CL Group A Thread - Liverpool - Porto - Marseille - Besiktas

OhManchesterIsFullOfShit! wrote:Why? Babel plays mostly in midfield, as does Anderson

He’s played mostly as a Forward in his career up to now, Rafa should not be playing as a midfielder, but he has the attacking instinct so if he gets in a goalscoring position he more likely would get a goal, Rafa played 4-3-3 last Saturday against Reading, I think that was a game for him to play in the role Crouch was playing.

West Ham Snowman wrote:So on the main nights for European Liverpool WUMming...

Liverpool 8-0 Besiktas
Marseille 0-4 Liverpool

I think you should keep quiet lads...obviously doesn't help

Reverse phsycology is the answer - they'll all have to have Gerrard avatars for the KO phases

Does Babel only score when the game is over and the other team has given up?

johan the baptist wrote:

OhManchesterIsFullOfShit! wrote:Why? Babel plays mostly in midfield, as does Anderson

He’s played mostly as a Forward in his career up to now, Rafa should not be playing as a midfielder, but he has the attacking instinct so if he gets in a goalscoring position he more likely would get a goal, Rafa played 4-3-3 last Saturday against Reading, I think that was a game for him to play in the role Crouch was playing.

So that's what's wrong with Liverpool.

Mamadou Niang wrote:Does Babel only score when the game is over and the other team has given up?

He's a salt in the wounds player

kas wrote:

johan the baptist wrote:

OhManchesterIsFullOfShit! wrote:Why? Babel plays mostly in midfield, as does Anderson

He’s played mostly as a Forward in his career up to now, Rafa should not be playing as a midfielder, but he has the attacking instinct so if he gets in a goalscoring position he more likely would get a goal, Rafa played 4-3-3 last Saturday against Reading, I think that was a game for him to play in the role Crouch was playing.

So that's what's wrong with Liverpool.

Still better to play himself than Benayoun though...

Mamadou Niang wrote:Does Babel only score when the game is over and the other team has given up?

You should be happy he is scoring to begin with! He doesnt work hard only has P no GD..

Surprised you didnt liked him, He was supposed to be next Kluivert!

One murder and a rape and he is there imo

OhManchesterIsFullOfShit! wrote:

Mamadou Niang wrote:Does Babel only score when the game is over and the other team has given up?

He's a salt in the wounds player

Well done Liverpool, deserved win.
We were $h!t defensively and offensively.
No discuss.
We don't have a team to play Europe this season. I think we will be out from Uefa cup soon.

Napoléon wrote:Well done Liverpool, deserved win.
We were $h!t defensively and offensively.
No discuss.
We don't have a team to play Europe this season. I think we will be out from Uefa cup soon.

I do too

Very modest of you Napoleon. At least you still have the UEFA cup

Napoléon wrote:Well done Liverpool, deserved win.
We were $h!t defensively and offensively.
No discuss.
We don't have a team to play Europe this season. I think we will be out from Uefa cup soon.

Very unimpressed with Marseille. Need a few taller players i think, very open at the back, defenders to slow. Rodriguez really is useless

Liverpool were far more better. Similar as Mikael Owen comments none of the Marseille players would make in the Liverpool fan.
The midfielders were dissapointing and there wasn't any link between them and the two forwards. Liverpool, on the other hand played well as a block, with an impenetrable defense. So the Marseille players didn't know what to do, which is either play short passes or long passes.

And Marseille really look like the 16th of the league. Well the good thing for them is that they will play the U.E.F.A cup, in which they will have a slight chance to win if they regain their form.

Congratulations for Porto winning very comfortably a rather weak group, and also to Lucho for scoring their 400 european goal.

Congrats to Porto.

Aside from Porto who I think are a good side, Liverpool have made heavy weather of a poor group. The last 3 games have just proved that there's no way we should have lost to Marseille or Besiktas - even if we were very lucky to get the away point against Porto.