Is Raul Meireles....

[murder_inc]

I'm still not keen on Meireles playing off Torres. Put Gerrard there, and Raul alongside Lucas.

[red g]

We can give Hodgson credit for that one at the moment, then change our minds when his form picks up

pretty sure that is a purslow signing.

[Mattshark]

I'm still not keen on Meireles playing off Torres. Put Gerrard there, and Raul alongside Lucas.

[Qantaga]

I'm still not keen on Meireles playing off Torres. Put Gerrard there, and Raul alongside Lucas.

Gerrard is going to be better in any midfield position than any of the players we have and in any role they might play. We all know this, it's one of Gerrard's many talents.

Given that, it's all about playing Meireles in his best position as it will strengthen our squad more so. I've said it time and time again about Stevie, he's not a player who will perform lesser in a different midfield position.

Something like this seems good enough.



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[DannyMan2006]

It's a Yes to the original question.

[destinydude]

In a word, NO. They are quite different. Aquilani has more class and a good split second pass in him. Meireles keeps it simple and gets into the box more.

[saj]

In a word, NO. They are quite different. Aquilani has more class and a good split second pass in him. Meireles keeps it simple and gets into the box more.

[JohnDoe]

Meireless's strength is in his movement, but his passing isn't very good.

[banditos]

Meireless's strength is in his movement, but his passing isn't very good.

He might not be in the same league as Xabi when it comes to passing, but his picked out some pretty nice passes in recent games. To say his passing is not very good is just plain wrong imho.

[Fernandinho]

Its definetely better then it was a few weeks ago. But as you say John, his movement and stamina are certainly as good as it gets in our team. We probably needed his running in midfield vs Fulham because he really pushes himself all out, even if he only lasts 70 minutes sometimes its definetely worth it.

[Cleo]

He might not be in the same league as Xabi when it comes to passing, but his picked out some pretty nice passes in recent games. To say his passing is not very good is just plain wrong imho.

- he clearly has an eye for the killer pass but still needs to realise (and cope with) that he isn't allowed the same time on the ball as in the Portuguese league

[BG1973]

[QUOTE=Craig_H;1865961]In terms of their Liverpool careers, i'm not sure if Aquilani is in fact more clinical in front of goal. Meireles already looks more likely to score goals for us than Aquilani ever did IMO.

Regarding Meireles and 'stepping up', improving and potentially turning in performances to make you think again - it's because he is a good player, and always was. [/


From his first touch against scum it was obvious he was a proper player. Showed a confidence lacking in majority of our team. Bit like Xabi's first game (i think) actually, CL game it was, french side, we won and he looked different class.

[Craig_H]

From his first touch against scum it was obvious he was a proper player. Showed a confidence lacking in majority of our team. Bit like Xabi's first game (i think) actually, CL game it was, french side, we won and he looked different class.

Xabi's debut was Bolton away mate. Same game as Luis Garcia's debut.

[JohnDoe]

He might not be in the same league as Xabi when it comes to passing, but his picked out some pretty nice passes in recent games. To say his passing is not very good is just plain wrong imho.

He's very inconsistent, which makes him to be not very good at passing.