Middlesbrough v Liverpool match thread

[disco]

I'm more eager to see if Rafa makes any changes at the half.

If he doesn't I'll just lose a little more belief in him.

I can't remeber a more depressing 45 minutes of football by Liverpool, since Sunderland December 2002.

I hope he does, but it's not his style.

I think we'll see 1 or 2 players come on at 55-60 minutes.

[Howard_lfc]

If you do that, you have zero attacking threat from CM.

2 defensive midfielders is ****e.

Some people have been saying that for a while now.

[Armchairkopite]

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.

:whatever:

Rafas motivational/man management skills do and always have left a lot to be desired.
Simple question-

Who do i start?

Voronin(freebie)
or
Kuyt( 10 million)

Riise(one dimensional p/t body builder)
or
Babel(Young explosive attacker)

THESE ARE BASIC ****ING DECISIONS AND I'M SORRY IF I OFFEND ANYONE BUT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH...

you have 45 minutes Rafa.

[disco]

FFS. Change the ****ing record will you. This is the match thread not the "Bigger Picture" or "Recrimination" thread. I agree with a lot of what you say but ****ing shut up. Say it in another ****ing thread for ****s sake.

Spot on squire

[Darth Marty]

The worse thing about this result, as it stands, is that the ****ing gutter press and sky will just be all over us. I ****ing hate the press far more than I hate the way we are playing at present, fat sam has been hounded out now its Rafas turn. Granted he doesnt seem to be helping himself but ****ing stability is a necessity. We need some huge breaking news elsewhere to allow us to get this **** sorted out privately without the ****ing press giving it their negative take every 2 seconds.
But for now..."COME ON YOU ****ING REDS...PULL YOURSELVES TOGETHER"!!!

[blacky]

Have the players just given up on the league?

[Nic83]

FFS. Change the ****ing record will you. This is the match thread not the "Bigger Picture" or "Recrimination" thread. I agree with a lot of what you say but ****ing shut up. Say it in another ****ing thread for ****s sake.

[Craig_H]

FFS. Change the ****ing record will you. This is the match thread not the "Bigger Picture" or "Recrimination" thread. I agree with a lot of what you say but ****ing shut up. Say it in another ****ing thread for ****s sake

**** off.

[ForeverRed]

You forgot to add:

7. Liverpool 38 outside all the European places

It's ok....we can concentrate on winning the Champions League

[bigfooty]

At this point it looks less like we need a master tactician and more like we need a manager who can motivate the players and send them out in a way they know how to play and are comfortable doing so.

[kopdan]

i'm sorry, I must have missed the full time whistle

:whatever:

[John_Gotti]

From BBC Sports:

1551: Liverpool have, by all accounts, been pretty appalling in the first half at the Riverside and yet, mystifiyingly, Steven Gerrard leads BBC Sport's interactive player ratings with 7.97. Andriy Voronin has 4.94.

[AFII]

So do anyone still think that Nemeth could be any worse option than Voronin?

[bogsdollocks]

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.

**** this Les. I'm switchin off. Goin outside to play footy with the lad as that was dreadful. No ****in desire anywhere apart from the obvious candidate. Riise can go a **** right off, Francis Rossi might as well be on their side all the good he's done us. Riise and Rossi off. Xabi in midfield with babel up top with Torres. Seriously I'm not watchin that. I'll turn on at full time.

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Have the players just given up on the league?

Not surprizing when the manager did against Reading.