Lick

What I don't understand is after Babel crossed for the goal, he's spent most of his time through the centre. Makes no sense when he was getting some results out there.

That's end product. Lovely cross. And Torres is god.

I wouldn't go that far. No end product at all and some dodgy passing. Still got 20 minutes to do something though. You look at the bench and wonder what else we're going to do as well.

Liked the bloke on the line looking at the linesman for offside...

And f***ing get Gerrard off the corners and freekicks. How many times? Thought we'd got over this the other week when he was in the middle.

It was a bit harsh - but Carra gave him every excuse to give it. I do think he's on the slide and has been for a season or so now.

He's just f***ing great isn't he?

Poor finish by Yossi. Should have scored. Nice by Gerrard and Torres tho.

It's a s*** plan though, and has been for several years Rafa's supposed to be a tactical genius so I really never understood it.

Benayoun takes a corner, Gerrard wins the header and nearly scores. How has it taken so long to figure that out?

f*** off with these s*** corners...

Then the thin ice breaks, and down we go. If the top player is sold, we're less likely to make it the following year, it's more likely that other players will leave and it will be harder to attract good players to the club. Then if the performance of the club falls, and the international profile of the club fades accordingly, their beloved commercial income will also fall. It does boggle my mind that this simple, logical chain of events seems to be beyond their comprehension or understanding. You have to wonder if they're aware that, despite their attitude towards the manager (should I say middle manager?), their whole strategy seems to turn on one thing - the ability of the manager to compete with and beat better resourced clubs year after year.

I know it might seem petty at this point, but the ref is a complete c*** isn't he? Otherwise seems pretty straightforward. Would have preferred Kuyt and Benayoun the other way round beforehand but can't argue with the end result. Couple more quick goals and rest some players. Vog hat trick in last 15

Because we really need a rumour to stoke up distrust after his own statement on the transfer funds, don't we?

Do you not think that there's a few out there who look unfit (or not that bothered)? Torres, Kuyt and Masch don't look themselves if you ask me.

You are a moron. Go away and grow a brain.

f***ing Babel

The ref is a complete c*** though

That's likely to crank up the hollywood ball ratio... We're looking a bit of a shambles here sadly.

Begs the question of why bother if he's that crap. Is he going to be any better than Ayala and Kelly?

Gerrard taking corners is just mind-boggling when you think how much preparation and analysis Benitez is supposed to put in. Surely someone would have noticed he's crap at them by now?

f***ing scandal that Yossi sat down watching Babel as long as he did. Almost as big as that fat f***** Dowd turning down that pen.

Baffling is picking Babel ahead of Benayoun and subbing Kuyt with Voronin.

He is a c***, but it must make life relatively easy for opposing managers when our subs are that predictable. It also means a lazy f***** like Babel knows he's generally got an hour to be as s*** as he likes without any fear of getting hooked.

If a centre half can't turn his head to one side isn't he just an accident waiting to happen?