Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2016/2017

amber69

Good start to the day

martyos121

Another brilliant result. Great weekend to be a Liverpool fan so far.

Osmosis Jones

What a weekend of results, whatever happens later today we finish the weekend in third place and tied for first.

Agent Coulson

If only both teams could lose the next game that would be a great weekend.

I guess I'll take a draw or a Chelsea win.

5starpool

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Not even could should be mentioned! I'd love it I would if no one noticed Liverpool had won the title until it happened!

Jaysus, all the ****e we've had to listen to over the years means that's an impossible thing to ask unless we were a mile behind and everyone else messed up at the end.

I think Harry wants us to do a Steven Bradbury (look it up). I want us to crush it all year and win at a canter. Won't happen of course, but that's what I'd love, no drama.

Osmosis Jones

Agent Coulson wrote: »

If only both teams could lose the next game that would be a great weekend.

I guess I'll take a draw or a Chelsea win.

Draw would be ideal, 2 points dropped for each of them, but United losing is never a bad result.

murpho999

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Not even could should be mentioned! I'd love it I would if no one noticed Liverpool had won the title until it happened!

rob316 wrote: »

I'm not mentioning title challenge until March until then we are in the battle for top 4.

the goal of this club should always be 1st but we need to be calm and keep our feet on the ground a bit and just enjoy the football been played.

Whatever about city's attack they are worse than us defensively. I know we can't defend a set pieces for our lives but we look fairly comfortable in open play.

Don't like this mentality.

Are you all superstitious? Nothing that we say here will influence the outcome.

I'm just making a call based on what I see and results. We're level now with City and Arsenal on points with almost a quarter of the season done.

No reason to say that we cannot compete at this point, especially when looking at the fixtures and I'm sure Klopp is saying the same thing to his players.

MD1990

This week clearly shows the advantage of no European football.
So many teams looking tired in the last 30 mins. Southampton if they were a bit fresher could have won the game today. Arsenal,Spurs,City all struggled with energy levels & all could easily have lost this week.
I think Man Utd will struggle against Chelsea too.

mormank

NukaCola wrote: »

With the WB player blocking Karius so he couldn't close down the strike, surely it was offside?

Nah that only counts at Old Trafford!! :pac:

Potential Underachiever

5starpool wrote: »

Jaysus, all the ****e we've had to listen to over the years means that's an impossible thing to ask unless we were a mile behind and everyone else messed up at the end.

I think Harry wants us to do a Steven Bradbury (look it up). I want us to crush it all year and win at a canter. Won't happen of course, but that's what I'd love, no drama.

What a story!! Nice reference!

Buford T. Justice XIX

Agent Coulson wrote: »

If only both teams could lose the next game that would be a great weekend.

I guess I'll take a draw or a Chelsea win.

I'm looking forward to an open, entertaining game of attacking football by two of the most expensively assembled squads in football history.

















Or a parked bus stand-off.

I think I know which is more likely:)

mormank

murpho999 wrote: »

Don't like this mentality.

Are you all superstitious? Nothing that we say here will influence the outcome.

I'm just making a call based on what I see and results. We're level now with City and Arsenal on points with almost a quarter of the season done.

No reason to say that we cannot compete at this point, especially when looking at the fixtures and I'm sure Klopp is saying the same thing to his players.

With this in mind, I would like to acknowledge that we ARE competing for the title. Regardless of what Klopp says in public I would be very surprised if he himself was ruling out winning the league this season.

Gbear

If this result in the Chelsea-Utd game stays the same the misery it will inflict on Mourinho will be a balm of sorts for what we had to suffer through on Monday.

corwill

Just need to make sure I get something nice for my tea, and this will have been a spiffing weekend.

NukaCola

Gbear wrote: »

If this result in the Chelsea-Utd game stays the same the misery it will inflict on Mourinho will be a balm of sorts for what we had to suffer through on Monday.

Would prefer a draw but I'd settle for Utd being embarrassed also.....

murpho999

NukaCola wrote: »

Would prefer a draw but I'd settle for Utd being embarrassed also.....

Don't like either club; and a draw is the logical result for us but I just can't supress an emotional 'Yes' when teams score against Utd.

Gbear

NukaCola wrote: »

Would prefer a draw but I'd settle for Utd being embarrassed also.....

Really putting one team in a hole is preferable to me at this point.

I'd sooner put one horse out of the race than make all the horses a little slower.

The problem with this league is how many teams you need to scrape past in any given season.
Bayern, Juventus, Barca and Real are all much better than their opponents in their leagues than in comparison to the gap between PL teams, but there's more variation in who wins things there than in the PL because there's fewer teams that need to **** up for an outsider to succeed.

5starpool

1 point between the top 5 is mad.

MD1990

Gbear wrote: »

Really putting one team in a hole is preferable to me at this point.

I'd sooner put one horse out of the race than make all the horses a little slower.

