Monaco game

[Brownie]

I don't want to sound silly but how bad is this luck going to get? Garcia get's injured 2 minutes in, plan A out of the window. His replacement then gets injured, plan B out of the window.

 

I'm getting fucking sick of it. And don't give me all of this 'you make your own luck' shit because its got nothing to do with it. You cannot under any circumstance deserve to lose your first 3 choice of striker. Its a ridiculous situation to occur.

 

I was really looking forward to seeing Finnan in ahead of Josemi and within 2 minutes its impossible. Then Josemi comes on and proceeds to look like barely a conference player although to be fair it must be difficult coming on after only 2 minutes of a game.

 

I really fear for us up until January I really do, although having said that if we get any of the luck back that we deserve then who knows.

 

Horrible night.

[Brownie]

P.S. add to that the fact that their 'goal' was a blatant handball, not to mention Garcia's 'goal' wrongly ruled out on Saturday.

 

And Izzet's hand ball the other week.

 

I know I sound like a bad loser here but all of these are facts.

[ScouseAndy]

El-Hadji Diouf has got his witch doctor on the curses methinks.

 

Never seen anything like it for injuries and bad decisions.

 

It all started with the corner that never was for the winner at Old Trafford.

 

Anyone know what the fuck is up with Alonso?

[Brownie]

He played for Spain last week and had a tough time on Saturday so I think Rafa is saving him for Saturday.

 

We're gonna need him thats for sure.

[Paul]

Beat me to it with this thread Ian. I am worried about how we'll cope until we can bring in players. The squad is starting to look paper-thin and I can't see where we'll get a goal from. The chips are well and truly down for Rafa, now.

[johnb]

 

Looked obvoius to me too... :no

[danhaddad]

Any chance of a miracle cure for Milan on Sunday. I'm willing to offer my hamstring for a transplant.

[Brownie]

I'd give my coc...........(thinks about and looks for the edit link)

[Red Nick]

Shit Happens and we just have to deal with it

[Hermes]

Excuses, excuses. We were playing a poor team who were low on confidence. Rafa picks a team to get a draw, Monaco were there for the taking and we blew it. There are no excuses for a performance like that, no inspiration, no drive, no determination.

A bunch of players all looking to somebody else to pull them out of the shit.

 

If there has ever been a more depressing Liverpool performance I didn't witness it.

[danhaddad]

Excuses, excuses. We were playing a poor team who were low on confidence. Rafa picks a team to get a draw, Monaco were there for the taking and we blew it. .

 

 

In what way was the team selected looking for a draw? Mellor started, as did Gerrard.......with the options available on the bench Benitez's team couldn't have lined up in a much more attacking way. I for one was happy when I saw the teamsheet, and thought he had made the right selections.

 

 

We were poor, but I don't think a different team selection would have drastically altered that fact

[dave u]

Excuses, excuses. We were playing a poor team who were low on confidence. Rafa picks a team to get a draw, Monaco were there for the taking and we blew it. There are no excuses for a performance like that, no inspiration, no drive, no determination.

A bunch of players all looking to somebody else to pull them out of the shit.

 

If there has ever been a more depressing Liverpool performance I didn't witness it.

 

 

I agree with Hermes. Although we are having some terrible luck, the performance was abysmal. The midfield were shocking, and made it very difficult for Mellor. He isn't a Baros who can beat teams on his own, he needs service, and what he got tonight was anything but.

 

We lost this game in midfield, as not one of them were weven worthy of a 6 out of ten.

 

Strange that Hermes never mentioned how great Carra was though ;-)

[Hermes]

In what way was the team selected looking for a draw? t

 

5 in midfield, one a full-back, with the most creative midfielder left out, our most immobile forward up front on his own.

[ScouseAndy]

Have to agree and put the blame on team selection and tactics.

 

I would also quesiton our captains inclusion. Didnt look anywhere near fit.

[Hermes]

Strange that Hermes never mentioned how great Carra was though ;-)

 

Strange? When did I ever use the word "great" in the same sentence as Carra? :>) Bit dodgy on the goal don't you think? Standing appealing instead of defending. Picky, I know but you started it. :>)

[Red Nick]

I agree with Hermes. Although we are having some terrible luck, the performance was abysmal. The midfield were shocking, and made it very difficult for Mellor. He isn't a Baros who can beat teams on his own, he needs service, and what he got tonight was anything but.

