voronin subbed

[peekay]

I just had a blue van almost knock me off at a crossroads because I had the effrontery to go on his inside while he was waiting at the junction. I wouldn't have done it if the fool had actually been indicating he was going to turn left. How silly of me not to realise he wasn't going to go straight across. :whatever:

Do they have dedicated bike lanes in ur city mate? Just curious !!!

[alunevans]

It's a massive ****in concern isn't it? He brought off Arbeloa for Babel, logical as we were 2-1 down. Then his changes made no sense Pennant - who was woeful yet again - for Kuyt, and Kuyt played wide right, a position which he looked completely ill at ease with. Then Voronin - who played well for Benayoun. Why not just take Pennant off for Benayoun and put him on the right?

Sure we got our of jail this time. But I get the horrible feeling that Rafa is trying tactical changes like these in hope rather than expectation.

Add in the fact that there are a few first team regulars who have now been found out, and it's a bad combination.

seems he likes to rotate WITHIN the game too. he often does that. he'll have someone playing out of position for 5 minutes. then he'll sub someone else and swap it round again.

i've noticed this before. you can't help thinking, why didn't you just do that in the first bloody place.

[Shaggy]

seems he likes to rotate WITHIN the game too. he often does that. he'll have someone playing out of position for 5 minutes. then he'll sub someone else and swap it round again.

i've noticed this before. you can't help thinking, why didn't you just do that in the first bloody place.

See the 'ask Rafa a question' thread...

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

The only logic I can see in that substitution is that Kuyt will provide some protection against Bale. Maybe Rafa did not want us to get caught in counter attacks. Not that I am agreeing with him or anything.

At 2-1 down, at home?

Unlikely. That would be doing "a Houllier"

[Neil Young]

Do they have dedicated bike lanes in ur city mate? Just curious !!!

A few but it's only a small city so anyway they don't last long.

Of course they're full of crap (the good thing about using roads is that the heavy traffic keeps the road pretty clear of detritus) and often a very poor surface.

The surface on the roads outside the city is almost always in a terrible condition.

Oh blimey, just realised we're in the LFC forum. Um, sack Rafa!

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

seems he likes to rotate WITHIN the game too. he often does that. he'll have someone playing out of position for 5 minutes. then he'll sub someone else and swap it round again.

i've noticed this before. you can't help thinking, why didn't you just do that in the first bloody place.

The Kuyt/Pennant substitution just made no sense whatsoever.

Fine Pennant was having a shocker, again. But bringing on a centre forward with poor touch and little pace, and putting him wide right made absolutely no sense whatever. You could understand if he did that with Bellamy and Cisse while they were here as they had pace, but Kuyt? Lee and Bale must've been laughing.

And to be fair to Kuyt he's hardly going to be high on confidence, so playing him out of position is really going to help isn't it?

Just wonder if Rafa momentarily lost the plot yesterday.

[Shaggy]

The Kuyt/Pennant substitution just made no sense whatsoever.

Fine Pennant was having a shocker, again. But bringing on a centre forward with poor touch and little pace, and putting him wide right made absolutely no sense whatever. You could understand if he did that with Bellamy and Cisse while they were here as they had pace, but Kuyt? Lee and Bale must've been laughing.

And to be fair to Kuyt he's hardly going to be high on confidence, so playing him out of position is really going to help isn't it?

Just wonder if Rafa momentarily lost the plot yesterday.

Dunno about that - Kuyt ended up on the wing against Birmingham, too. Took Babel off (who admittedly was having a poor game) and ended up with Kuyt there. FFS. Does he have one single attribute to make a good winger? I can't see it.

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Dunno about that - Kuyt ended up on the wing against Birmingham, too. Took Babel off (who admittedly was having a poor game) and ended up with Kuyt there. FFS. Does he have one single attribute to make a good winger? I can't see it.

Hate to say it, but he seems to be going the way of Heskey. Started off well, scoring, winning games, then had a spell where he couldn't hit the side of a cows arse, and then banished to the wing, then people started to turn on him, then benched, then sold.