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

Turtyturd

If Basle come and pull a Chelsea they shouldn't have any difficulty getting a result.

Agent Coulson

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Not sure what was gained by leaving Lambert and Gerrard on for the entire game. Surely both those could have done with replacing with fresher legs for the last 15/20 minutes.

A microcosm of the season really. Crap defending, crap goalkeeping, conceding goals from set-pieces, conceding late goals. It had the whole shebang.

Both will be starters on Saturday no doubt.

5starpool

brevity wrote: »

Apparently Lambert has said that they answered the critics tonight.

super_furry wrote: »

"The performance was excellent."

Very worrying.

Jaysis. Must have watched a different game to the rest of us against the giants of Bulgarian football.

RED L4 0TH

Talisman wrote: »

Win by two goals.

Yes, as Basel's GD remains 3 better. Mentioned in the RTE commentary there that we were actually on course early on to lose 5 in a row for the first time since 1953. Here is that run from the early stages of the 1953-54 season which ultimately ended in disaster.

martyos121

klose wrote: »

@AlexShawESPN: Liverpool have had a one goal lead after 85 mins six times in all comps this season.

They've lost that lead six times.

That's pure BS.
What about Southampton and West Brom?

Charlie19

I did think qualification for the ko round would be hard but doable, i was counting 6 points from Ludogorets. now looking at our recent form, I just can't see it.

Europa league is where we'll end up. Which ain't too bad, European football in 2015:)

citytillidie

Turtyturd wrote: »

If Basle come and pull a Chelsea they shouldn't have any difficulty getting a result.

Playing for a draw is always a risk

brevity

I'm actually sick of his bull**** at this point.

citytillidie

RED L4 0TH wrote: »

Yes, as Basel's GD remains 3 better. Mentioned in the RTE commentary there that we were actually on course early on to lose 5 in a row for the first time since 1953. Here is that run from the early stages of the 1953-54 season which ultimately ended in disaster.

No if Liverpool win they will have 7 points Basel 6 so GD has nothing to do with it.

Turtyturd

citytillidie wrote: »

Playing for a draw is always a risk

If Coutinho and Lallana are left on the bench there won't be much risk.

5starpool

RED L4 0TH wrote: »

Yes, as Basel's GD remains 3 better. Mentioned in the RTE commentary there that we were actually on course early on to lose 5 in a row for the first time since 1953. Here is that run from the early stages of the 1953-54 season which ultimately ended in disaster.

Basel's goal difference would indeed have them ahead of us if we finish level, but that is impossible. They are only 2 points ahead of us now so if we win we'll have 7 points, they'll have 6. Ludogorets can get 7 too but would lose on head to head vs us.

Lord Trollington

We are just so poor at the moment its really hard to know where to start.

Its utterly depressing watching LFC at the moment.

Firstly Mig had to go. That's almost a big of priority as signing a striker in January

It's amazing the amount of people that are struggling with 4 + 3 = 7 :pac:

RED L4 0TH

citytillidie wrote: »

No if Liverpool win they will have 7 points Basel 6 so GD has nothing to do with it.

Oops sorry, your right.

5starpool

5starpool wrote: »

Basel's goal difference would indeed have them ahead of us if we finish level, but that is impossible. They are only 2 points ahead of us now so if we win we'll have 7 points, they'll have 6. Ludogorets can get 7 too but would lose on head to head vs us.

We are playing so poor that Uefa have decided we only warrant 2 points for a win

Talisman

5starpool wrote: »

Incorrect.

My mistake. I was reliably informed by the couch resident that Basel had scored a late equaliser against Madrid.

super_furry

Cech's probably the best chance of getting a decent goalkeeper in January but would probably only be a short-term solution.

Boom_Bap

rarnes1 wrote: »

It's amazing the amount of people that are struggling with 4 + 3 = 7 :pac:

what about the denominator?

mav79

super_furry wrote: »

Cech's probably the best chance of getting a decent goalkeeper in January but would probably only be a short-term solution.

Hell, at the moment Brad Jones is looking a decent keeper.:(

Turtyturd

Would he be eligible for the CL, likewise Schuurle?

Obviously Mata is.

Utopia Parkway

Mignolet is just a complete disaster zone.

Terrible mistake for first goal.
Came flying out to try and punch a corner kick clear and missed the ball by a mile.
Saved another bouncing shot with his face. Luckily for him it didn't go in this time.

Lukker-

super_furry wrote: »

Cech's probably the best chance of getting a decent goalkeeper in January but would probably only be a short-term solution.

He's only 32, easily has 5 years left. If not more.

Anyways, Cech said he's staying until the end of the season so Liverpool would at least have wait until summer.

Leroy42

So L'pool still have qualification from their group in their own hands in the last game, this being their 1st go back into the comp in 5 years. They sit just 5 points off 4th in the EPL.

Hardly the worst crisis in football

Lukker-

Turtyturd wrote: »

Would he be eligible for the CL, likewise Schuurle?

Obviously Mata is.

Cech started one of the group games so no. Neither would Schurrle.

Turtyturd

Turtyturd wrote: »

Would he be eligible for the CL, likewise Schuurle?

Obviously Mata is.

Cech would be ideal, Schuurle would be a decent shout too. Mata. no chance and no thanks. Huge wages and overated.

Keeper and striker are probably the main priorities.

Turtyturd

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Mignolet is just a complete disaster zone.

Terrible mistake for first goal.
Came flying out to try and punch a corner kick clear and missed the ball by a mile.
Saved another bouncing shot with his face. Luckily for him it didn't go in this time.

This is a negative?

Leroy42

Leroy42 wrote: »

So L'pool still have qualification from their group in their own hands in the last game, this being their 1st go back into the comp in 5 years. They sit just 5 points off 4th in the EPL.

