Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Note in OP, 1/09

mav79 · 19-10-2014 12:12pm

Anything but an impressive win today is going to be disappointing. Rodgers got a lot of plaudits for his tactics in utilizing Suarez and Sturridge together, he now needs to start finding the best way to play Balotelli, because our attack has looked very poor so far this season.

Charlie19 · 19-10-2014 12:12pm

Mr Alan wrote: »

Good to see potential excuses being rolled out already :rolleyes:

A bit little like the way you're sharpening the knife.

hefferboi · 19-10-2014 12:36pm

Weird enough team. What's wrong with Moreno??

Ciano35 · 19-10-2014 12:39pm

hefferboi wrote: »

Weird enough team. What's wrong with Moreno??

He got injured on international duty, surprise surprise. I think he was meant to be back today though, Rodgers probably playing it safe and resting him for Madrid game.

hefferboi · 19-10-2014 12:40pm

Need a big performance from Can in the middle. Gerrard and Hendo need to talk him through the game.

D'Agger · 19-10-2014 12:47pm

hefferboi wrote: »

Need a big performance from Can in the middle. Gerrard and Hendo need to talk him through the game.

Two players he can learn from, looking forward to seeing how he gets on

klose · 19-10-2014 12:48pm

hefferboi wrote: »

Weird enough team. What's wrong with Moreno??

He travelled so hopefully he is just being rested for wednesday, likewise manquillo.

Excited to see can play, no two man midfield either

5live · 19-10-2014 12:51pm

hefferboi wrote: »

Need a big performance from Can in the middle. Gerrard and Hendo need to talk him through the game.

Looking forward to watching Can today, just hoping the red mist stays away. I think he is going to be a fantastic player for us.

8-10 · 19-10-2014 12:53pm

Charlie19 wrote: »

Yup.. These clashes between sides at the opposite end of the table are always a banker.

I'm not saying that (presuming that's a sarcasm attempt?)

All I'm saying is that having seen QPR against Spurs and United (2 top 4 rivals), I see them as one of the best teams in the league to be playing this weekend.

Not saying I'm expecting a comfortable victory or that a result is guaranteed, just that the fixture is a favourable one given the circumstances.

We've not played well yet this season, there's a mix of new and young players in the squad that haven't started to play well yet (and another mixed bag of a lineup today), and CL football, injuries and 3 international games means more chopping and changing so far.

Given all of this, my point is that I feel we haven't gotten going yet this season, and if we're to start to get going, QPR is a good fixture to use as a springboard for it, 2 decent fixtures afterwards and if we can get a comfortable victory today then you'll just have to see the league table and things will look very different to how they've felt so far.

We're not guaranteed a result, but we've a good chance and should be looking at today as a big opportunity to get firmly on track for top 4.

Charlie19 · 19-10-2014 1:04pm

@8-10 Your post did read as if todays match was three points in the bag.

I'm really fearing this tbh as Qpr are on such bad run and ourselves haven't really got going yet, plus the fact these kind of away games are always a potential banana.

8-10 · 19-10-2014 1:26pm

Charlie19 wrote: »

@8-10 Your post did read as if todays match was three points in the bag.

Yep fair enough did not mean that, been a Liverpool fan far too long for that!

5starpool · 19-10-2014 1:30pm

Liverpool should be beating QPR without a huge amount of drama, but I'm far from confident we will. I'll still go for a 1-2 result though just before kick-off.

Edit: Thought this was the match thread.

5live · 19-10-2014 1:33pm

5starpool wrote: »

Liverpool should be beating QPR without a huge amount of drama, but I'm far from confident we will. I'll still go for a 1-2 result though just before kick-off.

Tbf, its the result after kick-off that counts, really;-)

Mr Alan · 19-10-2014 2:05pm

At this point Rodgers needs to start sacking people

klose · 19-10-2014 2:09pm

Yikes. As bad as we've been under Rodgers and no sign of any improvement this far.

Harry Palmr · 19-10-2014 2:12pm

The psychology is what's killing Liverpool - every team knows that they can "get at" Liverpool right now. Suarez and Sturridge were to be feared so teams had to pay attention to that, without either any opposing side now knows they can concentrate on pressurising the Liverpool central mid and central defence from start to finish and that's the weakest part of the team anyway.

