*Official* English Football Season 2010-11

[GIMH]

I know what you mean, but really, it is, because Liverpool are now in the relegation zone. This is unheralded for a generation of their supporters.

 

[cover drive man]

Yeah pretty much. Rafa never really suggested to me that he was anything other than a poor manager.

Hang your head in shame sir. He won us the champions league, got us runners up two years later and (at least for a couple of seasons) made us look like promising future title contenders (sort of). He brought in Reina, Torres, Alonso and Kuyt. Last season was chatastrophic but there've been hummings and harrings for about 3 years now and I think he kept it cool for the most part. I would say though that he left too late and brought a lot down with him.

Nonetheless, he's a genuinely nice fella.

 

[aussie]

To make matter worse, the player Hodgson loaned out for nothing scored a cracker of a goal for Juve:

YouTube - HD Alberto Aquilani Goal - Juventus Vs Lecce 3-0 - Serie A 10-11 - 17/10/2010

Juve must be pissing themselves laughing. We gave them 5 million and swapped Poulsen for Aquilani.

I was never sure if Aquilani would have been suited to the pacepremier league TBH, if he where regularly fit during his time @ pool. But then again i always suspected Poulsen would have been a bad replacement. Very much a hachet-man midifed Poulsen seeing him over the years for Denmark, that has a habit of making alot of bad tackles. Sissoko would have been a better buy, but then again he probably would not have wanted to go back to Liverpool.

Konchesky was certainly a poor buy from sir Hodgson.

From an English perspective, feeling a bit sorry for pool. Since the poor current form will affect the form of key ENG players such a Cole, who certainly wouldn't have expected this start to his career @ anfield.

 

[vcs]

I was never sure if Aquilani would have been suited to the pacepremier league TBH, if he where regularly fit during his time @ pool. But then again i always suspected Poulsen would have been a bad replacement. Very much a hachet-man midifed Poulsen seeing him over the years for Denmark, that has a habit of making alot of bad tackles. Sissoko would have been a better buy, but then again he probably would not have wanted to go back to Liverpool.

Konchesky was certainly a poor buy from sir Hodgson.

From an English perspective, feeling a bit sorry for pool. Since the poor current form will affect the form of key ENG players such a Cole, who certainly wouldn't have expected this start to his career @ anfield.

Joe Cole has been horrible for Liverpool as well, it's not as if he's been an innocent bystander in all this.

 

[BoyBrumby]

He definitely was. This is the post-Parry era where Benitez finally got the power he wanted. You're essentially saying that Aquilani was on the bench for more than half the season because it wasn't until about 2 months in that he healed from his injury. He was played but even after being "fit" he was continuously ill or unfit. He was not on the bench and unused as you seem to be suggesting for most of the season.

Suffice to say, there'd be no way Aquilani would have been loaned out. If Benitez really wanted to get rid of him, which there is no real evidence he did, then he'd have sold him. Not loaned him out as Roy has done instead of reinvesting the money back into the club. Currently, at the end of his loan spell Juve have the option of buying Aquilani for 16m euros. That, especially, makes the decision to loan him out daft. It's not like we were City and could just loan marquee players. If we don't need the player we certainly needed the money.

Whatever. CBA & DGAF. Suffice to say I don't much rate Aquillani and, based on how he handled him, I don't think Benitez did either. Wasn't impressive at all when he was played.

 

[aussie]

Joe Cole has been horrible for Liverpool as well, it's not as if he's been an innocent bystander in all this.

Yea for sure. But i have a sneaky feeling ATS of his career, he probably wanted & thought he would play more centrally when he went over.

 

[Jarquis]

. He was not on the bench and unused as you seem to be suggesting for most of the season.
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He actually was quite a few times.

 

[vcs]

If Liverpool had been docked 9 points, relegation would have been a distinct possibility IMO. As it stands, Torres will surely leave as soon as someone makes a decent bid and Liverpool will do well to get into the Europa spots next year. Can't blame Torres for looking thoroughly disinterested either, he's probably tired of carrying them all by his own.

 

[GIMH]

All by his own? Gerrard has been their best player this season by a mile

 

[vcs]

All by his own? Gerrard has been their best player this season by a mile

Not even the best midfielder on his own team, which is Meireles.

 

[Scaly piscine]

He brought in Reina, Torres, Alonso and Kuyt.

Own goal hat-trick right there.

 

[GIMH]

Not even the best midfielder on his own team, which is Meireles.

No

 

[vcs]

no

ok.

 

[social]

Looking forward to the January transfer window if Citeh maintain their current position

Forget about the statements of puppets like the CEO, boss will "go the doctor" if the Abu Dhabi people believe they've a chance of winning the league and no player will be regarded as too expensive

 

[Cevno]

Not even the best midfielder on his own team, which is Meireles.

Meireles ?

Has been very ordinary of what i have seen him .

 

[Furball]

Meireles ?

Has been very ordinary of what i have seen him .

If the entire Liverpool team was ordinary, they wouldn't be 19th.

 

[sledger]

Must say about Chamakh - I'm still right.

Hatfuls of chances and scored one with some quality 'after you' defending and the keeper still nearly saved it when it was a virtual open goal.

Yeah we get it, Arsenal and any player thereof are damned if they do, and damned if they don't. Move along.

 

[Jarquis]

Scaly in talking bollocks shocker.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Change my surname to Piscine (sounds foreign, so that's a good start) and give me a professional contract at the CDMs and I'd bag a fair few goals and assists playing up front with that service. A focal point forward should be scoring hatfuls for them.

 

[sledger]

Ah yes, that well known generic argument, Very convincing as always.