Hardly the worst crisis in football

Speaking about the league, we are lucky that the other teams going for 4th are also shít !

Agent Coulson

Cech would be brillant.

A defensive coach would be better.

Chucky the tree

Lukker- wrote: »

He's only 32, easily has 5 years left. If not more.

Anyways, Cech said he's staying until the end of the season so Liverpool would at least have wait until summer.

This is rarely true. A couple of keepers manage to keep performances late into their 30s but the fact majority take a big dip in performance at the same time most players do.

Turtyturd

Turtyturd wrote: »

This is a negative?

He should have caught it in his mouth really.

Leroy42

rarnes1 wrote: »

Speaking about the league, we are lucky that the other teams going for 4th are also shít !

Yes, but they are so they are so all is not lost.

A bad patch for sure, but not a disaster yet.

Iused2likebusts

Chelsea may even sell cech to us as we are no threat to them.

Raif Severance

super_furry wrote: »

I don't know if he's actually trying to convince himself or honestly believes it.

That's not what is actually Concerning.

What I'm actually worried about, is that in BR's Eyes, Gerrard's Performance tonight in his New Role, was Excellent.

I'm sure that we will be seeing Gerrard playing the No. 10 from now on.

So less Playing Time for Lallana and Coutinho, unless they are played as Wingers.

Which Begs the Question, why did we even Spunk 20+M on Lallana?

I mean, that Game was crying out for Cou/Lallana, as Subs if not Starters.

If we had another Dribbler in the Team aside from Sterling, we would have Created more Chances against Ludo. But instead, we Persisted with Gerrard for the Full 90.

5starpool

rarnes1 wrote: »

Speaking about the league, we are lucky that the other teams going for 4th are also shít !

Better again, 3rd and 4th are both still very much in play. I'd be nearly happy enough in the grand scheme of things to see Southampton get it if we don't, but they won't. Their next 8 games are very tough generally.

Turtyturd

He was using his experience to dictate the pace of the game.

brevity

Riera back in 2009

"When I walked into the dressing room after the game everyone was devastated that we had only drawn a difficult away game."

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/albert-riera-players-despair-shows-3461601

Rodgers in 2014

"Excellent performance"

Lambert in 2014

"We answered our critics"

This team is a ****ing shrivelled dick in a snow storm...

Nerdlingr

At least people are coming round to the idea that mignolet has been a poor signing and needs to be replaced. Coming around for what the rest of us already knew for a while. And moreno, another goal he was at fault for tonight. Wrong side and he turned his back on the play... Shocking defending. That's at least 3 goals he's been directly responsible for.... And people are surprised when he isn't in the team? Thought lambert, sterling and Gerrard linked up well at times, same team versus Stoke please.

rob316

Turtyturd wrote: »

Would he be eligible for the CL, likewise Schuurle?

Obviously Mata is.

Doesn't matter we need them for the league campaign. We havn't a prayer of going far in the CL.

Charlie19

I actually thought that we looked fairly solid tonight going with 4-4--1-1 and we were only really weekend down the left side because of sterling not covering back to help a wandering Johnson.

The wrong subs were made though as the two up front were clearly knackered after about 65/70 minutes.

5starpool

5starpool wrote: »

Better again, 3rd and 4th are both still very much in play. I'd be nearly happy enough in the grand scheme of things to see Southampton get it if we don't, but they won't. Their next 8 games are very tough generally.

At least we have a striker that is scoring goals.

Next 3 league games are huge before Utd and Arsenal games.

mada999

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Gerrard if he is to play every game has to play where he is playing tonight.

where you watching a different game to me? every second touch was a tackle.. fair enough he played Sterling in for a one on one but tbh, he was rubbish..

mada999

Joanne has nice child bearing hips in fairness

Gerrard was average at best, lets be honest.

I'd rather him there than at DM tbh. Leave Lucas there and see what happens.

Bowlardo

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Not sure what was gained by leaving Lambert and Gerrard on for the entire game. Surely both those could have done with replacing with fresher legs for the last 15/20 minutes.

A microcosm of the season really. Crap defending, crap goalkeeping, conceding goals from set-pieces, conceding late goals. It had the whole shebang.

Yes even as a time wasting tactic. Gerard was bet after 70 minutes.
Bring on can.
Bring on Markovic for Sterling. We need a bit of pace up front to pin them back . the minute sterling went off the where able to get forward

rob316

mada999 wrote: »

where you watching a different game to me? every second touch was a tackle.. fair enough he played Sterling in for a one on one but tbh, he was rubbish..

Yep he was poor and so off the pace. The most static number 10 you will see. It's sad but he's a waste of a position that coutinho or lallana could fill better.

mada999

MD1990 wrote: »

Gerrard & Lambert as the two most attacking players won't work. Too slow & if we had a better counter attacking threat we would have been 3 or 4-1 up before the equaliser.

in the first half, gerrard was trying to play balls in front of Lambert to run on to

YouTookMyName

Shower of useless shítes.

Agent Coulson

mada999 wrote: »

where you watching a different game to me? every second touch was a tackle.. fair enough he played Sterling in for a one on one but tbh, he was rubbish..

So you would rather him playing at DM then?

Because he won't be dropped!!

mada999

brevity wrote: »

Rodgers ****ed it up IMO. Took the only threating player off and left two over thirties up front?

Can, Lallana or borini should have been on at 60 minutes.

We haven't a hope against Basel IMO.

a hearrr leave it oooout.. we always have a chance

Augmerson

mada999 wrote: »

a hearrr leave it oooout.. we always have a chance

Aye, we have a chance.

Did we deserve that chance?

Hmmm.