Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 11/12 - Mod Note 4153

markie29

not sure if im able to post links here apologies if not but Suarez has started the game for Uruguay very well....he has almost scored one after getting by 2 players and hit the crossbar with a free kick.

Suarez just scored and has scored again 2 minutes later....grrrrr wish he would save his goals for Liverpool.

http://www.firstrowsports.tv/watch/91217/1/watch-uruguay-vs-chile.html

opr

Uruguay 2-0 at h/t Suarez with both goal.

Opr

mike65

Uruguay are a better team!

Kess73

mike65 wrote: »

Uruguay are a better team!

daithijjj

Hat trick for Suarez, save some ffs.

markie29

scored 4 goals now!! he is on fire tonight.

daithijjj

Taken off, uninjured, the 4th was a nice hit.

Knex*

All Suarez's goals are here. Foreign commentary though.

http://www.tv-lin.com/uruguay-vs-chile-4-0/2682/

retalivity

**** me...make sure he brings it into next week!

shyupah hadrick!

YouTookMyName

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA57Hlkl1ZI

98% of the time one touch and then pass... 80% of the time the ball is passed forward. A video both Henderson and Adam should study carefully.

Fowler87

Fair play to Luis on his four goal blitz tonight! left, right and two headers.. and they say hes not a finisher;)

Sir Gallagher

You have to hand it to Carra he comes out with some gems at times

Carragher also expressed a view on Pepe Reina having to settle for a place on the bench because of competition from Real Madrid's Iker Casillas and Barcelona's Victor Valdes.

He joked: "He's been part of them winning things, maybe that keeps him there. I always wind him up that he hasn't won the World Cup! He's singing and dancing like Josemi was in 2005. That's what I call him now, Josemi! [laughs]

Crazy Horse 6

ilovelamp2000 wrote: »

I think saying Johnson is a good fullback is overrating him.

He's a good footballer but he's never been a good fullback.

I don't agree with this at all. He would'nt be a full England International if he was'nt a good fullback. Capello,Benitez and Kenny seem to think he's good enough.

Crazy Horse 6

daithijjj wrote: »

Taken off, uninjured, the 4th was a nice hit.

He's a rubbish finisher is'nt he.:D

whatawaster

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

You have to hand it to Carra he comes out with some gems at times

Carragher also expressed a view on Pepe Reina having to settle for a place on the bench because of competition from Real Madrid's Iker Casillas and Barcelona's Victor Valdes.

He joked: "He's been part of them winning things, maybe that keeps him there. I always wind him up that he hasn't won the World Cup! He's singing and dancing like Josemi was in 2005. That's what I call him now, Josemi! [laughs]

That's a little insulting

Sir Gallagher

whatawaster wrote: »

That's a little insulting

It's a joke, they're big boys.

Phoenix Park

Poor Josemi .He has his medal though.

tommyhaas

Rafa's going to be on Soccer Am in a bit

Sir Gallagher

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

You have to hand it to Carra he comes out with some gems at times

Carragher also expressed a view on Pepe Reina having to settle for a place on the bench because of competition from Real Madrid's Iker Casillas and Barcelona's Victor Valdes.

He joked: "He's been part of them winning things, maybe that keeps him there. I always wind him up that he hasn't won the World Cup! He's singing and dancing like Josemi was in 2005. That's what I call him now, Josemi! [laughs]

It's called banter

slingerz

Rafa on soccer am now and is coming across really well.

Dean820

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/video/features/10113-wwe-stars-visit-anfield

Slattsy

slingerz wrote: »

Rafa on soccer am now and is coming across really well.

Still a wanker

tommyhaas

Slattsy wrote: »

Still a wanker

Excellent contribution, thanks for stopping by

Knex*

Slattsy wrote: »

Still a wanker

shotamoose

Dean820 wrote: »

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/video/features/10113-wwe-stars-visit-anfield

Got excited when I saw Ted DiBiase mentioned, but its the junior version. We could do with his dad on the LFC board.

whatawaster

rarnes1 wrote: »

It's called banter

It's a joke about Reina.
It's a dig at Josemi, that's a little unnecessary

Sappy404

Slattsy wrote: »

Still a wanker

YouTookMyName

Slattsy wrote: »

Still a wanker

niallo27

Rafa on sky sports news now, how some liverpool fans hate him and I know some that do genuinely hate him I can never unsterstand. He gave his heart and soul to the club.

Handsome Bob

niallo27 wrote: »

Rafa on sky sports news now, how some liverpool fans hate him and I know some that do genuinely hate him I can never unsterstand. He gave his heart and soul to the club.

How can any Pool fan not love the man:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRllRTMU51s

livinginkorea

Handsome Bob wrote: »

How can any Pool fan not love the man:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRllRTMU51s

Rafa gave me my first Liverpool Champions League Cup and nearly got another...I was too young for the ones in the 80s. For that he is and always be a legend.

Leiva

Really looking forward to watching Alonso this afternoon but I know afterwards I will have a heavy heart at the thought of him and what he would bring to our current squad

Mr Alan

Rafa is an absolute legend.

