tonyeh wrote:But he was taken off at 2-0, and the Reds won 3-0. So the only topic should be how well Liverpool played, not the decision to deny a player his hat-trick. Can we dispense with the cult of the individual? Frankly, it drives me potty. What is the only thing that really matters? The three points.
I diagree with this. The three points were in the bag. What mattered at that point of the game was the continuing development of one of our forwards and a possible hat-trick for him. If it came, it would have done wonders for that said development.
2 goals was a boost for Keane, no doubt (even if was against WBA), but a hat-trick would really have gone a long way to kicking that monkey off his back and out the window.
The three points from the WBA game was not what mattered, it's Keane confidence and the next three points and the three after that that mattered, nor does it have to anything to do with "the cult of the individual" as Tomkins calls it. Keane's development as a striker is essential to Liverpool's title challenge this year.
The bottom line was, Rafa didn't HAVE to take Keane off, especially when he looked like scoring again. That's why people are talking about it.
gotta agree with that...
We'll probably play Torres and Keane upfront together in most games when both are fit and ready and would have been nice to give both a good 20mins or so to show what theyr capable of together upfront... Kuyt wasnt performing against WBA and hes been playing more than Keane has so i thought he should have come off..
Only explanation i had for the sub. was that Rafa didnt wanna risk our only 2 decent strikers by having them both out there and decided to take keane off to make sure he'd be ready for the next few games if Torres doesnt make a full recovery as expected...
