Mike S
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he played quite well, important involvement in the goal. Also he lasted the 90 minutes much better than he did against Arsenal or Everton which is a good sign.
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Central midfield 3 all played well today. Alonso had a very good game bar one late mistake, Gerrard came alive second half and Lucas as was pretty sound. Torres looked a bit tired but got his goal and should have had a penalty. Babel was awful, as was the ref. Match thread s**** as well
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Sami Kuyt Babel
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I think criticism of Reina for the goal last night is harsh, it was essentially a one-on-one where you're just hoping to get something in the way. He was much more at fault for the goal on saturday. Almunia didn't really do anything wrong either.
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I kind of agree but I think there's room for both sorts of player - you need someone who is going to put in a steady effort all game as well as those whose strength is quick bursts of acceleration
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crouch carra skrtel
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kuyt gerrard aurelio
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they were up for it. Alonso didn't have a great game but it wasn't for lack of effort and did a lot of good work in terms of pressing and tracking runs. Lucas had a nightmare second half for some reason
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spot on. He doesn't do the back to goal stuff very well, but with a striker in front of him who is quick enough to push defences back and strong enough to hold the ball up it means Gerrard has plenty of space to move forward into from midfield.
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it'll be lucas in for mascherano, 4-3-3 once again. Possibly some changes in the wide positions (Benayoun for Kuyt?)
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Torres Gerrard Alonso
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gerrard babel alonso
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over pennant: goal threat, or at least gets into goalscroing positions over benayoun: strength For me it's a toss up between kuyt and benayoun there. Pennant's not really a 4-3-3 wide forward
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lol at babel trying to take the champagne. both gerrard and babel had good games, gerrard's movement was very good today.
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decent performance in s*** conditions with a poor ref. A lot better than last weekend, just need to get our set pieces defending back on track - I'd put some of our problems down to Skrtel having to adapt to the zonal system.
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mascherano pennant hyypia
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I agree with all of this. I guess we'll have to struggle through with finnan until Arbeloa gets back, but the set pieces defending is once again the biggest concern. It's baffling how we've been watertight on set pieces for 3 and a half years and now we're regularly conceding from them.
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Gerrard Babel Alonso
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gerrard torres kewell
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Torres Finnan Kewell
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we didn't play poorly. a couple of players had off days but Porto are a good team, weak on set pieces though!
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gerrard lucas sami