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Delf and Albrighton have looked up for it even though no-one else has

I've seen enough, **** this utter shit - **** off Houllier

He's not even had a transfer window and has got more walking wounded than the red cross at the moment. :| What a ridiculous complete over reaction. Let's see where we are at the end of the season. Relegated

so much for our new defensive shape! Martin Jol left Ajax - GET HIM IN

I predicted 4:0 to Liverpool, i don't think i am going to be proved wrong.

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Losing to Liverpool reserves - WHAT A **** JOKE! There are no excuses anymore

Armchair pundits check list Our best striker: Gabby missing - even if he doesn't get goals his pace terrifies defences and he gets down the channels Our captain: Petrov missing - and i do think he should get rested more and not be an automatic starter but we have missed him Our best central defender missing: Cuellar - ok maybe not the best but I do think he makes less mistakes than Dunne and Collins Our best winger missing: Albrighton He may burn out after 60 mins but he takes so much pressure off the defence by keeping possession and attacking. NRC missing: Just when he started to show the form that made us think he was worthy of the shirt he gets injured Downing wasted on the right - just when he started to look the part he has to be switched to his poorer side. Much as I rate Bannan he needs protection, he can't really tackle or offer defensive cover - which is what we need. Delf, Hogg, Herd we don't really know yet if they are as good as we hope or think Clark looks good but is he a midfielder or a defender? Warnock - never have seen such a fairly decent player play so badly, needs to be rested and given the chance to sort his sh*t out. Collins - Not fit, not been great when fit either Dunne - Better today but making costly mistakes all season Pires - should be player brought on after an hour to provide some creativity and set pieces, should never start a match.

Friedel 7: Can't really blame him although at least one of the goals he could have done better Young: 5 - Gave ball away and part responsible for the first goal Collins: 4 - Too gung ho and responsible for plenty of dumb defending - was he fit? Dunne: 6 - Best of a bad defence Warnock: 4 - Utter utter donkey A Young: 5 - Useful at times but can't cross from the right Downing: 4 - Woefully ineffective Bannan: 5 - Did ok but didn't really contribute much of note either Clark: 8 - Really looks like a Prem player and great first goal! Pires: 4 - Should never have started, not got the legs to track back or tackle Carew: 5 - Same old same old, holds the ball up well, loses the ball easily going forward - didn't have a shot on goal. Subs: Ireland 6 - We looked better when he came on started to make the midfield tick Delfouneso 5 - Again we had more threat when he came on but didn't do anything that exciting Herd: To little time to rate We need some big physical defensive bodies in midfield and in defence, NRC and Cuellar will help when fit but i think Houllier needs to buy a spine to this team. Ref: 6 - Nothing too controversial Manager: 4 - The decision to start Pires and Carew cost him anything from this match

oh what a cu*ting surprise

Arsenal get so **** lucky with balls falling to them

Downing should play left and Young behind the striker - but without Albrighton we can't do this - can Ireland not go wide midfield or Bannan?

Can Young cross?

Brazil U14 Women's side

ok yes the young players are carrying the team, my bad

how many balls have we **** up in this game is it a record?

Not really sure the kids ARE carrying the team

Young can't cross for shit on the right

Houllier has never had access to the (allegedly) best eleven that O'Neill finished 6th with, every game we lose a player, every game we start a different 11. Even players coming back from injury need a game or two to get their sharpness back - which means we are constantly playing catch up. If we lose another senior player we will be looking at a relegation battle, if we don't buy some new players in Jan we will continue to falter. What a goal from Clark though! I thought Pires would be a player brought on as a sub occasionally and played wide not starting central attacking midfielder???

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Friedel: 9 - Superb all round keeping display Luke Young: 8 - Shows why he should never be dropped again, two important blocks and an excellent clearing header. Collins: 5 - By no means bad but still exposed to often Dunne: 6 - Looked ok until he went off injured and was missed in the second half (sub) Cuellar: 5 - Didn't seem to bring any confidence to a a fairly awful defensive performance all round Warnock: 4 - Utter rubbish, should have conceded a penalty Downing: 4 - Just as bad, offered absolutely nothing Ireland: 5 - What he did he did well but most of the time he was totally anonymous and didn't look match fit (sub) Carew: 6 - Looked dangerous when he came on but the team round him had already given up the ghost by then Petrov: 6 - Hard to fault him really but couldn't raise the team Albrighton: 6 - Looked inspired for 20 mins and then could do very little to influence the game, totally pointless switching him to the left Gabby: 4 - Awful first touch and offered very little threat despite his attacking running, made Zat Knight look like a world class defender! Ash Young: 7 - Was everywhere and scored a great free kick but faded fast in the second half though McDonald: 4 - Wrongly dropped NRC when we needed a strong midfield, brought Carew on far too late and once again persisted with Albrighton and Downing switching wings despite the fact it didn't and has never paid off.

We were hoofing long balls to Ashely Young, and Gabby was crossing balls from the left to him in the centre??? It wasn't Young's fault but we can't play him as a centre forward. He needs to be back on the wing or even behind Carew, but he can't play that far forward. I would have even put him on the left and tucked Downing inside and left Gabby as a lone CF, but time and time again McDonald has picked the wrong team and wrong formation, although contrastingly we actually pass and keep possession much better than we did with O'Neill but we aren't playing to our strengths. Also I am sick of Petrov, everyone defends our captain and says how good he is and he works hard, but he doesn't do anything to change games, he passes backwards or sideways, he offers little defensive options, in my opinion he gives 100% but that 100% is very very average. He and Warnock are just not playing well and defensively Dunne and Collins is not always the great answer we think it is, Cuellar and Dunne was far more convincing. Ireland and NRC would be my midfield pairing of choice, but i would go 5 man midfield and one up front until we stop making the stupid defensive mistakes.

all very well introducing new blood but the old guard needs to pull its poxy finger out first

We need stability Lerner needs to show some balls by showing we are still capable of actually buying some **** new players with the Milner money and appointing a decent manager that will give the side a much needed boost! I like Mac but he doesn't seem to want the job and who can blame him, we are going backwards and we need a big personality to turn this team around and weed out the crap which there is plenty of here