Liverpool Vs United (MIDFIELD)

Rai Krol wrote:Liverpool have good players

Kuyt, Alonso, Gerrard, Carragher, Riise, Bellamy (he has scored in the EPL before he joined Liverpool, forget his public image on the pitch counts), Reina, Momo (the guy who harassed and dominated Ballack in the Community Shield) etc .. Gerrard being the one close to being 'World Class'.

Before the start of the season; i had Liverpool to be Chelsea's no1 challengers .. because of their signings and their finish of last season and beating Chelsea in the Community Shield (maybe i should never judge a team on one game..)

lets be honest; Manchester United sold RVN (questions were raised; would Man United sign a replacement, instead SAF had faith in Louis Saha .. who showed what a good player he is and then brought in Larsson on loan) and signed Carrick (even though he is a good, potential class player .. United missed out on Hargreaves .. Carrick is a play-maker not a defensive midfielder) to be fair Carrick has been a good addition, next season with Hargreaves maybe he can be pushed to the next level and not have 'too' much defensive burdens on his back .. he has had two notable good games (v Liverpool and v Chelsea at home) OK Obispo says he was average against Liverpool, against Chelsea i would disagree.

I never expected; Scholes and Giggs to have the impact they have done, but these two are LEGENDS and i should have never doubted them. Vidic and Rio to have a good partnership (signs where their at the end of last season ..).

and Ronaldo .. the 'guy' who everyone hated (apart from Manchester United fans) and 'nearly' left, to perform like he has, and hes 'relationship' with Rooney, everyone (especially to Shearer has ended) .. this was dismissed against Fulham on the 1st day of the season.

the real question is: why are they (Liverpool) not challenging Chelsea this season?

Have Liverpool had that many injuries, at one point in this season Manchester United were missing Park and Giggs .. but both recovered quickly .. SAF has highlighted that Manchester United must not have 'many' injuries to have a sustainable challenge for the Premiership.

The press did blame some 'defeats' and dropped points on Rafa's rotations..

L r d wrote:Because the team is not good enough to play better than they are consistently. Benitez cannot work magic 38 times out of 38. The group of players do not have enough big players. The team is not close, some people said they would win it not many who were not pool fans. and the ones who spoke about man utd just didnt know ruud like some of us did

I look at Liverpool's team every area can be weak bar the central midfield, but alonso and gerrard will have off days when they do what chance do liverpool have.

Rai Krol wrote:
the real question is: why are they (Liverpool) not challenging Chelsea this season?

Luis wrote:

L r d wrote:Because the team is not good enough to play better than they are consistently. Benitez cannot work magic 38 times out of 38. The group of players do not have enough big players. The team is not close, some people said they would win it not many who were not pool fans. and the ones who spoke about man utd just didnt know ruud like some of us did

I look at Liverpool's team every area can be weak bar the central midfield, but alonso and gerrard will have off days when they do what chance do liverpool have.

what if Ronaldo and Giggs have an off day? you can say that about any club, it's a poor arguement

Das Reale Weiss Pele wrote:
Seriously- I think its simple. Squad rotation. The most settled side will win the Premiership.

Parks lives wrote:

Has Obi taken his head out of the sand long enough for air yet?

COTR wrote:

Parks lives wrote:

Has Obi taken his head out of the sand long enough for air yet?

Is this the only line you have got spank?

Think ive read that about 100 times now

Rai Krol wrote:
the real question is: why are they (Liverpool) not challenging Chelsea this season?

Kevin wrote:Liverpool are a one man team in that they rely heavily upon Alonso to make them play. Same as us with fabregas. but thats a really stupid argument as all teams will be a bit lost without their playmaker in midfield...

Rai Krol wrote:@ Obsipo

Do you see Ronaldo becoming a future 'World Class' player?

Obispo wrote:

Rai Krol wrote:@ Obsipo

Do you see Ronaldo becoming a future 'World Class' player?

He already is I suppose. Even if he isn't, he'll definitely become one. I've never said any different. I remember arguing with Tweedle and TRWP saying that Ronaldo would be better than Rooney if he moved to anywhere outside the premiership, now he is inside it

His only flaw is that he's been poor in Europe and big games, atleast statistically. You'd expect a World Class player to perform better. But then again, he's singlehandedly dragging you to a league title so for me to say he isn't World Class would be stupid.

Das Reale Weiss Pele wrote:
Good to see Bolton recieve a thrashing today, hopefully ending any potential CL talk