2. On The Other Hand – Liverpool look to have made three very promising investments in the past 9 months: Suarez, Carroll and Meireles. The little Uruguayan has set pulses racing since he signed, with some electrifying performances; showing speed, skill and a desire to run himself into the ground that almost matches our very own Dutch Duracell bunny. Once he starts adding goals, we will be sure that we’ve got our money’s worth. As for Carroll, his 15 minute cameo yesterday was simply a bonus; he looks like he’s passed his injury, he looked willing and he appears to have the heading ability that all of our ‘big’ strikers have lacked in the past 10 years (here’s looking at you Heskey and Crouch). Finally, the revelation of our season (Lucas aside) has been the Portuguese international. He looks like a Liverpool midfielder of the 70’s or 80’s in the way he goes about his business, showing intelligence, pace and an eye for goal. With the ability to slip in between defenders and sneak into the box, getting onto the end of through balls, he offers us something our midfielders – Gerrard aside – haven’t offered us for years. The most important part of Meireles’ package, though, and most unusual for a Portuguese player: he isn’t afraid of hard graft and getting in where it matters. With these three new additions and a number of the existing squad, we are well on our way to recovery in terms of overhauling the squad.
1. Dirk Kuyt – Final mention has to go to Dirk. What more can you say about him? He always surprises you. He can’t do the things Messi can, or Ronaldo, or even the things Torres used to be able to do but what he can do is continue to surprise; he always pops up with something out of the ordinary and it’s always in the big games. Just when we’d settled back in to thinking we knew what we were getting from Dirk, he pops up with 3 goals that even Rushie would be proud of. If he wants to carry on his goal-scoring form, who are we to argue?
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I agree with you all the way – Carra should’ve been sent off, it was a reckless challenge. But ‘appalling pictures’? Do you really think they’re that bad? It’s light-years away from David Busst territory, it’s nowhere near as bad as Cisse’s, or Ramsey’s, or even Ben Arfa’s earlier this season. Injury or not, it’s a nasty cut and a bit of blood!
Man UTD fan here…
Well deserved victory for you and agree with all of your comments.
Yes we have been very average and lack creativity. Are you saying Nani, Valencia, Ferdinand, Hernandez, Rooney, Park wouldn’t get into the Liverpool squad? Nani has been our most dangerous player this season and Valencia was last season. I know Rooney is a shadow of what he used to be but to be fair our creativity is shocking…
Next season looks promising for you…
Enjoy!
Thanks for being honest and graceful, MUFC. Sometimes I need a reminder that some of you Man U fans aren’t half bad! All I’ve heard the past two days is what scum scousers are. I’m not a scouser, in fact I live in NY, but I find it strange still the same. Isn’t Rooney scouse? Anyway, when I see a level headed assessment like yours, it forces me to stop stereotyping what an MUFC fan is. Good luck the rest of the season… I won’t be pulling for your boys, but I will respect them!
Yeah, as MUFC points out wouldn’t we want certain players. Deffo Hernandez, possibly Valencia but not the others he listed. Ferdinand is way past his best and wasn’t that great to begin with. He’s got a big gob that’s all.
Rafael looks decent but Kelly is far better.
When I look at our average and rubbish players then maybe I would swap them as they don’t have anyone as bad as Ngog and I know Lucas has improved but he’s still too slow but the rest of his game has come on. Maxi doesn’t excite me either although he’s quite intelligent with his positioning but again, lacks pace and strength and the reason he fouled Rafael on sunday was because he pulled out of a tackle.
1. Kuyt will only perform anytime a lucrative new contract is nearly within his grasp. 2.Reina was a statue again for Hernandez goal. 3.Gerrard was lucky United’s midfield was even slower than him. 4.Having Gerrard back in the team totally disrupts Meireles goalscoring ability. 5.Maxi and Cole need to be 2 of the dross got rid of in the summer.
You can’t seriously believe that you’d be better off with Maxi or Kuyt in your team than Nani, Valencia, or Rooney!? Smalling and Ferdinand as inferior players to Skrtel and Carragher? Let’s be serious plz
Btw, that list hardly contained anything actually learned from the Man U game…
*****NEWS FLASH********
News just in …… HELL HAS FROZEN OVER.
Fergie has admitted LFC was the better team and played his team off the park, we deserved to win.
lol lol lol