What does Raul Meireles do?

[Torvald Utne]

He looks like a footballer, unfortunately I haven't seen him play any football yet.

[Guest TK-421]

I thought Lucas did alright. Poulson was left for dead so many times he should have been ringed by crime scene tape.

 

Raul shouldn't be rusty, he should be ready.

 

You may be right, sir. I wouldn't say Poulsen excelled and would have to watch the game again re: being left for dead. All I know that is on current form I wouldn't throw Meireles into a derby. I guess it's between him and Joe Cole, with Gerrard out.

[shaunstrudwick]

Mereiles = Acquilani

 

not sure where to play him to get best out of him

 

one thing is for certain tho: he's no Xabi

[Torvald Utne]

He's no Aquilani either.

[s(k)aturation]

He's no Aquilani either.

 

He's no footballer on tonight's evidence.

[dave]

He's not very good is he, fits in well with the rest of the misfits though.

[viking]

Aquilani arrived injured, played a few,got injured, went on the bench stayed on the bench ended up been shifted out to Juve on loan, where hes playing regularly....I think Meriles is struggling like Aquilani did...neither of them could lace Alonso's boots, He's without doubt the biggest loss to the Reds in recent times...

[Code]

Can someone please help this man out?

[El Rojo]

On top of everything, he showed a nice bit of acceleration when knocking the ball past one of their players in the second half tonight. Quicker than he looks.

[Reacher]

Can someone please help this man out?

 

Not the best player to criticize.

[Wor Horse]

On top of everything, he showed a nice bit of acceleration when knocking the ball past one of their players in the second half tonight. Quicker than he looks.

 

That was one of the best touches i've ever seen.

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

Impressive, looks like we have a very decent player here. Benefits massively from not being played out of position and from our new approach of playing football instead of Roys yard dog hoofball.

[RoboRiise]

Haha, I remembered this abortion of a thread last week and was wondering myself if the OP had managed to work it out yet.

[s(k)aturation]

Is it too early in the love affair to start a Xabi/Raul comparison thread?

[Malarkey]

Even if he's shit one week and you'd never seen him play before, you could look at some of his passing and touches and know he's a good footballer.

[Randy Marsh]

Raul is a class act, one of our few highlights of this season. Great signing.

[s(k)aturation]

Raul is a class act, one of our few highlights of this season. Great signing.

 

Good old Roy, heh?

[Randy Marsh]

Good old Roy, heh?

 

I'll take my hat off to him and say it's the best bit of business he did as Liverpool manager. Credit where it's due.

[Kurt]

Raul is a class act, one of our few highlights of this season. Great signing.

Maybe he should be renamed Raulonso??

[s(k)aturation]

I'll take my hat off to him and say it's the best bit of business he did as Liverpool manager. Credit where it's due.

 

And it also bears out a crucial point.

 

It's one thing signing them (well done, Roy) and totally another making them play (brilliant work, Kenny!)

[NLW2010]

Yeah I was on the fence to start with, mostly due to Roy's approach to the games . Now were playing football, you can see Raul has got some serious skills, can bag a goal and has a great eye for a pass . Last night he was unlucky on a few occasions, could have got a goal and possibly should have gone alone instead he tried to feed Torres . On the whole though, to answer the OP, "what does Meireles do ?" Pretty much everything, in fact he is one of our most complete players for quite some time .

[RedinSweden]

There was a pass he made last night with his back turned and he made a simple layoff. It was an easy enough pass, but it showed his awareness. I think he is a great player.

[Bogman]

There was a pass he made last night with his back turned and he made a simple layoff. It was an easy enough pass, but it showed his awareness. I think he is a great player.

 

Yep, and will only get better once he gets to the premier league pace.

 

Great potential there.

[Deepz]

Still think he's shite? GOALMACHINE

[Adebisi]

 

Coolest bloke in town. I love him. He's looking like a bargain at 10-12 million.