i think many people here are too biased against rafa. i thought
he did what anyone would have done in his place against
reading.
it wasnt an ultra defensive formation so i dun really know whats
the argument about. and off-form players? starting line-up : reina,
carra, srktel, darby, insua, aurelio, kuyt, gerrard, lucas, torres,
ngog. 4-4-2
really which off these is actually off-form and u could actually
replace them with some1 better other than lucas?
contary to what you may believe, rafa i feel was trying to win
the game trying to attack. in theory this squad rafa fielded
against reading i feel is already an overkill.
his substitutions - ngog for aqua, aurelio for benayoun. to get
more creativity in the pitch and perhaps kill off reading.
carra and srktel did ok. though for the 1st goal srktel could
have done more.
darby did well i feel, insua had a terrible nite. perhaps
aurelio shd come back more often to double team the reading rw.
gerrad was off-form i feel. his passes were majority mis-placed.
lucas as usual giving the ball to the reading players. torres could
and should have won more headers.
overall the team did badly.
but we must understand that reading played freaking well last
nite. coupled with the fact that the pool players were very
lethargic thus the result. tactical-wise i wouldnt blame rafa for
last nite. the players have themselves to blame.