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by **supersub** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:56 pm

Interesting to see the views of the know nothings earlier in this thread.I think it's the same crew that hate Kuyt with such venom.The only other common denominator is they never attend the game....

by **Alex G.** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:08 pm

Here is the evidence when you have the right mentality and when you have the wrong.

Benayoun - Babel, two players who arrived at Anfield at the same moment. Now you can see the difference between both.

by **NANNY RED** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:48 pm

Ive slated Yossi loads in the past an ive said i just didnt like him, But ill say hand on heart that the lad has proved me wrong an im made up. There passion an bite from his play an thats maybe been the problem for me , I have to see players getting stuck in giving it there all for the shirt an at the mo yossi is falling into that catergory, So im over the moon

by **destro** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:05 pm

He was great last night but would he have played if Stevie was fit ?

Although he is no slouch pace wise and maybe he was tired but did you see the way Walcott left him for dead for the 4th goal, I am not having a go at Yossi but it was scary watching the gap grow bigger and bigger as he pulled away with Yossi trying his best to keep up, that kid can move !!

by **TheLad** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:06 pm

Yet again, he was immense yesterday, the best red player on the pitch, Dirk right after him.

by **mgabby** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:45 pm

there was a one hour documenatery about yossi and liverpool on israeli tv today. i guess you will be able to find it on emule an such in a day or two. it was in hebrew mostly, but lots of english and spanish too :-)

anyway, the main things were :
yossi talked about him moving from westhum to liverpool. he says he gave up a lot of money to come to play for liverpool. for him it was a life dream, and he feels on top of the world.
he said he had a 100 million dollar offer from spartak moscow a few months ago, but preffered to stay in liverpool.
it was said (but not by him) that he is going to sign a new 4 year deal with the team soon.

there has been lots of dressing room gossip (well, it's tv ;-) )
he said his best friend is torres (his travel roomate), mashcherano and pepe (yossi speaks spanish after playing in racing santender a few years).
he said that torres always beats mash in sony playstation, and mash is a bad loser, and tends to try to break the tv when loses ;-)
he was talking about the crowd, and said that when you hear YNWA you just can't give less than 100% on the pitch.
he was talking about the goal in madrid, and said the he was supposed to wait ouside the box for a rebound, but on the last second decided to run closer to the goal.

well, if i'll remember more things i'll try to fill in...

by **Gerrard30391** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:47 pm

He was class last night...i admit i cringed when i saw him on the pitch earlier on in his Anfield career. Keep it up Yossi :buttrock

by **tubby** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:03 pm

He moaned at first for not playing enough and then when given chances he made the most of them. Now he is one our key players. I wish Ryan Babel could raise his game in the same way.

by **TheLad** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:35 pm

bavlondon wrote:He moaned at first for not playing enough and then when given chances he made the most of them. Now he is one our key players. I wish Ryan Babel could raise his game in the same way.

Babel is still a very young player, give him some time, he will be a key player of the team soon. Hopefully...

by **PabloAimar** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:25 pm

destro wrote:He was great last night but would he have played if Stevie was fit ?

Although he is no slouch pace wise and maybe he was tired but did you see the way Walcott left him for dead for the 4th goal, I am not having a go at Yossi but it was scary watching the gap grow bigger and bigger as he pulled away with Yossi trying his best to keep up, that kid can move !!

yeh, similar to how babel left fabregas for dead in the champions' league tie last season... ur point is?

walcott's main asset is his pace - that's no secret. add to that the fact he came on as a 2nd half sub in a frantic game: i think ur observation is :censored:

. love the sig tho :kungfu:

by **PabloAimar** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:26 pm

TheLad wrote:
bavlondon wrote:He moaned at first for not playing enough and then when given chances he made the most of them. Now he is one our key players. I wish Ryan Babel could raise his game in the same way.

Babel is still a very young player, give him some time, he will be a key player of the team soon. Hopefully...

i was surprised to hear stevie speaking quite highly of babel yesterday.... :suspect:

by **SundanceKid** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:46 am

TheLad wrote:
bavlondon wrote:He moaned at first for not playing enough and then when given chances he made the most of them. Now he is one our key players. I wish Ryan Babel could raise his game in the same way.

Babel is still a very young player, give him some time, he will be a key player of the team soon. Hopefully...

Not if he doesn't pick up his head. He plays watching the ball as if he's just dribbling around the yard and always loses it doing that. I hate watching him come off the bench most of the time to be honest.

by **bigmick** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:13 am

Well the road to Damascus is a dusty track at the moment such has been the weight of foot traffic down it. I have trudged it's long path myself recently what with having to retract the claim that Rafa Benitez was incapable of ever winning the league with Liverpool (even if he doesn't, he's got close enough to prove it is possible). I fear there may be another treck coming up for many of us over Benayoun.

I'm not sure whether it's because of aesthetically challenging nature, the fact that he is a classic "options and possibilities" player or because we signed him from West Ham or what it is, but I never really took to him. I've always considered him quite simply not good enough for us, and until the last two months have not wavered a fraction in my assessment.

Unquestionably though he has recently played very well. I'm still not absolutely certain whether or not he's good enough to hold down a starting spot in a genuinely top class team (infact I'm certain that he isn't if I'm honest) but he does provide "mnna an mananaamumble".

What the feck is "mnna an mananaamumble" I hear you ask, well it's mnna an mananaamumble, as I say. What? "IT'S OPTIONS AND POSSIBILITIES FFS!!!! :angry:

".

There, I said it

by **RedBlood** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:21 am

for me hes always been agreat player, maybe his form dipped ealier this season but i dont think he played enough games imo
hes class and in great form, for me he has to start and finnish every game we have left becuase hes a match winner and when were playing attacking football is a joy to watch

by **TheLad** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:55 am

bigmick wrote:I'm still not absolutely certain whether or not he's good enough to hold down a starting spot in a genuinely top class team (infact I'm certain that he isn't if I'm honest) but he does provide "mnna an mananaamumble".

And who IS "good enough to hold down a starting spot in a genuinely top class team" in our current squad? 11 names please...

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