Chelsea v Liverpool League Cup 2nd Leg. 27/01/15 7.45pm SS1

DVDM93

monkey9 wrote: »

Once Mourinho starts mouthing off to the ref at half time, Rodgers should also head to the ref demanding to know why Costa wasn't sent off.

Mourinho is the best in the world at that game to be fair. It's annoying, but hey it works. If I was a manager and found that working for me, I wouldn't have a notion of stopping.

donfers

Sanity_Saviour wrote: »

Lucas is a fiercely dirty player

Willian needs to be gotten rid

Lucas is a class defensive midfielder, has been playing excellently in recent weeks now he's back to full fitness

Costa should be off, pity nobody saw his nasty stamp

Liverpool creating better chances again, chelsea 1 shot on target in 135 minutes and that was a penalty

monkey9

Turtyturd wrote: »

They are a cert to get a soft peno in the 2nd half once he has his whinge.

This is what I'm thinking. Which is why Rodgers should also be in the ref's ear reminding him that Costa shouldn't have been the pitch to win a penalty.

mada999

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Penalty to be fair

If he thought it was a dive he should have booked him.

thought it was penalty, unlike hazard already going to ground for his pen in the first leg..

whatawaster

Balotelli for Gerrard on 60 HAS to be our first change

Slattsy

Turtyturd wrote: »

Love Lucas...what a man.

How many matches will Costa be banned for retroactively?

Good question.
I'll say zero.

Thug will get away with it.

Charlie19

A bit like the first leg, best chances falling to liverpool.

Kunkka

Is this game set for Mario to finally do something?

Osmosis Jones

Gerrard looks knackered, I fear we've wasted our best opportunities, against most teams we'd have 2 goals by now.

NukaCola

DVDM93 wrote: »

Mourinho is the best in the world at that game to be fair. It's annoying, but hey it works. If I was a manager and found that working for me, I wouldn't have a notion of stopping.

I would like to think I'd have more integrity and class than disrespecting refs week in and week out, no matter what results it was getting. He has the best squad and is supposedly one of the best managers in Europe. That should be enough. But no, wants the refs to give him a dig out when they cant score.

DVDM93

Sanity_Saviour wrote: »

Lucas is a fiercely dirty player

Willian needs to be gotten rid

Lucas dirty. Apt username for that one, you're well in need of someone saving your sanity with a comment like that ya bould pup! What's Costa if Lucas is dirty?????

Iused2likebusts

kingshankly wrote: »

Are you actually watching the game

Every game somebody will say the same thing about gerrard. He is doing quite well not as prominent as coutinho and hazard but doing more than willian and sterling.

googled eyes

This has a Costa winner written all over it .....

Dirty Steve

whatawaster wrote: »

Balotelli for Gerrard on 60 HAS to be our first change

Gerrard offer a range of passing, Balotelli offers next to nothing.

NukaCola

whatawaster wrote: »

Balotelli for Gerrard on 60 HAS to be our first change

Not at it today at all, ineffective slow and a passenger. HT sub should be made.

Turtyturd

NukaCola wrote: »

Not at it today at all, ineffective slow and a passenger. HT sub should be made.

For Lallana if anyone.

Harry Palmr

53% Ball Possession 47%
4 Goal Attempts 6
0 Shots on Goal 2
4 Shots off Goal 2
0 Blocked Shots 2
6 Free Kicks 5
1 Corner Kicks 4
1 Offsides 0
16 Throw-in 12
2 Goalkeeper Saves 0
4 Fouls 6
0 Yellow Cards 1

Why the calls for Gerrard off. He's done ok when the ball has reached him

NukaCola

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Every game somebody will say the same thing about gerrard. He is doing quite well not as prominent as coutinho and hazard but doing more than willian and sterling.

Done nothing of note. He is one of our attacking mid's, needs to be doing more than what he's given.

DVDM93

NukaCola wrote: »

I would like to think I'd have more integrity and class than disrespecting refs week in and week out, no matter what results it was getting. He has the best squad and is supposedly one of the best managers in Europe. That should be enough. But no, wants the refs to give him a dig out when they cant score.

Integrity? Class? It's Mourinho V a referree. Not Mourinho in showing his 'class' individually congratulating a Bradford team on knocking them out of the FA Cup. He has no class or integrity when it comes referees. He's a manipulative bully. But will do anything to win, even if it is accusations of a conspiracy against him and his team.

