Comments on: Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool Carling Cup Player Ratings and Analysis

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:42:27 +0000

It’s hilarious that some here are criticising Kyrgiakos. He’s just come, has barely had time to settle and has been our better centre-back in every game he’s played. He needs to be starting!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:21:43 +0000

I think that both teams played good football and either side could have won. However ref was a bit biased to Arsenal because Aquilani’s amazing backflip volley at the end of the second half came off Senderos’s hands in the box when it was on target. The Italian played very nicely with lots of class hope he gets a game against Fulham. Also Senderos played Voronin onside when the ref said he was off. Although Voronin played a bad game and I think we should sell him for a bit of money especially as we never play him.

By: RaNE

RaNE — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:14:10 +0000

i dont get people in here sometimes but was it me or where people saying that Degen was crap and needed sold but now hes turned heads and people are startin to notice he is an ok lb and could play sub

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:23:19 +0000

Arsenal is a best team. They win their youth players. Liverpool is good too but arsenal is the best

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:59:27 +0000

plessis, not good enough, lacks the drive to ever be a viera
voronin , never gonna be the main man , better a big fish in a small pond, back to deutschland
babel, needs to be sold for someone with a heart
kyrgiakos, stopgap that needs remailing to greece
degen, he is fast, lacking a brain in the final third
spearing, unsure really
lucas, i have always defended lucas and i wont stop now, i think the media and the liverpool faithful have damaged him, sure at times he was out of his depth ie game against fulham , but then its rafa s fault for leaving him in there, everyone has a bad day soemtime, starting to show his qualities
gerrard, poor start to the season , he is getting old maybe????, worrying thought, but maybe not with aquilani promising more
aquilani, always been a fan of his , very graceful elegant footballer, could be a gem
torres, god
carragher , losing a yard of pace but still valuable at the back
kuyt, love him and hate him
mascherano, needs to start stringing performances together , we miss his bite in midfield when he is not there
reina, at times overrated, at times fantastic, brilliant shotstopper and with the ball at his feet
insua, nice finish
johnson good player just leaves an imbalance sometimes when he is attacking so much , that needs addressing
yossi, touches of class but often goes missing
riera , great on the ball not fast enough to be a winger, unsure what to do with him , give him more time maybe
ngog, promising front man , needs to learn that killer instinct and a sense of directness from torres, if he can do that he will be brilliant , remains to be seen

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:38:38 +0000

These ratings are a bit of a joke, if Voronin was an 8.5 then i must have been watching a different game.

By: KALKITOS

KALKITOS — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:37:29 +0000

anonymous – October 29th, 2009 at 10:50 am

“Aquilani looks superb. Another great signing from Rafa. It’s a shame that certain fans only see the bad signings and forget the good ones.”

Well, only a few Rafa haters are the ones shouting their heads off as if global warming is also his fault. I recalled those few were complaining that Rafa’s a no brainer buying Aquilani who is injured. From last night’s performance and still not 100% match fit, I think Aquilani gives strong hints he’s going to be a bargain. That at the same time also indicates those few shouting their heads off clearly are just banging their empty gong without having even seen the player.

They were complaining Rafa doesn’t play Babel. Oooo…how he hasn’t start enough, if only he starts in the middle he would be the next Henri in no time. So Rafa’s fault again. I am no footy genius but anybody who plays the game a bit can tell Babel’s may be quick but you wish his thinking can match up to his running speed. Whether he refuses to link well with others or he is partially blind or deaf to other team mate’s call who are in better position to shoot/pass, I don’t know. What I know is that he doesn’t link very well with others. You need that to lead the attack in the middle. Rafa has been gracious to start him on the wings because I wouldn’t even bother until he gets his attitude sorted out.

Those same few were complaining why Degen? I confess I don’t know much about him but at least many of us in that same position kept our mouth shut when we haven’t really seen him play. It looks like he can be decent player but lacking in match fitness too. Those few Rafa haters again show themselves to actually know very little.

Well, I wasn’t a big supporter of Rafa from the beginning but must say while not everything is flourishing, he has won me over with certain progress. But these few were crapping about how ‘mate…at least were consistent right from the beginning that we feel strongly Rafa isn’t the man to take us forward….we didn’t change our mind….we stuck to it.’ Ah…now I see! That says it all. No matter what Rafa does, they’ve already decided to crucify him on the cross anyway! Sounds like the stubborn one is not Rafa. Pot calling the kettle black, eh?

By: dave

dave — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:44:57 +0000

what the fuck is the point in having .5 in the ratings?

By: Mark G.

Mark G. — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:40:56 +0000

Aquilani4goals:
This is a continuation of my response (today at 7:56p.m) where I responded to his post on the owners at 7:04 p.m.
5. Could the same fate befall LFC. Yes, it can. To have a fate of our team decided by two risk-taking, promise you anything you want to hear, before we sign the selling documents, businessman with less than succesfull past, does not instill much confidence. We need ownership with class, integrity, understanding and respect for the history of LFC, and last but not least resources to keep us competitive in the new reality of the English Premiership league. And yeas, I acknowledge improvements in marketing and busines to bring the club into the 21 Century.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:29:40 +0000

Aquilani looked Alonso esc, with some of his passing, Degan looked v.good nice to see that, should have scored really, wont hold it against him though, insua’s strike was quality like to see abit more of that. Voronin started abit poor by the end was chasing down and pressuring the Arsenal defence good to see, Ngog looked like he had alot of confidence after his goal against united, Spearing following in Gerrard’s large foot steps shame about the shooting though lol. Kyrgiakos steady as a rock great buy at 1.5m, Plessis looked storng in midfield promising. Good game not the result we where after but what the hell only those dirty manc’s and the yiddos care about this cup anyway.