Are Liverpool tottering or is it Rafa's rotation policy again?

I agree that the rotation costs Liverpool much. This is because, each player have to be kept closed and maintain their relationship. Understand each other also an important key. There are also from comes from different country and to understand each other was a bit hard.

Definitely, the rotation policy of Rafa is killing the Reds. How are the players to gel if they don't play together often. No understanding, no telepathic link among themselves. I think Rafa don't know how to maximise his players' potential and ability. If he loves to get his players pumping high ball into the penalty box of the opponent, why place players who are always outjumped by the opponents. Get Peter Crouch to do the job of knocking down the ball. THis guy may not have perfected his knocking down skill, but with constant practice he can do it beautifully for other strikers to score. Sometimes it is very frustrating to watch a talent team struggle just because Rafa insists that his rotation policy is still best for the team. Cheers! Rod

I strongly believe one of the reason Liverpool is stuttering after a promising start to the season is partly due to the squad rotation policy. I can understand Rafa Benitez's decision to use squad rotation policy to ensure his players can cope with the demand of playing close to 60 games per season, but there's no way the policy will work when you have lots of new players such as Torres, Babel, Voronin, Benayoun etc coming in. These players need to gel with the system and their team-mates first. Only after they fully adapted to the game style, then use the rotation policy.