NukaCola

rarnes1 wrote: »

Why the calls for Gerrard off. He's done ok when the ball has reached him

He's completely nullified by Matic. Need something different.

Slattsy

Sterling too isolated at times.
Marko off, Lallana on, Hendo right wing back and Gerrard in middle.

Dont wanna see Balo at all.

The Moldy Gowl

What formation are Liverpool playing?

8-10

No chance of Gerrard being taken off at HT in a game like this. Christ.

Markovic and Moreno can both be got at by running at them, I'd take one of them off first, probably Markovic for Johnson, then Moreno for Lallana, then Coutinho for Balotelli

NukaCola

~Rebel~ wrote: »

To be honest, I can understand it...every time we do pass across, each player that gets it takes a touch and shifts it further wide - repeat until we lose the ball.

I'm kind of glad that he's actively looking to just take it on and see what happens.

If he could shoot I'd understand it :P

Will I Amnt

DVDM93 wrote: »

I was referring to this. Nothing funny about what he did. Imo of course.

You said I was applauding a vicious stamp, you can retract that bullsh*t for a start, I never said anything of the sort.
I thought the blasé way he did it was funny and the fact that he never gets caught, he didn't break his f*cking leg, no need for the faux outrage.

mada999

NukaCola wrote: »

Chelsea want a free for every bit of contact.....man up lads

aye sure any contact at all will cause Hazard to stop and throw a strop... it's a joke

delw

Balo will not make a difference if he comes on,not a game to be giving him another chance

DVDM93

Watching this on bein sports. There's something hypnotic about American soccer commentary. I've to pinch myself every now and then to make sure I'm not in some sort of trance. Beats Niall Quinn I suppose.

Turtyturd

There we go...nice bit of influencing going on.

Charlie19

Slattsy wrote: »

Sterling too isolated at times.
Marko off, Lallana on, Hendo right wing back and Gerrard in middle.

Dont wanna see Balo at all.

I agree with the first and last line but Id have Lalanna on for Gerrard as he hasn't got the energy for pressing in these types of games.

NukaCola

Mario isn't a guy I'd hang my hopes on.......leave him where he is.

Panthro

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

What formation are Liverpool playing?

The 'chance it' formation

Iused2likebusts

NukaCola wrote: »

Done nothing of note. He is one of our attacking mid's, needs to be doing more than what he's given.

he has kept possession played a couple of nice passes and made a great run into the box in support of sterling but didnt get the ball. He has been steady enough so far. Id give him till 65/70 mins.

monkey9

Fortitude is already p!ssing me off.

YouTookMyName

Was it a foul on Costa and therefore a penalty? Yes.

Should Costa have been on the pitch at that point? No.

Barr

The pool playing with 12 men

DVDM93

Ah! and there it is, Mourinho having hos few words with Oliver in the tunnel.

NukaCola

Its amazing that a manager can approach the ref at any time during a game........

Slattsy

Typical Mourinho.

livinginkorea

Jose should not be allowed to chat to the ref, the fourth official sure, clearly trying to influence him

mada999

Mourinho pulling a fergie there hassling the ref.... i wonder was Mourinho arguing that costa should have been sent off ?? nah didn't think so...

monkey9

See, Mourinho in the ref's ear and it's going to influence him.

Harry Palmr

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

What formation are Liverpool playing?

3-4-3 with wing backs

NukaCola

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

he has kept possession played a couple of nice passes and made a great run into the box in support of sterling but didnt get the ball. He has been steady enough so far. Id give him till 65/70 mins.

Its not enough for me but he will get 65/70. To be fair he is one of our only players that can create something from nothing.

Sanity_Saviour

Always thought it was really strange how obsessed Liverpool fans are with Mourinho.

Also, Costa "stamp" was never a red in any sport

mada999

Turtyturd wrote: »

If only Coutinho could shoot.

big time gets into great positions... he should aim for the corner of the goals and not straight at the keeper

marklazarcovic

costa is mourinho's on pitch mourinho

NukaCola

Panthro wrote: »

The 'chance it' formation

Nope, its the same one we played that outplayed Chelsea last week and the same formation we've played for a quite a while.

blueser

Sanity_Saviour wrote: »

Always thought it was really strange how obsessed Liverpool fans are with Mourinho.

Also, Costa "stamp" was never a red in any sport

Behave. Of course it's a red card.