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As I vividly remember...Rafa abandoned his rotation policy when he got a lot of stick from his own Liverpool fans and football pundits here....benching your best player/11 in the league is totally a different kettle of fish from doing it in a tournament. Holland and Spain qualified already and can afford to lose. Liverpool at that time was chasing places for the EPL and also hoping to progress through the CL. Rafa gambled and lost.

 

Arsenal was written off the EPL even before it started last season....full of young players and all that jazz. But in the end became serious contenders...kids!!

Lack of quality? Fabregas, Nasri Ramsey ...Adebayor...the last time I heard Inter and Barca wants him...unfortunately for them he is not leaving ....hehehe

How many EPL title Rafa has got? can you help me out in this duchess :rolleyes:

Arsenal fans begging Henry return?....not here in England....maybe foreign Arsenal fans who just in it for the personality within the team

I've said it before....Arsenal is not dependent on star players...because we make them!...it’s in the system

o these players (bench) have enough EPL first-team, second- tier experience in the EPL? - this was the same question asked by everybody before last season started not on the bench but on the 1st team itself.....and Arsenal finished above Liverpool

 

yes you make them, and you feed them. :thumbsupsmiley:

 

and again, the inability to gain domestic success by Rafa is a highlight. yes, sad fact. but give time, any manager should deserve time to tinker with available options and adjust accordingly. Heck even Sir Alex himself almost got sacked not until after 5 years before he kickstarted to winning ways up till this day.

 

honestly, id say give it 2-3 more years, (similar to Houllier's tenure) and let the magic begin. B)

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ibang klase this tournament.

 

would you believe it? all the qfinals that have been played have been upsets, and this one is the biggest yet. after watching the group stages, i thought the dutch were the strongest team and russia were the weakest to go through. and this happens. and i would have to say russia deserved it. the dutch controlled possession, but russia by far had more chances.

 

i wonder if spain can avoid the upset tomorrow?

 

 

 

 

re rafa: true, towards the end of the season rafa did settle on a formation and rotated less. i think he found a formula that works (torres up front with gerrard as a support forward), but moreso because the league cup was over and liverpool was out of the fa cup. so there were less games to play and he could afford to start the same eleven. i believe one of the reasons why liverpool are so good in the champions league is because in the latter stages, their players are still relatively fresh compared to teams who play the same players in all competitions.

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holy mofg. Noooooooooo!!

i cant believe what im reading. 3-1 to russia?!

 

its going to be hard for Hiddink to step in his own turf after the tournament. expect snipers in the airport Guus.

 

well what do you know. Adebayor might go to Barca or AC.

 

acording to reports.

'Arsenal want to sell him to Barcelona, for their own motives. Barcelona tell me they already have an agreement with the player.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id...820&cc=4716

 

whos next, bendtner? ROFL

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WTF happend to Holland?

 

 

 

 

Too bad I can't leave the house later even if I don't have school tomorrow. godamn Euro 08 PPV.

 

 

 

 

 

ESP will win. I will shoot myself in the pes by saying this, Italy = fluke. The hedbutt changed everything. lol

 

What channel do they show the Euros in destiny?

Solar Sports.

 

 

1day delayed telecast.

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