Mr Alan · 19-10-2014 2:18pm

We need to start putting plans in place for bringing in actual TOP players in January & for sacking anyone involved in coaching our defence.

Mr Alan · 19-10-2014 2:18pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

The psychology is what's killing Liverpool - every team knows that they can "get at" Liverpool right now. Suarez and Sturridge were to be feared so teams had to pay attention to that, without either any opposing side now knows they can concentrate on pressurising the Liverpool central mid and central defence from start to finish and that's the weakest part of the team anyway.

Us playing ****e is what's killing us.

Raif Severance · 19-10-2014 2:19pm

BR needs to Man Up. Drop Gerrard and put Borini alongside Balo.

We're not going to Score setup like this.

Harry Palmr · 19-10-2014 2:21pm

Mr Alan wrote: »

Us playing ****e is what's killing us.

That's what I said - central and defence is terrible and we have no goal threat.

Balo will be gone in January at this rate.

Mr Alan · 19-10-2014 2:23pm

Harry Palmr wrote: »

That's what I said - central and defence is terrible and we have no goal threat.

Balo will be gone in January at this rate.

FSG must be fuming after the mega money spent in the summer

19-10-2014 2:24pm

The whole defense is a disgrace.

I'd love to see Rodgers hook Ballotelli and put someone on that at least wants to fight for the jersey.

Nothing annoys me more than lack of effort

Kerrigooney · 19-10-2014 2:24pm

How many times do we have to be utter utter shite before Rodgers realises Balotelli can not play up front on his own? This is fucking ridiculous.

Not that that is the only problem...tip of the iceberg.

5starpool · 19-10-2014 2:27pm

On the plus side, it'll be much easier to get tickets for games in the November sale than it was in the July sale. On a related downside it'll be very depressing going to see them play.

19-10-2014 2:30pm

Kerrigooney wrote: »

How many times do we have to be utter utter shite before Rodgers realises Balotelli can not play up front on his own? This is fucking ridiculous.

Not that that is the only problem...tip of the iceberg.

The playing up front thing gores back to day 1 of the season iirc.

It tells me that Rodgers need to shake off the arrogance and see that's it's not working.

We are making QPR look like world beaters

Harry Palmr · 19-10-2014 2:30pm

Mr Alan wrote: »

FSG must be fuming after the mega money spent in the summer

Possibly so. Too much store was put in what the team already had in the two most critical areas of the pitch - attack and central midfield. Could and should have pushed out the boat in both positions. I don't mind buying for tomorrow but not at the expense of buying for today.

MarkY91 · 19-10-2014 2:31pm

oh god. brendad actually lpayed balotelli up front on his own again. as much as i like him, he does make lots of foolish decisions

googled eyes · 19-10-2014 2:32pm

Man, we are puke...

Kerrigooney · 19-10-2014 2:33pm

rarnes1 wrote: »

The playing up front thing gores back to day 1 of the season iirc.

It tells me that Rodgers need to shake off the arrogance and see that's it's not working.

We are making QPR look like world beaters

Us eejits on an internet forum know it's not gonna work so why the hell keep doing it?

Probably is arrogance.

Harry Palmr · 19-10-2014 3:14pm

Amazingly bad, maybe its bad enough to prompt some thinking but I doubt it as managers are famously certain about their own quality and I'll bet its the players rather than the system that Rodgers highlights afterwards.

klose · 19-10-2014 3:15pm

Hopefully sakho Moreno and Manquillo come in Wednesday. Laughable defending today.

Hangballlouie · 19-10-2014 3:16pm

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Hangballlouie · 19-10-2014 3:19pm

hangballlouie wrote: »

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Hangballlouie · 19-10-2014 3:21pm

hangballlouie wrote: »

Spa

Dose.

monkey9 · 19-10-2014 3:22pm

We are a shambles at the back. We've all always been brutal defensively under Rodgers, but we're at our most pathetic this season. We're a disgrace at set pieces! Of course I'm chuffed with the result, but that shouldn't mask our defensive display.