As for the striker issue why did Rafa sell both Keane and Crouch when he surely must have known that he wouldn’t be able to find or buy a suitable replacement/s??.Make no mistake that i wasn’t very happy with Keane but he’s far better then Voronin or N’go,i’ve always been a fan of Crouch and was enraged to see him depart.

Then Rafa let’s Nemeth go out and loan that causes us further damage furthermore why is he not giving Pacheco a chance when he’s a far better choice to Voronin??.

He makes mistakes don’t get me wrong , as iv said above subbing Torres with only 4mins left was a big one as was starting Voronin up front with Torres but i think insufficient funding and slow/ poor decision making by the owners ( both Parry +Moores /Gillete + Hicks ) have dogged him since he arrived !

It’s highly unlikely that we’ll qualify for the latter stages now and also look likely that we’ll drop out of the top four in the Premiership thus losing millions in revenue.It’s very difficult to remain positive when our season is almost over in mid Nov with nothing to look forward to,the FA is very little consolation for me even if we do win it.Yes we played well but i’d much rather that we played poorly but win because the result is all that matters so let’s stop fooling ourselves…

GET RID!

N.B Players should be fined for poor performances. Just as they demand wages in the thousands each week, we should demand performances worthy of their salary each week. Not good enough, then no pay. Simple and fair. I think Voronin should, by his own admission, pay back the money he’s unjustly earnt at Liverpool. Most players worthy of the mighty Liverpool shirt could have finished that off. As a striker, that was aweful. At THAT level, you cannot miss.

YNWA

Well done to the lads, Except Vorinin the Donkey. When will Rafa Learn that you can’t field a team of 10 players giving their all and one useless T**t who can’t do a thing right.

YNWA

For the entire game they had not managed to stretch our defense the way they did in the 89th min and that was due in part i believe to the fact that they were preoccupied with containing Torres ( another reason that Babel had so much time and space to shoot at goal ! )

I am not one to overly critique Benitez and/ or blame him as a whole for our current situation even though he has made questionable decisions which have directly impacted upon the team and results in the past and thus far this season ( Selling Keane, forcing out Alonso and replacing him with a player with an injury, not getting ‘judas Owen’ or adequate cover for Torres ) But as a fan all you ask is that the mistakes you make , you learn from !

So why after saturday with the score 1-1 and all that followed do you make the same decision to replace your Star striker with a measly 4 minutes left on the clock ?

Granted our defense should on both occasions have been able to stand firm however what you do is not only remove a physical threat that keeps your opposition occupied you remove a mental threat in the minds of your opponent ! This allows them to relax more and invites your opponent the time and composure to re-assess their situation thus allowing the freedom to attack !

How many times dose Benitez talk about the little details and the difference they can have on your results ? I really think that this along with missed chances and not including Aquilani for even five ten minutes directly adds to the result. It’s a risk but taking into consideration the importance of the match and the fact we don’t play till Monday you would think Rafa would take a few calculated risks to solidify our position once going ahead.
In the end i believe that if you leave Torres on for the remainder of the game we win the game it’s as simple as that.