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Well the writing had been on the wall for quite a while now, and sure enough Rafa Benitez was
sacked has left LFC by 'mutual consent'. In theory this should be a positive thing, as new managers
often bring a fresh impetus to clubs.
In practice though, we're still stuck with our illustrious owners, and thanks to a string of broken
promises they made us, they're as much to blame for many of LFC's misfortunes.
sorry for the lack of updates but things (work and study) have been fairly hectic in recent weeks
and will continue to be for another month or so.
In other words, posting to this blog will be sporadic until after christmas. For those of you who
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We lack the squad depth to cope with injuries to several key players at the same time. So it looks
like the international break has arrived at the right time to allow some of them to recover.
Riera & Benayoun both picked up hamstring injuries against Birmingham. Agger & Johnson both pulled
out of their international squads so they can get treatment on minor injuries.
Just when you thought our season couldn't get much worse, along comes Lyon to equalise in the last
couple of minutes. We're not out of the Champions League yet, but we're relying on some serious
favours now.
It's a shame that Babels stunning goal didn't give us the deserved win. And apart from a couple of
defensive errors, can't really fault anyones performance.
Are you still in a state of shock over another poor result ? Did anyone think we'd follow up the
great result against Man Utd with a 3-1 loss to Fulham ? It's becoming increasingly difficult to
defend LFC's run of poor results.
Sure there's some perfectly valid arguments like we've been hit by lots of injuries and some of our
key players aren't fully fit.
Apart from a nervy 20 odd minutes towards the end of the match, Liverpool were awesome against Man
Utd, there can be no doubting we deserved to win. The following were the real stand performers
:-
Carragher was immense and showed us the Carra of old with a domineering performance and
never gave United a chance (although he got lucky with avoiding a red card for his challenge on
Owen).
No doubt most of you are dying to see Aquilani make his debut for Liverpool. Fortunately some
enterprising soul decided to upload a clip of his reserves debut on Youtube for the world to
see...
I certainly wouldn't want to blame that poor kid for throwing the beach ball on the pitch (his
school mates might disagree). Sure it was a stupid thing to do, but it was hardly malicious
either.
Instead there's a couple of other recurring themes to explain why Sunderland were able to beat us.
We've been waiting a long time for Agger to return and it looks like he's finally regaining his
fitness after playing in both of Denmarks matches this week. Plus the timing of his return couldn't
be better.
You see Kyrgiakos is after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament and it means the guy faces a
lengthy spell on the sidelines (4-6 months).
For about an hour, that was very much a typical Liverpool / Chelsea match, with both defences
repelling each others attacks. What separated the sides in the end, was a couple of mistakes and
some missed opportunities.
Defensive lapses have become a recurring theme for us this season, and sure enough they've cost us
another 3 points.
At the risk of rubbing anyone the wrong way (not a first for me), I think it would be fair to
suggest that Fiorentina deserved to win. They were much better than us in the first half and
defended very well in the second.
Best to forget about it. There's plenty of games left in the group for us to recuperate, and we'll
probably take them apart at Anfield.
I almost felt sorry for Hull City who we destroyed 6-1. A hat-trick from Torres, a wonder (did he
mean it) goal from Gerrard, plus a brace from Babel. It's a great result, which leaves us with the
best goal difference in the league.
Also we're only 3 points from the top of the table, thanks to Chelsea's shock defeat to Wigan.
