Atletico post-match downer

[Lee]

We were so pumped up for the first 60 minutes that by the end of the game we had nothing left. I don't think Gerrard even touched the ball in extra time.

Still thinking about the substitutions... we'd have been better off hooking Kuyt, sticking Kyrgiakos up top and lumping long balls to him for the last 15. El Zhar? Degen?

Feel for Aquilani too. He totally deserved to score that goal, the goal that would have set us on the way to the final.

[Leyton388]

Haha whaa? Rafa's not a complete moron.

Well i dont think he will be here to prove me wrong

[Joey Jones]

Its a ****ing joke of a competition.

By the ****ing way, what the **** is the obsession with Pacheco, is he the second coming or something?

If it's such a joke of a competition why did you bother watching the game?

We lost a two legged tie, we're not going to the final, we didn't play well enough. There's no point in slagging the competition off.

[Chris]

We need some attacking players in the summer but i fear rafa will go and blow out budget on defensive players.

Cant you go and have a lay down or something?

[destinydude]

Bizarre subs, it has to be said.

[red g]

if rafa had taken a more positive approach in the first leg and looked to score an away goal then I think we could have scored an away goal.
I knew they would score today and that we needed to get 3 to go through and without torres that's just not going to happen.

Season is over, now let the circus begin.

nail on the head

[Leyton388]

No trophies in 4 years though.

[Guest]

nail on the head

As if we always go away and look for the draw or to keep the score nil.

[The Erectile Banana]

No excuses apart from the injuries but basking in recriminations is poor. There is no quick fix in football.

The only major injury we had tonight was Torres.

You can count Insua too, but we're a better team without him given his current form.

There is no quick fix I agree. This is a slow puncture. We need a new tyre.

[cream]

If it's such a joke of a competition why did you bother watching the game?

We lost a two legged tie, we're not going to the final, we didn't play well enough. There's no point in slagging the competition off.

Boo hoo hoo

[Leyton388]

Cant you go and have a lay down or something?

Behave lad we have just been beaten in a european semi final and people are acting like it doesn't matter! you go into the dressing room at tell Carra and stevie it doesn't matter! No trophies for 4 seasons.

[red n white]

It's not so much Rafa, but the whole culture of strategic football.
Even victories feel like defeats ...

Let's face it, Rafa has achieved the best when he had to give up the clever tactics and let the the team run wild. However, he insists on sticking to his system.

I am not clear why we bought some players ... currently we certainly seem to be lacking the quality required to compete for trophies.

[Chris]

Behave lad we have just been beaten in a european semi final and people are acting like it doesn't matter! you go into the dressing room at tell Carra and stevie it doesn't matter! No trophies for 4 seasons.

You're being a knob, even making up criticisms to have a go, its pathetic.

As is you making a post every 30 seconds.

[Leyton388]

What we had on the subs bench was not good enough for Liverpool FC.

[Joey Jones]

Boo hoo hoo

What's that suppose to mean?

I'll take it you wont be watching our Europa League matches next season then.