Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours 2016/2017

ebbsy · 02-10-2016 08:53PM

Remarkable match with Barcelona on now, if anyone is interested.

5starpool · 02-10-2016 08:54PM

Clyne not picked because he was injured? What's that about? Hopefully just a strategic thing.

hadoken13 · 02-10-2016 09:00PM

5starpool wrote: »

Surely worthy of a card you'd imagine.

Has to be a card and Herrera took him out and should've got a red.

Kerrigooney · 02-10-2016 09:46PM

Rigobert Song is in a critical condition after suffering a cerebral aneurysm. Hope he recovers.

5starpool · 02-10-2016 10:00PM

Kerrigooney wrote: »

Rigobert Song is in a critical condition after suffering a cerebral aneurysm. Hope he recovers.

That's terrible, especially in someone so young.

J Mysterio · 02-10-2016 10:09PM

NukaCola wrote: »

Happy Birthday Bobby Firmino!

Another year wiser

Buford T. Justice XIX · 02-10-2016 10:16PM

5starpool wrote: »

Surely worthy of a card you'd imagine.

Apparently not! And the ref looking right at it, it seems the laws on allowable contact have been rewritten.

Harry Palmr · 02-10-2016 10:20PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Henderson and Sturridge called up into the England squad.

Hopefully Henderson comes it through without picking up an injury he is just getting back to his best.

Ouch!

BorneTobyWilde · 02-10-2016 10:56PM

jeff bingham · 03-10-2016 12:03AM

Always get a strange sense of affection when I see Joe Allen play, good lad gives his all every time

garra · 03-10-2016 12:13AM

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

Was just checking the stats on fantasy football and noticed that Henderson has over 100 more passes and 100 more touches than any other player in the league this season.

And now Goal of the month too, notwithstanding Jenas and Wright looking shocked and glum when it was announced.

Harry Palmr · 03-10-2016 12:14AM

They so wanted Walcotts goal (a team goal really) to be No 1

ERG89 · 03-10-2016 12:15AM

5starpool wrote: »

Clyne not picked because he was injured? What's that about? Hopefully just a strategic thing.

The strategy of having Gareth Southgate coach as few of our players as possible.
Lovren, Clyne, Matip & Milner all off international duty. Hopefully we can do a bit of work with them & keep a clean sheet for a change.

ElTel · 03-10-2016 12:26AM

ERG89 wrote: »

The strategy of having Gareth Southgate coach as few of our players as possible.
Lovren, Clyne, Matip & Milner all off international duty. Hopefully we can do a bit of work with them & keep a clean sheet for a change.

If we ain't gonna man mark on set pieces (corners mostly) our keeper has to get off his line or at least stick someone on a post.

marno21 · 03-10-2016 12:53AM

Has this been posted here yet?

Brilliant stuff.

03-10-2016 08:18AM

ERG89 wrote: »

....... keep a clean sheet for a change.

If we continue as we are we'll score 90/100 ish PL goals so conceding 45/50 ish and having minimal clean sheets isn't too much of an issue

A slight improvement in defence extrapolated over the course of the season could well be the difference between Top4 and the PL title. A slight improvement that occurs without impacting our attacking play etc though. Tough balance to strike.

Vicxas · 03-10-2016 08:58AM

Would we really have a problem with no clean sheets if we're winning games 3-1 or 4-1, i get that clean sheets are nice but in the grand scheme winning is more important.

gimli2112 · 03-10-2016 09:05AM

Listened to the last ten minutes of the Swansea match on the radio. Commentators didn't mention one Swansea player (apart from the goalie and the miss they had at the end) It was absolute domination

03-10-2016 09:21AM

Vicxas wrote: »

Would we really have a problem with no clean sheets if we're winning games 3-1 or 4-1, i get that clean sheets are nice but in the grand scheme winning is more important.

None at all.

As a concept though if you are a PL team contesting Top4 or better and the opposition have you pegged as more or less guaranteed to let a goal in it's not great.

