Re: Liverpool Thread
Peter Eyres said:
and could actually pass people
....and then run into the goal post? :lol:
Baros was ok...but I still consider him as a squad player than anything else. I was just shocked when I see him playing so well for the national side.
Besides, he stated that he wanted to leave saying he wanted to go to a bigger team(!)...Then he changed his mind when nobody wanted him and was linked to Aston Villa!. Although he had some good games, he let the team down in several occasions with his laziness imo.
Cisse...I really wanted him to do well. Watching him and Owen upfront in those pre-season games were nice tasters. He is a good player...but I guess you can only get the best of him depending on what sort of team you play...
The thing is, Rafa wants a team that plays as a unit. When you place so much reliance on a lone, pacey striker upfront - the opposition just has to cut him out, and the team's entire attack force is nullified. We should know this from Houillier's apparent reliance on Owen in the final few years of his regime.
With players like Crouch and Morientes, Rafa expected interplay between the strikers and the team so that there is no single route of attack. With Rafa's Valencia, you don't think of Carew as their only main threat, but 3-4 players.
The problem as it turned out, Morientes turned out to be a lil cack and Crouch wasn't finishing as much as we hoped. I still have hope for Crouch though.
My feeling with Cisse however is that perhaps his arrogance continued in the training ground. Maybe he was somewhat unwilling to change his game to coexist with Rafa's? Also, with him, I only seem to see pace and nothing else...seriously!. I'm sure he had some other skills when I saw him playing for Auxerre? I just don't seem to see it lately....
