Raj

not really sure what the point of isolating traore for his failings is gonna do. we all know his limitations and if hyppia and riise had been fit, he wouldnt have even been on the pitch the defence as a whole was shambolic at times last night.

well done to Benfica. they defended well for large portions of the two legs and took their chances expertly. however, the biggest single disappointment is that we lost that tie, through our own poor finishing. if we had taken either of the chances that Crouch and Garcia missed, we would probably have seen an entirely different level performance from Liverpool and Benfica. Benfica are a decent side, but a team that we could and should have beaten over two legs. The margins between defeat and victory are very fine at this level of football. Also, appointing blame to individual player is wrong. The team (including the manager) have to take full responsibility, when we win or lose. Some individuals were better than others last night, but the team as a whole did not function well enough.

i think we can safely say that with the signings of Agger and Paletta, that Djimi's days are numbered. unfortunately, he doesn't come anywhere near the level of quality we require.

Liverpool 2-0 Benfica (After Extra Time) Crouch header in the 1st half Garcia with the winner early in 2nd half of extra time

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does seem very strange that we dont have anyone attacking the near post at corners. Gary Mac used to drop the ball in that area, for flick ons, all the time in the treble season. We seemed to score a number of goals from people attacking the flick on. I remember Babbel scoring a few like that

spot on. he had a solid game. looked comfortable on the ball, but had a few lapses on of concentration positionally. think it will take him a little time, to get to grips with how Benitez likes our defence to play. early days, but some good signs

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I went to the game yesterday (my brother is a utd fan and his mate pulled out at the last min so i offered to drive him there - should have known better) their fans are a bunch of w*****s. never met such a bunch of t***s in all my life. 1-0 up at half time, and all you could hear at the bar, were a number of 'hilarious' anti-scouse songs. Michael Shields, We won it 2 times without killing anyone, etc. c****. i asked one of their fans why they were singing songs about liverpool when they're playing in a cup final against another team. couldnt give me a decent answer, so I asked him if it was because they couldnt sing any songs about winning the most trophies as liverpool had them all sown up. his response was not favourable.

should be 1 game, for two yellows

paul merson?

Scott Parker was bought by Chelsea for £10 million and Newcastle bought him for £6.5 million

David Platt?