Injuries are the main reason why lfc are not performing well in recent times (gerrard, torres, skrtel, agger, aurelio, riera are all out). So every players that are available now should improve their style of play and focus for the next game.

And i agree that lucas is improving from time to time, the only main concern for me is carragher, he’s not at his usual level but i believe that he will improve and back to his best.

So to all lfc supporters, stop blaming the managers or the owners. The problems came out because of the injury crisis that we are having now(thats because of the international break), so we should now give our support to the club and wish them a success.

How can anyone use this result to call for Rafa to be sacked?

Gerrard, Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Aquilani, Aurelio and Riera were all ruled out before a ball was kicked and for one reason or another we ended up with just 4 players on the pitch who would play if everyone was available – one being in goal – and even Insua would have to give way to Aurelio in my first 11.

Add in the FACT that the ref wrongly sent off two of our players and I think anyone would have to agree that it is crazy to call for Rafa’s head after such a game.

Yes we have lost 6 of the last 7 games but the one thing that wins games is goals and when you only have one striker to call on and he is not fully fit for any of those last seven games it is not very surprising that we are not winning.

And before anyone starts saying Rafa is to blame for that – well that is partly true – but if we acsept that Torres is the best striker in the world and he plays best when he is up front on his own then what other world class striker is going to come to Anfield to sit on the bench. And even if they did want to come, where is the money comming from to poay for them?

It’s not fare to put all the blame on the yanks either – You can’t blame them for the world-wide banking crisis that is to blame for them having to put their plans on hold. Yes it would have been better for us all if DIC had taken over but it didn’t happen.

It’s time to move on and bring in new investment ASAP so Rafa can compete with the likes of Manc Usa, Manc Arabia and Chelski.

And above all – The team need our support more than ever when things are looking bad – Remember Istanbul and even at 3-1 yesterday, those of us who stayed to the end were still singing YNWA

Tomkin says it is £230 million (which is not my complaint. What’s £20 million these days ) Instead, it is that this is gross. According to Tomkin, “his net spend is less than half that amount, due to needing to sell in order to buy. In 2009, he hasn’t even been allowed to fully reinvest what he’s raised in transfer fees”.

That previous article from Tomkin puts Rafa’s constraints into perspective, and compares with Manu, Chelsea, Arsenal, etc..

The one gripe I’ve had with Rafa since the start has been with his team selections at times and in the way he sets up the team. For example, at home to Villa we played with Torres up front on his own with Gerrard just behind and Yossi out on the left wing. If Lucas and Masch had got any deeper in that game they’d have been playing at centre half! We had no balance and for large parts of the game Torres was isolated becuase Gerrard was shackled and we had nobody capable of finding Torres with a pass. From yesterdays game for example, why would you take off your best threat of a goal and most creative player when you are 2-1 down away from home? If Torres and Yossi had serious injuries likely to keep them out for many months then fine, don’t risk them, but neither player indicated to the bench that they wanted to come off. So why take them off. Surely win the game first and then rest the big guns?

I don’t understand some of those decisions by Rafa, but then it is those tactical decisions that have enabled us to win some huge matches against domestic and european opposition over the last 5 years, so who are we to criticise? I think Rafa is a world class coach who is genuinely capable of winning us the title, provided he is allowed to compete on a level playing field with his rivals. Clearly in the last 5 years he hasn’t. We have a squad worth less money than Chelsea, Utd, City and Spurs. Clearly if he’d been given so much money that would be reflected in the value of our squad? Clealry we have to sell to buy and many players he has signed are just gap pluggers when he hasn’t been given the funds to get his top targets. Simao, Barry, Vidic, Alves, Silva, Villa have all been on the list but we’ve been outpriced. Forget the name above the door. Based on the crucial factors that determine success in modern football we should only be competing for about 5th or 6th spot, yet we’ve been the 3rd best in England over the last 5 years based on lge standings, pts accumulated, trophies won and qualification for and progress in the CL. In terms of wages paid, squad cost, revenues generated and pure wealth at least 4 clubs are above us. Besides, Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Aurelio, Riera, Gerrard, Aquilani and Torres have all been hit by injury this year. I reckon most if not all those players would be in our strongest 11. If any club in the division was missing 8 of its regulars it would struggle, even those with the strongest squads.

The ‘Fact’ (to take a leaf from rafa) is that there were no men in that team yesterday! No desire or commitment, no professionalism and certainly no footballers! (wearing red that is!)
I am disgusted that any of them left on the pitch after Yossi and Torres (and maybe a fiew others) had the nerve to call themselves a team !?

Yes team selection is down to rafa and yes some signings have been bad (remembering that he has had no choice but to go for the bargain bucket) but wene the clock strikes and those players go on to that pitch they are responsible for putting words into action and they are were the majority of blame must lay “F A C T “

Raffa is conducting one, big experiment all the time and it cannot go on. He’s bought duff players and he seems clueless in how to use them. It’s so sad. This is our club but last Wednesday night I felt like I was watching a team of aliens on the pitch.

It’s time for a radical rethink. Learn form the past and start building again.