Will Aquilani make a difference?

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Well 2 minutes a week is a tad over protective...

Obviously he's fit enough to play more than a couple of minutes or he wouldn't/shouldn't be on the bench. I guess the number of minutes he gets depends on the game situation and Rafa's tactics. I was just suggesting it as a possible reason as to why he wasn't starting, which is something alot of people on here seem to be asking

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Obviously he's fit enough to play more than a couple of minutes or he wouldn't/shouldn't be on the bench. I guess the number of minutes he gets depends on the game situation and Rafa's tactics. I was just suggesting it as a possible reason as to why he wasn't starting, which is something alot of people on here seem to be asking

Something of an oxymoron tonight?

[Baracus]

depressing
(to the tune of Delilah),

my, my, my aquilani, why did you go and sign for liverpool.
why why why aquilani, I could see that Rafa was no good for you

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depressing

why why why aquilani, (to the tune of Delilah), did you go and sign for liverpool.

He'll be asking that when he lays awake all night staring at the ceiling.

[Baracus]

He'll be asking that when he lays awake all night staring at the ceiling.

I've edited again, I so pissed off, with this whole season so far. Decision making from the Directors, to the Manager to the players have been poor right the way through the season

[andrewces38]

I'm just wondering how much input Aquilani has had into his rehabilitation and the amount of game time he's had (or at least that he's only been involved as a sub). I remember reading somewhere he said his injury problems were due to Roma trying to rush him back too quickly, and he wasn't able to make a proper recovery

Well looking at his reaction at the weekend when Aurellio went on before him has blown that theory out the water my friend And while i'm at it . It was a complete and utter piss take tonight , 30 secs from the end ? WTF is that about?.........did Rafa sign him or was it Parry again?................Tonight was the perfect game to start him against a piss poor team ( carling cup material) and he didn't even give him a decent run out , I feel for the lad .Also why is Sammy Lee there? does he have any input? surely he cant be seeing what Rafa see's? surely he should be saying " Wait a minute boss , Do you think it would be better if Dossa sat back down and give a £20 million creative player a sniff "?

[lickedlollipop]

i know he's not ready but ffs, debrecen was awful, and he could easily get at least 20min...

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Given our inability to protect our lead, it was right for Rafa to take the cautious approach. We needed to win today, be it ugly, but thats what we had to do and thats what we did. Lets not make tonight about Aquilani, its a stupid argument.

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Well looking at his reaction at the weekend when Aurellio went on before him has blown that theory out the water my friend And while i'm at it . It was a complete and utter piss take tonight , 30 secs from the end ? WTF is that about?.........did Rafa sign him or was it Parry again?................Tonight was the perfect game to start him against a piss poor team ( carling cup material) and he didn't even give him a decent run out , I feel for the lad .Also why is Sammy Lee there? does he have any input? surely he cant be seeing what Rafa see's? surely he should be saying " Wait a minute boss , Do you think it would be better if Dossa sat back down and give a £20 million creative player a sniff "?

I'm just suggesting it as a reason he's not starting games. I don't know the reasons he's not getting more minutes from the bench I'm a big fan of Rafa but I will admit probably half of all his substitutions baffel me!

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I'm just suggesting it as a reason he's not starting games. I don't know the reasons he's not getting more minutes from the bench I'm a big fan of Rafa but I will admit probably half of all his substitutions baffel me!

We used two early subs against City and today was a must win game and we couldn't get the second goal, it would've been a risk to put Aquilani on in either case. As someone said earlier, its the situation that dictated the subsitutions.

[Elrond]

I fully expect him to start this weekend, being in full training for a month or two now would surely make him fit enough for a 60 minute run out.

Rafa's reasoning is 'Lucas and Masch are doing well' ... We're ****ing losing and drawing consistently, sometimes doing well is not good enough. Every man and his dog can see that we are not creating enough through the middle of the park and Aquilani was bought to do just that. It's a no brainer for me. Baffling.

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I fully expect him to start this weekend, being in full training for a month or two now would surely make him fit enough for a 60 minute run out.

Rafa's reasoning is 'Lucas and Masch are doing well' ... We're ****ing losing and drawing consistently, sometimes doing well is not good enough. Every man and his dog can see that we are not creating enough through the middle of the park and Aquilani was bought to do just that. It's a no brainer for me. Baffling.

He won't throw him in for his first start in the derby

[little dave hedgehog]

None of rafa's decisions make sense. Meaybe he will start aquilani at everton just because it makes no sense.

[anfieldanfield]

None of rafa's decisions make sense. Meaybe he will start aquilani at everton just because it makes no sense.

That would be an absolutely ****ing ridiculous decision.

Yep, Rafa will probably do it...

[willa1975]

Well...Riera mede his debut against the Scum...