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By: Rafa23

Rafa23 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:31:49 +0000

The whole Poppy on the shirt thing is a complete PR STUNT. A few clubs started doing it 2 or 3 seasons ago and now the rest of the league has followed suit. At the end of the day the club sold of the kit from the game and donated the money to the British Legion.

By: Rafa Must Stay

Rafa Must Stay — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:13:28 +0000

Just in case anyone has forgotten how prestigious the Europa League is (formerly known as the UEFA CUP) here are the winners of it since 2000. How many can remember these winners let alone the beaten finalists?

2000 Galatasaray
2001 Liverpool
2002 Feyenoord
2003 Porto
2004 Valencia
2005 CSKA Moscow
2006 Sevilla
2007 Sevilla
2008 Zenit St Petersberg
2009 Shakhtar Donetsk

What a huge honor will it be if Liverpool CAN win it!

By: Khalil A.

Khalil A. — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:27:31 +0000

BTW the comments weren’t directed to you but rather to the doubters. Got a lil’ bit carried away, I admit!

By: Khalil A.

Khalil A. — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:26:41 +0000

We’re playing much better now than a month ago. The result: from losing to drawing. But what’s important is that we are playing better. This can only mean that we’ll start getting the results.

Also, give Lucas a break. The guy’s improved remarkably from last season. Macherano, who is still a much better player, on the other hand isn’t playing as well as we’d like. So, I don’t see why Lucas is taking the blame for everything.

One more thing: if Rafa isn’t letting Aquilani play, it means the guy isn’t ready. It’s not just that he has to be fit. He also needs to adapt to the team, adapt to English football and everything. The guy’s Italian, he doesn’t speak the language. He’ll take some time. If he isn’t playing, means he isn’t ready yet. Full stop.

By: Jevon

Jevon — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:22:06 +0000

Well written and Ive also noticed us being made to attack the Kop end, it definitely affects us.

By: Teddy

Teddy — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:22:27 +0000

I wish my fellow Liverpool fans would stop blaming this “bad luck” nonsense for our current predicament, along with injuries and everything under the Sun aside from the players woeful play and the Manager’s tactical blunders and stubborn ineptitude. Not too long ago it used to be said that good team, (or more broadly a good competitor or athlete) made their own luck and that fortune favored the brave. Even Liverpool were long beneficiaries of this theory, what with Istanbul and the success of past Liverpool teams.

I’m not saying that injuries, bad form and, yes, even luck had not had an influence on out play this Season. But when you resort to blaming those things constantly at the cost of looking at and rectifying your own shortcomings, then you’re perpetually doomed to failure. I wonder how many times Newcastle, and even Leeds before them, went through spells of blaming bad luck and injuries on their plights before they descended into mediocrity.

Rafa has a lot of blame to take for out current mess, and I would even argue, most if not all of it. Liverpool are not the first club to have bickering and miserly owners, nor will we be the last. Liverpool are not the only team playing on a small ground with less resources than their rivals. But Benitez made all those buys that have now exposed this team to be the empty shell it is sans Gerrard and Torres. Benitez is the one that makes all the (far too) late substitutions to have any impact on a game. And he’s the one with the awfully poor man-management skills that have so far alienated (and driven out) some of our best and better players.

And can’t blame any of that on injuries or bad luck. Simple as.

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