Liverpool v Fulham 8 pm

wcarey1975

At this stage points > performance but hopefully with new players coming in performances will start to improve. 3 Pts in the bag an 7/9 last three games. League table looks a little better thankfully

niallo27

Ordinary man wrote: »

Lucky result. Didn't deserve it

I dont know, liverpool had a perfectly good goal ruled out in the first half as well

happyoutscan

Hairy last few minutes but happyout with that. Delighted to see the team working hard. Raul easily man of the match.

gernon

Jeez that was squeaky bum time but I'll take a scrappy 1-0 anyway, Man Urenited have done it often enough.

whatawaster

Mister men wrote: »

Excellent performance.

Sorry, i'm all for positive thinking, but that is nonsense.

If we want to improve we need to be so so much better in every area from defense to attack.
Patting ourselves on the back after allowing Fulham attack us for most of the second half would be counter productive.

meditraitor

Yes indeed.

Raskolnikov

Good performance overall. I have been impressed with central midfield, Meireles is really coming into his own and Poulsen has actually shown signs of being a Premier League player.

Mister men

niallo27 wrote: »

My ****ing heart after that, i really thought we would drive on from saturday, but **** its another win, 2 months ago that would have being a draw

Niallo a few weeks ago that would have been a loss. Fantastic to see what Dalglish has done in such a short time.

The_Kew_Tour

budgemook wrote: »

I can't wait to say to all the Man U fans slating Liverpool tomorrow that "It's a sign of a good team to win even when playing badly". That's all I ever here from those boys!

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most Man United fans dont give two ****s about ye.

NekkidBibleMan

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

Thank God...

you're welcome

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Mister men

whatawaster wrote: »

Sorry, i'm all for positive thinking, but that is nonsense.

If we want to improve we need to be so so much better in every area from defense to attack.
Patting ourselves on the back after allowing Fulham attack us for most of the second half would be counter productive.

Opinions what. Happy out

skippy15

any result is a result at this stage-
nando's goal was well onside in the first half!

nice to see Poulsen doing all the basic hard graft for us, think might be a bit of clarkes influence, he is the best DCM we have....is making a difference-

Kelly johnson and mereiles all looking lot more solid under kenny- can't wait until big boys find form, still dreaming of fourth.....:rolleyes:

niallo27

I actually think lucas was a huge loss tonight, there was no one to break up fulhams play, they were just allowed have the ball, he is a great ball winner

th3 s1aught3r

adrian280582 wrote: »

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most Man United fans dont give two ****s about ye.

The sad thing is they do
dont know why but they do

Mister men

adrian280582 wrote: »

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

most Man United fans dont give two ****s about ye.

Lol but here you are. Priceless

noodler

adrian280582 wrote: »

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most Man United fans dont give two ****s about ye.

well that ain't true.

So many of our attacks end with Torres. Not in a good way either.

Mr.Crinklewood

Highlights on SS1 after the League Cup Semi.

ShamoBuc

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

So much for we will win it 3 or 4 nil :rolleyes:


Merelies was very good again, Maxi is hopeless

Or 5 or or 6 ;)

Raul was very good.
Maxi needs a taxi and Kuyt needs a rest!
Shelvey to start against Stoke hopefully!
7th already, really wish he got the job a month earlier!

The_Kew_Tour

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

The sad thing is they do
dont know why but they do

The only thing we care about is making Liverpool suffer for the smart comments back in the 80's and 90's about never been the kings of England.

Mister men

skippy15 wrote: »

any result is a result at this stage-
nando's goal was well onside in the first half!

nice to see Poulsen doing all the basic hard graft for us, think might be a bit of clarkes influence, he is the best DCM we have....is making a difference-

Kelly johnson and mereiles all looking lot more solid under kenny- can't wait until big boys find form, still dreaming of fourth.....:rolleyes:

Said it a few weeks back when the King took charge forth was still possible. Stranger things happen.

Fowler87

Over the whole match we probably deserved to win but absolute shocking and nervy last half hour. Lack of discipline and composure by the whole team after the Painstil incident. Meireles again MOTM

budgemook

adrian280582 wrote: »

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most Man United fans dont give two ****s about ye.

I beg to differ

spockety

That was an absolutely stunning and stellar performance.

Nothing any fans of any other team in particular say are going to change my assessment of tonight's match. You will not do anything to take me down from where I am.

th3 s1aught3r

adrian280582 wrote: »

The only thing we care about is making Liverpool suffer for the smart comments back in the 80's and 90's about never been the kings of England.

I dont even know what that means

NabyLadistheman

Nervy ending, alot of hoofing it out of defence but for once I couldnt care less. Great to get a win, bring the confidence on a bit. Poulsen, Kelly Agger Johnson all did well. Still think we're suspect from set pieces etc. with Skrtel, Agger parnership. Hangeland would be a good addition I think.

Hard to believe after such a disastorous season we are in a lofty 7th position. We may salvage something yet!

murpho999

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Highlights on SS1 after the League Cup Semi.

Milk Cup semi? Is 1983 again?


Anyhow, very dodgy 2nd half.....they are obviously still suffering from Post Roy Anxiety Stress Disorder, but a win is a win, and I'm sure Kenny learnt a lot tonight....might add to his arguments with Board that they need to spend the money!

Ordinary man

Mister men wrote: »

Said it a few weeks back when the King took charge forth was still possible. Stranger things happen.

Makes you wonder why he wasn't a good enough manager to get a top job in 17 years:rolleyes:

Mr.Crinklewood

murpho999 wrote: »

Milk Cup semi? Is 1983 again?


