Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Warning in OP, 10/12

rob316

They might not be great but they are playing with pride and desire. Moreno, can and toure looking good so far.

MD1990

Doing pretty well but should actually shoot on goal.

Turtyturd

Agent Coulson wrote: »

With is display tonight (So far) and what I have seen of him so far this season Can needs to be a starter in league game.

Yep...the absence of Mr Undroppable isn't even noticeable.

smileyj1987

rarnes1 wrote: »

Pretty impressed with the guys who have come into the team. Look like they give a fcuk

It actually does look at lot like that !

MD1990

Should bring on Sterling for Markovic. Can has been inpressive. Lucas done well too.

Charlie19

I read the rumours last night about the team selection and I thought to myself that Rodgers wouldn't have the kahunas to rest sterling Gerrard and Mario.

Fair play to him, I'm fricking delighted. Chelsea is a far more important game. I'm not saying we'll beat them but it will give us a better chance.

Sir Gallagher

Surprising stuff here. At least that some of the lads who've been dropped realise if your gonna play that way against the likes of Newcastle, dont expect to walk into the team against the likes of Madrid.

Grayditch

Interesting.

smileyj1987

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Surprising stuff here. At least that some of the lads who've been dropped realise if your gonna play that way against the likes of Newcastle, dont expect to walk into the team against the likes of Madrid.

I have to say it could be the kick in the pants that a few of the players need to get going and actually play like they give a damn . Some of them seem to play like they don't give a toss at times .

Demosthenese

Real balls is IF they don't get hockeyed here tonight and give these lads a run in the league after our last few PL performances ... Can/Lallana/Borini/Allen/Lucas doing well to be fair. Kinda feel Toure will cost a goal sooner or later but for 45mins he was really good on the ball too fair play to him - hope a few of the so called starting 11 take note on what its like to play with a little pride!

Mr Alan

I'm not writing Markovic off by any strectch, but even in this insane transfer market when spending £20m on the a player they should be able to offer something other than potential. At this moment in time, he's shocking IMO.

Rodgers running the risk of putting half his teams nose out of joint by not giving them a game against the European Champions in the Bernabeu.

djPSB

PhiloCypher wrote: »

Lol if nothing else the reaction to the team sheet proves conclusively we have a fan base to match our form atm which is to say completely ****e.

100%

martyos121

Right, keep them out for half an hour then unleash Sterling, Coutinho and Gerrard on them, with Stevie just behind Borini.

But Rodgers will probably bring on Johnson.

Sheepy99

kfallon wrote: »

The team selection tonight is a slap in the face for the travelling fans and a slap in the face to the clubs heritage, we're 5 times winners of the competition who are basically saying, "Yeah we'll get beat tonight but who cares about CL, we might get something on Saturday if we're lucky!"

Defeat tonight and again on Saturday and this will really have backfired on Rodgers.

Lets just pray for a miracle tonight.....and I don't believe in miracles

Saying that as a Liverpool supporter surely should cause some sort of paradox where the universe collapses into itself.

djPSB

martyos121 wrote: »

Right, keep them out for half an hour then unleash Sterling, Coutinho and Gerrard on them, with Stevie just behind Borini.

But Rodgers will probably bring on Johnson.

Sure we all know more than Rodgers anyway.

Knex*

Mr Alan wrote: »

Rodgers running the risk of putting half his teams nose out of joint by not giving them a game against the European Champions in the Bernabeu.

Hope they learn they can't play like shit the week before, and expect to play in what could be the biggest game of their careers.

Realistically, it could well have been Gerrard's last opportunity to start in the Bernabeu, actually.

We need to shake things up in the league, desperately, and hopefully this is the kick that we need.

Vicxas

OK so colour me impressed by the team first half.

Umaro

Mr Alan wrote: »

Rodgers running the risk of putting half his teams nose out of joint by not giving them a game against the European Champions in the Bernabeu.

Yeah. It'd be a real shame to annoy the lads that had 2 shots on target vs Newcastle.

Lord Trollington

Allen is so weak

Vicxas

Markovic playing well

Hoki

Mr Alan wrote: »

I'm not writing Markovic off by any strectch, but even in this insane transfer market when spending £20m on the a player they should be able to offer something other than potential. At this moment in time, he's shocking IMO.

Rodgers running the risk of putting half his teams nose out of joint by not giving them a game against the European Champions in the Bernabeu.

Everything is shocking / horrendous / deluded to you. Markovic has done nothing wrong tonight & has played pretty well if you ask me , get off his back ffs

martyos121

Lucas has to play against Chelsea.
Has to.

Agent Coulson

martyos121 wrote: »

Lucas has to play against Chelsea.
Has to.

And Can.

smileyj1987

martyos121 wrote: »

Lucas has to play against Chelsea.
Has to.

This team should start against Chelsea !

Agent Coulson

Borini and Sturridge need to be the starting strikers when both are fit.

Borini gives us the hard work and chasing we are missing from the forwards this season. (Maybe not goals) but he opens up space for the midfielders to come into.

martyos121

Plenty of positives to take from that performance.
Considering the opposition, I'm not too dissapointed.

