Besiktas - Match Thread

[Shaggy]

-Inability to pass to a team mate.
-Inability to control ball.
-No pace
-No creativity
-No decent players down the flanks (Babbel is blatantly a CF)
-No-one that can dribble, break formation & commit defenders.
-No decent back-up for Agger
-No tempo, control or intelligence to our play.

All of these things can be levelled at Rafa. Looking at the Gooners yesterday, every single one of them from CB up top can trap, dribble, pass & move so it's not just about how mcuh you spend. Even team like Balckburn make our "football" look amateurish sometimes.

Kuyt & Voronin have not & will never work. THey are 2 workhorses. Why arent we playin coruchie FFS? He terrorises European defender & has played well against Turkish opposition.

I am slowly starting to lase faith I am afraid.

Crouch might as well just walk out. Rafa clearly has zero faith in him and will only pick him if there's no-one else. He can't even get rotated in! And Rafa even prefers two ****e workhorses to last season's 2nd top goalscorer in the competition.

[redwien]

Sack Parry!

[JPK]

Utter ****e.

Dirk Kuyt is so ****ing ****.

We might as well sign the fittest **** in the world and ask him to play up front to run around all day and put pressure on opposition defenders. Who cares if he can't kick a ball.

Dirk Sissoko.

He has created every good chance we had.45mins left and he could well be the hero again.

[Rhys]

we miss a player like luis in these sorts of matches. xabi needs to come on imo.

[Roboklopp]

Kuyt is playing at LW to clear up any confusion...

[AFII]

Olympiacos 2-1 up away against Real.

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

I'm starting to think for the first time that selling Stevie wouldn't be such a bad idea if we got £30m+ for him.

He need to start to act like the Captain he is.

That's right blame the one player who's looking the genuine threat tonight, along with Babel.

I'd prefer to focus on those who aren't cutting it, rather than blame those who we know are.

[El Jefecito]

At some point we need to bring El Jefecito off, he's redundant out there, they have so little possesion that we should get someone on who can provide a attacking threat. Any of the three would do for me (Xabi,Lucas, Momo).

[Monty]

their keeper is **** in the air
me must challenge him more with crosses

The problem is that we don't have any attacking player that is good in the air. I didn't knew that you are on the pitch.

[QUOTE=Mr Nike Top;747587]If we play like this at the weekend the 6-3 hiding last year will seem like a birthday present.[/QUOTE] I like your posting style

I'm at work so I cant watch it, but if what you are saying is true then surely we need to throw Crouchie into it at some point?

[Kenneth]

Gerrard needs to stop all those hollywood passes all them time and giving the ball away, control the midfield and build the play and we will score.

It is also sad to see how rubbish Hyypia has become.

The Crow looks out of it in the first half

Babel and Pennant are doing a decent job on the flanks.

Otherwise I think we're doing OK

Although I think picking Hyypia out and letting Carra get away with giving away a goal is harsh on Sami.

[El Jefecito]

That's right blame the one player who's looking the genuine threat tonight, along with Babel.

I'd prefer to focus on those who aren't cutting it, rather than blame those who we know are.

Don't be daft all SG has done is give the ball away.

[AFII]

[QUOTE=Monty;747674]

If we play like this at the weekend the 6-3 hiding last year will seem like a birthday present.[/QUOTE] I like your posting style

I'm at work so I cant watch it, but if what you are saying is true then surely we need to throw Crouchie into it at some point?

Crouch isn't good in the air.

[bigfooty]

We are back underway for the second-half.

Stevie diving in on a tackle, lucky not to get booked.

Crowd are up and bouncing again, really impressed by them (apart from throwing stuff at Pennant on corners).

[Jimthered]

Sack Parry!

Moores must go !!!

[der_Fuchs]

None whatsoever.

I'm in a ****ing horrible mood and I've sulked for the last hour. We're wank. This is a chore....like it was under Houllier.

Compare us to Arse & the Mancs last night. Another universe.

Painful to watch... we have been found out by just about everybody we have played this season. Unless we change our style of play this is going to end in tears.