Stoke Vs Liverpool - 10/1/09 5.30pm

OPENROAD

Brilliant result well done Stoke

Headshot

OPENROAD wrote: »

Brilliant result well done Stoke

up the stoke

ntlbell

super stoke..thought they played very well over all gave liverpool no space at all even rory delap was winning 50/50's with masch.

preasure gets to liverpool exactly as alex said it would

Unearthly

Good thing Benitez took the pressure off the players!

Harpy

brilliant.. now have to wait until tomorrow..agh not looking forward to it

roryc

Game over... Liverpool were shocking

Fergie will be pissing himself after that, silly of Benitez to Keegan himself before such a big weekend

spockety

Well, that's the league gone for sure.

I for one welcome our Man Utd fan overlords to this thread. For everyone else, the door is thata way..

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Chong

Unearthly wrote: »

Good thing Benitez took the pressure off the players!

He is a mastermind dont ya know.

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D


And there goes that "comfortable" lead. United win the games in hand and they're 2 points ahead! Have to be won I know but it's not gonna help rafa sleep at night!


Brilliant result....hopefully this is the start of a run for Pool.

redout

United win the 3 in hand and go clear at the top.

Thanx 4 The Fish

Seems that we need to make the ref make some decisions and send off one of their players like ferguson did when they played them. That seemed to work for Man U, oh hang on, maybe Rafa knew what he was on about

spockety

Rafa is an idiot, pressure got to him.

spockety

That's the league sown up for United.

bUILDERtHEbOB

The title is Chelsea's to lose now.:rolleyes:

spockety

lololololl stupid RAfa!!!

Theresalwaysone

Good result. Im pretty delighted that a good stoke performance got rewarded. No lucky last minute goal for the pool.

Now to do the hard work tomorrow.

kingshankly

Adnan Alves wrote: »

WHAT?

Riera was out best player today and delivered some cracking balls into the box in the 1st half. No way should he have been subbed.

what he was terrible constantly giving the ball away mind you you would do well to pick a good performance from anyone. it was shocking stuff no ambition what so ever never got forward in numbers and were lucky to come away wiyh a point

spockety

I bet Rafa is really happy he went on a keego rant yesterday now :rolleyes:

spockety

spockety wrote: »

Well, that's the league gone for sure.

I for one welcome our Man Utd fan overlords to this thread. For everyone else, the door is thata way..

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This is what its all about. When we don't win your boys will come in. It's called "title race banter" and adds to the enjoyment factor of footy.

One has to question the wisdom of "the rant" now though. Very flat performance for Pool.




EDIT: Any chance you couldd keep the one liners to one post there spockety? There are better ways to up your postcount.

mike65

Clearly all is lost

/throws self off cliff.

spockety

Liverpool bottled it yet again. You need to beating the likes of your Stokes and your Accrington Stanleys to win the league.

Chong

spockety wrote: »

Rafa is an idiot, pressure got to him.

spockety wrote: »

That's the league sown up for United.

spockety wrote: »

lololololl stupid RAfa!!!

Spockety has cracked

ntlbell

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

Seems that we need to make the ref make some decisions and send off one of their players like ferguson did when they played them. That seemed to work for Man U, oh hang on, maybe Rafa knew what he was on about

like ye's did at city?

where else this year?

Mr Alan

spockety wrote: »

Rafa is an idiot, pressure got to him.

spockety wrote: »

That's the league sown up for United.

are you taking the piss?

Stoke did wat they do. They were on course to doing the same to the mighty Utd until they got a player sent off.

we've still as much of a chance as anyone.

Headshot

whats the story with keane on the bench

amazing decision not to bring him on

its probly pressure

Theresalwaysone

Spockety quit making a retard of yourself and deflecting from what was a terrible liverpool performance.

spockety

Deleted User wrote: »

This is what its all about. When we don't win your boys will come in. It's called "title race banter" and adds to the enjoyment factor of footy.

One has to question the wisdom of "the rant" now though. Very flat performance for Pool.

Dude! What are you talking about? I AGREE WITH YOU!

Liverpool are stupid and Rafa is an idiot.. BOTTLERS!!!!!

This is when United ramp up usually!! Title for sure!

Mr Alan

ntlbell wrote: »

like ye's did at city?

is this thread gone bonkers? that was a shocking tackle at City.

Chong

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

Spockety quit making a retard of yourself and deflecting from what was a terrible liverpool performance.

I am sure spockety is taking the piss , jesus lads.

Boggles

I really hate Sidwell, does any one else?

Thanx 4 The Fish

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote: »

Seems that we need to make the ref make some decisions and send off one of their players like ferguson did when they played them. That seemed to work for Man U, oh hang on, maybe Rafa knew what he was on about

Now now. The ref was right to send him off in that game. I doubt you'll find too many people who'll argue against that one especially as it was a second yellow not a straight red. Same way Lucas was persistently fouling.........poor Liverpool;, nothing goes their way :rolleyes:

Chong

Boggles wrote: »

I really hate Sidwell, does any one else?

So do I but why lol, he wasnt involved.

ntlbell

Mr Alan wrote: »

are you taking the piss?

