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Villa have woken up and their pace upfront is worrying our defence

doesn't look match fit. Good passing though

Who would have thought that the news of having 2 Brazilians in our centre mid means lack of creativity and flair!

spot on and same for me

I am one of those misguided supporters who still believe in Rafa and believe that soon we will batter a team 6-0 and go on a really good winning run that will catapult us back to the top 4. Friday could be the day (Hopefully)

Blame google chrome, it auto corrected the text for me. I am terrible with my spelling!

It was a specific response to Davvo's argument. Misleading if read in isolation.

Shankly once said: “A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.” I think the opposite of that is our problem at the moment and probably quite few of our players as well. 2 o3 back to back wins and it will all change I assure you and I will remind you of the this post.

Reina Torres Carra and to be far Mascharano was playing well until the sending off. The rest were SH**.

Hiddink's few months with Chelsea masked his previously mediocre club record. You are absolutely right. I use him in my replies because he is the dream name that many tout as the Messiah who will save our club...not an opinion I subscribe to.

Yes, but they have lots of money and afforded to revamp the team few times since his departure. Do we have that luxury? Also, have they won the league or the CL since his departure?

Chelsea were reasonably successful under Morinho, but they sacked to get better....have they after 3 manager....the answer IMO is no! Real Madrid sacked Cappillo after winning the league, did they improve after his sacking? I can't think of any club that has got rid of a manager when they are successful and got better

We had 10 other donkeys on the pitch today, may be he should go in January, but unfair to single him out for the defeat and the sh** performance today

Sorry Ant, while I respect your opinion, I still disagree. You knee jerk reaction is more akin to the likes of Man City and Newcastle. They chopped and changed and specially the latter and look where they are now and if it was not for the Arab investment, City would have been in similar position. Many before the start of last season, thought we were at least 2 year away from realistically challenging for the title, but our form specially in the 2nd half of the season could be argued gave false hopes to this season. The challenge last season and the hope for this season were built on the assumption that the limited funds that Rafa has had would continue. But even that had dried up in the summer. People ignore that it is not only last summer, but the previous 3 or 4 years, we have struggled to compete in the transfer market with the likes of Chelsea, Man U and even Villa and Spurs, yet we continued to bridge the gap on the top 2 last year and we were officially the No 1 club in the European chart. This season is a set back, but Rafa in the previous 4 years has demonstrated IMO enough technical astuteness, capability and style to be given the chance at least until the end of the season. Knee jerk reactions will not get us any where, or perhaps may lead us to where Leeds and Newcastle are now. If you think that a top manager like Hiddink will come to Liverpool because of the brand name, you are wrong. No manager will be willing to jeopardize his reputation in the knowledge that no funds are available for him to revamp the team.

I don't usually agree with all your views, but this is exactly my view as well. Just 12 months we were top of the pile and Rafa does not become a bad manager after a bad spell

True, but the stat sky just showed is telling, despite our dominance, Portsmouth have 3 shots on target and we have NONE! The story of our season, great at keeping the ball, but no creativity or cutting edge

You will have a massive target there, he makes Wiley looks like a lean machine

Gerrard is shocking, slow, lethargic, not interested, robbed easily of the ball, short passes....every thing that is not the Steve G we know!

F****** rugby tackle on Torres that and goes unpunished!

Portsmouth are in the game now. We must not concede during this spell

Well done Nando...great spirit to get the corner

Hellllo.............................. we are all waiting for an update...are you feeling better now, we are all worried

Rafa's biggest mistake is he attacked Ferguson last year. His animosity towards Morinho, the Special One, and even Mr Cool, Arsene Weneger. 3 of the finest manager to grace the PL. Add to that his attack on poor Kilinsmann and Souness last week. But why did he stop short and not attack Keysee and Gray! On a serious note, the one thing that I think that Rafa got wrong, was to buy a second super star striker to back Torres this year. People may say that he did not have the money or his wallet was taken from his pocket, or he ran out of funds or what ever, but having invested 18M in Johnson and 20M in AA, for me the priority even though we were free scoring last season was a top class back up/partner to Torres. This season may have been so different!

Did not this Urine team beat Barca in Spain? I thought they are supposed to be very good. I was hoping for an easier draw

The positive spin on that is how an average player with hardwork, great reading of the game, dedication and passion has over come his limitation and for a while established himself as the best in the PL if not the world. Any player peaks and troughs and carra is going through a phase at the moment which yes has impacted the team and certainly the defence, but he is not the scapegoat! Well done Carra on a fantastic career and hope by the time you reach 700, you have added 2 PL's and a CL medal to your collection