Liverpool v Steau Bucharest Thursday 20:05 [Match Thread]

monkey9

Someone please tell me that Liverpool are wearing the yellow jerseys!!

missingtime

~Rebel~ wrote: »

christ this is awful...we're a really awful team these days...wtf like, doesn't seem to matter what random 11 are out there, they play the same awful disjointed stuff. You could say something for a solid defensive approach, but what we've turned into is nothing...weak in defence, weak in attack, static, boring pointless football.

Sad Frustrated Face.

Especially if you watched the Arsenal match yesterday.

joe123

This is shocking. Depressed watching this.

Leiva

Feel like punching myself in the balls !

kingshankly

why do Liverpool defenders hoof long balls forward it's infuriating

kingshankly

is there are more frustrating player in world football than Ryan babel

Handsome Bob

Lads will y'all relax, it's pretty much a second string that have never played together before.

SlickRic

that was our best bit of football leading up to that Babel shot.

and it wasn't even that good at all.

we're so predictable it's mind-boggling. and so slow. and just as restricted in our movement as we ever were.

NickDrake

kingshankly wrote: »

why do Liverpool defenders hoof long balls forward it's infuriating

Thats the way Liverpool have played for the last 5 years. Long balls. Not something new.

joe123

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Lads will y'all relax, it's pretty much a second string that have never played together before.

That would be grand and all but every game so far this season has been like this.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Spearing looks lost out there!

Handsome Bob

joe123 wrote: »

That would be grand and all but every game so far this season has been like this.

Well, disjointed performances such as this one are not some new phenomenon that only arose this season.

whatawaster

F*cking pathetic.

Mister men

So this is Babel proving himself. God help us.

Deadwood indeed

daithijjj

Mister men wrote: »

So this is Babel proving himself. God help us.

Hes doing a damn sight more than ngog is.

Raskolnikov

Meireles must be wondering what he's just done to his career.

TechnoPool

daithijjj wrote: »

Hes doing a damn sight more than ngog is.

n'gog rarely does anything in fairness but nip in with a goal , horrible touch on him , cant take anyone on , his movement off of the ball is atrocious !:mad:

SlickRic

Meireles and Cole are the only ones with any sort of composure on the ball.

everdead.ie

Poor decision by the ref no way was that a yellow

Raskolnikov

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Meireles must be wondering what he's just done to his career.

he must.

*slowclap

NabyLadistheman

Aqua come back!!

Zapp Brannigan

So hard to support LFC at the moment.

Spearing does not belong in a Liverpool shirt, never mind the first team!

Mister men

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Lads will y'all relax, it's pretty much a second string that have never played together before.

I don't buy that at all. We are missing players alright but if this is a reflection of our approach to playing football then there is squat to look forward to. There is one player out there tonight who deserves to wear the shirt and his name is Reina. Everyone else looks disinterested,slow,unmotivated and out of their depth. I'll cut Merelies some slack because he's new.

Leiva

TechnoPool wrote: »

n'gog rarely does anything in fairness but nip in with a goal , horrible touch on him , cant take anyone on , his movement off of the ball is atrocious !:mad:

One if his best qualities me thinks .

missingtime

TechnoPool wrote: »

n'gog rarely does anything in fairness but nip in with a goal , horrible touch on him , cant take anyone on , his movement off of the ball is atrocious !:mad:

Thats really not true. His movement is quite good. Its his finishing that he needs to work on.

whatawaster

No matter what eleven we have out there, there's no excuse for that crap

bluefinger

have to be better in the second half. generally have been this season

MementoMori

daithijjj wrote: »

Hes doing a damn sight more than ngog is.

Hard for a striker to do much with no service.

How many balls did Babel lose in that half?

Raskolnikov

Johnson, Lucas, and Pacheco need to come on.

monkey9

I genuinely think Spearing has been our best player in that half.

Rather than that being a compliment to him, it just show the absolute w*nk that that half was. That really really was a struggle to watch.

mike65

Jasus lads will you just watch the game rather than take your cues from each other!

Spearing has done nothing wrong except slip at an inoppotune moment, both sides are trying to play a quick attacking game. Very little in this, maybe some were thinking LFCs second 11 were going to steamrollover a solid side playing their best 11.

Stevecw

Meireles, not looking too impressive so far. Giving the ball away a lot, and not adding anything going forward so far. Babel blowing yet another chance to impress, Maxi poor too. Spearing has actually been one of the better players in that 1st half, that says it all
Overall its been poor stuff, can only hope for better in 2nd

daithijjj

MementoMori wrote: »

Hard for a striker to do much with no service.

How many balls did Babel lose in that half?

Im going to call a spade a spade, spearing is a waste of time. Theres nothing coming from midfield so babel and cole are trying to make things happen on their own, losing the ball comes with that. These 5 yard passes over and over could be defended until this time tomorrow. Ngog is not doing a good job up there tonight. The long range shots are because ngog is not offering much outlet.

everdead.ie

I thought spearing did well that half wasn't on the ball much but defensively sound wouldn't blame his slip for there goal.

He got a few blocks and tackles in at important times

Mr Alan

mike65 wrote: »

Jasus lads will you just watch the game rather than take your cues from each other!

Spearing has done nothing wrong except slip at an inoppotune moment, both sides are trying to play a quick attacking game. Very little in this, maybe some were thinking LFCs second 11 were going to steamrollover a solid side playing their best 11.

I agree re: Spearing. in fact he has been our best player along with Cole.

However, second strongest 11? Its at least 50% of our strongest team

Raskolnikov

Good move from Cole there, terrible attempt by Maxi.

Mister men

mike65 wrote: »

Jasus lads will you just watch the game rather than take your cues from each other!

Spearing has done nothing wrong except slip at an inoppotune moment, both sides are trying to play a quick attacking game. Very little in this, maybe some were thinking LFCs second 11 were going to steamrollover a solid side playing their best 11.

I'm taking my cues from anyone thanks very much. I just don't rate Spearing in any way at all. Ive actually never seen him play a decent match for the first team. We are allowed an opinion no?

Raskolnikov

Better start from Liverpool.

missingtime

This commentator does love a good pronunciation doesnt he?

SlickRic

much better.

Meireles at the heart of a couple of good moves.

murpho999

Mister men wrote: »

I'm taking my cues from anyone thanks very much. I just don't rate Spearing in any way at all. Ive actually never seen him play a decent match for the first team. We are allowed an opinion no?

Well at least Spearing has an excuse in being young and still learning, what are the exuses for the likes of Babel & Maxi?

bluefinger

nice one
let cole take it!

SlickRic

you can't beat a good soft penalty.

murpho999

Here we go...Ngog...is he good at penalties?

Edit: Make that a yes.....nicely taken!

ShamoBuc

get in

bluefinger

bluefinger wrote: »

nice one
let cole take it!

i take it back

that was well taken

Mister men

Stonewall peno nich finish from N'Goal

missingtime

Well taken penalty

monkey9

Fantasic penalty. Even if the keeper guessed the right way, he wouldn't be getting there.