Stoke did wat they do. They were on course to doing the same to the mighty Utd until they got a player sent off.

we've still as much of a chance as anyone.

lol

how many teams have liverpool beaten this year against 10 men compared to united?????

jesus_thats_gre

Deleted User wrote: »

Brilliant result....hopefully this is the start of a run for Pool.

This should cheer you up. Tis our 5th draw in our last 8 games We are on quite the run already

ntlbell

Mr Alan wrote: »

is this thread gone bonkers? that was a shocking tackle at City.

and it was a second yellow at stoke...

good man

Chong

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

This should cheer you up. Tis our 5th draw in our last 8 games We are on quite the run already

You shouldnt highlight this sort of stuff dude, Mr Alan will beat you over the head!!

Mr Alan

Mr Alan wrote: »

Stoke did wat they do. They were on course to doing the same to the mighty Utd until they got a player sent off.

you mean until their "kick the sh1te outta any United player near the ball" cost them a man. Tough. Win ugly and win leagues.

Mr Alan wrote: »

we've still as much of a chance as anyone.

True that but that leads not so comfortable!!! :P

kingshankly

i think utd fans are the reason i hate utd so much BAFOONS

Tusky

Very frustrating game. One of the worst performances of the season. Its very hard to pick out any good performances. Mascherano, Lucas, Benayoun & Kuyt were all awful. We really missed Alonso...but mostly, I blame the team selection.

Mascherano and Lucas barely got over the half way line, yet both lasted the full 90 in a game which we were struggling to score in. Meanwhile, Robbie Keane sits on the bench. Im sorry, but that just doesnt make sense to me.

How come any time United, Chelsea or Arsenal are playing each other and we have an easy game, we end up bottling it ? Its happened numerous times this season.

rossie1977

the trolls are out in force i see as usual :rolleyes:

anyways to the non trolls, terrible performance, i have a feeling that won't be the last time i say that this season.

ghouldaddy07

At least the borefest tomorrows game is likely to be wont be as bad as todays game.

spockety

Sorry guys, I was just trying to get into the spirit of the thread...

Nuri Sahin

Raskolnikov wrote: »

He should have been tearing the Stoke full-back apart. He didn't once look like he could create a truly decent chance.

Gerrard on the other hand was unlucky not to score.

Like Ronaldo should have done time and time again when United faced Stoke? Football doesn't always work like that sadly.

Come on now mate, Riera whipped in a few suberb crosses. Not his fault if he has Kuyt upfront now who is barely more like a midfielder than a striker. He(Riera) wasn't amazing in every department by any means but he did his part in creating some very decent chances.

Gerrard was massively unlucky not to score. But he was quiet and the game cause of how packed in was in the center by-passed him somewhat.

Boggles

Rafa looked well on his way to another one of his episodes at the end of the match, maybe the kidney doctor says his fine, but the head doctors want him kept away from the general population.

Tusky wrote: »

How come any time United, Chelsea or Arsenal are playing each other and we have an easy game, we end up bottling it ? Its happened numerous times this season.

One reason would be Rafa refusing to play any of his strikers.

jesus_thats_gre

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

This should cheer you up. Tis our 5th draw in our last 8 games We are on quite the run already

Actually this is true. Problem is so far everytime you fúck up, so do the others!!! We still have to win tomorrow (though a draw + wins in the other 2 games in hand sees us go level )

kingshankly wrote: »

i think utd fans are the reason i hate utd so much BAFOONS

Ditto

Don't be so sensitive.

eagle eye

Yet another tactically inept performance from the Liverpool manager.

Its horryfying to watch and its even more head bangingly annoying when you just know that a simple 4-4-2 formation with Torres and Keane up front would have a much better chance of getting the result that Liverpool wanted.

You Liverpool fans can say what you want but for me its clear that Benitez does not have an earthly clue how to read a game and improve his team, lest they go behind that is.

Look at the approach that Benitez takes when Liverpool go behind early, he unleashes the attacking prowess that Liverpool possess, but as long as its nil fcuking nil, he does not seem to realise that you need three points against the poorer sides if you are going to win the league. Very same as last season.

Plea to Torres. Get yourself the fcuk away from Benitez before you end up becoming a hopeless case. You were superb before you came to Liverpool but I fear you will lose your chance to become one of the best the game has seen if you stay with Benitez.

Theresalwaysone

Thought Etherington was very good for Stoke today, gave them a whole new dimension.

keane2097

kingshankly wrote: »

i think utd fans are the reason i hate utd so much BAFOONS

It's buffoon dude...

jesus_thats_gre

Chong wrote: »

You shouldnt highlight this sort of stuff dude, Mr Alan will beat you over the head!!

Tis information that is already out in the open

Nuri Sahin

United weren't particularly convincing at Stoke, they only won after Stoke had a man sent off, up until then they weren't looking like scoring whatsoever. Arsenal and Spurs both lost this fixture so you have to give the home side some credit.

Not sure why Torres didn't start. Presumably Rafa had expected Stoke to run themselves into the ground for 60 minutes and then have Torres exploit their tiredness.

Not many positives to take from today's game, other than as I say United, Arsenal and Spurs were equally poor but it is clutching at straws a bit.

I just hope Chelsea pick up a result be it a win or draw tommorow.