How can people blame internationals? Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Reina, Arebloa, Agger and Mascherano all go on international duty this week? Yet we managed to keep a clean sheet. So if our defensive players can cope with club football after international football, so can the forward players. International football is a poor excuse in my opinion. Also from what I've read and saw Torres was our best player, a lad who was on international duty, whereas Keane who didn't play because of the injury has been slaughtered.
I watched footy first last night in the early hours and thought we were just had a poor game. It looked very much like the Liverpool we saw in the early weeks of the season where we cryin out for that spark of magic. The problem is, that spark of magic is more of often than not from our skipper and unfortunately he wasn't playin. We can blame the selection policy, but other than Lucas, it was our best XI. One player doesn't make the rest of that best XI play badly, I don't care what anybody says on that point. Lucas' inclusion doesn't make Keane play badly, doesn't make Agger give the ball away far too frequently in the early moments of the match, doesn't make Aurelio refuse to cross the half way line, doesn't make Kuyt's first touch as good as a six year old's. It was a bad team performance, the substitutions added something but not enough. Xabi kept the ball, but didn't have much impact going forward (tactics or decison is up for debate) Babel was poor again from what I saw. El Zhar looked lively again, one or two decent crosses but not enough forwards willin to attack the ball.
Again, it was a bad team performance.
I don't think fans should be booin our own players but they do pay hard earned money and have every right to voice their opinion. It's very easy for fans who don't go the match to say "it's a disgrace booin your own players" well you go and take their seat so they can't boo. You spend your money, give up your time and sit there with a huge grin on your face when we draw 0-0 at home with Fulham. The players need to realise that the fans aren't happy. I see nobody is complainin about the constant chants of "Xabi Alonso" which is the fans way of booin Benitez' selection. The match was only going for about ten minutes, before the first Alonso chant (when he wasn't warmin up either). It's the same thing, but because that's not an actual "boo" that seems OK. Well where's the f***in difference? Fans are entitled to their opinion at the ground, just as much as those in their houses are entitled to theirs.
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