KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum has babel played his last game?

regarding todays story in the papers i can't really agree with him, i know it must be frustrating being in and out of the side all the time but he just hasn't performed from day 1 and his body language against Spurs tell me he's playing with 0 confidence.

i hope he has because its not his confidence that is the problem - it is his application ...... lazy [oops] needs to go now

yes, i would dump him in the reserves. he has a poor game game after game.

He's one of the few players we have that actully threatens the opposition and is a better last half hour throw of the dice than Voronin. His touch isn't the best but his confidence is low and it's up to the manager to make him a better not a worse player. When he arrived he more effective and was tipped to be as a potential great. What I fear is that we'll let him go, keep the hard working but uninspiring Kuyt and watch Babel perform as he'd initially promised elsewhere.

Give him another season - and play him ahead of Voronin.

i agree with that Voronin part, the thing is Babel has got a poor attitude.

carling cup , lone striker that will pick him up abit .

i think babel has bags of ability he just hasnt shown it often enough in a liverpool shirt, at ajax and the u21 championships he was awesome, thats what makes him so frustrating! he clearly has the ability he just doesnt show it. rafa really needs to try and get the best out of him. hes the only wide player in our squad thats direct and runs at defenders, for a full back theres nothing worse. he had johnson in knots when englang played holland recently, bet johnson didnt enjoy that game too much. unlike voronin, he could give 110% he'd still be garbage!

i think babel will be one of the best players in the world alas not at liverpool

Only one person to blame for the Babel fiasco and thats the fat spanish waiter. Different players need to be treated in different ways and Babel is a confidence player, there is no way in a million years playing him for a game then leaving him out for three throughout a season no matter how well he plays is going to help him develop. For a start he has never played him in his best position up front for a run of games and when he has played him he has always played him on the left when he is all right foot, totaly out of position. Am not saying Babel has a good attitude or anything like that I just think he has been treated very shabbily by a manager who does'nt know his ar*e from his elbow. I notice he never leaves Kuyt out no matter how bad he plays it always seems to be the easy target scapegoat players like Babel and Benyoune. Funny the way he has treated probably 3 out of our only 5 most skillful players so cheap and shabbily Babel, Benyoun and Xabi Alonso, maybe there is a pattern developing, please BENITEZ go now for the good of the club you incompetent fool.

sorry i disagree totally on this one ged - how you can lay the blame for this at rafa's door is beyond me! babel was told to work harder in training and prove himself and he would be given a run of games but he hasn't done so ...... the other players call him a lazy [oops] ...... this is down to babel - if he listened and put the effort in he would have been given a chance - the problem is 99% babel

i do understand what you are saying about him needing a different treatment but he has to improve his attitude to play with a big club ...... he thinks he has already made it and therein is the problem - he doesn't think he needs to make improvements to his game!!