ZonkoVille77

2 wins, 2 draws

Draw Arsenal and Wigan

Beat Portsmouth and Wolves (1 nil jobs each time probably)

I like him, has potential.

If he was a winger early in his career then he'd suit Rafa's setup - buying strikers to put them on the wings....

Trans: Pepe Reina should be playing in midfield ahead of Lucas Leiva.

Harsh. Who'd do the goals then??!

I'd love to see Reina would burst the net from a free or peno.

back to reality....

We have to trust Rafa's judgement. He sees him training everyday so will know more than anybody how Aquilani is progressing.

I think everyone is just so frustrated with the season so far they want our 20mil attacking player actually playing and offering something up front and not warming the bench. It's natural. But he needs to be right, no matter how long it takes.

So Mascherano has got to start scoring more but Lucas's contribution is okay?

Exactly. Lucas often gets more chances over the 90 mins, but even he seems to try to aim for the floodlights.

It's obvious Rafa's saying it as a confidence booster for Masch but we've seen his shooting and unless you're blind, it's just not good enough.

He may as well tell Carra to start shooting too for all that it's worth.

Tells you how bad his shooting is if it needed the leg of a defender to help it on its way...

I have a thought, how about letting a 20mil attacking player have a go instead?

Whatever any of us lot think about redknapp senior writing for that shitrag, i wonder how jamie feels about it. Given that he was upset that he was rumoured to be writing for it himself, is he equally upset that his own father writes for it? Or his great mate john tewwy?

Good point. He should pressure 'arry not to.

Anyhow at least we know Jamie hasn't sold out totally, ya sexy suit wearing Legend.

Way too big an ask. Head says no, heart says yes.

prob why I'm always broken hearted... muppet.

Why? For his impact?

Just can't see him starting him. I'd personally start him, but with Rafa being Rafa you just never know. He should have started against the bitters but didn't, not sure if it was a fitness thing though?

We should win this comfortably. Last nights game against the chavs would have taken alot out of them.

I'll go for a 2 nil to us. Aquilani to come on the last 10 mins. More of the same of leaving Yossi on the bench.

-----------Riena------------

Johnson--Carra--Agger--Insua

Lucas--Mascher

Kuyt---Gerrard---Riera

--------Torres/N'gog----------

I'd remove Riera and add Arbeloa. He wasn't always great but he was solid and dependable for 4mil or whatever it was.

Momo too until he started passing to everyone but his team mates.

Torres has been off work sick for a month now; can't get much more Scouse than that!

Brilliant. haha

Legend. End of.

If we are winning by any comfortable margin (wishful thinking) then I'd say we''' see him at the 65 min mark on Sat. Failing that then he will defo start against Fiorentina. He'll be used to the pace of that game.

Are you Rainman?

http://static.open.salon.com/files/dustin_hoffman_rain_man1218236383.jpg

I was born in Ormskirk but live in Dublin since I was 7. I follow Ireland and go to the majority of their matches, but also look out for England results. I never really give a shit if either loose, but if Liverepool loose I'm livid for days. So I guess it's easy to say Liverpool more important. Anyhow I think international games are crap to watch most of the time.

does anyone actually give a fuck where bon jovi is at the minute? fuck him. he's never far away enough.

(can't rem who started bon jovi for him, but it's class)

Masch

Pepe

Carra

Those fuckin touts are getting worse too. At the man city game some little prick with a blue shite tattoo on his arm (just spotted it up his sleeve) tried to sell us tickets - 2 for 150. We were looking for one for a mate who arrived last minute.

Another spectacle wearing cunt who sounded like he was smacked up and was shaking said he could get us 2 for 80. We played along with him and he tried to bring us around the back of the chippy facing the kop to get the tickets. When we got there he said he only had the one, and that he wanted 90 for it. Fuckin leeches. Really gets on my tits that the tickets get into the hands of these scmbags.

How the fuck these cunts get away with it? The fan card option was meant to stop the like of this, but it still seems to go on.

This might sound clichéd but I have faith in Liverpool Football Club. I believe and know we can come through this, regardless of who is at the helm.

Rafa is a good manager. He has proved that. He may not approach the game in the way that us fans grew up with, but he makes the best of a bad situation (no money, politics behind the scene over the last few years etc etc...) and gets us to being a side challenging for honours at least. Every year since he's been here we've been challenging.

This season has been the weirdest and most messed up in terms of injuries. Nobody could have expected that. What we would want is him not to make the oddball team selections and substitutions that he does make, but I can't rem a time under Rafa when he hasn't been any different. And he most likely won't change that either.

At least give him some breathing space until the end of the season and judge him then. Calling for his head now is pointless.

were to go from here, because as rafas biggest fans he's lost the players;

but 5-8 of them need to look at themselves because it was not so long ago the same side more or less was steamrollering teans, and the Alonso excuse is well cried out.

It dosent matter if it's across between bob paisley and bill shankly were going to get no where while those to cunts are owners, so who in their right mind would take over thats better

This is one of the most confusing things I've ever read. Rafa's biggest fans, alonso, bob paisley and bill shankly, cunt owners, potential owners - all in a few lines. Either you're some sort of Genius or I'm in need of more sleep.

the lovable juventus fans... please pay attention to our intention to became friend with you, because they (and only they) are the most correct in this funny world....

 

i hope to see someone of you next 9 dicember in Liverpool

Couldn't agree more..... phew...

As long as he keeps scoring goals he keeps me happy. That's all you want from a striker.

Too right. Fuck all wools and the sheep they rode in on.

Was the sheep sheared or un-sheared?

Is at wool that goes the game better than a local that doesnt and whose opinion matters more?

If you're a true fan does it, or should it matter?

Exactly - totally agree. Look what Mourinho is at with Inter at the minute. Hardly anything amazing. I wouldn't want him near us. We'd be even more negative than we can be now.

Hiddink is a decent manager who gets the best out of average players. Hard to tell how good he would be in the PL since he only had a short spell, but nearly any manager could do a decent job at Chelsea with the players and funds they have available so it doesn't tell us much about him with regards the PL. He was also crap in Spain with RM and Real Betis (i think) so Rafa's a better proposition than him IMO.

Benitez is a very good manager who also gets the best out of average players. Yes he makes some fucked up decisions at times but I think we should judge him at the end of this season instead of all the knee-jerk reactions going round at the min.