Man of the match - game 24 - West Ham United - Home - PL

[Morse]

Reina
Arbeloa
Carragher
Hyypia
Dossena
Benayoun
Gerrard
Alonso
Riera
Kuyt
Keane
Ngog
Babel


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Thanks

[Red House]

1. Hyypia
2. Dossena
3. Reina

[simonlfcgreen]

1. Hyypia
2. Dossena
3. Gerrard

[Code72]

1. Alonso
2. Hyypia
3. Gerrard

[rondeco]

Hyypia
Alonso
Dossena

[fungus]

1. Dossers
2. Arbs
3. Hyyps

[stringvest]

Hypvia
Dossena
Arbeloa

[dalglish2rush]

1.carra
2.sammi
3.dossena

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Originally Posted by rondeco Hyypia Alonso Dossena

Yup.

[2005]

Hyypia
Dossena
Alonso

[TK421]

Alonso
Dossena
Hyypia

[James Dean]

1. Alonso
2. Hyypiä
3. Dossena

[sir roger]

Hyppia
Dossena
Carra

[Woo]

1. Dossena
2. Hyypia
3. Reina

Thought everyone else was gash.

[Stevie S]

Hyypia
Gerrard
Dossena

[Royal Family]

Hyypia
Dossena
Carra

...as for Xabi: there's just no point making 120 passes when NONE of them have penetration....he's GOT to offer more on days like this.

[Judge]

Originally Posted by Royal Family Hyypia Dossena Carra ...as for Xabi: there's just no point making 120 passes when NONE of them have penetration....he's GOT to offer more on days like this.

Who could he pass to? No pace up front, no intelligent movement and no availability for a clever pass.

[Dicko]

Xabi
Sami
Dossena

[Red Mist]

Carra
Sami
Doss

[Code72]

Originally Posted by Royal Family Hyypia Dossena Carra ...as for Xabi: there's just no point making 120 passes when NONE of them have penetration....he's GOT to offer more on days like this.

He made one absoloute peach of a pass inside the box to Benayoun which would have sent him clean through but he could not control it.

[Ponz]

Dossena
Hyypia
Alonso

[Torby]

Hyypia
Carra
Dossena

[Kurt]

Originally Posted by Judge Who could he pass to? No pace up front, no intelligent movement and no availability for a clever pass.

Well... There`s more to midfield play than passing. He could for example offer the attack support. Making runs to create space for team mates. On days like this, he needs to do more than play like a third central defender, where he plays a pass and move back into the exact same spot. He hit a few peaches of passes...but there should be more from him.

And his shooting is terrible. He hardly hit the target, unless he sidefoots into the waiting hands of the keeper. It`s strange that a player with the ability to strike the ball so well, can have such a poor shot on him. Alonso was decent in the first, but I thought he was very poor in the second half. In my opinion he was not amongst the top three tonight.

I thought Yossi was our best player. He was creative, almost scored and tracked back very well. Im not so sure Dossena was in the top three as well, but he did perform much much better than expected, so he deserves praise for that.

Gerrard was good until he lost his head and started shooting from all over the field.

Yossi
Carragher
Sami/Reina

[Brownie]

Only saw the second half:

Alonso
Hyypia
Carra

Some people expect too much of Alonso - he's a playmaker, not a dynamic match-winner. How many times did he give the ball to an attacking player in the final third? Countless. That's his job, get the ball pass it, move, pass it again, move again. Make the play. He's great at it.

I can't blame Alonso when he gives a player a good ball only for them to go and mess it up.

Sometimes he gets the ball, looks wide to the right but there's no movement. Then he looks wide to the left, no movement again. He then has no option but to try and force a straight pass (which are by far the hardest passes) and then people jump on him!

[ScouseJim]

1. Dossena
2. Arbeloa
3. Hyypia