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It’s over! It’s all over! Thank sweet Jesus it’s over!
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Does this sound familiar to anyone – Reina Finnan Hyypia Carragher Riise Gerrard Alonso Sissoko Garcia Crouch Kuyt? Because that’s the exact same 11 Rafa Benitez trotted out on Saturday. If they lose, will the popular consensus be that he should have rotated?
Tags: Aston Villa, Bordeaux, Champions League, Fixtures, Liverpool, Rafa Benitez, same rotation, Team NewsSelf picked up? Check. Dusted off? Check. Winning again? Check.
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Another great opportunity tonight to win again, feel better about the team and gather momentum for Nov. 12 away to Arsenal.
• Have you heard that Rafa Benitez has changed his lineup for 99 straight matches? What the hell?! Did you hear about this?! This fact has not escaped Dominic Fifield’s exacting eyes over at The [...]
Bascombe watch!
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This man is Chris Bascombe, and he covers LFC for the Liverpool Echo. As it is attempted to explain here, the guy strikes me as an OK dude, to borrow a sloppy American colloquialism. His stuff I’ve read from the Echo seems pretty level-headed to boot.
Bascombe reported about the insane slagging of Rafa Benitez by [...]
Calming the waters
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Good signs all around Saturday as a tumultuous week ended with the players, fans and most important board members rallying to support Rafa Benitez. The first 45 minutes were excellent against Aston Villa, and the three goals showed the best of what all fans want to see from Liverpool.
It was a crucial match, with [...]
‘You bring ‘God’ back into the team, and you’re guaranteed a goal’
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The words above belong to Steve Hunter, spoken shortly after the halftime whistle of Liverpool’s 4-3 win over Reading on Wednesday in the League Cup. With no telecast in the U.S. of this match, I plopped the laptop on the kitchen table Wednesday afternoon as I prepared my dinner for work last night.
There’s something about [...]
‘At least we’re not them’ and a tough guess against Rafa
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As the wounds get licked a bit more each day from the Old Trafford Travesty, there’s a slight bit of comfort in realizing Liverpool supporters aren’t stuck cheering for this outfit.
Also, there’s a League Cup match tonight at Anfield against a Reading side that something tells me won’t have to experience the most full-throat Kop [...]
Category: Team NewsNo time for one day at a …
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When my friend said in the immediate minutes after the loss to Man U that Rafa “has to go,” at least I could take the comment in the context of the massive steins of lager and the occasional Jameson shot that had preoccupied his previous two hours. But Scott Murray proposes just such a thing from what I must presume is the more clear-headed perspective of a professional scribe in pursuit of a “the truth.”
Meanwhile, Chris Bascombe at the Liverpool Echo offers a more nuanced and less knee-jerk reaction to the Old Trafford travesty. (After watching a good chunk of 100 Players Who Shook The Kop, I will attempt to link to Bascombe at every opportunity. His relaxed pose on his living room couch, clad in most-comfortable, well-worn sweatshirt expressing, to me at least, he’s a good egg – or just a slob. Either way, someone I can identify with.)
Anyway, to get back to Murray for a second, I can’t help but think the crush of defeat against Man U is clouding people’s judgment a little bit. Murray writes near his opening:
‘Oh the humanity!’
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This is how bad it got at the end of the loss to Man U: My friend, a Scouse expat living in Milwaukee, turned to me and said about Rafa, “He’s got to go.”
whoa. These are dark days, friends.
• If you’re sick and demented, just … aww, take your beating here, here or at this [...]
Toothless Reds
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It’s hard to find a less impressive performance from Liverpool in recent memory other than what they showed today at Old Trafford. Disgusting showing if you ask me.
Nothing was coherent on this afternoon. The defense was disjointed, the midfield work looked the same and no passes in the final third found their mark. Just atrocious.
Does [...]
Can you ‘Guess Rafa’s Lineup?!’
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OK, with Bordeaux sufficiently dispatched, it’s on to Manchester to face “The Scum.” I will be upfront in saying I stole this idea from the excellent This is Anfield site and an article written by Ian Bishop, who talks about Rafa’s rotation policy but also mentions what I think could be a fun game.
Guess Rafa’s [...]
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