Boro (h) Post match thread

[Rashid]

Yes, improvement needs to be made and it should come with a signing or two, but right now there is no need to panic. 6 points from 6 points is a very good start.

After 4 years and 40 odd first team signings, how many players do we need to sign before we start playing "the Rafa way"?

[sackparry]

Hansen's Analysis

Spot on.

Not going to win the league with current players. Just showed our total lack of football intelligence when we were looking for a goal. Usless punts to the middle of the penalty area.

[Rashid]

Hansen had it spot on, he showed acres and acres of space out wide because our two wide players neither had the guile, skill, pace or confidence to take on the full back and neither did our full backs. If Gerrarda and Alonso failed, then it was left to the defenders to hoof it to Torres. It might get you scrappy wins against Boro and Sunderland but it won't get you challenging, no chance. We need to improve the quality of our football, something I have been saying for 10 years since Houllier came to town.

[Roboklopp]

After 4 years and 40 odd first team signings, how many players do we need to sign before we start playing "the Rafa way"?

It's your fabricated "facts" like this that really **** people off.

[sackparry]

After 4 years and 40 odd first team signings, how many players do we need to sign before we start playing "the Rafa way"?

this man is the only person who makes sense on this forum.

[Rashid]

It's your fabricated "facts" like this that really **** people off.

Josemi*Rey
Antonio*Nunez
Luis*Garcia
Xabi*Alonso
Mauricio*Pellegrino
Fernando*Morientes
Scott*Carson
Antonio*Barragan
Boudewijn*Zenden
Jose*Reina
Mohamed*Sissoko
Peter*Crouch
Mark*Gonzalez
Jan*Kromkamp
Daniel*Agger
David*Martin
Robbie*Fowler
Craig*Bellamy
Gabriel*Paletta
Fábio*Aurélio
Jermaine*Pennant
Dirk*Kuyt
Álvaro*Arbeloa
Javier*Mascherano
Lucas*Leiva
Sebastian*Leto
Fernando*Torres
Andriy*Voronin
Yossi*Benayoun
Ryan*Babel
Charles*Itandje
Emiliano*Insúa
Martin*Skrtel
Javier*Mascherano
Philipp*Degen
Andrea*Dossena
Diego*Cavalieri
David*Ngog
Robbie*Keane

[Roboklopp]

this man is the only person who makes sense on this forum.

Maybe you should go on a date?

[Roboklopp]

Josemi*Rey
Antonio*Nunez
Luis*Garcia
Xabi*Alonso
Mauricio*Pellegrino
Fernando*Morientes
Scott*Carson
Antonio*Barragan
Boudewijn*Zenden
Jose*Reina
Mohamed*Sissoko
Peter*Crouch
Mark*Gonzalez
Jan*Kromkamp
Daniel*Agger
David*Martin
Robbie*Fowler
Craig*Bellamy
Gabriel*Paletta
Fábio*Aurélio
Jermaine*Pennant
Dirk*Kuyt
Álvaro*Arbeloa
Javier*Mascherano
Lucas*Leiva
Sebastian*Leto
Fernando*Torres
Andriy*Voronin
Yossi*Benayoun
Ryan*Babel
Charles*Itandje
Emiliano*Insúa
Martin*Skrtel
Javier*Mascherano
Philipp*Degen
Andrea*Dossena
Diego*Cavalieri
David*Ngog
Robbie*Keane

And they were all bought a "first team players" were they?

[anfieldanfield]

We need a top quality, genuine wide player. That simple.

[Rashid]

And they were all bought a "first team players" were they?

If you add in the kids, the list is near 100 - all of those were bought as first team squad members and given squad numbers.

[Rashid]

We need a top quality, genuine wide player. That simple.

Turn back to 1998, and then to 2004 - and we needed the same thing. Neither Houllier and Rafa have addressed this and it will cost them a league title tilt. Buying ****e like Downing won't change things either.

[Paul12]

Buying ****e like Downing won't change things either.

I agree

[JohnDoe]

After 4 years and 40 odd first team signings, how many players do we need to sign before we start playing "the Rafa way"?

40 first team signings= Nonsense.

When Rafa had the money to sign a quality player, he did just that. When he didn't have that money or had to use a limited budget on more than one position, he signed decent players who did their job and were sold for profit or face value later when improvement was needed.

Rafa's only poor signing for a relatively large sum was Morientes and I doubt anyone was pissed off with the signing at the time.

As for your question, we need one good player for the left and we're sorted.

[Rashid]

40 first team signings= Nonsense.

When Rafa had the money to sign a quality player, he did just that. When he didn't have that money or had to use a limited budget on more than one position, he signed decent players who did their job and were sold for profit or face value later when improvement was needed.

Rafa's only poor signing for a relatively large sum was Morientes and I doubt anyone was pissed off with the signing at the time.

As for your question, we need one good player for the left and we're sorted.

Every player on that list was bought for the first team squad, it's a squad game.... and that list clearly shows Rafa's obsession with numbers over quality. We need one player for the left but it doesn't mean we are sorted, we could have signed no players and we would have been sorted if we had a mentallity change and a new philosophy.

[Reece]

Spot on.

Not going to win the league with current players. Just showed our total lack of football intelligence when we were looking for a goal. Usless punts to the middle of the penalty area.

Are you sure you actually support Liverpool? I mean you were hanging around the match thread for most of the game having your little digs, and once we were 1-0 down you started up your Rafa slagging thread. But then the funny thing is as we got back to 1-1 and then 2-1, you seemed to disappear. Surely if you were a real fan you'd be celebrating a cracking last minute win regardless of your feelings?

I'm not saying this purely because you are negative against Rafa, as I know the other so called negative guys such as Sarb and rage would have been cheering as loud as anyone when Gerrard's winner. You however seemed to make a hasty exit from here as it meant you couldn't really continue with your agenda.