Rafa has been picked on constantly by the press and some supporters of always rotating his starting 11. However if you look at the facts for the first 6 games of the league campaign you will find that the roation has been in European ties and for the league cup.
In the 6 games so far the following have played all 6 games.. Reina, Arbeloa,Carra, Kuyt and Keane. 5 of the 6 games we have seen Skrtel Dossena Alonso and Torres. So 9 players have started at least 5 games. Plus Gerrard on 4 after being injured and Riera playing all 3 since he arrived you effectively have 11 players who seem to be now always picked. Masch when fit will obviously step in at someones expense but you can see that it definitely blows the rotation myth away this season.
One other thing worth noting is Babel has not started one game so does Rafa see him now as a super sub or his he just not delivering enough over 90 minutes?
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