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Dundalk wrote:IS anyone else getting a little worried about United?

They are just creeping up the table and if they win their game in hand (which is at home to Fulham ) they will be only 3 points behind us.

Add to the fact they have been to liverpool, chelsea, arsenal, villa, everton, city and pompey. its going to be a very interesting second half of the season

Rush Job wrote:A win agaist Blackburn (which we`ll get) and Hull and things will look better, we was always going to have a blip now hopefully we`ve had it, and we are still top.
The mancs having to go to Japan is just the ticket, we need to be ahead of them when they leave and win every game while their away. I think its still a case of finishing above them.

Emerald Red wrote:

heimdall wrote:Rafa has a big variants book then does he, has he lost the key to it or something, how often does his substitutions produce a goal, how often does he change tactics in the middle of a game? Am I missing something here apart form a team capable of getting motivated by their manager and therefore able to score goals against fecking West Ham and Fulham at home!!
This is clearly just a poor joke now, I personally hope Rafa doesn't get the contract extension, he doesn't deserve it after the last few matches, in fact this season we have scraped a lot of narrow wins but haven't once truly controlled a match, we are arguably worse than the second half of last season, it's just that the other top teams are also wobbly at the moment but that won't last for ever.

Quality post this, but not in a good way. Benitez' statistics of substitutions making an impact in a game have been better than any manager in the league over the past 4 years. There was a very insightful thread about this over at RAWK with plenty of stats for all you stats whores and doubters. Do a bit of research before you start spouting off.

As for the game, I'm seriously disappointed with us not making up more ground than what we should be. Our confidence just seems a bit low at the minute for some reason. We're perhaps slightly just lacking a player, bar Torres of course, of being good enough to eventually win the title this season, but who knows. If we get to January and we're still top of the table, who could ask for more than that?

Oh, we all can have a go at the players and even the manager, but people seem to omit the fact that the fans inside Anfield have been f*cking shyte, lets be honest about it. There's some quality whoppers going to the game, and it's a disgrace that 1000 or so West Ham fans out sang everyone inside Anfield tonight. The players need to show passion, aye, but so do you w@nkers inside the ground. Where the f*ck has the atmosphere gone to that we're meant to be so famous for? Sort it f*cking out!

Try going to the game yourself you uptight arrogant peice of shite and spending thousands of pounds a year of your own money on traveling to games before you slag off the people that are going and contribute to the club.

Its not the fans that are producing rubbish lad. Its the team, the fans have all to shout about and even the usual noisey lads are finding it all a bit tedious under the current regime at times.

You are quite simply a grade "a" bellend.

heimdall wrote:I can completely understand the atmosphere being muted in Anfield, what is there for the fans to get excited about, a couple of long range shots off target!
We are playing far too predictably with very little variation in tactics despite what some stats might say and that is totally down to Rafa and his coaching staff not having the knowledge or imagination to try new things, it's not good enough, we should have a healthy lead at the top of the table now instead of 1 point and Manure closing in on us fast.

mistyred wrote:Bav what kind of vendetta do you have against Babel? i have seen Babel play
for Holland and his former team and look class.......erm for that fact i have seen
him play for Liverpool and look class, Rafa as much as i like him will stiffle a players
flair and creativety it's his way.

Torres will no doubt turn into a sloth within a year

bigmick wrote:If we do win this (which we will) will it be Ok to talk about us being the title race given that we'll be three points clear at the top, or is the plan still not to mention it till the end of March so we don't "jinx ourselves"? Lots of people have also alluded to the idea recently that being top in December means absolutely nothing, the thing hasn't even started yet. If we win tonight (which we will) will those people begin to consider this a full and authentic title challenge, or will they still need more proof.

I know it's early and all that (actually it's not really), but we have been well and truly in contention for the title since we went to Stamford Bridge and played them off the park in my view. There is no jinx, provided Rafa doesn't prove Stu correct and pick a silly team we will comfortably beat these tonight which will put us in a unique position. We will actually be going into games knowing that if we win, we ratchet up the pressure on our chasers with each three points gained. Make no mistake about it, the Mancs and Chelsea are already thinking "next time we play them we've gotta turn em over" and so they should do. I'm telling you this, all things being equal if we were to win at Old Trafford it would put them under huge pressure to cartch us. If we beat Arsenal either Home or Away they are gone for all money. It's a nice position to be in, we just need to keep our heads and keep selecting sensible teams.

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