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Originally Posted by felldoh

Not a local, but...

Hopefully Degen comes in, instead of putting Carra on the right and Skrtel in the middle, though I suspect Rafa will do the latter. If that doesn't work then Masch would work well when he gets back. Carra and Agger seem to have finally stabilized the defense a bit, and Insua is growing in confidence, though his marking is still suspect as fuck at times. I think it would be better to plug in a new piece than shift things around, especially considering Skrtel's level of play recently. Johnson really seemed to be regressing, I think the Arsenal game had murdered his confidence so the time off might end up working well for him.

I was more excited about Ruud before Ngog scored like 5 goals in 6 games or something when Torres was out. Though Ngog seems to have disappeared for whatever reason. I think the World Cup will make Ruud hungry as ever and for that reason is well worth the pickup, at least for the rest of the season. Plus he can play the solo target that Torres plays, and since Rafa is hellbent on avoiding the 4-4-2, that's pretty important for a Liverpool striker.

Aquilani is looking promising, though he is fucking fragile. The problem with the Lucas/Masch pairing is that they're both defensive holding midfielders that provide nothing to the attack, which means Liverpool is basically playing with 4.5 attackers (Torres, Gerrard, Kuyt, Yossi/Aurelio and sometimes the relevant back). Aquilani is quick and thinks forward and provides another capable attacker. Gerrard isn't the same this year so they need anything remotely creative right now. I think the talent is there he just needs to survive physically.

thx for the insight...btw didn't mean you were from merseyside area just assumed you were from ingerland based on past knowledgeable responses. ;-D

[felldoh]

Looks like no RVN. Maxi Rodriguez is interesting though, anything to get Kuyt off the pitch.

[Exiled]

I heard possibly van der Vaart too. I have no probs with Kuyt, in fact I like him. My thing would be do anything to get Lucas off. The defense is also completely shot and now more so with Johnson gone. Jamie is a pylon basically at this point.

[felldoh]

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Hopefully.

[felldoh]

I can't decide what's worse:

1. Liverpool's attack

2. Dirk Kyut

3. Lee Mason

4. Jamie Carragher

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[felldoh]

Back in 4th.

[Shredder]

We lost to Hull yesterday. I don't know what to say.....

Good job Liverpool on clawing a way back up. But it is still going to be a tight finish for 3rd-4th.

[felldoh]

This is a pretty spectacular collapse by Chelsea.

[mygirlu]

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