THE post match reaction thread....

[AFII]

The fact of the matter is that the team picked today should have ****ed all over Fat head Bruces Birmingham, It wasn't a team of reserve or fringe players but a team of first choice internationals.

The fact the players were ****e today is a different matter, that team on paper should have put at leat 3 or 4 past them

It reminded me of last season when Gerrard didn't turn up in a few games and it affected the rest of the team. He is the only player we have who gives the team that little bit extra energy and when he has an off day then there is no one who can replace that missing energy.

That is one of the reasons to why I wanted us to sign Alves until he was priced out. He gives his team that little bit extra energy.

[Joe King]

I don't think that will solve anything

I agree. The people of 'The Ridiculous Tie Company' will go bankrupt

[kurtangle01]

maybe they should have on paper, but what a team should do on paper counts for diddly squat, go ask mclarren. The way i see it the balls we sent through the middle would have been better received by Torres rather than Kuyt or voronin, the crosses which weren't exactly top notch, were begging to be controlled by Crouch. So for my money i'd have gone Torres/Crouch.

Got to disagree with you there. Crouch got on the end of a ball today, six yards out, and headed about 10 feet over the bar.

[Morph]

Got to disagree with you there. Crouch got on the end of a ball, six yards out, and headed about 10 feet over the bar.

Yes he did and i remember, but we had about 10 mins to go at that point didn't we? the pressure was on and we were desperate for a goal. If he'd played from the start we might have had our goal by that point, or he mightn't have been so anxious to try and win it. Asside from that tho, it really should have been Torres and AN Other, in fact we should have just started with threee up top maybe Torres, Crouch, Voronin, not like we really needed the defense all game was it. That was a game crying out for a 3-5-2 or a 3-4-3

[The Erectile Banana]

It reminded me of last season when Gerrard didn't turn up in a few games and it affected the rest of the team. He is the only player we have who gives the team that little bit extra energy and when he has an off day then there is no one who can replace that missing energy.

That is one of the reasons to why I wanted us to sign Alves until he was priced out. He gives his team that little bit extra energy.

Gerrard has been very quite in the last two games, which have been our worst two performances of the season.

Coincidence?

[AFII]

Why do some people still think that Crouch is good in the air?

He is very average in the air. He miss sitter after sitter in the six yard box. We sold off our best attacking threat in the air, Garcia.

[Morph]

Gerrard has been very quite in the last two games, which have been our worst two performances of the season.

Coincidence?

we were winning comfortably before Gerrard came back into the team

Coincidence?

[Morph]

Why do some people still think that Crouch is good in the air?

He is very average in the air. He miss sitter after sitter in the six yard box. We sold off our best attacking threat in the air, Garcia.

never said he was good in the air, said he was good at controling the ball from crosses, Kurt brought up the header

[AFII]

never said he was good in the air, said he was good at controling the ball from crosses, Kurt brought up the header

[The Erectile Banana]

we were winning comfortably before Gerrard came back into the team

Coincidence?

I don't think we can blame Gerrard for all the other players poor performances.

He has been poor himself, but no worse than others.

And we weren't exactly tearing Portsmouth apart without him.

[Red Chilli]

we were winning comfortably before Gerrard came back into the team

Coincidence?

Yep

[Craig_H]

I wonder if some of the others, be it consciously or otherwise, dont really give it their all when Gerrard is there, because they feel like they can step back and let him produce the goods.

[JPK]

Yes he did and i remember, but we had about 10 mins to go at that point didn't we? the pressure was on and we were desperate for a goal. If he'd played from the start we might have had our goal by that point, or he mightn't have been so anxious to try and win it. Asside from that tho, it really should have been Torres and AN Other, in fact we should have just started with threee up top maybe Torres, Crouch, Voronin, not like we really needed the defense all game was it. That was a game crying out for a 3-5-2 or a 3-4-3

Was it Ridgewell who dragged Crouch to the ground at Villa park before and gave a penalty away and could'nt handle him?
We dont play on these things sometimes and I think we need a guy who knows English football beside Rafa to remind him of these little things.That someone is Gary MacHe has savvy and has a great knowledge of the game.It was the same at Pompey with Glen Johnson.He is always there for the taking but we never take advantage of it.

[Morph]

Gerrard has been very quite in the last two games, which have been our worst two performances of the season.

Coincidence?

we were winning comfortably before Gerrard came back into the team

Coincidence?

I don't think we can blame Gerrard for all the other players poor performances.

He has been poor himself, but no worse than others.

And we weren't exactly tearing Portsmouth apart without him.

Yep

Maybe the point I was trying to make wasn't clear, i was basically trying to say that stevie's form didn't really have anything to do with it

[paulcooper4]

I wonder if some of the others, be it consciously or otherwise, dont really give it their all when Gerrard is there, because they feel like they can step back and let him produce the goods.