Are Liverpool the most boring team in the Premiership??

Bottle_of_Smoke · 13-01-2002 07:15PM #1

Ok all in all a decent result away to Arsenal, but really the defensiveness of it all is depressing. Is it the fact the club don't have any wingers or just taking the easy way out?

What happened to Barmby??

dobdobdo · 13-01-2002 07:54PM

9 Points clear at the top of the league in November and they were PROBABLYthe most boring team in the premiership, Thompson wins the manager of the month. They beat Man U 3-1 and they think the've won the league? But then again they are PROBABLY still the most boring team in the premiership? Who sponsors them?
re Nick Barmby, Good question.

PiE · 13-01-2002 08:07PM

I think Barmby's injured, not sure.

A$$A$$IN · 13-01-2002 08:40PM

Liverpool have thrown it away!Thompsonj needs to get lost and let Houllier do his job.I think the pressure has got to him.Plus Anelka WTF!

Liverpool suck without Owen.

Bounty Hunter · 13-01-2002 09:05PM

no liverpool are not the most boring team aston villa whom i support(why i cant remember)are.
TBH liverpool are not even proper competition to villa as the no.1 boring team in england.

mike65 · 14-01-2002 12:17AM

Fulham are the most boring team in the Premiership, followed by Villa. As for Liverpools problems as I said in a different thread
the Reds have no width and desperatly need someone like
Trevor Sinclair, is £10 million too much?

Mike

Chucky · 14-01-2002 09:41AM

Im sick of people like ye who claim a teams season is 'over' because they go through a bad patch. They were saying it about united at the start. - And remember arsenal 3 years ago?!

Im an Everton supporter but give liverpool a chance.

And they are not boring! They play attractive passing football, but perhaps lack the intelligence at times to create chances.

WhiteWashMan · 14-01-2002 09:49AM

theu should have kept ziege.
as for getting hoiulier back, the man is recovering form a bloody heart attack.
im quiet sure at the moment he feels thats more important to him than a bunch of over paid lads running around a park after a ball.
try and put it in perspective for gods sake.
im sure he will be back when hes good and proper.

and no, i dont think liverpool are the most boring team in the premiership. i think all the teams in the middle of the league are. ie, spurs, charlton, villa, sunderland etc.
we are all equally useless

Xterminator · 14-01-2002 09:57AM

The worst team to watch this season have been Everton.

The were so bad it was shocking. You wouldnt think they were pro's. One word surmises there approach.

Inept

Now they have Campbell and Ferguson back to fitness they might be a different prospect, but no wonder the fans are going mad.

Where is all the money? Where are the talented youngsters?

nore · 14-01-2002 10:14AM

Trevor Sinclair? He's had a career with QPR and West Ham. He's never played for England. He's now 28. And he's suddenly worthy of £10 million bids from Liverpool? I dunno.
But I agree that Liverpool have no width. They have noone who can run with the ball. It makes such a difference in terms of allowing a team to get forward. United have Giggs, Arsenal Pires and Leeds Kewell. Liverpool did have McManaman and they should get him back.

Chucky · 14-01-2002 11:12AM

>> The worst team to watch this season have been Everton.

I must admit they look worse than a Division 3 club at times but they are very direct and have great determination - thats what keeps us up!

Washout · 16-01-2002 03:56PM

Everton have been quite boring for the past number of seasons.
this season alone i think we went like 5 matches without even scoring a goal.

you cant buy exciting players with very little money and to be fair to Walter Smith as a manager he is a good manager and has done well with little resources.

Im an everton fan and I cant even stand watching them on TV they are so boring.

Hopefully if we can get Bobby Zamora though it may change things but then again scoring goals in the second division is probably alot easier than scoring in the premiership but if we were playing in the second division then we would probably be struggling there too at the moment.

Chucky · 16-01-2002 07:33PM

too right - Everton and walter smith have done really well despite what goes on behind the scenes.

THere's talk of a new stadium..?? - but I heard last year they are E25m in dept!!!

The players they have bought over the years have been excellent quality. Bakayoko, Dacourt, Materazzi - all gone on to massive clubs! The scouts at everton must be among the best......pity the financial situation isnt

Bottle_of_Smoke · 16-01-2002 11:56PM

That Bakayoko was such a player in championship manager 97\98

Chucky · 18-01-2002 01:17PM

dont i know it! ....but I think theres a Champo Manager forum somewhere. :P

leeroybrown · 20-01-2002 03:09AM

As I see it, Liverpools problem is that they aren't inventive enough. Apart from the obvious lack of width, there is a distinct lack of guile/craft in the starting eleven.

