Besiktas - Match Thread

[FatTony]

They'll be looking at 4 years of Rafa and no title challenge. He didn't get a clean slate when they started. They want success for their dollar, not that ****e tonight.

If they want success for their dollars, then they better pay up properly then.

You can't throw £40M and expect to beat sides who've spent far more and will continue to spend more than G&H....

[tomasjj]

What a joke Pepe at fault again. Get Carson back now

Rafa is screwing our campaign up at 100mph.

hahaha **** off with that ****e mate

[Roboklopp]

A total shambles and tonight is a significant one for me, insofar as I'm starting to lose faith in Benitez. Never thought that day would came, to be honest.

The Pako thing just can't be a coincidence.

Go to agree with you. Even had I chosen that line-up initally, I'd have brought Crouchie, Xabi/Lucas & Benayoun on an hour in rather than sit tight & hold out for a 1-0 loss as he always seems to.

[irishgeo]

Gerrard out on the right now!! He is not doing it in the center.
Andriy Voronin is not cutting and cant play with Kuyt.
i dont know what crouch has done but i think we need him to start on Sunday.
Hyypia is not fast enough in CB role.
Babel my god i know he is young but he looked way off the pace.

we need alonso, Torres and agger back asap.

[Hass]

We've already been at Anfield for 115 years now mate

I meant the new anfield, stadium of unattractive football, anfield arena or whatever they call it.

Point being is that if the owners are expecting 60,000 fans to turn up to watch the type of football we're playing now, then they're in for a surprise, no two ways about it.

[Kilteragh]

What a joke Pepe at fault again. Get Carson back now

[kopdan]

He's got the rest of the league season to save himself, IMO. It's now become that bad. We must stay in the hunt down to the wire - if not win the damn thing of course. We'll be lucky to finish in the top 5 if this carries on though.

soooooo. Gary Megson to take over next summer then?

[MerseyCider]

Pepe is not good enough for a team challenging on all fronts. Simple as that.

Some of you are wearing supersize tinted spectatcles when it comes to Reina.

[Robster007]

Not if we have Torres, Alonso and Agger back.

They would love to see Sami on the pitch though.

Is the right answer.

[philip14]

How the f*ck can people say there isn't something seriously wrong with this side. It's so glaringly obvious and it has been for quite some time. I'm sick of watching sh!te football. we can't create, we can't pass, there's very little flair and our strikers aren't good enough.

I can't remember watching such crap football since the GH days. Rafa and the players HAVE to get us out of this slump or suffer the inevitable consequences.

agree totally.

there is no way this team is going to win the Premiership. There is absolutely no ceative flair in this team. This team is collectively not performing to the talent of its individual parts - and this is down to bad management.

[blacky]

I'm just waitin for keys to make a smug comment before I **** my beer at the plasma!!

[Shaggy]

Go to agree with you. Even had I chosen that line-up initally, I'd have brought Crouchie, Xabi/Lucas & Benayoun on an hour in rather than sit tight & hold out for a 1-0 loss as he always seems to.

Yup. Crouch caused the goal within seconds of coming on and we looked threatening. More of a threat within 10 seconds than Kuyt and Voronin combined for the whole game. Why leave it so ****ing late?

[Robster007]

Pepe is not good enough for a team challenging on all fronts. Simple as that.

Some of you are wearing supersize tinted spectatcles when it comes to Reina.

Nonsense.

[Shaggy]

Pepe is not good enough for a team challenging on all fronts. Simple as that.

Some of you are wearing supersize tinted spectatcles when it comes to Reina.

[CAD]

A total shambles and tonight is a significant one for me, insofar as I'm starting to lose faith in Benitez. Never thought that day would came, to be honest.

The Pako thing just can't be a coincidence.

Welcome mate...