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heggypompom and stiggy talking to himself again

On the downing question, certainly had one of his best games for us, if nothing else he was heavily involved where he has normally gone missing in games.

But I can't help but feel people are over praising him as they are considering this performance with what he's normally like. What was downing bought for? Consistent quality crossing, whilst he got in much better positions numerous times, his crossing (80% of it anyway) was really very poor. Couple of good ones, most notably the cut back for the goal. But most of his crosses wre hopeful punts, completely unaccetable.

He was in so many good positions (and i credit him for that), but wasted it nearly every time. Now he did get an assist so well done to him, hopefully continues to improve and id give him a pat on the back. But certainly those praising his performance as anything over 7 (and based on the no. of wasted crossing opportunities that is generous) are overdoing it.

I only saw the second half so:

Reina - 6.5 - Did ok, good distribution mixed with bad, overall didn't have much to do, but that's not his fault.
Johnson - 4 - I thought he was poor, LuaLua made him look like an amateur, get him off already Kenny
Skrtel - 7.5 - Very solid today, good goal
Carra - 6.5 - Didn't get involved much, did hoof it a bit
Enrique - 7 - Always a threat down the left
Henderson - 5 - not suited to RM, never has been
Gerrard - 7 - Looked good going forward and caused a lot of trouble, but his passing in the final 3rd was terrible - needs to be relieved of defensive duties permanently
Adam - 6.5 - Dodgy tackles, occasionally excellent passing, bit of a mixed bag as usual
Downing - 7.5 - Very much improved performance, looked like he had a bit of confidence, and well worth the assist - does need to stop taking wild shots at goal though
Carroll - 8.5 - Dominated the second half, I felt, good goal well taken - he's starting to look like he's worth the purchase, though not yet the price tag
Suarez - 7.5 - Mercurial, denied off the line a few times, poor penalty, good goal - what we expect, really

Didn't think the subs did much, though Kuyt should have been given the penalty - that's twice Suarez has taken the kick ahead of him and missed.

Good confidence builder ahead of the final - although we didn't score all the goals, it still reads 6-1 and that's our highest number of goals since ... since ... erm ...

outscored by brighton
i had AC rated 35pence at 1 stage- now he is 3.5m imo

Totally disagree, I think Downing had one of his best games for us, Henderson on the other hand was a complete waste of space, we may as well have been playing with 10 men.

Oh no, not another stiggy..

on subject of henderson - does any1 else notice he walks like one of those puppets from the series joe 90

Welcome to the forum highroller, ignore the comments of some of the guys here.

again a dum , stupid reply

Do you want to read what you have just written and then reconsider who lacks intelligence on this forum?