Rafa the rotating gaffer is leading Liverpool round in circles

No, I don't think he is rotating too much. It is a balancing act that requires some luck too. He is getting all his players ready for the season, as well as, trying to get the right mix for each match. Not so easy to do. Short sight or long haul, how to prepare? If injuries hit then your best plans might fail. How strong is your second string. Are they ready for first team action. Then you have the egoes of the stars of today. Complain, complain, complain... I don't want to be on the bench, etc. Good on ya mate but somebody does if there is going to be a team. So, the gaffer has to get team players of quality and not spoiled stars. Know of any who are available these days? If you do, please let Rafa know where to find them! Then there's the getting young players some experience without drowning them. What a job being a successful gaffer! I think we need more games under the bridge before this debate will find a conclusion. Until then, I will support the gaffer and the players to come good! After saying all t

man utd just hammered wigan,liverpool struggled to beat them and thanked the ref,the marseille display showed up a collection of unmotivated players with a lack of confidence,fergusen and wenger really hope rafa keeps this madness up.

....But I follow United. But Rafa's managed to dampen that early head of steam you built up, so nice one for that. No real threat to us & Arsenal from you guys this year.

I think the rotation's a load of rubbish. How can we have a team that plays as a team when there IS no team? Rotating one or even two is fine if he REALLY needs to, but 5? How are the players supposed to gel and form good partnerships when they're played one week and not the next? I think the loss against Marseille was due to rotation, and was just. If we'd won it would have been totally unfair and I think we needed the loss so Rafa realises he needs to stop this. He should play the team for a few weeks and THEN rotate a few players at a time, not change half the team every single match.

It's bullshit time again. One simple question Mr Goh What ahve you won? A Champions League and a F.A Cup perhaps, no so shut up Rafa's doing a great job and the problem with these small-minded idiots is that if LFC lose a game or go 2 games without scoring it's a bloody crisis, fair enough the media have their column inches to fill but when you get so-called supporters spreading this crap you have to say SHUT UP

The article is spot on. Whatever our personal feelings towards him might be, the fact is that Benitez is in trouble, and unless he starts getting those results fast the alarm bells will start ringing. It`s hard not to draw parallels between Ayerestan`s exit and the simultane downfall in the team`s form and results. Pako was highly regarded among the players, and worked with them day in and day out. Benitez is more reclusive, watching and analysing from a distance. He`s not a people`s person, his understudies both at Valencia and Liverpool have confirmed this. Let`s face it, the game is all about motivation and psychology. This was Ayerestan`s great asset. Let`s get our fingers crossed and hope for a win against Spurs. We need it badly. The stakes are high.

I am from NZ and it is a moaning day here,after the SHOCK loss of the All Blacks to France,I think Graham Henry , the couch of the All Blacks , follow the same Rotational policy, and see what it did to us , Rafa needs to keep the core of his team, and rotate arround them , if we are loosing too much ground to other Big Three ,AT THE BEGINING OF THE SEASON , I dont know whether there will be any benifit from the rotational policy comes May... YNWA

Totally agree. Players stay sharp as they know if they do not play well they are dropped. Not at Liverpool, regardless of how you play there is no guarantee you are in the next team. How does that keep you sharp? It doesn't, it makes you indifferent. 'Bad game today, oh well! Had I scored a hat-trick I probably wouldn't have been playing anyway so what's the difference?' Gerrard needs to get the finger out too, sick of his constant dips in form and talk of 'I'll be back to my best soon' every bloody year. It's too late then Stevie. Another look back at what might have been come May?? Looking to leave us as we weren't progressing enough was it? Maybe you should try contributing more than you do before blaming the club for not being progressive.

Stevie G is not good enough to play CM in a flat 4-4-2 formation as he doesnt have the technical ability to control the tempo of the game. He has never had the ability to be an all-rounder like Keane or Vieira he just has a good burst of speed and a powerful shot.

go on supporting your bitters... stevie g. is by far the best midfielder in the world,`nuff said!