Sunday, February 22, 2009

Out of the Title Race... For sure !!

I am depressed yaar !!! The moment Lucas and Mascherano stepped on to the pitch, I was livid. I know because I banged my hand against the wall and it has been hurting ever since. How can two holding midfielders be able to creat something in the absence of Steven Gerrard and Xabi Alonso ? For God's sake Rafa... this is Anfield. Have we not drawn enough matches here to learn from them? Champions do not fear losing !!!

As I witnessed the match progress, I could not help but wonder that Liverpool FC is short of quality players. It is a realization that had dawned upon us fans a couple of months ago when we were still winning games. Somewhere it was always lurking... the fear that we would soon run of steam and then these lack of quality bench strength would hurt us. And now today as I saw a struggling midfield, I felt sorry for Torres, Carragher, Stevie G, Alonso, Kyut... the only quality players in the side who give it their 100% to win....not just draw.

Come on who are we fooling here... we are only half of what a Manchester United team is.... Winners !!! Full credit to Sir Alex Fergusen and dis-credit to Rafael Benitez. Rafa has done so much of chopping and changing.... he has never given security to his players...not allowing the players to settle into a role.... Only Carragher and Pepe Reina have started each and every game of the season for the club. Rafa has let Robbie Keane go... I have no idea why... He said that Robbie was hard working player and he was trying very hard to play well... then why show him the door after spending $20 million on him. Can a quality player like him not be expected to hit form sooner than later...??? Ok you let a multi-million player go, but then whom have you brought into the side? Nobody. Nobody to replace Robbie.

Rafa, are you even serious about winning the Premier League? I doubt. You are afraid ! You are scared !!

And now Rafa you can kiss goodbye to your Champions League dreams as well. Our midfield cannot even close down the opposition and keep the ball. More worringly, there is no creativity and inventiveness in our side. Against a quality team we rely heavily on Gerrard and Torres to win or bail us out. This is not done. Simply not done !! The fraility against set-pieces is more than obvious.

I am sad at this turn of events... but I now am sure that we are out of the title race. All we can hope for is to keep a clean record at home...and just watch and applaud Man U show the footballing world, how it is done. I accept the fact that Liverpool have lost it. Its a sad day for us !!

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