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We need to get aguero. rafa last time 2006 had the option to buy him n he was urged by torres, but wat did we buy, robbie....k!! moreover, rafa told he did not regret not buying aguero, now he must regret it. imagine torres n kun upfront, the league ours. Luk at mancs, they were very strong upfront, they can concede 3 goals but wil score 4. I hate to say tht but its true. now its up to u rafa n co. wat u want. every its we dont have the money. And u said manure spoiled the market, yes rite. but when rafa had the option to buy at 20mil, he rejected it, now pay more than that....

i thought our midfield was ok, but improved when gerrard went back in there when masch went off. he started spreading the ball around and created chances. the simple answer is to put gerrard in midfield, clone him, & put him upfront as well!

Scannerman, you`re right. We either need a quality midfielder so Gerrard can stay up front, or bring him back as an attacking mid next to Masch and get a quality forward. I suppose it all depends on where Rafa wants to play Aquilani? If he`s going to take the attacking mid slot then we should have a decent run.

The whole pre season has been poor. You cant flick a switch and change to a winning team when the prem starts. Winning and losing is a habit and we cant afford to get off to a bad start in the prem or we will be out of it by October!

At the end of last season we needed a right back, a right winger and a striker. We have one out of three. I hope Rafa has something up his sleeve.

yep, we definitely looked much better when Gerrard moved back to midfield, the last 15 mins really came alive, our play improved considerably. Lucas was really quite impressive at times & Mascherano passed sweetly throughout!

(Trying to be optimistic here)

Gerrard's position is determined - from a tactical perspective - by the opposition's Centre Midfield. if you play an open match, where wingers can use the space on the flanks and strikers can make intelligent runs, then Gerrard would be best in Centre Midfield.

but when you play in a closed match (e.g. against Chelsea), the midfield needs to be so tight, which Gerrard would not be the best player there.

Not for the first time we have a poor and lacklustre pre season, and I do sometimes wonder what is gained by travelling thousands of miles to play games, and never get out of first gear, never play a settled side, and never get into the scoring habit. Winning is a great confidence booster, and would have done the payers good to have had a pre season with a good result.

I know people say that it is all about fitness, and I get that, but it is not only fitness that wins matches, it is also scoring goals and we have seldom seemed able to do that.

To expect players to suddenly improve on that when the season starts is not logical and I am concerned that, as is often the way, we wont get into our proper stride until the second half of the season - again!

I hope I am wrong though.

The problem with selling players is ypu need someone who wants to buy them.

Two words people.......Pre Season.

It means nothing.

We weren't overly impressive last pre season either.

Emp have you seen Rafa's pre-season notes on the offal? He's saying that your mate Lucas has been the best player so far Just made me laugh when I read it that's all