Wolves 0-0 Lpool -Post match

[SK]

Gerrard's play dropped after the first 15min, so probably really is a fitness thing. he should have been substituted at half time, and n'gog brought on instead. eh **** it, we all get the drift of what went wrong tonight, frustrating stuff, seems like the more time we have to prepare for a game the worse we play..

[cream]

This team has had it, peaked last season. We need some fresh impetus, some new thinking, the team needs reduilding, whether its Benitez who does it or someone else but half of the team need to sold and fresh blood needs to come in.

[calvoboy]

That Aquilani signing is starting to look more and more like the Robbie Keane scenario.

The only difference being, is that Rafa bought him.

I feel quite sorry for the lad.

Nah - Whereas Rafa didn't want to pick Keane, with Aquilani he just feels that he isn't able to cope with two games a week at the moment. He'll start on Saturday against Bolton, and will play regularly for the rest of the season.

[GTi]

I really hope there are moves going on behind the scenes with regard replacing Rafa, would hate to miss out on a well qualified manager.

[calvoboy]

This team has had it, peaked last season. We need some fresh impetus, some new thinking, the team needs reduilding, whether its Benitez who does it or someone else but half of the team need to sold and fresh blood needs to come in.

We desperately need a left winger and a striker, but I don't think we need a complete overhaul. Reina, Carra, Agger, Johnson, Mascher, Gerrard, Torres, and even Kuyt, Lucas and hopefully Aquilani and Maxi are good enough to form the basis of a title winning side. We just need to add one or two more quality players, make sure we keep the ones I've mentioned, and hope that they can stay fit. Agger, Johnson, Mascher, Gerrard, Torres and Aquilani have all missed huge chunks of this season, and Carra's been played out of position too often to cover for injuries too.

[Shanks]

He'll start on Saturday against Bolton, and will play regularly for the rest of the season.

Is that a guess?

[vonk]

So er, Gerrard wasn't fit then eh? eh?

Craig, Vonk? He wasn't fully fit.

We can only assume he was fully fit. He was just ****e, but I don't think he was our worst player by a long shot. What did Kuyt and Lucas do that was so special?

[wiw]

Precisely how bad was the pitch? It looked terrible on the stream I was watching but it's always hard to tell

[calvoboy]

Is that a guess?

Just an educated guess based on his recent selection. He's been picked regularly since he's been fit, but has never been picked for two games in a week. Rafa explained when he left him out of the team for Stoke that he didn't think he was up to two games in a week, so whether it's right or wrong, it's what he's thinking. I'd be shocked if he didn't start on Saturday.

[andyhanrahan]

Whatever happens I'll never get back those 2 hrs I spent watchin that ****e. I feel liking washing my eyes out with bleach

[Exiled_red]

We can only assume he was fully fit. He was just ****e, but I don't think he was our worst player by a long shot. What did Kuyt and Lucas do that was so special?

If he was then there is something more underlying wrong. Personally I don't think he is fully fit, fit enough to play maybe but anyone else (aside from him and Torres) coming back from injury would have been introduced from the bench for their first game and maybe a game or two in the reserves to get them back to match sharpness. Personally I would have started him on the bench because I think the team compenstate by upping their game in his absence and a fully fit Gerrard takes us to another level, I feel that having an unfit Gerrard start loses both these factors from our team, and hence that's part of the reason we were so poor today.

[GTi]

Imagine Torres sat at home watching that ****e, what must he be thinking? he deserves better than this.

[calvoboy]

Precisely how bad was the pitch? It looked terrible on the stream I was watching but it's always hard to tell

It was hard to tell because the ball didn't come into contact with it very often...

[Exiled_red]

Just an educated guess based on his recent selection. He's been picked regularly since he's been fit, but has never been picked for two games in a week. Rafa explained when he left him out of the team for Stoke that he didn't think he was up to two games in a week, so whether it's right or wrong, it's what he's thinking. I'd be shocked if he didn't start on Saturday.

I'd noticed that as well, but it's been 6 days since our last game, I'd have thought it could have been advantagous to play Aquilani today instead of Gerrard and give Gerrard an extra few days to recover and improve his fitness/sharpness.

[calvoboy]

I'd noticed that as well, but it's been 6 days since our last game, I'd have thought it could have been advantagous to play Aquilani today instead of Gerrard and give Gerrard an extra few days to recover and improve his fitness/sharpness.

Yep - I'd have played him tonight too, and left him out for Bolton if needs be (although four days should be long enough to recover surely?). Unless Rafa has decided that he'd rather play him at home than in away games? The game was crying out for him at times tonight though, especially seeing as he seems to be good at one-touch football, and that's all we were getting tonight.