Tipsy McSwagger

No goal, no threat going forward, another loss. Still crap.

klose

Only caught the second half but was impressed, gerrard coming on was thoroughly ineffective however, usual hollywood ball ****e. Hopefully rodgers dosent revert to the "first" eleven for the chelsea game.

brevity

I think that's a performance Lloyd was looking for :pac:

Can, Kolo, Borini, Lucas should start against Chelsea.

Raif Severance

Good Effort from the Lads.

Just couldn't Create anything in the Final 3rd.

And Credit where Credit's Due, Toure and Mignolet were Great in that Game.

mav79

Kolo MOTM for me today. The whole team did pretty well, a lot better than I thought before the match.

Harry Palmr

Well a few players did themselves no harm at all with that.

Sure Madrid ended the match playing a cagey possession game but they never did work up the momentum to get the big win that so many had assumed (me included).

Manquillo, Can, Kolo, Moreno, Lucasaid all done well. Markovic gets a hard time but I can see (and have seen) what he can do and I think will do. Mig had a good game as well though if you can catch you really should do.

Full of heart against the champions in their own backyard.

Looks like Rodgers knows more than boards managers. Some of the stuff written pre kick off was embarressing tbh. Toys out of prams nationwide

Utopia Parkway

Much better performance than the home game. Actually passed the ball well at times. Need to get back to scoring goals though. It's like we've forgotten how to.

Soft Falling Rain

Better, much better. The only problem was that for all of Borini's and Marko's effort, there were no 'killers' in attack.

I think the team can take heart from tonight going into the Chelsea game anyway.

rob316

Proud tonight huge gulf in class and we kept in the game. Well done to rodgers with his brave team selection that will keep the critics shut.

mav79

Pity Balotelli did not come on instead of Gerrard. Lucas was the best of the three midfielders playing and didn't need to be brought off.

Pyjamarama

If we play with that kind of effort on saturday and Danny is back we can get something out of it.

Good to see the level of effort. Maybe it'll get some of the "Rodgers has lost the plot" brigade to quieten down.

Demosthenese

Better setup. Better discipline. We've hammered BR for not being able to setup his team like this before (with possibly more attacking intent when we win it back) but he has managed it tonight and credit due. Corners were FAR better tonight and there is obvious work done there evident from the Newcastle match as well.

That said ... 5-10 mins to go is there a difference between 1-0 and 2-0??? I know some players looked dead on their feet - Allen and Lallana looked bollixed. But i'd have prefered to have a better go at them deploy even Sterling further forward.

Seriously though, we could setup like that week in week out in the PL with Sturridge fit and with Sterling on the break we could be very difficult to beat.

Lets not kid ourselves though ... it was a huge gamble, it sort of payed off and was encouraging to see the lads prove a point and show some much needed pride!

MD1990

Surely Toure will start saturday. But who to drop Skrtel or Lovren?

klose

mav79 wrote: »

Pity Balotelli did not come on instead of Gerrard. Lucas was the best of the three midfielders playing and didn't need to be brought off.

Agree, lucas however only has an hour in him these days, anything more and hes running through treacle

mada999

wow didnt know Scholes was so small, standing there beside Macca

Turtyturd

mada999 wrote: »

wow didnt know Scholes was so small, standing there beside Macca

Seems to be morphing into Moyes.

ShamoBuc

What does he do now? Start some of the players that played well tonight or some of the very under performing subs??

Slattsy

Toure and Lucas the standouts.
Shout of for Borini too. Ran his ballocks off.

Utopia Parkway

MD1990 wrote: »

Surely Toure will start saturday. But who to drop Skrtel or Lovren?

Skrtel made some bad errors tonight. Gave the ball away in the first half which nearly cost a goal. Second half left Ronaldo and ran towards Benzema who was already marked by two players. Nearly let Ronaldo in. Does some daft things at times.

tok9

Happy with the performance but obviously disappointed with the result.

Would agree with Alan (to a hugely lesser extent) that Markovic was disappointing in the 1st half although I thought he was much better for the 20-30 mins he played in the second.

On a serious note, this really shows up our defence. Toure came in and had a really good game. Manquillo just has to be our first choice RB at least until Flanagan comes back.

Skrtel had his typical stupid moments. I would honestly start that back 4 against Chelsea. I'll be gutted if Johnson is back in

Mignolet, Borini, Lucas, Can all did well imo.

One real negative was Joe Allen. I thought he had a really poor match, lot of misplaced passes.

Hopefully this will be a small boost to morale and we can go on and beat Chelsea at the weekend.

mosstin

So, a template for going forward or normal service resumed at the weekend? Too many undroppables in our squad for it to be the former I think.

Kerrigooney

Much much better. At least there was a bit of energy on the pitch.

For all the flack he gets,Toure put in a performance of a much higher quality than Lovren has managed all season.

mada999

looking at the goal there... surely we should have known to double up on Marcelo... Arbeloa was not going to get too far forward so no need to double up that side