The good, the bad, and the really, they're still technically Liverpool players? Not to
mention the I really wish they were still at Liverpool players. Plus Joe Cole. It's time to
get up to speed on how Liverpool's loanees are doing as the club moves into the meat of the
season...
Alberto Aquilani
Remember when everybody was cool with Alberto Aquilani leaving because he really didn't want to
be at Liverpool and he was soft in the tackle and the club had Raul Meireles anyhow, who at least
was already proven in the Premier League, and as long as the club kept one of them around they'd be
deeper in midfield then they had been the year before so it'd be cool?
An emotionally heavy week gradually winds to a close, with many of the major storylines
(hopefully) having some sort of resolution on the horizon. In the wake of Saturday's draw with
United it was the allegations of racism against Luis Suarez, and Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday it
was the proceedings in Parliament regarding Hillsborough and the reactions on all sides.
Photo: Earl Gardner
Union
In this week's power rankings roundup, the Philadelphia Union move up one spot to no. 10 at
MLSsoccer.com ("They haven't won in a long time, their body language is not particularly good right
now, they're inconsistent offensively and the defense is suddenly leaky.
Clive Brunskill/Getty Image (Bleacher Report)After watching Liverpool's youngsters come in and
prove their quality last season, it is on the minds of many Reds supporters, just how far their
academy starlets can go.
It has been interesting to dig deeper into the academy players, and some of those that are already
starting to push their reputation in the first team.
In local news, I'm a complete moron, so with that settled right off the top let's take a quick
peek around the intertubes to see what others have been saying from a Liverpool point of
view...
* Well, at least it looks like Tomkins generally agrees with me on the whole "How about
we take five minutes off from desperately looking for somebody to blame" side of things, as he
talks about obvious signs of improvement being good enough and about the best that could be hoped
for for the time being.