 

We lost this game in midfield, as not one of them were weven worthy of a 6 out of ten.

 

Strange that Hermes never mentioned how great Carra was though ;-)

 

im sorry sometimes you just have to say that we were poor because we didnt have any strikers that were any good,

 

I felt sorry for Mellor its a big step up from the coca cola to the CL and he didnt get any service but the ball didnt stick either which isnt a reflection on him but is an indication of all our away performances.

 

im sure Alonso would have come on second half if Josemi and Garcia hadnt had to go off

 

Sometimes you just have to accept your medicine and for me i approved of the team before kick off so i see no point in blaming Rafa for his fettish for dead black cats

[Brownie]

I agree with Hermes. Although we are having some terrible luck, the performance was abysmal. The midfield were shocking, and made it very difficult for Mellor. He isn't a Baros who can beat teams on his own, he needs service, and what he got tonight was anything but.

 

We lost this game in midfield, as not one of them were weven worthy of a 6 out of ten.

 

Strange that Hermes never mentioned how great Carra was though ;-)

 

Although we were poor, you've got to take into account the factors here surely. Losing Garcia was a big blow, the people who have been having a go at him saw that he is actually an important player for us. Yes he can be frustrating but he makes things happen simple as that.

 

As for agreeing that we were looking for a draw I totally disagree. What else could he have done? Maybe Alonso could have played but he's being saved for Sunday.

 

Many of us have been advocating a chance for Biscan yet he was awful, and although Mellor didn't get any service when he did get a pass his touch was terrible I thought. Im a big fan of his but he looked lost.

 

I just think you have to look at the factors in the game, within 2 minutes the game plan was out of the window and such is the bad luck with injuries, we had few options.

 

And we did not lose the game because of the midfield, we lost it because the referee failed to see a blatant handball, fact.

[Brownie]

In fact as Rafa has just said on the news, the referee did actually see it but decided not to give it. Now if that is not shit house refereeing and damn bad luck then i dont know what is.

[JustTosh]

im sorry sometimes you just have to say that we were poor because we didnt have any strikers that were any good,

 

I felt sorry for Mellor its a big step up from the coca cola to the CL and he didnt get any service but the ball didnt stick either which isnt a reflection on him but is an indication of all our away performances.

 

im sure Alonso would have come on second half if Josemi and Garcia hadnt had to go off

 

Sometimes you just have to accept your medicine and for me i approved of the team before kick off so i see no point in blaming Rafa for his fettish for dead black cats

 

In the last 20 minutes of the match yesterday I was screaming for Alonso. We were too impatient and started kicking long balls from defence with no effect (of course). Alonso could have calmed things down and given us the opportunity to play through our midfield. The problem was we’d used all our subs. However, I quite understand Rafas decision to do whatever he could to keep width to our game, thus replacing Hamann with Warnock. It proved to be a bad substitution with Warnock being too geared up (and Kewell awful once again I must add).

 

Had we not had the two injuries I’m quite sure Rafa would have thrown Alonso in at the end of the match. I believe that could have turned things around.

[Captain]

It's very frustrating to lose a match courtesy of the referee - AGAIN! Wtf is going on with us and the refs at the moment? When you se an instant reaction from six, seven players around the incident, they are seldom wrong.

 

It was clear in the second minute that this wasn't going to be our night. But I must admit I felt confident at the interval, we had shut up shop pretty good. Monaco didn't have a shot on target in the first half.

 

Gerrard was definately not up for it, not that I blame him. He's obviously far from match fit. I fear the Arsenal game already... I didn't think our midfield worked at all. Garcias injury meant changing to a five-man midfield, that was obviously not the plan. Hamann was shocking, in fact as poor as I have ever seen him for us.

 

When Benitez finally axed Josemi, it lasted two mins! Not that Josemi lasted the entire game, of course... I can't believe Kirkland is still up and running, but then again November isn't over yet! I'm seriously starting to worry about being able to finish fourth. And I still cringe when I think about Djimi's knee. I think he was injured when he came off.

 

Credit to Monaco for putting us under a lot of pressure when we were in posession, we definately couldn't handle it. Unfortunately Saviola could...

[kop]

 

 

Thats gotta hurt....

[Captain]

Uh-ooh...

 

Btw, Josemi might have a headache and a slightly swollen eye today.

[Tom R]

 

BANSAI!!

[Nunavut Patrick]

 

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When did Monaco sign Chris Smith????