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So we need movement up front and were bring on Carroll (sorry, well he is warming up and Shelvey too). We need Bellers to add some drive and direct play

Kuyt has had a couple of really poor moments in the 2nd half, miscontrolled passes

no changes - a bit of a mix up between Carra and Pepe results in Carra mispassing it out for a corner Brighter start from us at the start of the 2nd half, definitely more players in the box

Is maxi injured? We are crying out for his type of movement atm And again, no one in the box after great play by Gerrard/Downing

How many times will a ball be played in the box and there is no one there?

Driving run and shot by Downing - better than what we have seen from him recently (though thats not very hard). We need more runs from midfield

Todays team should have been all about movement, passing and intelligent build up, we look toothless up front atm

What a ball from Stevie (must have been about 40 yds) and control from Enrique, but not enough players in the box Great cross into the box by Skrtel (along the floor) but we only had Adam in the box

Kuyt is drifting wide and we have no one in the box way too often, build up is good but when we get to the final third we need more players in the box. Too easy to shut us down atm

Sorry dude, i thought you were referring to my defensive line up post. Apologies, bench is Carrol, Bellamy, Aurelio, Doni, Flanno and Kelly

Good driving run from Coates and wins the corner! Looked like a 2 footed challenge from Delap a few mins back which wasnt even judged a foul!

Just thought i would clarify as there was some talk of Carra being in CM, a good break from kuyt into the box but no one was up there in support, did well to win the corner though

Adam has started brightly - played a great ball to Gerrard a few mins ago, but then fluffed the follow up. We are 5-3-2 with, with the wingbacks pushing up at every opportunity Skrtel on the right, Carra in the middle and Coates on the left

Exactly

The Zaha link seems genuine, though I think that the Palace manager is trying to generate a bit of an auction.

Cheers chap, the player from Inter is meant to be Castaignos as Grover said, young striker who looks good though there is talk that Inter would only consider a loan deal whereas we want a loan with an option to buy. Though thats just what I have read on various websites and news snippets. I hope its not a majorly quiet month as we really need a couple of players.

Its the press <insert successful foreign manager here> is cracking up typical rubbish from the UK hacks

Yes to be a professional footballer, I know thats not how you meant it but it sums him up for me - he is not good enough. He did work hard last night but as has been said by countless others as a big man upfront you need to hold the ball up, currently he is not capable of doing that, maybe its confidence but he has been here almost a year now and he hasnt improved. Contrast that to Henderson who though not spectacular is doing well and improving as a player, Carrol on the other hand has gone backwards.

I think tonight was his poorest performance since joining, he was absolutely invisible tonight and when he did get the ball he did nothing. It was sooo bad that even when he was passing the ball backwards he kept giving it away!

Great news hopefully he will be back soon

Well said by Gerrard! Has a dig at Mancini for trying to get Glen sent off - compares him to Rooney lol (Was a poor tackle though, wish he had got a yellow as then it would be matter closed)

True true, we just sat back and invited pressure didnt do my heart much good! We defended well which was good, i thought we played really well for the majority of the first half.

Did well in the first half, poor second half from us, sat too deep and gave them way too much respect. Though we hung on and won!!!

Carra does look knackered! Close from Aguero what a player, he is only about 3 foot tall but has a great jump

The next 5 mins are going to feel very long