Rotation

edi_77777 SG · 2006-10-15T18:14:15+00:00

I don't think he can win all home games in the 1st place and they now draw with blackburn and no such thing as they plan which match they should win lose or...

edi_77777 SG

I'm getting kinda sick of this rotation system..

And i'm very tired to see Gerrard playing on the right, regardless we win anot..

And it make me more sick to see him playing on the left!

And i cant understand, why keep crouch on the bench when he is scoring?

Rotation keep players fresh, yes i understand and accept it but does that mean playing out of position?

Does that mean keeping someone who is scoring on the bench and field one who scored on debut but have not found the net since then?

Rafa, please justified your rotation system cos its not consistant at all...

I rather see the Liverpool of last season, win games with minimum fuss, solid defence...

Hope I wont see a UP and DOWN Liverpool for too long....

Poolman SG

U are lacking some faith in Benitez ..... have faith will win eventually .

This is his first season he has the luxury of players to chose from , so it's fair to rotate among the players , and it's up to the selected players to perform .

Benitez is doing fine , not too bad with the new adopted system .

What fans like us needed to do now , it's to have patient , and judge only at the end of the season .

We are experimenting new changes , any new changes , there'll be a transistion period .

And it's good to rotate , and it's very good in terms of long term performances .

We saw big problems last season when we played almost the same 22's week-in week-out , which i thought it's too hectic for some players , yes we do get results , but eventually , it's not a long term solution .

No worries pal .

RSP SG

Rotation is only effective when you are winning games...

What for protect the players but end up with no points....

Besides, it should be done in moderation...the spine of the team should be preserved and consistent...

Poolman SG

What i understand from Benitez's interviews , we need 95 points to win the EPL ..... his philosophy is to win all home games , that is 18 x 3 = 54 points , and the rest of the 18 away games , we must get at 41 points , that is , 2.27 points , meaning he calculated which game is a must win , which can afford a draw , and which we can don't win .

It's not a secret he has a plan or all the fixtures .

And 95 points is a record , and only Chelsea and Arsenal managed to get that record .

So maybe that is his target , who know , maybe just like in 1989 , Arsenal just managed to get a win over us us at Anfield , that took the Championship from us . Arsenal only get 89 points that year .

Also maybe , UCL is Liverpool's target , maybe getting 85 points is just good enough to get inot the UCL .

85 pts - 54 points = 31 points , 31 points divided by 18 = 1.722 points .

Have a think about it .

Poolman SG

It's also not a secret it's not possible to go all out and win all matches , especially we have FA CUP , UCL , CARLING CUP and The EPL altogether into our tight fixtures .

Any alternatives , beside rotating ?

stellazio SG

eh i thought he say this season will be closer den ever. maybe even 75 points good enough to win?

rotating is good, but why so early into the season?

798 SG

i feel rafa should stick to player who is on fire, someone like crouch.

ghimpheng SG

based on what poolman say which match LFC win , draw or lose seems to be planned out by benitez so...........I did not knew that

Sheff Utd 1 - 1 Liverpool
Everton 3 - 0 Liverpool
Chelsea 1 - 0 Liverpool
Bolton 2 - 0 Liverpool

Liverpool actually planned to draw with sheff utd and Lose to Everton , Chelsea And Bolton

I say that LFC will only get Maximum points of 72 points this season and this season benitez said that he want to challange the EPL title ? now poolman u are saying now he aiming for fourth place ? I think if you are aiming only for fourth place u only need to get 68 points to ensure a champions league qualifying place

ghimpheng SG

GK - Reina

LB - Riise
CB - Agger
CB - Carragher
RB - Finnan

LMF - Mark.Gonz/Fabio.Aur
CMF - Sissoko
CMF - Gerrard
RMF - Pennant

CF - Crouch
CF - Bellamy

Alonso have to be scarifice for the sake of the team and this formation is put according to benitez 4-4-2

798 SG

reina is gettin kinda off-form, is it time to bench him?

ghimpheng SG

dudek ? erm no idea reina.....erm ask benitez

Poolman SG

We have to play to fit the UCL fixtures as well , this period is crucial , there will be a time when there'll be no UCL , and we'll have , do-or-die must win matches .

Again , we saw Chelsea , MU and Everton dropping points as well . As what Stellazio had said , it'll be tight , someone from the top will drop points like us .

Poolman SG

During the month of September , we played 7 matches , plus the qualifier against Maccabi Haifa in August , and most lads just came back from a month of hectic World Cup , rotation is inevitable .

Considering MU played 5 games for September , 6 for Chelsea . 6 for Gunners too .

Or the players will be burn-out before the season ends .

We shall see by December , this month is crucial for the race , now too early .

edi_77777 SG

Hopefully it will really pay off.. and hopefully we still in title race...

RSP SG

Plan to lose games?????

Are you sure that is the right way to go???? Sounds riduculous to me..

ghimpheng SG

it is just his opinion that Rafeal Benitez "Planned" all these i doubt Liverpool was planning to lose to Everton and Liverpool are out of the equation now...........Left Arsenal , Man Utd And Chelsea

miaomiao11 SG

i dun think poolman meant benitez "planned to lose" those games but he is trying to say that benitez had calculated that liverpool can afford to lose those games but still in the title race. Smile

Poolman SG

Not plan to lose games intentional , some games has much more priority , like UCL matches ....believe it or not , it's obvious the approach of the game is diffferent when we playing away for EPL , nothing of a sour grapes here , just that Benitez believe it's not possible to use the best 11's for most matches , just to win one match , and lose three later .

EPL is not easy like most would anticipate , it's a different ball game in EPL . Even the best clubs has to tussle with different line-up for the next matches , and dropping games like Carling Cup .

I hope i am not the only with such opinion .

ghimpheng SG

put your best 11 every game for epl league games

as injury affect ur players selection and u won't be able to play the same 11 all the time and this also means that u got rotate @ least 1 player and sometimes manager do small changes but not Every single time even though your best player is not injure and you are not going to play it ?

Poolman SG

Laughing Finally Crouch complaint of his lacking in first team action despite his good scoring form . ironically he's happy as it is .