyone should get a grip here. Its not ALL Rafa's fault. Sure, he screwed up and is the biggest cause for our failure to get 3 points today, but let's not forget our players played like . Not to mention, a few unlucky refereeing decisions.

Let's be fair here and not all go calling for Rafa's head. Wonder how everyone will feel a week from now when we end up beating both Marseille and the Mancs. 'Rafa's the Man'? Give me a break.

Sure blame the ref.....

What about the ref's performance against eversh1t

These stuff even out in a season...so its no use to make the ref the scapegoat..

ivor_the_injun wrote:That really was a bit of a horror show. The ref gave us nothing all game, we were unlucky with the woodwork, but in all fairness we can't sulk about luck when the opposition put 3 goals past us.

Two bad challenges led directly to two of the goals, and they were by players that all of us would have in our first team, so we can't point the finger there.

To be fair to Rafa, it wasn't a weak starting line-up by any means, but it certainly wasn't our strongest, and with Hobbs starting, the 4-3-3 formation and the potential for problems that is Momo Sissoko, there were too many oo-er variables which played right into Reading's hands.

With two huge matches coming up, I can understand Rafa playing around with things a bit, resting the odd player and easing the likes of Kewell back, and maybe some of the decisions going our way could have yielded a completely different result. In all honesty though, today was evidence of too much tinkering.

I don't think the league's over by any means, but I really think Rafa's shat in his own tea today. Although I completely expect him to go to town on the ref, he has to shoulder the blame for our failure to get at least a point.

If we lose v Man U and win v Reading, it's the same number of points as winning v Reading and losing v Man U. Just beat what's in front of you and assess who's available for the next game when it's over.

A lot of fantastic work undone today, unfortunately.

red37 wrote:Some good questions there from the lovely Ms Dalglish....

Our Rafa squirming a bit there 

J*o*n*D*o*e wrote:just listened to rafa`s interview after the game and he gave the game up after 70 mins, couldnt believe what i was hearing