Saturday, April 28, 2007

Please bring in some quality players next season


I hope Liverpool will bring in some quality and complete players next season.
So far, I just can recognise 2 really good players from Benitez in 2 years! They are Reina and Agger. The rest are a joke or 'seasonal' players only.
Players that should not be in the team next season:

1. Jerzy Dudek - why keeping as he has passed his time? He cannot contribute to the club anymore. It is better to give Carson a chance.

2. Robbie Fowler - another old player who cannot play at high level anymore. He should know himself. Other than his finishing touch, what else he can do?

3. Luis Garcia. He is not a good player who always give away the ball easily. He is not good enough to play in EPL. Maybe he should go back to La Liga. He seldom contribute positively to the team. Frankly speaking, I was so happy when I know he will not play again this season due to injury. Otherwise, it is a frastuation is see he playing in the field.

4. Xabi Alonso. He is not a complete player and I do not see he should feature in the future plan. As a defensive mid, he should produce hard tackle, great running and excellent reaction. Other than his long passes, he has nothing else. Maybe he should see how Fabrecas plays for Arsenal. That is what we so called a 'complete player'.

5. Momo Sissoko. I think I do not need to spend anytime to say about the reason. The best word to describe him - 'useless'.

6. Boudewjin Zenden. He is just an old player who should not play for top club like Liverpool.

Portsmouth 2-1 Liverpool


It was another disappointment to see the combination of veteran players and young players failed again ...
I was so disappointed with the performance of the young players. Looks like Benitez never learn from his mistakes in bringing new players.
Just have a look at Gabriel Paletta. His performance was a rubbish. I cant even feel his commitment towards the match. So many stupid mistakes - poor positioning, poor anticipation, poor clearances and many others. I do not see any possibilites for him to become even a good player for Liverpool. He should learn more from Daniel Agger.
As expected, rubbish performances from Alonso, Sissoko, Zenden, Gonzalez and Fowler. As the senior players, they did nothing in the game. Their opponents is Portsmouth and not any strong team. Yet, they produced this type of performance.
Zenden, Fowler and Sissoko should be axed from the club next season.
Alonso should be trained for stronger physical and the most important thing - you need to run faster!! Otherwise, Alonso may joins Real Madrid as well since he is not complete player and there should be no position for him in the team
Gonzalez - He needs to learn to control the ball. He always gives away the ball easily. He needs to be stronger too.

CL Semi-final - Chelsea vs Liverpool


Liverpool deserved the lost and it was lucky to lost by one goal only!!It was a big disappointment for Liverpool fans to watch how tame was Liverpool when they lost to Chelsea. It would be quite hard to Liverpool to dream of CL final now. Everything is game over when Chelsea scores 1 goal in the second round at Anfield.
Just looking back at last year tournament, Liverpool lost to Benfica 2-0 at Anfield. Liverpool remains weak in coming back when the opponents score first. Of couse, we may just forget about Istanbul and last year FA Cup final. There were only 2 come backs in so many matches. In conclusion, the history shows that the possibilities are very low.
Let us come back to semi final match. I was shocked when I saw Zenden is in the starting line up. I have no idea what he can do or contribute to the team. He is old and should not play in any big game - just like Robbie Fowler. He can even run faster than a right back and this is proven when he did absolutely nothing in the match. Yet Benitez did not bring him out and he played full match. Zenden runs like a turtle and wanted to dribble pass defenders during the match. Passing the ball to him is nothing different from throwing the ball into the sea. He should not play in any big game. He is useless!
Why Benitez put Gerrard to play at right again? Liverpool totally cant attack when he is playing at right. He is not a purely right midfielder and he cant make good crossing. He was hardly to involve in the game due to his position. Liverpool center midfield was alsmot empty and Chelsea was making party at there. Liverpool did not make any danger attempt to Chelsea goal other than the long shoot from Gerrard.
DirK Kuyt - no doubt about his work rate. But it is not enough in a big game. Frankly speaking, I do not think he is a good striker. Same problem again as he cannot run fast - no pace. Without the most important ingredient as a striker, he did nothing in recent matches. Pls ... look at hime, he cant even run faster than a defender. Kuyt is kinda useless too!
Xabi Alonso. He is just too soft and he is not a complete player. Other than his long passes, he hardly contribute to the team as well. He is the defensive midfielder and you hardly see him to win the ball from the opponents. He is running like an old man too and his reaction is just too slow as an defensive midfielder. He always do nothing for the team too!