Comments on: West Ham 1-0 Liverpool

By: Imran

Imran — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:21:20 +0000

It was Rafa who signed the likes of the awful Voronin,Aurelio,can’t pass Sissoko and Kuyt so should rightfully be held responsible for this!.He won the champions league with Houllier’s side but domestically he’s come no closer to the to big three then the Frenchman ever did.Okay the owners suck but Rafa is constantly trying to deflect the attention on them as a means to escape his own inability.For F sake i’d much prefer King Kenny back in the Anfield hotseat then watching Rafa’s negative and boring football that would put anyone to sleep!
Just because certain fans want Rafa out doesn’t mean they don’t love the club so those suggesting this should get over it!.I want our current manager and the owners out but will continue supporting LFC ’til my last breath!

By: Steph

Steph — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:55:49 +0000

Its quite obvious as a ‘supporter’ you should SUPPORT our team! Its easy to sing when your winning! What counts more is when you support your team when they need it most and that time is now! You can blame whoever you want but in actual fact this will do nothing but make us out to be glory hunting supporters, dont we leave this to the likes of chelsea and the mancs! We are known all over the world for our support and this is how it should be! We sing ‘you’ll never walk alone’ does this mean nothing to you so called supporters who no longer want to put on the shirt what a pathetic excuse of a supporter that is!
Its quite obvious that yes we are going through a really bad patch but things can only get better and i believe they will! I know the league is what we want but that was never certain at the begining of the season. We WILL qualify for the CL and we are still in the F.A cup and CL there is no reason we cant turn it around and win both! Just have a little bit of faith.

YNWA

By: Chris W K K

Chris W K K — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:22:01 +0000

This is truly a storm that we are in. Many of us are waiting for it to blow over as we hold our heads up high amidst all the ridicule. We will see many supporters jump ship to other clubs as I witnessed a couple of years ago at my place of work when Houllier was still involved. I walked on with Pool to be a proud supporter when we lifted the Champions League, and will be a proud supporter when our time comes… In the mean time, I’ll keep holding my head high and pray…. ha ha ha …

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:42:50 +0000

Do not worry Liverpool fans. OUr time will come. We will grow stronger when we come out of this.

Come on Liverpool . I have been waiting for years to see you lift the crown you much deserve. It will come.

By: Baz

Baz — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:17:37 +0000

Benitez must take the blame, if he can not motivate the team to perform with desire then he is at fault. His tinkering is unsettling players and his idea of a world class player is off the mark ie Veronin, Kuyt, Kewell. When you look at the top 3 teams in the PL they are hungry aggressive and determined, qualities honed from watching the great Liverpool teams and striving to be better than them. Benitez is lacking this drive and all the technical and scientific mumbo jumbo does not replace ability skill and passion, all players want to play rotation is a demotivator and playing well and winning is the greatest motivator of all.

By: Frank (TRUE RED)

Frank (TRUE RED) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:53:38 +0000

Message to all those crying above. It seems its not only the yanks who do not know what it means and how to support our great club. Its not the players who have no class, passion or will to do well for our club its you lot. Check out the meaning of support, THROUGH THICK AND THIN, HIGHS AND LOWS. If you can’t support properly, take your shirts, money, veiws and lack of loyalty and shove were the sun don’t shine we’ll be better of without you. As for rafa and the boys heads up you’ll never walk alone with the true reds behind you.

By: lfc 4life

lfc 4life — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:46:35 +0000

I think rafa has lost control of the team, none of the players look bothered until the end of the week when they get paid, the squad is full of players who dont look interested, such as kuyt (wtf is with him), voroin, kewell, Itanje, even alonso doesnt seem right,Riise they have no passion or belief in them a disgrace to the club, they dont understand how people would die to put on the red shirt, i dont beleive rafa is gettin the players hyped up for the game. at first i thought it was a bad spell but it gone on for to long.

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:55:49 +0000

Dirk Kuyt continually starts up front but can’t score we had a perfectly good striker in Cisse and played him out on the right why don’t we do the same with Kuyt. Its not like he doesn’t put 100% in every game he is just not a natural finisher. This squad rotation system hasn’t work for Benitez in the last 2 seasons why would it work this season???? We need to get back to basics again and start from there because I have noticed that in the last few games we can’t string passes together. Is this another side effect of the rotation system? Most probably.
We are all complaining about the take-over by the americans and thats affecting the players games. These guys are getting paid more a week than most of us do in a year. They should be able to focus on football and not whats happening else where.

I am really sick of excuse after excuse we have never been that type of club so why start now, leave that to utd or chelsea to do. We are better than them and we need to get out of this slump and back to our best.

I’m a red now and i’ll be a red forever, “WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH A STORM” and all that.

YNWA

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:31:09 +0000

West ham didnt deserve to win!
The ref had a fiver on them and was more than generous to them Had the penalty decision been down the other end we wouldnt have got it.
However what a load of shite and Rafa must take the blame.
As fans we must stick at it and the glory hunters can go an f o

We as fans must stay strong, as managers and players will come and go.
We need better men at the top to be more ruthless and get rid of Rafa.
Since Paco left we have gone down hill?

