Middlesbrough v Liverpool match thread

[blacky]

TBH even if we manage to get back into this game I am deeply concerned about how we are playing at the moment. You can understand why the americans are reluctant to give rafa money (apparently)

[Tom]

No link-up play back to front, inside and out. Dreadful, worse than luton.
Club is surely suffering with the behind the scenes shenanagins.

[Cisseshairdresser]

Beat me to it there Al!

[ForeverRed]

What's Rafa going to say now...."Well done lads....your doing well....keep it up....I shall be swapping it around a bit on 75th minute "

City & Everton are creeping up now....only a matter of time...Villa up next....

[Armchairkopite]

If both Voronin and Riise start the second half I will have to question Rafas ability. It took a lot to say that.

[L10]

Carra walking off nodding his head in disgust....

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Well, I guess we can see how this is going to go. We will struggle along until about the 60th minute, when Rafa will take off somebody like Benayoun and put on Kuyt. Then, about he 80th minute, Babel will come on and we will look like getting an equalizer for about five minutes, and then Boro will get a second.

As far as our style of play is concerned, we have regressed to Houllier's long-ball-to-a-fast-striker approach.

Hope not.

But I think you might be right.

A big 15 minutes coming up for Rafa here.

For a change he needs to grow a pair of bollocks, give these a rocket, and make major changes at half time.

Alonso and Babel on, Voronin and Riise off.

That was horrible.

[shanklyn]

Gerrard's dragged us through on plenty of occasions, he certainly isnt the problem.

Very true, I guess im so used to him doing just that. My personal opinion is that him and Mascher do not work as well as some think. Xabi, Mascher middle. Gerrard on the right, we have not got the players to play any other way.

[marcus50bucks]

If he's such a great motivator, why is he underachieving so badly with a strong squad?

Are you suggesting he is getting the best out of them?

Because THAT would indeed be bollocks. Whether you eye-roll or otherwise.

The players aren't good enough that's why. As Much as I like Rafa, when it comes to attacking players, he is very, very poor at choosing the right ones to buy, with the exception of Torres.

[blacky]

Can't blame Rafa for Voronin and Riise's performances. The players are ****ing good enough to win this game, but they're not doing their job.

However he earns his money now at half time

Let's see what happens.

You can blame him for picking them though!!

[Gazzla]

Just get ****ing Voronin off and hopefully ship the useless ****er off to some other club. He is complete garbage

[Howard_lfc]

I'd love to know what Rafa is trying to do coz I can't see it.

The players either can't or won't do what he's asking them - and I don't know which of the two is worse.

[disco]

Club is surely suffering with the behind the scenes shenanagins.

Oh **** off with that bollocks Tom

You're brainwashed by journalists

[AFII]

No link-up play back to front, inside and out. Dreadful, worse than luton.
Club is surely suffering with the behind the scenes shenanagins.

Time for G&H to back Rafa 100% or sell up.

We need to sign a high quality attacking player this window or else we won't have any chance to finish in the top four.

If Torres gets injured then we are ****ed.

[Armchairkopite]

I am ****ing melting down here, wtf is going on with Liverpool.