[liljovi93]

Originally Posted by Rob

Yeah I agree about Mark Hughes. To leave him in the dark all this time is out of order. He was a great manager for Blackburn, and I didn't blame him for trying to move on and better himself. I guess it's come back and bit him in the arse though.

So what about Rafa then? Will he get the sack? The problem is who do you replace him with? Now that the Yanks are in there will be no money available for transfers and I think Liverpool's squad is a bit weak. Your right with what you say about Lucas and Mascherano. They are both decent holding players but offer very little going forward. I guess when you had Alonso in that position then you had someone who was good at distributing the ball which kind of made up for it, but all Lucas and Masher do is pass either side ways or backwards. What the deal with Aqualani is I don't know? Maybe now Masher is suspended he might get a game, but knowing Rafa he'll probably pick Spearing or Aurelio there instead. Gerrard and Torres aren't 100% fit which is a major blow, and the whole team lacks creativity. I get the feeling anyone could beat Liverpool at the moment.

It will cost us too much to sell Rafa. With the very little money we have now, we can't afford to spend 20m on sacking the manager. I don't think it's his fault we're like this. It's the players. We're just not performing well. When we was 1-0 up against Arsenal, we ended up sitting back and they caught us on the break. Last season, if we was winning, we would try and get more goals. It's like we're scared and it's making us concede.

I'm not quite sure what the deal is with Aquilani, I know he was injured yesterday but Rafa just doesn't want to play him. Why? God knows. From what I've seen, he looks like he could fill the gaps. His passing is good, ok, not as good as Alonso, but it's something we need other than the ridiculous 'hoofing' Gerrard & Carra seem to be doing. He looks quick, has skill, and is good at getting back. For some reason, Rafa just isn't seeing this.

[† ÀžžÀ †]

i'm pretty sure we'll get stuffed by villa tomorrow. that wolves victory was hardly convincing and our defence still looks scarily fragile. top four is lookin out of reach.

[RS8MB0R8]

As fragile a team as Chelsea look at the moment, they have the habit that aspiring champions show each season and that's the ability to grind out wins by the odd goal, even if they're not playing well.

United used to have that too but are getting turned over far too easily nowadays. It's definitely shaping up to be a season where the smaller clubs ultimately decide where the title goes - I'm actually enjoying it even more this year despite the fact that United are facing stiffer competition than in previous seasons.

[JerseyboyUK]

Originally Posted by † ÀžžÀ †

i'm pretty sure we'll get stuffed by villa tomorrow. that wolves victory was hardly convincing and our defence still looks scarily fragile. top four is lookin out of reach.

Agreed

Liverpool would not have beaten Wolves the other day if Ward hadn't got sent off.

[liljovi93]

I think we will get beat too.

I mean, if we do win, then hopefully our confidence will rise and we will go into the Spurs game with confidence, but I can't see it.

[KeepTheFaith2211]

What will be the 'top four' next season? Man City are going to break into it and Spurs and Villa are seriously threatining Liverpool and Arsenal.

[liljovi93]

Originally Posted by KeepTheFaith2211

What will be the 'top four' next season? Man City are going to break into it and Spurs and Villa are seriously threatining Liverpool and Arsenal.

Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs.

Not in that order.

[KeepTheFaith2211]

Originally Posted by liljovi93

Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal, Spurs.

Not in that order.

Man City
Chelsea
Arsenal
Man United

That's about it for me. Perhaps even in that order.

[JerseyboyUK]

Originally Posted by KeepTheFaith2211

What will be the 'top four' next season? Man City are going to break into it and Spurs and Villa are seriously threatining Liverpool and Arsenal.

Chelsea, Arsenal (IF they keep Fabregas), Man Utd, Man City (i'd hope it was Villa, obviously)

I can't see the fuss about Spurs. Tipped for the top four every year by the press and always under-perform. Always too inconsistant.
Yeah, they have a strong bench on paper but it's full of underplayed great players probably unhappy at lack of chances. I'm mainly talking about Bale and Bentley.

[Mongoose]

Its pretty funny people saying about Arsenal being challenged for 4th, we're two points off 2nd with a game in hand...its up for grabs, especially with the way everyones been dropping points all over the place