Few things I learnt from last night

November 1, 2007

Lucas is going to be continuously hard to ignore as the season progresses, I was really impressed with his performance and his composure was something to admire, getting the ball and producing some moments of brilliance. He did fade out last night towards the end but overall it was a good test for him and I hold high hopes for him.

I can see why Babel hasn't been played upfront but when he switched to the right wing he was brilliant, he is so focussed in getting the ball and advancing forward he did look abit sloppy at times but this goes with match practice.

Arbeloa is not a RB

Fabio Aurelio should play LM he played really well considering he hasn't featured in a while.

Benayoun is better than I thought he would be and for a signing some said as being 'Not Title-Challenging focussed' he really seems to be showing otherwise, he's fast, skillful and direct.

Oh and Kewell's going to be good as well.

Also I hate to add abit more to the Rafa fire but one thing I struggle to understand, I talked about this with my Dad on the way home...

Where is the consistency in Benitez 'Tired' excuse?

Think about it the beginning of the season, when Torres didn't play we where told he was tired along with Babel. We played what some would say as our 'weaker' players ahead of Torres i.e Voronin and Crouch v Pompey and leave Torres out of the squad.

We where told he was tired, however let's think about it Gerrard and Carragher played today in the lesser competition yet in them positions we are losing crucial players in Agger + Alonso. Yet he still plays our two best players. They have played week in week out, but they have not been deemed tired and are very crucial to us considering the injuries we have?

Look at Javier Mascherano tired been home little than a day from the South America, plays in the Derby away, and then flies to Beskitas....

Compare this with Torres a few months back, how can he says Torres was tired when he only played a game in Spain, but say Javier was not when he played v Everton and then Besiktas

I don't see the consistency....

honourablegeorge · November 1, 2007

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