El Clásico (the original and best) Everton Vs Liverpool 29/11/2009 ko 1.30

Kess73

daithijjj wrote: »

The whole team has been mediocre at best this season. Carra is getting worse by the week.

As for the reason gerrard is on the pitch instead of aquilani or benny, then maybe that should be directed at the manager.

Yeah, I'll just ring Rafa and ask him. :rolleyes:


Still doesn't change the fact that Gerrard is playing with no urgency, and at no point can he be seen trying to gee up the players around him. A captain would be trying to fire up players, and give confidence and instructions to those around him.

Great player in terms of natural ability, but no great shakes in terms of heart.

monkey9

What a mazy run by Yossi. He's the player Messi could have been!!!

SlickRic

~Rebel~ wrote: »

please some Aqui shortly...

give it up.

it's not going to happen.

he's lost under rafa's invisible cloak.

mike65

Riera for Aurelio. Not a game for a newbie to be honest.

~Rebel~

Looks like Yossi right, Riera left and Kuyt up top with Gerrard behind. Good attacking quartet, replace Gerrard with Aqui shortly and we might finish this game strongly for the last 10

monkey9

It seems Aqualiani can't be found under all that cotton wool

Kess73

SlickRic wrote: »

this is yet another thoroughly inept performance.

verging on embarrassing.

i know a win is a win, given it's a derby, and given we're on a terrible run, but this is diabolical.

Very inept performance, where even the basics seem beyond many of the players.

Bobalicious93

Here comes the Yak.

Glico Man

C'mon Rafa, bring on Aquaman

Someone needs to hold onto the ball for at least 20 seconds

~Rebel~

I'm fukin terrified of Yak...

mike65

Dirk! ****e performace goallllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

shotamoose

KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUYT

~Rebel~

phew! we might actually win a league game!

well done to Gerrard for hassling and harrying to create the goal

Kess73

Kuyt, you are now the most beautiful man on the planet.

monkey9

I love you, Dirk!! Marry me!!!!

Podge2k7

Wooooooooooooooooooo:D

That_Guy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf7seK3n9rE

Holsten

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

DIRKYYYYYYYYY!

shotamoose

And credit to Gerrard for setting up the shot.

Glico Man

Get in !!!!!!!!

monkey9

Rafa's subs and reorganistaion have certainly paid off!!

Xavi6

And that's that.

Harsh on Everton.

mike65

Good work by Gerrard (should be said) to dig the ball out for Riera.

dannydiamond

mike65 wrote: »

Yossi on for NGog, Kuyt up front then

What a swap!! Get in.

x in the city

jaysus, talk about day light robbery

titan18

Yobo is some useless player.Distin is too actually.Everton really need Jagielka fit

~Rebel~

Now that the game looks safe, please Rafa, I really wanna see Aqui! Just to remind ourselves he wasn't just a collective figment of our imaginations!

daithijjj

Kess73 wrote: »

Yeah, I'll just ring Rafa and ask him. :rolleyes:


Still doesn't change the fact that Gerrard is playing with no urgency, and at no point can he be seen trying to gee up the players around him. A captain would be trying to fire up players, and give confidence and instructions to those around him.

Great player in terms of natural ability, but no great shakes in terms of heart.

Ah come on, dont get all pedantic, my comment wasnt meant that way and you know it.

Benitez took gerrard off in this fixture 2 seasons ago for having too much heart, do you not remember this? . Benitez said something along the lines of 'it was getting too frantic and i felt taking stevie off was the right thing to do'........when the camera pans to the liverpool fans during the substitution they are bemused because gerrard was having a good/great game.

mike65

Reina has had a couple of really dodgy moments today (and no I haven't forgotten his brilliant double save)

The Muppet

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Now that the game looks safe, please Rafa, I really wanna see Aqui! Just to remind ourselves he wasn't just a collective figment of our imaginations!

Too early in game.;)

Xavi6

titan18 wrote: »

Yobo is some useless player.Distin is too actually.Everton really need Jagielka fit

Lies

PHB

Good win for Liverpool today. To be honest, anyone who says the performance wasn't good enough is just nuts. It's a derby. If you win, its a good performance, end of.

Especially on the run that Liverpool have been on, a win is needed to rebuild confidence. In a way, a derby was the best thing that could happen, because form just goes out the window, and Liverpool's has been poor.

3 points and back on track. City, Villa and Spurs all drew, so it's a move towards getting 4th.

monkey9

x in the city wrote: »

jaysus, talk about day light robbery

You's don't deserve to lose alright, if that turns out to be the case.

But you's had the chances, the finishing has cost you's

Glico Man

mike65 wrote: »

Reina has had a couple of really dodgy moments today (and no I haven't forgotten his brillant double save)

He might be getting a case of the James'

monkey9

I don't like Lucas Neill. I'll leave it at that

~Rebel~

Neill on to finish the job on Carra

Kess73

daithijjj wrote: »

Ah come on, dont get all pedantic, my comment wasnt meant that way and you know it.

Benitez took gerrard off in this fixture 2 seasons ago for having too much heart, do you not remember this? . Benitez said something along the lines of 'it was getting too frantic and i felt taking stevie off was the right thing to do'........when the camera pans to the liverpool fans during the substitution they are bemused because gerrard was having a good/great game.

He was taken off because he was running around like a headless chicken, and was unable to hold onto the ball.

In other words, he was not able to play to the system that Rafa wanted.


But thankfully it is moot as number two has gone in

titan18

Xavi6 wrote: »

Lies

Distin was a good player.But when he left City for Portsmouth and now Everton,he has been terrible.Reckon it was Dunne who made him look good at City tbh

SlickRic

thank God.

dirk, that at least makes a little bit up for your sh*tness lately.

monkey9

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Neill on to finish the job on Carra

I hope Carra's mates are in the crowd so

Podge2k7

3 mins added on.

No Aquilani either:(, i would of liked him to come on after Dirks goal.

Xavi6

titan18 wrote: »

Distin was a good player.But when he left City for Portsmouth and now Everton,he has been terrible.Reckon it was Dunne who made him look good at City tbh

It was the other way around. Distin's pace and composure helped Dunne settle as a player and he grew in confidence having a solid partner beside him..

Distin was/is a leader, and one of the best defenders in the Premiership over the past 5 or 6 years.

Headshot

Yobo, Heitinga and Hibbert have been brutal for Everton and saha has been very poor since he came on too

The Volt

They say you make your own luck in football but Liverpool have nowhere done near enough to earn 3 points today.I give up, me.

we have our best performance in months and we still lose 2-0 to two jammy goals,even with a ****load of chances.

~Rebel~

game very much pittering out...

daithijjj

Kess73 wrote: »

He was taken off because he was running around like a headless chicken, and was unable to hold onto the ball.

In other words, he was not able to play to the system that Rafa wanted.


But thankfully it is moot as number two has gone in

You are being a bit liberal with the truth there kess :D, Kuyt has built a liverpool career out of that

And, like i said in the first half, the introduction of a bit of technically gifted benny has seen gerrards game improve.

x in the city

Voltwad wrote: »

They say you make your own luck in football but Liverpool have nowhere done near enough to earn 3 points today.I give up, me.

we have our best performance in months and we still lose 2-0 to two jammy goals,even with a ****load of chances.

true, but goals win games

monkey9

Yesssssssssssssssss!!!! Back in the title race!!!

mike65

Thank Fowler for that. Poor performance generally but the result is a big one. No doubt Sky will just bang on about Aquilani!

Headshot

monkey9 wrote: »

Yesssssssssssssssss!!!! Back in the title race!!!

lol