West Ham vs Liverpool, FA Cup Replay, 19:45, BT Sport

Turtyturd

Commentators starting their Sturridge fan wankery already.

Osmosis Jones

Get sturridge on, shouldn't be on the bench if he can't play and Benteke is awful.

Sir Gallagher

Smith looks as defensively clueless as Moreno.

NukaCola

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Get sturridge on, shouldn't be on the bench if he can't play and Benteke is awful.

Yea, Benteke's done a few decent things but overall easy to defend against.....

Pyjamarama

People must be watching a different game to me.. Bentekes done fine today. I'm don't think he suits us but i do feel sometimes he gets crucified because he's not Suarez.

Vicxas

Sigh, more sloppy defence...

NukaCola

Pyjamarama wrote: »

People must be watching a different game to me.. Bentekes done fine today. I'm don't think he suits us but i do feel sometimes he gets crucified because he's not Suarez.

Coasting though, not doing anything great and not breaking a gut to get into the box......

Harry Palmr

Sigh....Valencia able to saunter at the back post there.

Otherwise pretty encouraging, the Academy players able to knock the ball about pretty well against a PL strength West Ham. Sturridge or Origi to come on for Ibe sooner rather than later.

SuperTortoise

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Smith looks as defensively clueless as Moreno.

Although he was at fault for the goal tonight, overall thats not the case.
And even if it were, what he offers going forward is light years ahead of Moreno.

SuperTortoise

We are a good striker away from going in 3 or 4-1 up at HT.

martyos121

Pyjamarama wrote: »

People must be watching a different game to me.. Bentekes done fine today. I'm don't think he suits us but i do feel sometimes he gets crucified because he's not Suarez.

I know what you mean, but "doing fine" is absolutely not good enough for a £32m player. When you spend that kind of money on a striker, he better be scoring at least once every three games, and that's being lenient on him.

Turtyturd

At least they didn't score with their first attempt on target.

monkey9

Pyjamarama wrote: »

If moreno did what Smith did there you'd be crucifying him. Lost his man at the back post...

Smith lacks experience. I'd like him to get that.

NukaCola

Very happy with the Midfield.....I think they can outperform the "First team" midfield given more game time........Coutinho Firmino and Sturridge ahead of them and I think we'd be a stronger team.......maybe I'm being too optimistic...

Muahahaha

mosstin wrote: »

Never has one player been given so much credit for one goal. He's been horrible at both ends for some time now.

are you referring to Moreno's goal vs Spurs away at the beginning of last season? If so I don't think we've ever seen Moreno play as good as he did that day nearly 18 months ago. Things looked bright for him back then, he's never reached those heights since imo

murpho999

Pyjamarama wrote: »

If moreno did what Smith did there you'd be crucifying him. Lost his man at the back post...

He looks better all round than clueless Moreno.

Also, you can't judge player on one mistake but Moreno has had many of them in different scenarios. A complete liability.

Osmosis Jones

Unchanged at half time.

monkey9

martyos121 wrote: »

I know what you mean, but "doing fine" is absolutely not good enough for a £32m player. When you spend that kind of money on a striker, he better be scoring at least once every three games, and that's being lenient on him.

Benteke is our top striker goalscorer isn't he? And hardly starts. Very clear how Klopp rates him though by only starting him for FA Cup games primarily. He is a cracking striker, but it'll be at another club when he starts showing that again.

murpho999

Muahahaha wrote: »

are you referring to Moreno's goal vs Spurs away at the beginning of last season? If so I don't think we've ever seen Moreno play as good as he did that day nearly 18 months ago. Things looked bright for him back then, he's never reached those heights since imo

Neither has the team in fairness.

That night tricked me into thinking we'd be ok without Suarez and would make top 4. How wrong was that?

~Rebel~

We won the free out of it, but **** Benteke slows things down so much!

Some great little interplay there, and then it gets to him and everything just stops.

5starpool

Great start to the half!!!!!!

Coutinho!!!!!!

citytillidie

Get in there

martyos121

The Count is back!

Brilliant free kick.

J Mysterio

Yesss! C'mon!

mosstin

murpho999 wrote: »

Neither has the team in fairness.

That night tricked me into thinking we'd be ok without Suarez and would make top 4. How wrong was that?

And Balotelli looking a goal threat.

~Rebel~

****in yesssss!

(Benteke was still very slow :P )

GreNoLi

Well played Coutinho, class act.

martyos121

The Count is back!

Brilliant free kick.

monkey9

Welcome back pal. And he meant that as well. Sizing them up he was.

Osmosis Jones

Genius

Charlie19

Little magician.

BorneTobyWilde

CLEVER COUTINHO !

Turtyturd

Best in the World!!!

NukaCola

Lovely

5starpool

'Shnakey' is the only way to describe that free kick!!

Has to be said in your best culchie accent.

murpho999

That was genius.

Osmosis Jones

Dive

5starpool

Should be a card for the West Ham player if they don't give a free surely?

Osmosis Jones

5starpool wrote: »

Should be a card for the West Ham player if they don't give a free surely?

Refs seem to have just forgotten diving is an offence this season.

5starpool

Why do we fart about with the ball at the back?

citytillidie

5starpool wrote: »

Why do we fart about with the ball at the back?

Brendan effect

~Rebel~

Ugh I hate that BT Sport own so much football these days :-/

BorneTobyWilde

We need a foux in the boux

J Mysterio

Make the run Benteke you bastard. Honestly, may as well jave brought Balotelli back from loan and saved 32 ****ing million POUNDS.

monkey9

Keep it tight for twenty minutes or so and bring on Sturridge.

martyos121

Here comes the one they call Mr. Glass.

~Rebel~

**** how did that not go in?!

Great stuff from Smith.

monkey9

Smith > Moreno

Turtyturd

Sturridge cam...think the commentator just came a little.

BorneTobyWilde

Sturridge coming out of his coma