Braga post match

[PaddyPool]

Did anyone spot Uncle Roy in the Braga end?

Ha Ha ,,,,soon as I saw that I thought the same thing mate .
Re the game ,,we were not very good - off night . They are ****ing ****e and we should batter em at home . Andy took a real nasty bang in the face there -revenge is a dish best served cold - 6-0 be cold enough for me .
Ref a homer bleeding **** . J Cole ?? and one or two others ?? thank **** the summer is not too far away . Jamie was solid enough .

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

[PaddyPool]

That reminds me...........

[Kenneth]

LMAO I thought the same thing

Think she was in our end though

Well she certainly looks more scouse than Portuguese.

[Rudo]

Hindsight's a wonderful thing but i can't help but think Kenny got the team-selection and tactics totally wrong today.

You canny be going into a match with Spearing and Poulsen in the same line up, I know Gerrard was out but why not play Maxi?
- At least he can retain possession and create a chance or two.

Braga were pretty weak i thought. We saw in the 2nd half they can lose their heads when put under a bit of pressure. And they will be put under plenty next week at Anfield, i'm sure.

[Reece]

Citeh losing 2-0

[McDermotX]

Citeh losing 2-0

Yeah...been watching this one....hilarious

Ballotelli was a ****ing disgrace earlier.......couldn't be arsed, trotted out late for the 2nd half, rubbing his eyes (commentator reckons it was rub that got in his eyes), complaining he couldn't see, goes out hacks a lad down for a yellow card and all the time looking to the bench to see when his number was going to get shown so he could **** off back to the warmth of the dressing room (not sure if he's re-appeared on the bench).

A true arse-wipe of a player.

[Rudo]

All over. City have an uphill battle now.

[Chris]

Citeh losing 2-0

Brilliant for that providing we do our job anyway.

I dont fear City or anything but they're ridiculously physical in the middle and I think thats what we struggle against the most, would be delighted if they went out.

[Rich]

Thought Carroll gave us a little glimpse of what he can offer us.

With Suarez and another nimble, skillful player buzzing around him then we could seriously cause teams some problems.

[el matador]

the club needs to find a long term successor to steven gerrard as without him we were clueless creating anything.

meireles did his usual disappearing act and really there wasnt anybody else who could create.

Makes the decision to let aquilani leave on loan all the more ridiculous.

steven defour may provide some drive. Carroll is going to provide a different option altogether but we're going to have to stop giving carragher the ball or we may become the new stoke.

For summer, ashley young, lassana diarra (free), taye taiwo (free) and gary cahill would be a good start. A decent left back would also be positive.

[Daniel 7]

Why's this still open. I ****ed off with 15 minutes to go. I see Joe Cole never raised his game then.

[alunevans]

Poor tonight.

Team selection was odd.

Poulsen in for Maxi? Why??

Also, I don't see the point of having Johnson at left back. Carra is a limited full back who stays deep and stays solid. Fair enough. So surely he can do that at left back as he has done before.

Then Johnson will at least be comfortable and natural down the right when he comes forward. He is never fluent coming forward on the left, and in fact him losing the ball led to the counter that produced their goal.

If he'd been on the right we'd have had more chance of better penetration from full back areas.

Poulsen - he must never play for us. He offers nothing. Play a kid instead if needs be. Our midfield, having lost Mash and Alonso is nonexistent without Gerrard.

I know I'm in a minority on Meireles but I remain unconvinced. He's scored goals and that's built him into something in many people's minds but for me he's too weak to be strong in midfield as a physical presence, and isn't good enough as a ball player to not have that other side of his game there.

Tonight he was terrible.

Joe Cole - he can only really do one thing well and that is the odd little trick that might unlock a defence. He has decent attacking vision with his little flicks. For me that's not enough, but if he plays, play him off the front man where that one thing he can do can have an effect, not hidden away in left midfield where he is completely ineffective.

Spearing right midfield???? I don't need to add anything to that do I.

As for the squad, it's piss poor. Take out Gerrard and Suarez and we're ****e. Simple as.

How many of those outfield tonight would you seriously fight to keep hold of if they wanted away? You could probably count out the answer on your nob.

[Rudo]

Poor tonight.

Team selection was odd.

Poulsen in for Maxi? Why??

Also, I don't see the point of having Johnson at left back. Carra is a limited full back who stays deep and stays solid. Fair enough. So surely he can do that at left back as he has done before.

Then Johnson will at least be comfortable and natural down the right when he comes forward. He is never fluent coming forward on the left, and in fact him losing the ball led to the counter that produced their goal.

If he'd been on the right we'd have had more chance of better penetration from full back areas.

Poulsen - he must never play for us. He offers nothing. Play a kid instead if needs be. Our midfield, having lost Mash and Alonso is nonexistent without Gerrard.

I know I'm in a minority on Meireles but I remain unconvinced. He's scored goals and that's built him into something in many people's minds but for me he's too weak to be strong in midfield as a physical presence, and isn't good enough as a ball player to not have that other side of his game there.

Tonight he was terrible.

Joe Cole - he can only really do one thing well and that is the odd little trick that might unlock a defence. He has decent attacking vision with his little flicks. For me that's not enough, but if he plays, play him off the front man where that one thing he can do can have an effect, not hidden away in left midfield where he is completely ineffective.

Spearing right midfield???? I don't need to add anything to that do I.

As for the squad, it's piss poor. Take out Gerrard and Suarez and we're ****e. Simple as.

How many of those outfield tonight would you seriously fight to keep hold of if they wanted away? You could probably count out the answer on your nob.

And he's been out of form for nearly 2 years now.

[Rudo]

Agree with ya regarding Meireles
No doubt the bloke has really picked up in recent months - getting goals, looking like a classy player but when it's a tight, scrappy affair he tends to go missing in action.

Wouldn't that be fair to say?

The Meireles from Sunday and the Meireles tonight are miles apart, i know he wasn't the only one but even still, you expect better.