Stupid tackle from Lucas who has shown absolutely no form against premiership opposition over the past 3/4 games to justify a place on the subs bench.
Taking off your top striker when your team needs to push on and put the game beyond Wigan.
Taking off your best player when the game goes to 1-1 and heās the only one who can drag your team out of the shit when they really need it.
Giving Robbie Keane 5 minutes to try and make an impact on the game.
Dropping one of your most impressive players this season, the one he tried to sell during the summer. I know thereās a game against Chelsea at the weekend but you have to beat whatās ahead of you first.
That game was massive tonight especially with whatās coming up at the weekend.[/quote]
Didnāt see any of it but would agree with all of that.
Wouldnāt be too harsh on the Torres decision given the game at the weekend and the fact that he is is just about back from a hammer injury.
But the decision to take off Gerrard? Couldnāt believe it when I heard. Unbelievable.
Delighted for Benitez, have been a fan of his since his time at Valencia, hopefully the pool can pick up from hereā¦Scolari will be lucky to still be incharge next seasonā¦Chelsea need a big shake up, Ballack and Ashley Cole were again mediocre for supposedly world class playersā¦Anyone else think that since his head injury that Cech is a shadow of the player he wasā¦Positioning was shocking for the first goalā¦
[quote=āfarmerinthecityā]Definitely - Cech has gone to fuck. Donāt know if you can relate it to the head injury though.
.[/quote]
Before he picked up that injury he was the best in the world IMO, he could well have just lost a small bit of his nerve through it, hasnāt been the same since he came back and has conceeded some very soft goals, his mistakes alos cost the Czechs at Euro 2008ā¦
A shame reallyā¦another shame is that Pepe Reina has Casillas ahead of him for Spain as he is world class, the best in the premier league by a distance
[quote=āThe Pukeā]
A shame reallyā¦another shame is that Pepe Reina has Casillas ahead of him for Spain as he is world class, the best in the premier league by a distance[/quote]
Van Der Sar is a good goalkeeper, has bags of experience and commands his defence well but for me Reina is in a class of his ownā¦Very hard to find a weakness in his gameā¦
Anyway if Gerrard had been sent off for kicking the ball at a chelsea player on the ground it may have been a different game. Liverpool deserved the win though. Can they follow it up is the question that needs answering.
I think he has improved this a lot since he first arrivedā¦He conceeded a few very soft goals coming for balls he had no right to come for in his first couple of seasons but I cannot remember the last time he conceeded a soft goal like thatā¦
The best thing about Reina is his ability to create attacks - unrivalled in that regard. He is a proper footballer as well as being a very good goalkeeper.
He had a mare at Old Trafford last season but cant think of many mistakes this season. By far the best EPL keeper and in some ways has revolutionised the position. He is some passer of a ball and also acts as a sweeper. It makes sense to have a keeper who is confident on the ball with the amount of backpasses in each game.
Its part of the reason why I reckon Ben Foster will never make it at the top level.