The problem with this league is how many teams you need to scrape past in any given season.
Bayern, Juventus, Barca and Real are all much better than their opponents in their leagues than in comparison to the gap between PL teams, but there's more variation in who wins things there than in the PL because there's fewer teams that need to **** up for an outsider to succeed.

But Man Utd are a only a little very expensive horse that needs milk & to learn how to jump. Unfair to expect a title challenge from a little horse.

PaddyWilliams

NukaCola wrote: »

Would prefer a draw but I'd settle for Utd being embarrassed also.....

Looks like it now!

ebbsy

It's a roasting.

Speak Now

Did The eye gouger lose the keys to the bus or are they wore out after their cup final last Monday night?? Maybe the football Einstein's might have an opinion.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Speak Now wrote: »

Did The eye gouger lose the keys to the bus or are they wore out after their cup final last Monday night?? Maybe the football Einstein's might have an opinion.

Post match press conference should be good :pac:

murpho999

One point from 6 for Mourinho , the greatest manager of all time versus 4 from 6 for the manager who almost got Dortmund relegated whilst qualifying for Europe in the world's weakest league.

Can't wait for Utd fans analysis of this.

mosstin

From Red Monday to Schadenfreude Sunday - a week is a long time in the life of Jose Mourinho.

corwill

Pretty disappointed with Monday's point, now!

murpho999

corwill wrote: »

Pretty disappointed with Monday's point, now!

Game today turned on its head by the early goal. Meant Utd had to change tactics and leave more space for Chelsea. That's the difference between today and Monday.

Really tight at the Top, Top 4 now too. Great to be up there though.

I've a nice bit of roast beef on, think I'll do roast potatoes too which I don't normally do ..... feel quite Christmassy

mosstin

Anyone seen Rayne?

NukaCola

Mourinho still getting the best out of Chelsea

mormank

Gbear wrote: »

Really putting one team in a hole is preferable to me at this point.

I'd sooner put one horse out of the race than make all the horses a little slower.

The problem with this league is how many teams you need to scrape past in any given season.
Bayern, Juventus, Barca and Real are all much better than their opponents in their leagues than in comparison to the gap between PL teams, but there's more variation in who wins things there than in the PL because there's fewer teams that need to **** up for an outsider to succeed.

The part in bold makes no sense to me and sounds counter intuitive. Without checking anything, out of laziness, I would argue that there is alot more variation in who wins things in the Premier League actually, in the past ten years alone Leicester have won the league and wigan won the FA cup. Portsmouth I think won an FA cup in the last ten years tho it may have been a year or two before. I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting but even with just those if you add them to Man U, Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool and Arsenal who all regularly win things I'd like you to show me a top league in Europe with more variation than that. (don't think Spurs have actually won a trophy in the last ten years but they deserve an honourable mention all the same.)

mosstin

NukaCola wrote: »

Mourinho still getting the best out of Chelsea

Stolen from Gudjohnsen!

rob316

absolutely glorious after all the back patting after Monday. De Gea got them out of jail, no escape today.

NukaCola

mosstin wrote: »

Stolen from Gudjohnsen!

Really? Awh

Was happy enough with that one.....

ShamoBuc

Great to see his bus leave with 4 flat tyres.

OwaynOTT

looks like the bus strikes caught up on Jose.

Grayditch

I might be wrong, but it could be hard to sell that one as a great tactical display.

eyerer

I missed the first half but in the second half when Hazard scored you could see the difference in formation between then and Monday night for Utd, which was why Chelsea were able to play through them. Really hate Mourinho parking the bus against us.
Would have preferred a draw probably, but happy to see Mourinho's Utd hammered all the same lol.

Charlie19

ebbsy wrote: »

It's a roasting.

Turn your thermostat down.

K-9

murpho999 wrote: »

Don't like either club; and a draw is the logical result for us but I just can't supress an emotional 'Yes' when teams score against Utd.

The Jose factor seals it for me.

murpho999

K-9 wrote: »

The Jose factor seals it for me.

That adds extra spice alright.

I do wonder if he's on the wane now.

Potential Underachiever

Apparently the delicate flower didn't like Conte playing the crowd, Jose doesn't do that!!

mormank

Charlie19 wrote: »

Turn your thermostat down.

I'm working with a bunch of Italians at the moment and I must admit I lol'ed at this! That is exactly how they speak except you are missing all the hand waving which would be impossible to convey on a message board.

martyos121

Absolutely lethal from one of our favourite journalists:

https://twitter.com/jamespearceecho/status/790229987148369920

Agent Coulson

Just a pity we played them first there was no way they could keep up parking the bus for two matching running against two hard pressing teams.

corwill

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Just a pity we played them first there was no way they could keep up parking the bus for two matching running against two hard pressing teams.

It'll be interesting to see how Giggs sets them up in the return fixture.

MD1990

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Just a pity we played them first there was no way they could keep up parking the bus for two matching running against two hard pressing teams.

Yeah I think playing Man Utd today would have been a big advantage with them having a game Thursday too.