Lets get a win against Sunderland ? and things wont look so bad that is until our next defeat!
Cumon u
MIGHTY REDS MY HOME TOWN TEAM

By: Leonard Barto

Leonard Barto — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:26:27 +0000

This is the team that Raffa half built,and until the seasons end we should stay with the team.I still blame Hicks for a lot of the unrest both on and off the pitch.Hicks has never backed Raffa in terms of real money Raffa for the most part had to sell players to bye others which is how it was last summer although a lot of opinions differ.

As for playing Kuyt last night I was dumbfounded when I saw his name on the team sheet after Saturday I really thought that Crouchie would have played up front but after watching the game I don’t think it would have made any difference as the team looked lost and they played without spirit,leaderless.I still think we have the right man in Raffa but he needs the total support of the board with getting in the right players and no more duds like kuyt and Voronin…..

By: Trev P

Trev P — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:13:40 +0000

Well done Darren and robbie two guys who know what it means to be a Liverpool supporter ( through the wind and rain ) to all these muppets wanting Benitez to go have you for one minute though who is going to replace him ??? Moriniho who, if you look closley you will see bought the sucsess Chelski has had with the bottomless pit of money from the ruski and the yanks may have cash but their not in his league. so who ??? anybody else coming in will put this wonderful club back at least five years , and then what will happen ? its time some of the so called expert supporters realised there is no formular for instant sucsess , patients is the key , that coupled with the attitude of never stop believing .
Ynwa
Red till i die

By: sachin

sachin — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:03:40 +0000

I am sick and tired of Rafa continually selecting Dirk “headless chicken” Kuyt ahead of Peter Crouch. He should be the first name put on the transfer list next season. This is not the Liverpool I grew up watching and loved so much.

Gone are the days when we played teams completely of the park with our slick passing game. The players now look completely out of depth, like a bunch of 12 yr olds being pitted against seasoned pros.

Unless something is done soon i don’t see this team even managing to qualify for the EUFA cup. Rafa has completely lost the plot of late with his selections.

We are and only will be good for the cup competitions as long as Rafa is still in charge. I am starting to really doubt if he has what it takes to make this team serious title contenders in the future.

IM SORRY BUT RAFA MUST GO WITH A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF THE PLAYERS THAT JUST CAN’T CUT IT.

By: anoop

anoop — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:02:12 +0000

kongkong,you said everything i wanted to say..

they really are pushing our support to the limits.

By: Al-Khashab

Al-Khashab — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:50:23 +0000

well , after todsay game, what else need to say , i1m speechless,my heart bleeding , Rafa for our own sake just leave the club , please…

By: Rais Alonso

Rais Alonso — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:24:55 +0000

Losing is not option! Seasons after seasons! Years after years! Nights after nights! Same all story.. Same all results.. Stayed up! and Up! Sometime we need drastic changes to get drastic results! We playing just the get results! Our trio; the lights of Gerrard,Alonso,and Torres is wanted by everybody are capable of performing decent game play.. You can’t see the lights unless you been in the dark! It doesn’t matter the cat is black or white,as long as it can catch the rat!

By: robbie

robbie — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:24:11 +0000

stop wearing the shirts? When times are good, they dont need your support. Only when times are bad. Wear the shirt with pride, not because you are happy with the state of things, but because you support.

By: Paddy Flynn

Paddy Flynn — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:22:50 +0000

Think it is time for both the yanks and rafa to go.

Bring in DIC and their billio0ns amd dare I say it Jose Mourinho as manager. Kuyt,kewell,arnariise,have to go too.
Babbel has to be given time on the field to get better. Either let him or crouchie play up front with torres. these guys are not getting enough time to play together and work up a partnership.

By: SeanB

SeanB — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:07:15 +0000

At last an editorial that is not written with Rose colored glasses. Anyone that has watched Liverpool over the last month has to be deluded to think Rafa has what it takes…I would love to know what these players do at training as it looks like Momo has been managing the passing skills with the team…And as for Kuyt, well I can only say that he is the best defensive player the oppostion has when he plays for Liverpool……. lets get real here, a team is built on quality players and “motivation: of good players that make them better and thsi has been the history of great Liverpool managers and Rafa dosnt fit the bill… As for his rotation well i am sure I am not alone when saying that he is making us a laughing stock with his repeated statement “players need to be fit for the 2nd half of the season” To do what Rafa, fight for 4th place? In closing I can only say with utmost dissapointment that having been a supporter of this club for over 30 years, I do not enjoy watching Liverpool even play anymore due to how terrible we look as a team..

By: Darren

Darren — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:56:58 +0000

do us all a favor and sod off then!!!! kongkong! you dont just stop supporting because were having a bad spell. A True suporter does what the word stands for,suport. Suport your Team through thick and thin. The Reds will rise to top again.Go kongkong go support another sport and team, you poor excuse for a piss pot!

By: Bryce

Bryce — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:28:00 +0000

Liverpool’s performances are a joke. I have cancelled my cable subscription this morning. There are too many players in the team who should not wear the Liverpool shirt, they are simply a disgrace. I have supported Liverpool from 1983 and I’m sorry I have had enough of this park football team pretending to be Liverpool. By the end of the season Liverpool will be at least 30 points behind the winner.