Kyrgiakos is making his Liverpool debut tonight.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

I was happy with his performance. I thought he was solid for most of the game, with only a couple of 'new boy' misunderstandings. I think he is more than capable of supporting the centre backs.

[Red Nick]

I will make a bold prediction then and he will prove to be worse than Pelegrino.

 

His team mates got him out of jail today

 

A pointless signinng IMO

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

I will make a bold prediction then and he will prove to be worse than Pelegrino.

 

A pointless signinng IMO

 

You know what, Hamstrung? You were right.

[Ted]

Meh.

[fat&bitter]

He did alright.

[Red Nick]

Did any of you actually watch Bolton V Liverpool today he had a big part to play in both of Bolton's goals

[hamstrung]

You know what, Hamstrung? You were right.

 

About Nick having untreated syphilis?

[lebron]

Idiot! By far the better performer of our two cbs today, yet it's the new foreigner who get's the stick, not the local hero. Quelle surprise...

[fat&bitter]

Idiot! By far the better performer of our two cbs today, yet it's the new foreigner who get's the stick, not the local hero. Quelle surprise...

 

So you support the new foreign lad to undermine the local lad?

 

You're just as bad.

[DJLJ]

Idiot! By far the better performer of our two cbs today, yet it's the new foreigner who get's the stick, not the local hero. Quelle surprise...

 

It was the freekick that he gave away that cost us a goal, but agree he was better than Carragher today.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

About Nick having untreated syphilis?

 

I thought you said AIDS? Hmn, it must have been hyperbole.

[silverlining]

So you support the new foreign lad to undermine the local lad?

 

You're just as bad.

 

I missed you Momo

[Unrighteous]

He made me nervous.

 

He needs to show a bit more urgency on the ball, and he needs to not use his hands/arms so much in the box. It's a matter of time until he gets called for a penalty because he's wrapped someone up.

[Red Nick]

He has got to come and clear the ball out for the second goal which would never have happened if Sami was on the pitch

[hamstrung]

To be fair to the guy, having your first match against Kevin Davies et al, is always going to be quite tough. They're shit, but they are canny.

[bossy]

Ok for a debutee

[Megadrive Man]

The most worrying thing was not his performance, but yet another awful game by Carragher.

 

But we can't even drop him now Sami's gone, not that I think Benitez would have the balls to anyway.

[Red Mist]

I thought he was awful. I'll let him off since it's his first game and we did win but there's no way he could do a job against the top sides. Let's pray Agger and Skrtel get fully fit ASAP.

[Antynwa]

I didn't think he was that bad, he was certainly no worse than Carra thats for sure

[lamai]

Carra needs to pick it up, or he will eventually get droped

[coop]

Watching Carra getting easily out-paced by Kevin Davies was a more disturbing sight.

[fat&bitter]

Because Carra has always been quick?

 

Rewriting history again.

[shanks59]

Kyrgiakos did ok on his debut, Kevin Davis is an awkward fucker. As others have said, things are not going well for Carra, he seems to be involved in most of the goals we concede ..

[lebron]

The most worrying thing was not his performance, but yet another awful game by Carragher.

 

But we can't even drop him now Sami's gone, not that I think Benitez would have the balls to anyway.

 

Agree with that, must admit I'd be tempted to give the Skrtel/Kyrgiakos combo a go to see if we could get a bit more presence in the box. Always rated Carragher for his positioning and (last-ditch) tackles. Seems to be a fraction late these days, and gets pushed around too easily for my liking (especially for a CB). Not for a second lauding Kyrgiakos as any long time solution to our problems, but for now (at least) we need someone dominant in the box, and I think the big man did OK today against two very physical forwards - Kevin Davies is probably one of the toughest opponents in the league when it comes to pure strength and bullying. Even Sami has struggled with Davies from time to time.

[TheDrowningMan]

Looked better than the sadly risible Carragher.

 

As great as Carragher has been for us, he looked to be on the slide at times last season and all indications now are that he's just gone. It's absolutely no criticism of all that he's given the club, or the fantastic player he's been but sometimes players will just go suddenly, and unless he improves massively over the next game or two that's exactly what appears to have happened to him. No different to boxing where sometimes a fighter will just get old overnight and there's no room for sentiment and an automatic place in the team this season if he can't find his form soon.

 

Perhaps it's a perfect example of what a fantastic player he's been for us - never the most natural talent, but possessing an inhuman ability to push himself to the limit in countless fantastic performances. For someone of his style, even if the decline in his physicality is actually very small it could look much bigger and have a greater impact on his game than it would on most.