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

MD1990

A penalty shout out is usually a no lose situation for a keeper. Mignolet though was terrible in the shoot out.

hadoken13

kfallon wrote: »

The 2 keepers are brutal :pac:

Brutal - I've said for the last couple of years that Mignolet is sh1t - no confidence, never claims balls, always nervy.

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Where did our ability to be clinical go?

I know, they have no attacking intent anymore, we used to blow teams away in the first half, now we are lucky to get a one goal lead.

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Through but you'd have to be worried by how the team is playing. If anything the defence looks worse than it did last season.

Playing sh1t, really sh1t. Defence is terrible - they are all making simple mistakes and are all as nervous as f*$k.

Harry Palmr

Well, its hard to know where to start with that barrel of sh1te.

I think Rodgers is going to have to go back to basics. Football Camp - Hard training, square bashing, meat and potatoes, no conjugal rights.

Grayditch

We are in the biggest of trouble.

Agent Coulson

That was our 14th shootout 12 wins and 2 losses.

Both losses have come in the league cup.

brevity

Is Suso definitely gone in Jan?

Fescue

Grayditch wrote: »

We are in the biggest of trouble.

Everton have a habit of kick starting our season sometimes.

They are even worse than us!

rob316

Watching post match there mignolet is so shy and timid, 17 year old jordan oozes confidence.

Demosthenese

Bodes well for the weekend, will surely go out and hammer Everton now. Absolutely no doubt we'll be all guns blazing.

kfallon

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Well, its hard to know where to start with that barrel of sh1te.

I think Rodgers is going to have to go back to basics. Football Camp - Hard training, square bashing, meat and potatoes, no conjugal rights.

To be fair did we not struggle to beat Notts County in our first LC game last season?

I'll not place much importance on tonight, roll on Saturday and the return of 'The Studge'

Riesen_Meal

Mignolet needs competition, he hasn't been at the races at all....

LuckyLloyd

kfallon wrote: »

To be fair did we not struggle to beat Notts County in our first LC game last season?

I'll not place much importance on tonight, roll on Saturday and the return of 'The Studge'

You might not place much importance on tonight in of itself, but the issue is that it fits nicely with our trend of performances thus far this year.

rob316

So much needed goals for the Kop end. Remember that lads that's where the ball needs to go against Everton.

Hope to christ Danny is back Saturday we are toothless without him.

Gbear

Grayditch wrote: »

We are in the biggest of trouble.

I really don't see why.

Even at the best of times we've performed ****e against lower league teams in the domestic cups more often than not.

These games have very little bearing on where the team is at.

My only ongoing concern is Rodgers sticking with one striker in too many games. Oh, and set pieces too.

Particularly with Lambert, he's far too slow for the way we want to play as the lone striker.

Didn't think the performance was too bad on the whole though. It's not like they're some non-league ****heap where we can just turn up with half a 2nd string side and just walk over them.

We weren't outplayed and we didn't give away loads of chances - it would've been a pretty straight forward 2-1 win if Sterling didn't start looking a bit tired and give the ball away a couple of times.

Fescue

Paul Tomkins has a new book out tomorrow about Liverpools epic penalty shootout win over Middlesborough. "Dare to Score"

klose

Still lots of work to be done but happy to be through, peno shootout is always fun. Good day/night for the academy, 2 debuts and 2 graduates on the scoresheet.

kingshankly

I'd bite the bullet and go with brad jones Saturday if anything it will give mig a kick up the hole

Harry Palmr

klose wrote: »

Still lots of work to be done but happy to be through, peno shootout is always fun. Good day/night for the academy, 2 debuts and 2 graduates on the scoresheet.

I'm looking forward to the 2016-17 season already!.

Ibe, Teixeira, Smth, Ilori, Origi, Rossiter, Ojo, Yesil, Kent, Wilson, Sinclair, Canos all could have looked at home in tonights side.

Super-Rush

Scored 16 times tonight and we were still shite.

Vicxas

Delighted for our academy players.

But I am absolutely dreading the champions league games.

kfallon

kingshankly wrote: »

I'd bite the bullet and go with brad jones Saturday if anything it will give mig a kick up the hole

Ah here.....

kingshankly

Super-Rush wrote: »

Scored 16 times tonight and we were still shite.

Mig has conceded 23 goals in 6 matches

daithijjj

Only positives out of that for me were Lallana and Enrique from the senior players. Sterling was decent too but clearly missing Sturridge to link with.

The debutants did well also.

klose

kingshankly wrote: »

Mig has conceded 23 goals in 6 matches

Even more worrying was how 13 of them were in the space of 15-20 minutes.

