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The spine of the team is still there, along with Merieles, he's only going to get better as he gets uset to things and i have high hopes for him.

Aslong as hodgson chooses to play the correct style of football we have the team to fly back up the table, along with a few nice transfers in jan we can go along way with NESV behind us. But for now we just rely on the current crop playing like that every week, granted Blackburn are a poor side but we did play well apart from a couple of silly mistakes.

I think Carra is rapidly approaching the end as much as it pains me to say it. Soto needs to be in the starting 11, he's a massive aerial threat, he looked like scoring everytime the ball was crossed towards the box yesterday, he's shocking everyone, clever signing from Rafa.

what get my goat is idiots phoning after games slagging off the same players all the time because its fasionable to do so.for instance after yesterdays game a guy from winsford saying lucas was crap against blackburn . all i can say is that guy muat have a fantastic mode of transport to get to winsford so rapidly because is waqs still walking down arkles lane .either that or he did not actually see the game in which case he should not comment lucas may not be our greatest player but just to slag him of blindly is not the way for the lads progress

you get an awful lot of people who just listen to other peoples comments on the game and players abilitys and just echo what they have heard somewhere else, i honestly find that if i go deep into convo abar footy with alot of people it shows after abit they don't have a fuuckin clue because they just repeat the little bit they already know.

This is what happens with the Lucas situation, people are uset to Lucas not bein much good so every game just for the sake of chatting out there arse they will jump on the bandwagon and slate him. They slip up tho when Lucas say has a half decent game or is by far from the worst on the pitch and there still targeting him, shows lack of football knowledge thats all.

That

1. We got in the oppositions faces
2. Gave them no time on the ball
3. Played with a high tempo
4. Played players in there proper positions
5. Created chances
6. Got the ball into nandos feet rather than just using him as a target man feeding off scraps
7. Passing was sharp aswell

that's not happened this season and I can only think that the players had a meeting with Roy and said they wernt happy with his tactics cus that isn't a Roy hodgeson tactics or type of performance that we've seen this season under him

OK just want to focus on yesterday's performance and give marks out of 10 for each player.

Reina = 8 for that great throw that almost lead to a goal. And because the man just has so much presence. Great leader and put all that rumour crap about wanting to leave to one side. Totally committed.
Konchesky = 6.5 I found his game satisfying. He always looks a bit overwhelmed to me. He tries hard but needs to realise who he's playing for and it ain't Fulham. I think he'll get better.
Kyrgiakos = 9 I've always liked this player. Great find and cheap. He was without a doubt the best player out there. I like his attitude. Committed and passionate. A winner.
Carragher = 6 I don't feel reassured when he's got the ball in front of goal and yesterday proved that. He's nervy and can make the others around him nervy too. Time to pull him back a bit now and get someone else in to learn the ropes.
Skrtel = 6,5 Played OK yesterday but he can be hit or miss. Edgy at the end. Tough though.
Raul Meireles = 8 Played well yesterday. Better attitude than most of the "star players" out there, looks promising. I like what I see. He's got passion.
Gerrard = 7.5 got his passing skills back again. And in this match he was more consistent than in others. He tends to come in and out of matches.
Cole = 7 A bit like Gerrard tends to come in and out of matches too. I think he is struggling to fit in with the team. I hope he improves soon.
Maxi = 7.5 God what a difference when he plays well. He's been abysmal up till now. Played well yesterday
Lucas 7.5 Thought his passing was flowing and brought us more forward options in comparsion to Poulsen. Dodgy fouls though. Gives them away in dangerous positions. If you're gonna foul do it further back.
Torres = 8 cos he scored that goal. Hope he starts to improve from now on. I'm not sure about his passion these days. His commitment seems to be a bit low.

OK thoughts please.

carragher is woefull, hes been way past his best for the last 2 years now, against man u he was absolutely shocking but did nt seem to recieve any criticism, i like carragher, was a good defender in the past and speaks his mind about the club, but hes been bad now for 2 years.

wait till we are at bolton top team no doubt according to roy

I don't think people should judge him on last season he was playing with full backs who where constantly getting dragged out of position which then brings him out aswell. Also full backs didn't do enough stopping players beating then easy and putting in dangerous crosses

Its all about a midfield trio of Lucas, Meireles and Gerrard. No Poulsen, this way we're more offensive, with swift passing. Lucas is only getting better, along with his passing, getting the ball out of our half faster. No need for Stevie G as CM either as Meireles is cleaning everything up. In Jan, Poulsen, Maxi and Babel out and World Class Winger in.

Also, I noticed that when we scored, the players celebrated as a team with almost everybody in the huddle. It made me think that something had definitely gone on behind the scenes between the players (and possibly, the Manager) which somehow bonded the players together.