i know how you feel mate, but the team we had out should have easily won, we had all the possession and all the chances, they scored two fantastic goals, and yet again we can't find the back of the net

Excellent win for Barnsley





Very well played. Excellent defending by Barnsley and some brilliant saves from their keeper.

Liverpool abysmal form continues but now they are bringing it to their cup competitions. I've been giving Liverpool some stick of late but this is an appalling display of football by Liverpool. Is it time to sack Rafa? I think there were several mistakes in his selection today, and he underestimated the opposition.

Where has Ben gone?

Yes the team SHOULD have won, but whenever i see Kuyt and Crouch up front i really cannot see us scoring , its simple if Torres is fit he has to play.

Barnsley hadn't won in 12 away matches before today.

So what were these mistakes? I don't think he made any real mistakes in the team selection today - although i personally wouldn't have Kuyt anywhere near a Liverpool shirt at the moment.



F** off. That's all i ever hear, and it's incredibly tiresome.

No, there was no reason to play Torres today. Resting him was the right decision. Against a team as sh*t as Barnsley you shouldn't go playing our star striker just a few days before the Inter game when he's recovering from an injury.

If he played him and got injured again and missed the Inter game, he would've been crucified. That would've been a mistake.

There was no mistake in the team selection. We were just pish poor.

'As sh*t as Barnsley'

Top four arrogance if ever i saw it.

Oh c'mon, even Sunderland fans could've said that about Barnsley before today. They've been awful in the league. Unfortunately fur us, they put in the performance of their life today.

They've had an ok season actually to date.

Yep, I agree with that (Sticky's comments).

It really bugs me when you keep hearing muppets moan about Benitez for his rotation policy like that's the only reason for Liverpool's poor form. There are other fundamental reasons for their recent decline.

You know what the mistakes were in team selection today. Gerrard on the bench. Doesn't come until 75 mins. Kuyt up front with Crouch. No Torres and not even on the bench if needed. At least put him on the bench in case you need some firepower.


Hindsight says it wasn't. Liverpool should have won regardless but you didn't even have the chance to correct things as he wasn't on the bench.

Thats the thing we are in terrible form and are playing well terrible, so surely rafa should put out his strongest team available rather than taking a risk which backfired.

I meant to add the words or late or form. Sorry.

But 12 games without a win is really poor.

Your right there, they have been poor in the League just recently.

Oh, c'mon Floody. When a team can't win for 12 straight games (i'm quoting Monty here, i haven't really verified that statistic myself) then there's nothing wrong with calling them "sh*t" (at least in the last few months).

I havnt seen any of the game, all i can say is i'm absolutely disgusted!

Wait till you watch it.

Every player in every position in our team was better than theirs. Most significantly better.

Although i can't really comment about the goal keepers, because i don't know enough about either of them really.



No.

The chances of us losing it with a team that is significantly stronger than theirs in all departments were slim. Very slim.

The chances of Torres getting injured if he played today are far greater. Remember he's recovering from an injury as well. So to play him today would've been a far greater risk.

I wouldn't have said anything if he had said going by recent form or something similar.

I'm clueless about teams from lower divisions so can someone tell me if Barnsley fielded a full squad today? Or were they missing a couple of important players themselves?

I think Barsnley has a few players missing through being cup-tied, they might have had injuries aswell.

As for Torres we shouldn't have needed him today, Rafa was right not to play him and Gerrard from the start. Our reserve team are top of their league and I bet they could have done better today, we have some fantastic young players in that team. It's a pitty that if Rafa get's sacked most of them will move on.

Barnsley have been good at home in the league. Their home form is 5th in their league only 2 defeats. Their away from is abysmal with 1 win in 16 games and bottom of the away form in their league.

Well played Barnsley, you dancers!

How did Kuyt play?

This is a great thread... I love it!

Well, in that case, let me rephrase. They are realy really sh*t AWAY, yet they managed to beat Liverpool AWAY!

Shut it! You might get them next round. be afraid... be very afraid.