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Bad Bob wrote:

bigmick wrote:On the Aquilani substitution, has anybody got any plausible explanation whatsoever? I mean, if he was fit then surely we could have used him earlier. If he wasn't fit then why bother putting him on the bench, and more to the point why bother bringing him on? I'm not asking anyone to agree with the decision, just to offer up a reason which can be construed as remotely realistic? Is it just that we wanted to waste a few seconds maybe?

Very odd.

Had me completely baffled, TBPH.  Obviously, at that late stage, it was to waste time but why choose Aquilani?  By all accounts, the lad's bursting at the seams to get a run out and Rafa's keeping him wrapped in cotton wool for some reason.  But it verges on taking the p!ss to tell the fella to strip off for the last seconds. 

tonyeh wrote:

Benny The Noon wrote:It really is a said state of affairs when it comes to a point where you get attacked for sticking up for our own manager , just because you support something you think has done great things for the club and believe can still do despite a current poor run .

You're being attacked, because you're talking shit.

Benitez isn't Liverpool...he's just a manager. That's all. And he's a manager with considerable limitations, who makes truely baffling decisions, like tonight.

And your constant ra ra bleating is ridiculous and only goes to show you up as a twit. Not an uberfan or Liverpool fan No1, or whatever you think the image is you're trying to portray.

tonyeh wrote:

Bad Bob wrote:

bigmick wrote:On the Aquilani substitution, has anybody got any plausible explanation whatsoever? I mean, if he was fit then surely we could have used him earlier. If he wasn't fit then why bother putting him on the bench, and more to the point why bother bringing him on? I'm not asking anyone to agree with the decision, just to offer up a reason which can be construed as remotely realistic? Is it just that we wanted to waste a few seconds maybe?

Very odd.

Had me completely baffled, TBPH.  Obviously, at that late stage, it was to waste time but why choose Aquilani?  By all accounts, the lad's bursting at the seams to get a run out and Rafa's keeping him wrapped in cotton wool for some reason.  But it verges on taking the p!ss to tell the fella to strip off for the last seconds. 

The worst thing is Bob, I can only imagine what all this nonsense is doing to the palyer himself.

Surely, he must have been think WTF? himself tonight.

I actually laughed out loud.

But that sub tonight sums up Benitez for me, I'm afraid.

Bad Bob wrote:

tonyeh wrote:

Bad Bob wrote:

bigmick wrote:On the Aquilani substitution, has anybody got any plausible explanation whatsoever? I mean, if he was fit then surely we could have used him earlier. If he wasn't fit then why bother putting him on the bench, and more to the point why bother bringing him on? I'm not asking anyone to agree with the decision, just to offer up a reason which can be construed as remotely realistic? Is it just that we wanted to waste a few seconds maybe?

Very odd.

Had me completely baffled, TBPH.  Obviously, at that late stage, it was to waste time but why choose Aquilani?  By all accounts, the lad's bursting at the seams to get a run out and Rafa's keeping him wrapped in cotton wool for some reason.  But it verges on taking the p!ss to tell the fella to strip off for the last seconds. 

The worst thing is Bob, I can only imagine what all this nonsense is doing to the palyer himself.

Surely, he must have been think WTF? himself tonight.

I actually laughed out loud.

But that sub tonight sums up Benitez for me, I'm afraid.

Had that thought myself.  I'm sure he was just thrilled to come on in stoppage time.  The game was crying out for him by the 50 minute mark and he gets brought on to waste time and see out a 1-0 win against the group whipping boys.  Not with a bang but a whimper...

tonyeh wrote:

Benny The Noon wrote:It really is a said state of affairs when it comes to a point where you get attacked for sticking up for our own manager , just because you support something you think has done great things for the club and believe can still do despite a current poor run .

You're being attacked, because you're talking shit.

Benitez isn't Liverpool...he's just a manager. That's all. And he's a manager with considerable limitations, who makes truely baffling decisions, like tonight.

And your constant ra ra bleating is ridiculous and only goes to show you up as a twit. Not an uberfan or Liverpool fan No1, or whatever you think the image is you're trying to portray.

Benny The Noon wrote:And yes i did say sh.it at the end of the season and as i said in thread at the time i corrected myself and said poor players who arent up to the task IMO .

There is a difference between what people like you and Big Mick and a few others say about the manager when you actually provide some back up and valid fews as opposed to the people that just slag him off on constant basis .

But these people can also think that we have a poor manager who isn't up to the task, no?

The same way you feel about defending him, they feel about attacking him.  It really is a two-way street, and neither side is better than the other, no matter what we may think.  (And besides, the true superfan is gone now anyways ). 

I don't take someone saying, Ngog is , Torres played that game, and such comments as insults to LFC.  I also feel the same way with insults to the manager, it isnt Gerrard FC, Torres FC, nor Rafa FC.  It's Liverpool Football Club, and I'm sure everyone here loves the club, they just are giving opinions.  Sometimes not said in the best way, but at this point in the season, given where we are, certainly not unwarranted.

Lando_Griffin wrote:

tonyeh wrote:

Benny The Noon wrote:It really is a said state of affairs when it comes to a point where you get attacked for sticking up for our own manager , just because you support something you think has done great things for the club and believe can still do despite a current poor run .

You're being attacked, because you're talking shit.

Benitez isn't Liverpool...he's just a manager. That's all. And he's a manager with considerable limitations, who makes truely baffling decisions, like tonight.

And your constant ra ra bleating is ridiculous and only goes to show you up as a twit. Not an uberfan or Liverpool fan No1, or whatever you think the image is you're trying to portray.

Did we lose?

Did we draw?

Or did we win?

Just because you don't understand something, that does not mean it is wrong.

Lando_Griffin wrote:Let's set the scene:

Minute 60; Liverpool are 1-0 up in a tough game on an even tougher surface. They're already without their star striker and their best player is still recovering from a groin injury which could really do with an op. Due to the tough conditions under foot and the delicate nature of the groin, Rafa subs off his Captain and replaces him with Aquilani - still yet to play more than 20 minutes of football in over 6 months.
Liverpool continue to struggle as the Hungarians play the biggest game of their lives yet still manage to run out 1-0 winners...


Do not even consider trying to tell me that you would have accepted this as a good precautionary move. Do not even think about pretending you wouldn't have crucified him for subbing Gerrard off earlier.

That's the position Rafa finds himself in with numbskulls like you: Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.

tonyeh wrote:

Benny The Noon wrote:It really is a said state of affairs when it comes to a point where you get attacked for sticking up for our own manager , just because you support something you think has done great things for the club and believe can still do despite a current poor run .

You're being attacked, because you're talking shit.

Benitez isn't Liverpool...he's just a manager. That's all. And he's a manager with considerable limitations, who makes truely baffling decisions, like tonight.

And your constant ra ra bleating is ridiculous and only goes to show you up as a twit. Not an uberfan or Liverpool fan No1, or whatever you think the image is you're trying to portray.

tonyeh wrote:

Benny The Noon wrote:Its quite easily to not be insulting - do you see me insulting you when i may think you are producing utter rubbish ?

debate my point of view - disagree with it by all means but dont insult me .

You don't have a point of view.

It's the same old repetition. That's not a point of view. It's simply spouting mantra.