Anyhow, very dodgy 2nd half.....they are obviously still suffering from Post Roy Anxiety Stress Disorder, but a win is a win, and I'm sure Kenny learnt a lot tonight....might add to his arguments with Board that they need to spend the money!

Most on here wish it was 1983, as do I:-)

niallo27

Ordinary man wrote: »

Makes you wonder why he wasn't a good enough manager to get a top job in 17 years:rolleyes:

There is only one job he wanted and he has it now

The_Kew_Tour

Mister men wrote: »

Lol but here you are. Priceless

I was more worried about Fulham;) BOOM.

Ordinary man

Ordinary man wrote: »

Makes you wonder why he wasn't a good enough manager to get a top job in 17 years:rolleyes:

17 years?

redzerdrog

Ordinary man wrote: »

Makes you wonder why he wasn't a good enough manager to get a top job in 17 years:rolleyes:

come on you can do better than that. i will give you a D- your trying too hard

ShamoBuc

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

I dont even know what that means

I think he doesn't like only ever being the Queens of England;)

eagle eye

Ordinary man wrote: »

Makes you wonder why he wasn't a good enough manager to get a top job in 17 years:rolleyes:

You are trying to dish the only man to manage teams to the old Division One title and the Premier League title?

K-9

Adam would have come in handy tonight too, would be a good squad addition.

Not great with Gerrard just back and Kuyt and Maxi poor.

Another match were Poulsen wasn't ****e, coincidence?

Leiva

Why do we look choked when Gerrard is on the pitch ?

SlickRic

ok.

i saw none of it.

but i'm told we were shít, Fulham dominated, Gerrard is detrimental to the team, Kuyt and Maxi need to fúck off, and we need a ball winner, but we won, so who gives a fúck...

that's the synopsis i've been given.

accurate?

The Recliner

SlickRic wrote: »

ok.

i saw none of it.

but i'm told we were shít, Fulham dominated, Gerrard is detrimental to the team, Kuyt and Maxi need to fúck off, and we need a ball winner, but we won, so who gives a fúck...

that's the synopsis i've been given.

accurate?

We were good enough in the first half and poor in the second half

Accurate enough otherwise

spockety

I wonder if it would have been a different game if Torres' goal had been allowed early in the first half.

Fulham passed the ball well, kept it on the ground for the most part and broke quickly. Lady luck's bounce of the ball also seemed to favour them, which is usually a bad sign.

Meireles and Torres worked hard and looked good. Shelvey put in a good stint when he came on. Pepe was blessed that the two biggest Fulham shots of the game came right at him. Kelly was solid. Agger was solid and willing to break forward. Johnson contained the left for the most part and broke well also. Maxi wasn't great, and Kuyt was a bit heavy footed.

I don't know about Gerrard or where he belongs any more, but I'm less confident when I see him in the starting 11. A shocking thing to say/feel. :eek:

ShamoBuc

spockety wrote: »

I don't know about Gerrard or where he belongs any more, but I'm less confident when I see him in the starting 11. A shocking thing to say/feel. :eek:

Shocking, yes ! Correct... yes!!

How can this be though???

If he starts in the right instead of Kuyt is surely the place for him now.

whatawaster

Gerrard has had a really good season. Tonight wasn't his fault, even though he didn't play well. We played great with him in the centre for a lot of the first half.

The usual suspects this season - Kuyt, Skrtel and to a lesser extent Maxi and Agger, were simply atrocious.

I'm really sick to death of Dirk and his immunity from criticism and from being dropped. He is just not a threatening player in attack for us. Bench him, and save him for United/Chelsea/Arsenal games

billymitchell

Anybody know where I can see highlights of tonights game?

Yakult

billymitchell wrote: »

Anybody know where I can see highlights of tonights game?

Im watching the game on LFC tv on sky sports! Channel 434.

Happy with the result, granted not as spectacular as I thought it would be but how bad!

Vudgie

As someone already said we missed Lucas massively last night and the difference between him and Poulsen is staggering in terms of mobility and work rate. Nobody would have said it last year but I really think he should be first name on the team sheet at the moment.

spockety

Vudgie wrote: »

As someone already said we missed Lucas massively last night and the difference between him and Poulsen is staggering in terms of mobility and work rate. Nobody would have said it last year but I really think he should be first name on the team sheet at the moment.

.. Ahead of Reina and Torres?? :eek: :eek: :eek:

SlickRic

let's not go over the top on Lucas.

he's an important player yes, but nowhere near the first player on the teamsheet; and we still should be looking at better, because he can't anchor the midfield on his own, as has been said.

that being said, it sounds like he was an important miss last night.

Poulsen will never cut it, no matter how 'ok' he's been since Kenny's arrival.

Johnson at LB, Kelly at RB, Agger, Mereiles playing and flourishing in his best position, Shelvey's lengthening gametime and Torres' renewed effort are the biggest pluses so far from Kenny's short time so far.

*hint* play Pacheco/Suso a bit more or loan them out *hint*

Kuyt and Skrtel's form, along with Poulsen's continued inclusion are the negatives

spockety

With respect to Pacheco and Suso, I would imagine Kenny will wait a little while longer until he has all the senior members of the squad playing a system the way he wants, and confident with a few wins under their belt. Could be very risky to throw on the youngsters while the team/club are under such pressure to get out of the previous rut, and potentially hurt not only the club but also their development.

missingtime

spockety wrote: »

With respect to Pacheco and Suso, I would imagine Kenny will wait a little while longer until he has all the senior members of the squad playing a system the way he wants, and confident with a few wins under their belt. Could be very risky to throw on the youngsters while the team/club are under such pressure to get out of the previous rut, and potentially hurt not only the club but also their development.

I agree with this. I also think he wants to introduce a few of them at once so they are able to "click" easier.