Read all about it as Rafa reflects on the missed opportunities.

I for one, was stunned by Lucas performance. How did this guy ever become a Brazil international? Why in the world did we fork out 7 Million pounds for him??

In any case, our consolation was that Arsenal Lost, Chelsea Drew and Man Utd drew. What a waste!

The table don’t lie. We’re sitting joint-top seperated only by goal difference (albeit a HUGE goal difference) and it’s still too early to say that we can win the league but, surely, even the most hardened reds critics have to concede we stand a good solid stab at it this season.

In an interview, Alonso insisted that Liverpool will play their style and win the league their own way. Hurray for Alonso! I, for one, have never ever doubted alonso’s ability. Together with Gerard, I thought we had the best central midfield pairing. It’s Stevie G & Alonso anytime over Mascherano or (yikes!!) Lucas. I can’t imagine why Rafa wanted to offload him. Stevie G was quoted saying that Alonso is practically ‘unplayable’ when he’s on form, and coming from Gerard himself, that is big big praise.

Credit to Alonso too who dealt with the barry sage, Juve saga well and he’s turned in some absolutely wonderful performances for Liverpool I’ve ever seen. For me, he certainly is one of the classiest players around!

Liverpool were AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL! HORRIBLE ATROCIOUS. THEY SUCKED!

It’s performances like these that make Dirk Kuyt look good. (If he played)

Damien Plessis can’t pass the ball to save his own life, he just can’t pass the ball!! He looks extremely uncomfortable on the ball and nervous when on the ball, I think 90% of his balls are wayard balls.

Degen and Dossena. Where shall I start? Degen’s performance can be summed up pretty much by a word - crap. Dossenna…why the heck in the world did we sell off Risse and bought Dossena for 7 million pounds I can’t fathom…

El Zhar was SLOW, he lacks pace…can’t see how he can ever make an impact on a game. Fact is Rafa don’t have the midas touch when it comes to grooming youngsters like Wenger. He may say that Arsene Wenger paid big money but lets not forget Rafa spent BIG on several non-performers..

http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1776_4499527,00.html

Ok, back to the Bolton match. We’ll have our big guns back and looks like Stephen Darby will be selected to play…things should get back to normal - with a scrapy 1-0 victory.

Ok, enough of negativity

Watch Highlights:

Let’s take a look at the positives.

We manage to lead without Torres, sure he’s an important player but we won’t crumble without him! Kean scored a brace and I cannot imagine why Rafa took him off instead of Kuyt…actually I can. He has an obsession with Kuyt.

We didn’t concede a goal! Granted, the attacking force of Albion doesn’t exactly strike fear in defender’s hearts but its still a good clean sheet especially considering we conceded 3 goals in the past 2 games.

Still too early to say how close we are to being genuine title contenders but as long as we keep winning and picking up 3 points, we’ll be there or thereabouts!

#1. Will Man Utd triumph and grab their 18th league title - thus matching Liverpool’s record?

For many Pool fans, that is almost unthinkable. But unthinkable it may be, it is an undeniable fact that Man Utd are looking solid. Very solid. The best hope we can have is that deco and co will come up with something special….

#2. Will Newcastle struggle - again?

Kevin Keegan is back and he’s made some changes and added some new signings. The latest being Coloccini. Can he plug the gap in defence? That is a big ask considering his predecessors have done before him…Kevin Keegan will probably struggle. Again. And get sacked. Again.

#3. Will anyone break the big 4?

I’m gonna risk it and say YES! If Liverpool and Arsenal lose their concentrate mid season or late season, I’ve feeling Aston Villa, Portsmouth, Spurs (and even Man City!) could pounce. Spurs have signed shrewdly and scored some very impressive hits in the market like getting Luka Modric. IF they can hang on to Berbatov, they have a team as solid as any other in the league…

#4. Are referees going to take center stage again?

Yes I would say. Hasn’t that always been the case for the past seasons?

While that might be a tad exaggerated, it is not far off either. We were horribly awful. At least Rafa didn’t try to act like there were ‘positives’ to take out of that game. It highlights the old problems that plauged us and some other new holes as well. For one, Dossena doesn’t look like he’s worth 7 million pounds. Heck he doesn’t even look like he’s worth 2 mil! Dirk Kuyt CONTINUES to frustrate Liverpool fans with his ineffective display.

When can Rafa realise that ‘hard working’ won’t ever equate to class nor ability. Here’s a sad sad clip of the match’s highlights:

Here’s a clip of the penalty kick-out:

Here’s a well taken goal scored against glasglow:

And this goal against valerenga:

He actually looks & feels like Babel…Nice! I’m really liking this player!

I’ve created an betting blog just for those who like the odd flutter to pick the best bets Check out the euro 2008 betting previews!

I’ve better things to do…like worrying how Benetiz is gonna spend crazy money buying crazy signings with nothing to show for next season…Anyway, we’ll be ramping up updates on this site so there is no reason for you not to check back

Transfer Speculation

The last we heard, Degen, the right back is going to sign for Liverpool on a bosman. Christiano is going to Real Madrid for 100 million pounds after the Champions League final. Arsenal Moves for Werder Bremen’s Diego and Thaksin puts the ENTIRE Man City squad for sale.

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