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Benayoun's strike
Torres' 1st
Torres 2nd (and best, in my opinion)
Torres 3rd
I look forward to this match about as much as I look forward to getting regular colonoscopies when
I get older. If last year is any indication of what is in store for tomorrow, Everton will be
playing like it's the Champions League Final. Too bad they'll probably never know what that's
like.
We have more question marks with our roster than the Riddler had on his body suit.
Here it is:
Reina
Aurelio
Hyypia
Carragher
Arbeloa
Riise
Mascherano
Gerrard
Pennant
Kuyt
Torres
Subs:
Itandje
Benayoun
Sissoko
Finnan
Voronin
Once again, Rafa isn't messing around. I wonder how Voronin feels about the rotation now and really
don't care how Crouch feels.
I wonder if we'll hear any nonsense about Yossi not starting today as to why we barely pulled this
one off. Probably not, I figure the memory vacuum will take care of all the Rafa rotation bashing.
Anyhow, on to the match.
Wigan should be commended for a well-played, well-executed game plan. We were really lucky to come
away with three points as they were the better side and missed a couple of relatively easy
opportunities in front of the net.
- Sami Hyypia has been the latest star player at the club to vocally back his boss' rotation
policy. The 33-year-old Finnish International has deemed Rafa's tinkering critics 'silly'. I've
actually been thinking a lot about the pros and cons of Benitez' ways and will write a post with my
conclusion later today. Meanwhile there are talks of Hyypia getting either a contract extension now
or a new contract offer at the end of the season when his current one runs out.
Ah, these are the fun ones. Not necessarily to watch, though I hope this one is, but definitely fun
to pick who Rafa will play. Before I get to that though, let me first offer an idea to any LFC
website that has the funding to do so. How about having a 'pick Rafa's side' game? Seriously, I
look forward to trying to pick out who Benitez will play more than anything else on my blog.
Rafa looks to be taking this match quite seriously.
Here's the line-up:
Itandje
Aurelio
Carragher
Arbeloa
Finnan
Leto
Sissoko
Lucas
Benayoun
Crouch
Torres
Subs:
Martin
Gerrard
Riise
Hobbs
Putterill
I'm pretty pumped to see Leto there as well as Lucas and Torres on the same pitch with him.
Well, I missed the first ten minutes of the match, but from what I've seen we're dangerous to
score, well, at least Torres is. If he doesn't score in the second half or at least set up a goal,
I'll be surprised.
As a team we seem to play well in brief stretches, but for the most part look like a bunch of
unfocused eight-year-olds waiting for ice cream.
Here's Yossi phenomenal goal earlier today. The Israeli saved us from another embarassing draw. If
this doesn't work, I'll post another later, because I'm having trouble with this site. Cheers.
Blah, blah, blah, same old crap. We look unmotivated, disorganized, are failing to use the flanks,
and our spacing is horrid (especially Torres and Crouch).
First things first, someone needs to tell Crouch he's not a midfielder. If anyone should be playing
that role, it's Torres. El Nino is much better on the ball and doesn't throw it away as much as
Crouchy.
Well, we went from arguably the easiest match to predict so far this season, to quite possibly the
hardest league fixture so far. Wait until our Cup ties start, then it gets next to impossible to
guess what Rafa the Mad Tinkerer will come up with.
There are a lot of outside factors to consider this week, especially at right midfield. It's Yom
Kippur so that may rule out Benayoun.
You know, I understand the home side getting some calls, but this is simply shocking. First off,
how Duberry and Bikey don't have cards is a mystery to me. Both have been making reckless tackles,
pulling at shirts, and pushing players down left and right. How can the ref expect to maintain
control of a match if he's allowing those two mongoloids to play American football while almost
every time a Liverpool player runs into a Reading player, they get a foul called on them?
Two things happened early in the second half of this match that allowed Liverpool to play their
game. First, we got an early goal on a well-played ball from Benayoun to Torres who beat Duberry
and slotted it into side of the net past Federici. Then I guess the ref got tired of watching
Reading turn the beautiful game into a pub brawl and started handing out the yellow cards.
This isn't meant at the expense of any of the other players on the team, because as frequently
reiterated, everyone played well yesterday, but I've been surprised to see so little acclaim for
Aurelio's contribution to the result.
In Alonso and Agger's absences, the onus on starting the attack has fallen to Carragher, Hyypia,
and Mascherano.
