tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post7846915767003607664..comments2023-12-22T01:47:49.178-05:00Comments on oh you beauty: Liverpool's Strongest XInatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043601945557998732noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-54428709300434980752010-05-01T00:41:18.897-04:002010-05-01T00:41:18.897-04:00Can't agree more.Can't agree more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-59097625060743914682010-04-30T13:33:36.993-04:002010-04-30T13:33:36.993-04:00Just going to reiterate here that believing anythi...Just going to reiterate here that believing anything you read in the British press is madness. This goes double for directly attributed fragmentary quotations, because once they have those they can wrench them into whatever context they want. (It goes triple for anything translated from any other language, or said in English by a non-native speaker.)<br /><br />British sport journalists are pallid, swollen parasites who feed on chaos and the excrement of whoever's on top at the moment.drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16041903590665426891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-75280752437360267692010-04-30T11:43:15.024-04:002010-04-30T11:43:15.024-04:00@nate I echo your concerns re Rafa leaving. I hope...@nate I echo your concerns re Rafa leaving. I hope I'm just being over-anxious but there is an absolute tidal wave of anti-Rafa nonsense in the press and across the internets. I just wonder how much more he will take.<br /><br />As to the strength of the squad, I too think we have a decent core already and just need maybe 3 decent additions. Although this has not been a satisfactory season finishing in a Europa League place is not fatal - as long as we kick on next term and show all the haters that this season was (as I've argued all year) a blip.MisoSoupnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-88071736505601601342010-04-30T10:27:19.947-04:002010-04-30T10:27:19.947-04:00I can't believe I'm succumbing to this arm...I can't believe I'm succumbing to this armchair <i>Football Manager</i> nonsense already, but long story short:<br /><br />Jovanovic + Riera replacement + Aurelio replacement + back-up striker (if not Jovanovic) + maybe 1 or 2 developmental players (like Shelvey) + more time for Kelly, Ayala, and Pacheco (and maybe Nemeth, etc.), building off the above spine, wouldn't be a successful summer? That team couldn't challenge for the title?<br /><br />Money would have to be spent in replacing Riera and Aurelio, and strikers, even "back-ups" aren't cheap, but both Benitez and aforementioned senior players are making it sound like Liverpool's never been further away. I understand this year's been the season from hell, but is that really the case?<br /><br />It is making me very concerned – and this is another topic entirely, one I'm almost suicidal in contemplating – that Rafa is planting the seeds of his exodus. Obviously, I really don't want that to happen, but as has become commonplace, Liverpool's quality on the pitch will probably be determined by matters off it.<br /><br />It is going to be a long and bloody summer.natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10043601945557998732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33779660.post-70859967259212882612010-04-30T09:57:12.800-04:002010-04-30T09:57:12.800-04:00Can't really argue with that formation, and I ...Can't really argue with that formation, and I think something that lessens any controversy from the "Gerrard as CM debate" is the amount of overlap that such a formation allows. We saw plenty of forward movement from both Aquilani and Gerrard yesterday, even with the latter in a more withdrawn role, and the interplay was magnificent at times. <br /><br />I think Gerrard will get forward no matter where you place him, but I don't know that Aquilani would, at least right now with his relative lack of familiarity and confidence. I think we've seen growth in both of these areas recently, and maybe part of that is being given a role that has a little more attacking license than a partnership with Masch/Lucas.Edhttp://liverpool.theoffside.comnoreply@blogger.com