Any Liverpool fan that disagrees is a disgrace IMO.

ilovelamp2000

Mr Alan wrote: »

Rafa is an absolute legend.

Any Liverpool fan that disagrees is a disgrace IMO.

An absolute legend that made us a midtable club.

YouTookMyName

ilovelamp2000 wrote: »

An absolute legend that made us a midtable club.

flahavaj

ilovelamp2000 wrote: »

An absolute legend that made us a midtable club.

You have to be a United fan.:pac:

Kess73

niallo27 wrote: »

Rafa on sky sports news now, how some liverpool fans hate him and I know some that do genuinely hate him I can never unsterstand. He gave his heart and soul to the club.

Don't get it when any Liverpool supporter say they hate the man. Fair enough if people think that he had to go based on his final season, but also acknowledge the good he did at the club as well, but to outright hate the man is pretty sad.

The man led the club to it's first major trophy since the club won the league title last, and where Ged brought a sense of belief back to the club, Rafa brought back a level of expectancy that had not been felt for a long time.

In hindsight the man was unlucky in many ways. He did bring a lot onto himself, but it would have been interesting to say the least if the Rafa at the end of the 2008/09 season found himself working under our current owners and not the clowns that were there back then.

Getting rid of the man was the right move imho, but only if a better manager was going to replace him. What actually happened was we replaced him with a vastly inferior manager. We would have been better hanging onto him rather than replace him with what we did.

History will be kind to him though. He is in an elite group of managers who have won the European cup/Champions League, and I have no doubt as to how he is seen by the red half of the city.

woysworld

Mr Alan wrote: »

Rafa is an absolute legend.

Any Liverpool fan that disagrees is a disgrace IMO.

If Rafa is a legend, then Paisley is a God....................

woysworld

http://youtu.be/66hUpeYXdoE

shotamoose

Haven't seen this linked to already: Guardian interview with Xabi Alonso

Some really interesting stuff in there:

"I don't think tackling is a quality," he says. "It is a recurso, something you have to resort to, not a characteristic of your game. At Liverpool I used to read the matchday programme and you'd read an interview with a lad from the youth team. They'd ask: age, heroes, strong points, etc. He'd reply: 'Shooting and tackling'. I can't get into my head that football development would educate tackling as a quality, something to learn, to teach, a characteristic of your play. How can that be a way of seeing the game? I just don't understand football in those terms. Tackling is a [last] resort, and you will need it, but it isn't a quality to aspire to, a definition. It's hard to change because it's so rooted in the English football culture, but I don't understand it."

The tackle is perhaps the greatest expression of an English conception of the game – physical, epic, emotional. By definition, reactive. After every tournament knockout, some respond by moaning that England's players did not feel the shirt, that they lacked passion. Alonso admires the sentiment but does not share it. Spain's experience suggests other flaws; passion is a myth to be debunked. "Passion?" he says. "Of course it's necessary but it's more important to have footballing foundations, certainly when developing players. Passion isn't something you work on. It's more important to construct a good team, to know how you are going to play, how to read the match. You have to truly understand the game."

Less motivation, more preparation, then? "Yes," Alonso says. "And from youth level upwards. From a Spanish perspective, what matters is the ball – possession of it, knowing what to do with it and when. The identity is clear. Technique is vital and intelligence is fundamental. You need players who interpret the play, who can adapt and do not just have one concrete skill or characteristic."

woysworld

woysworld wrote: »

If Rafa is a legend, then Paisley is a God....................

That goes without saying

Super-Rush

Bellamy scored for Wales today against Norway and was MOTM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xniL7EESXaw

Leiva

Red jersey suits Villa

mike65

Hmmm Bellamy scores a peach, Suarez is literally on fire and Carroll isn't even in the squad for todays game. Kenny take the hint!

citytillidie

Feck sake all these players scoring this weekend at internationals. Leave some goals for nxt week V Chelsea, just know that guy is going to score for them

Leiva

mike65 wrote: »

Hmmm Bellamy scores a peach, Suarez is literally on fire and Carroll isn't even in the squad for todays game. Kenny take the hint!

Also Bellamy is such an intelligent player .
If he got a run of games beside Suarez I could see them becoming lethal .

Downings shoite form continued aswell during his cameo appearance for England .
Really worrying and I think something's not adding up .

kop77

For those of you who didnt see Suarez's four................

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GUpHvRYIfk

tommyhaas

mixednuts wrote: »

Downings shoite form continued aswell during his cameo appearance for England .
Really worrying and I think something's not adding up .

Downing, to £19m perhaps...?

ShamoBuc

Given the form they showed tonight I would love to see Bellamy and Suarez together - throw in Maxi aswell as a curve ball to shake the team up a bit. Downing needs a few splinters in his hole.

willowthewisp

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Given the form they showed tonight I would love to see Bellamy and Suarez together - throw in Maxi aswell as a curve ball to shake the team up a bit. Downing needs a few splinters in his hole.

Cant disagree with anything you have said there.