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Face it mate, with our lack of options on the bench, one of them is bound to play at some point.

I suppose he's pretty good if he has the power to attract goal-kicks towards himself...

You listening to Martin Tyler too?

Seriously, what a classy bunch of goals for Liverpool..

All warnie666 stated was that Torres tries hard at defending but is not good at it. For example, the two-footed challenge against Swansea which got him a red card, and then there's the goal he nearly gave away when he came on against Barcelona (thankfully ruled offside).

Not vouching for his place in the final, but he did put Man City to the sword, scored against Liverpool as a sub and also created trouble for Evra and co. when playing at the bridge.

Most of the time under DiMatteo, he has started on the left wing, except against Arsenal and N.Castle. Ironically he scored from there against QPR. The obvious con is that he might lose the mentality of a striker, but the team is more important now at this stage.

Bring him back. He seems to have lost his skill, and will soon lose his sanity.

Of all of AVB's strong points, motivation wasn't the best of them imo. As far as Scolari goes, the less said, the better. Besides, he was out with a knee injury for a significant period during Scolari's reign and when he came back, the team's form was in shambles. Not too different was Ancelloti's last season. Only difference was he played through his illness, and recovered a semblance of full fitness only by Feb.

Its not like he didn't contribute anything before that this season. Fact is, the guy needs to be motivated to do something. If the manager can keep him interested, why not have him as a squad option?

He was tossed up into the air quite a few times. The guys's just more laid-back, when compared to Hiddink or Ancellotti. Same goes for Mata and Torres.

You could say that, but when even the 2nd choice keeper doesn't play much in a season, that kind of exposure a 3rd choice keeper gets would count for little. I do think Hilario should be moved on though. He's become a bit injury prone this season as well.

Its always good to have at least one experienced keeper as backup...I would have preferred Cudicini, but Hilario's not bad either.

Ignore it mate...I've been doing that since this Feb for obvious reasons.

LMAO at Essien's pants getting pulled down during the celebration...

Said it before, but this man has assisted more than 80% of Didier's goals. A really underrated combination.

Love how Drogba gives credit to Lampard...more than 80% of his goals from the no.8

Really? I saw him posing for a pic with Didier, just the two of them holding the cup...was smiling then.

I think it had more to do with fatigue...it showed against N.castle..Towards the end, the Livi players had better recovery rates and were able to move quicker

There you go.

He's still doing the hold-up play pretty well though.

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We're about to play Liverpool, and the tripe has begun to roll out..

Lol...I wonder why RDM has to worry for his "safety" when he hasn't even become permanent yet..