Firstly, if KK had a fully fit squad with no cup-tied players I'm not even sure Carrol would have started ! but to give a new lad his first full 90 mins in Cup match was a mistake in my eyes, tactics had to be altered to suit Carrol and Carragher was the guy used to feed him, it didn't work so he's now getting the blame , just like he got the praise in Turkey !
We're out now and there's F**k all we can do about it, Braga countered our tactics excellently, shouldn't they be given credit for that ?
Kuyt's getting sh*t for the amount of offsides, but his role has changed since Torres left, he's not used to having to beat the trap, and again is a knockout match the palce try such a tactic ?
People are saying we performed better in Europe under Woy, WE DID but we played easier teams, when it gets to the knock out stages of any European Competition your playing the BEST it doesn't matter if you've never heard of them !
We're a club in transistion in every sense of the word, Owners, Debt, Manager, Players, competitions lad last but not least fans, SOME are so fickle they think a returning hero AFTER one tremendous win against the scum is gonna walk rough shod over everything in front of him with basically the same team that Woy Left him !
KK needs as much time as Rafa got and just as much patience from the fans, if it means a season or two with no European football then so be it !
Name me 1 English club who has achieved total domination of the English and European game without a manager being in charge for less than six years or having the foundations in place before he took over, we're trying to replicate the Success of the 70's and 80's (which began in '59 remember!) within six months of a take over, FFS !
I very rarely comment on games as I'm not as tactically aware as most of you, by the time I've THOUGHT of what I want to type someones already posted it , but when it comes to being passionate I squeal like a banshee when we score and cry when we win or lose big finals and I'm 50 this year!
I'm gutted that we're out BUT I'm not blaming one person, be it a player or manager, all we can do now is deal with the rest of the season which means winning our remaining games starting this Sunday.
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