The defence are still very good, but theres no point limiting teams to knocking one really good goal past you if you aren't creating chances yourself. I've always thought, and my opinion hasn't changed, that Jari Litmanen should be accomodated in the team because he introduces that fluidity and good link-up play to the midfield and attack.

Owen will always score goals, and even a local junior league team would score against a good defence with him in their side but liverpool are over reliant on his ability to save their asses. Heskey has only scored 1 in the last 30 he has played but he is still played up front.

Of course people call liverpool boring because they have resorted to poor quality long ball football without the kind of intelligent passing that a team needs to create chances, especially one ith no real wingplay.

Chucky · 21-01-2002 09:45AM

I dont think they should have sold Fowler. But that goes a long way back. They should never have even dropped him from the team all those months back! Heskey is just like a big pile of s**t! - he does nothing but be there to roughen things up in the game.

And yeh I think Jari LItmanen should be in the first team for every game.

Washout · 21-01-2002 10:08AM

Emile Hesky is a waste of space for liverpool.....but definetly after the draw on saturday Phil Thompson has lost the plot as manager.

yop · 21-01-2002 10:46AM

Ooopsss ye did it again...... When is someone goin to change yer team!!! Once again my point is proven that the only scorer you have is owen!! Ye are now in danger of not even getting a top 4 spot!!!! Gwan the Saints!!!

cournioni · 21-01-2002 08:46PM

Yes. Why? Cos theyre ****.

Manchester United will ALWAYS be superior.

Mossin · 21-01-2002 09:21PM

Manchester United will ALWAYS be superior

This is so true!!!
No matter wot u say they will always come out on top.
CRISIS in Old Trafford was all the rage about 5 weeks ago with LIVERPOOL (most definately the most boring team) on top. Now look at them. A one man team they are and a pathetic team without him.

Jari LItmanen should be in the first team for every game

This is also true. He is the only one of them with good European experience. OK Anelka might have won the European Cup but is he mentally alright??

Back to Liverpool being boring. Litmanen can provide the spark they need but doesn't play enough. Maybe with a fully fit squad they might not be as boring.!!! MAYBE!!!!

Chucky · 22-01-2002 10:35AM

Ye are so wrong. The trend (as I see it) is that all the teams 'lesser' than Man UTD are actually getting better. There is only so far Man UTD can go. Once they reach their potential what then? they either drop, or stay - while all the other teams catch up. Its a common trend in the life cycle of a soccer club.

Washout · 22-01-2002 11:01AM

I think alot of teams are going through that kind of "Golden Patch" period. Leeds have, Liverpool have and Man Utd are currently in one at the moment.

The one team to be showing more consistancy of results than any other team seems to me to be Arsenal.

I do think Arsenal will win the league this year. and gosh wouldnt it be great if Liverpool didnt even make it into the top 4. The way they play these days I dont think i could stand seeing them play in the champions league for another season.

Headcase · 23-01-2002 05:17PM

Maybethe most boring, but strong contenders!!!

how can a with such quality just keep kicking the long ball and hope that Micheal Owen will do something with it. last time i checked, u were allowed 11 players on a team!

yop · 23-01-2002 05:58PM

still boring

Washout · 23-01-2002 06:38PM

since when are liverpool playing long ball football..

.they are still trying the passing game but they havent got the quality in midfield to do that i mean berger and gerrard are both great players but they are runners when they have the ball..and carrighar ...never liked him. Hamman is doing ok as well this season i think...i like dieter hamman

Chucky · 23-01-2002 06:44PM

I like pissing people off:

Its not "carrighar".....its Carragher

"i like dieter hamman" Nooooooooo you like Dietmar Hamman!!

BlackMagic · 27-01-2002 02:47PM

of course!!!!!!

need i say more:cool:

Dustaz · 27-01-2002 02:56PM

Originally posted by PORNAPSTER
Yes. Why? Cos theyre ****.

Manchester United will ALWAYS be superior.

Pity they didnt listen to your tactical genius against Middlesborough then

Bard · 27-01-2002 03:21PM

Originally posted by Dustaz

Pity they didnt listen to your tactical genius against Middlesborough then

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... or Liverpool for that matter.... heh...

Washout · 28-01-2002 12:12AM

Gosh Liverpooool were so boring today against Arsenal...even Ian Wright said it.

Hesky looks like a headless chicken running around the pitch...when Jari came on he added a bit more style...but Liverpool dont seem to have any ideas on how to break down a defence...Arsenal were absolutely superb in attack.

Are Liverpool the most boring team in the Premiership??

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