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now that was a harsh yellow. Carra's not exactly covering himself in glory with his passing here. Not long til the first timetabled change anyway I guess.

Harsh my a*** - stupid tackle. Nice to see we found some composure in the break...

It's f***ing ridiculous how deep we're sitting. You'd think it was 5 minutes from the end of the game, not the first half. Sit deep, hoof it, and don't follow it out. I'm afraid this is gonna end in tears. Anyone who thinks Kuyt is playing well is watching a different game to me. He's out of position, and he's a tryer, but he's not a very good footballer.

Babel and Lucas showing their inexperience I think. Lucas not in the game - given the formation, they're running through the middle and getting at the centre-backs far too easily. Babel looks a bit scared. Though he has just taken on the fullback so maybe he's not totally bricking it. It might not be Torres' strong suit but he needs to try and hold it a bit better, so Gerrard can get in the game.

We look scared. can't keep the ball, defending too deep. Ref's a c*** too, but what can you do.

Should be another f***ing booking for kicking it away. f***ing c**k of a ref. EDIT: hallelujah - apparently he did book him.

If Babel could cross he'd be dangerous-er.

This ref is a complete c**k. Letting them off anything he can.

Well done for quoting the post from 30 minutes ago, ignoring everything I said afterwards. You da big internet man. Congratulations.

Fair enough

You're a c**k, but after Gerrard's goal I don't care.

And now I will obviously have to eat my hat, socks, s****, and anything else. But I will be happy to do so

You get your own brain, your own opinions and make your own decisions rather than mindlessly defending whatever Rafa does. I think it's clear at this point in time that Rafa's decisions are not beyond question.

Sadly one of the increasing number of ways in which Rafa's tenure is resembling Houllier's.

Despite that he's still more of a threat than Kuyt, whether you like to admit it or not.

No, you f*** off you moronic c***.

Anyone who thinks that taking off Babel ahead of Kuyt was a good decision is a f***ing moron. Babel is inconsistent but dangerous. Kuyt is consistently about as far from dangerous as it is possible for a 'forward' to be.

Why in the name of anything do you play with Kuyt on the right side of midfield in a 442?

Well, it's not like Lucas got put out on the left recently is it?

Thirding the Lucas on the left sentiments. Anything but Gerrard on the right out of that combination is not good. What are the chances of the 4-5-1 with Kuyt on the right? And if Arbeloa's fit shouldn't he be starting?

Oh joy. Here comes Dirk...

So how did Lucas come to this from being Brazil's young player of the year? Nothing to do with being played out of position and having colleagues who apparently wouldn't be able to run into space if they were pushed out of a f***ing space shuttle?

Lucas is putting Gerrard to shame with his workrate. Shame it's leaving the left wing completely empty.

Any LBO intends to increase the value of the purchased thing... As has been stated by several people many times on the thread, making the club more valuable does not mean making it more successful. For them to turn the profit they're seeking just requires continued CL qualification. To get the kind of success the fans want may require the kind of investment that would reduce or negate their profit. Talking to Klinsmann does not equate to making it more successful either. They're not happy that they haven't got a manager who'll do as he's told, and are looking at alternatives from a knowledge base of f***-all. I'm sure the players will respond positively to this kind of motivation as well And just to be clear - I think we should be doing better, and I'm far from convinced about Benitez's management at this point. However, this is not the way to go about improving matters. We were doing slightly better before this all started to kick off...

Someone put Kuyt out of his misery. Shame to have a negative on the performance but he just can't help himself can he?