ArmaniJeanss

Need to move away from this 'you score 15, we score 16' attitude.

Agent Coulson

https://twitter.com/Carra23/status/514489204840349696

Utopia Parkway

The Everton game could finish 5-4 to either side.

5starpool

Agent Coulson wrote: »

That was our 14th shootout 12 wins and 2 losses.

Both losses have come in the league cup.

Wimbledon and Northampton (formidable opponents) if memory serves?

Fowler87

Valdes will get in the team drunk the way Mignolet has performed lately

Vicxas

Fowler87 wrote: »

Valdes will get in the team drunk the way Mignolet has performed lately

I would pay to see that.

Sideshow Mark

Grayditch wrote: »

We are in the biggest of trouble.

I wouldn't go that far, we won, can take some positives from Suso, Lallana and our debut players. I'd rather be in our position than Everton's, Arsenal's or Uniteds. There is certainly work to be done in our defense, and hopefully we won't see Toure again. Also keep in mind that we still haven't played our best team this season.

garra

tok9 wrote: »

Could I get a bit more Suso this season please?

Seriously though what does Markovic do? I thought he was a pacey winger but he didn't really try to beat anyone. Had some nice touches.. an awful lot of passes back and 2 great opportunities to shoot where he decided to pass.

I've no problem giving him time but I'm just a little confused at what I'm watching.

He tried pushing the ball past their defenders but then didn't have the pace or power to beat them to it. Am hoping he develops significantly in the next year and learns from Llalanna & Sterling, for the sake of the Transfer Commitee

Stargate

Vicxas wrote: »

Delighted for our academy players.

But I am absolutely dreading the champions league games.

Same here . Between the Lodo game and this Boro game we got outta jail .
Better teams will tear our defense to pieces . I hope it's a case of we can only get better , surly we cant play any worse , can we ?

Osmosis Jones

I'll be a lot more confident once Sturridge comes back. Him and Balotelli have only played one game together but it was our best game this season. Our best attack is definitely those two up top with Sterling in behind.

rossie1977

what has rodgers got against suso exactly?

the kid showed more in the few minutes on the pitch than the majority of the players he has put out this season and yet he can't even get a start in a league cup game, baffling.

mightyreds

Loved joey batons tweet

" has mingolet got hands under them gloves"

Some great penalty's loved both ballotellis

MR NINE

I dont think we played badly tonight. Obviously we were far from our best and lacked a bit of cutting edge up front, but it was our best performance since the spurs game. The cause for concern from tonight was our inability to see the game out. We have absolutely no composure to control a game at the moment.

kingshankly

Lalanna played very well again tonight
Look forward to when's he's fully fit

Sooner or Later

Patchy performance

Epic penalty shootout

Not sure what we can take from it

8-10

Mario Balotelli's penalty taking reminds me of how Clayton Kershaw pitches, that little jerking motion near the end to put the keeper off, very effective

MD1990

Lambert was terrible tonight. Too slow for us. Lallana,Enrique & Sterling all did well. Rossiter & Wiliams too did well. We need a confidence boosting win on saturday.

Charlie19

rossie1977 wrote: »

what has rodgers got against suso exactly?

the kid showed more in the few minutes on the pitch than the majority of the players he has put out this season and yet he can't even get a start in a league cup game, baffling.

Suso might have a good agent.

Us supporters dont always have the ITK info

Chucky the tree

I thought Mingolet was actually okay for the 120 minutes. Poor penalty shoot-out though.

Agent Coulson

mightyreds wrote: »

Loved joey batons tweet

" has mingolet got hands under them gloves"

Some great penalty's loved both ballotellis

Here is another on Balotelli tonight.

https://twitter.com/Joey7Barton/status/514512322464071680

Gbear

MD1990 wrote: »

Lambert was terrible tonight. Too slow for us. Lallana,Enrique & Sterling all did well. Rossiter & Wiliams too did well. We need a confidence boosting win on saturday.

It's down to Rodgers to build a team to win the game.
It's no more Lambert's fault than it's Suso's fault that he's not taller.

MR NINE

Its a shame if suso is leaving. Di marzio has been reporting it as though its signed and sealed, dont know how reliable he is but I hope hes wrong. Looked very good in his cameo tonight, Im not sure if ever watched him and not been impressed.

Charlie19

Sky sports1 has a good program on now about Liverpool from the 80s

klose

The best peno was kolos where he just toe pocked it, none of that placement sh!te

Mr Alan

Someone remind me how much we paid for Markovich?

Y2KBOS86

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Here is another on Balotelli tonight.

https://twitter.com/Joey7Barton/status/514512322464071680

He has a point.

Balotelli is a long long way from world class.