Especially if they capitalise and couple that with park the bus tactics & attempting to nullify our pressing by punting the ball downfield at every opportunity.

Dickerty · 03-10-2016 09:27AM

gimli2112 wrote: »

Listened to the last ten minutes of the Swansea match on the radio. Commentators didn't mention one Swansea player (apart from the goalie and the miss they had at the end) It was absolute domination

Dunno about that, van der Hoorn had a great chance to equalize a few mins from time.
We were more dominant from 45 to 75 mins, they had some break out moments late on.

We were not great overall, but great result. You need a few of those over a title winning season.

5starpool · 03-10-2016 10:27AM

Augeo wrote: »

If we continue as we are we'll score 90/100 ish PL goals so conceding 45/50 ish and having minimal clean sheets isn't too much of an issue

A slight improvement in defence extrapolated over the course of the season could well be the difference between Top4 and the PL title. A slight improvement that occurs without impacting our attacking play etc though. Tough balance to strike.

We've conceded 1 goal in each of our last 5 league games, so not as bad as it sounds really, but still something we need to see improve. As you say though, as long as we score more than the other team, I don't really care ultimately.

Next game would be a nice one to keep our first clean sheet of the season though.

Herrera will probably score the winner for Utd now though given that he should probably have been sent off for that tackle on Allen.

GBX · 03-10-2016 10:38AM

5starpool wrote: »

Herrera will probably score the winner for Utd now though given that he should probably have been sent off for that tackle on Allen.

I don't know who would be Allen's mates within the current squad, with a bit of luck if Herrera plays somebody will give him the once over as a thank you to Allen getting the equalizer.

Ben Gadot · 03-10-2016 10:39AM

Kerrigooney wrote: »

Rigobert Song is in a critical condition after suffering a cerebral aneurysm. Hope he recovers.

40 years old, scary.

5starpool · 03-10-2016 10:42AM

GBX wrote: »

I don't know who would be Allen's mates within the current squad, with a bit of luck if Herrera plays somebody will give him the once over as a thank you to Allen getting the equalizer.

Hopefully we'll give them the once over by beating them, not by making any stupid tackles that get someone sent off needlessly.

martyos121 · 03-10-2016 11:01AM

No need for anyone to smash Herrera the next day, Stevie G already did it two seasons ago in a fit of bravado and his sending off cost us any realistic chance of coming back to get something out of that match. I don't like United as much as the rest of ye but there's no need to go out trying to injure their players.

Except Afro McElbows. I won't shed a tear if Matip puts him in line.

OwaynOTT · 03-10-2016 11:07AM

martyos121 wrote: »

No need for anyone to smash Herrera the next day, Stevie G already did it two seasons ago in a fit of bravado and his sending off cost us any realistic chance of coming back to get something out of that match. I don't like United as much as the rest of ye but there's no need to go out trying to injure their players.

Except Afro McElbows. I won't shed a tear if Matip puts him in line.

So your saying, that we should kidnap herrera? Got ya.

GBX · 03-10-2016 11:20AM

Yeah .. cmon lads. Do without getting sent off like.

dogbert27 · 03-10-2016 11:24AM

Start of the international break, going to be like this around here for a while

http://video.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2016/10/03/3298671182639809714/636x382_MP4_3298671182639809714.mp4

JimboJones99 · 03-10-2016 11:59AM

Augeo wrote: »

If we continue as we are we'll score 90/100 ish PL goals so conceding 45/50 ish and having minimal clean sheets isn't too much of an issue

A slight improvement in defence extrapolated over the course of the season could well be the difference between Top4 and the PL title. A slight improvement that occurs without impacting our attacking play etc though. Tough balance to strike.

The problem is the games where we have off days and might struggle to score 3 or 4. These are the games which cost us in 2013/2014. Vitally important that we are able to grind out results and turn 1-1's into 1-0 by being more resolute defensively and giving opposing teams belief that they always can score against us.

Vicxas · 03-10-2016 12:01PM

dogbert27 wrote: »

Start of the international break, going to be like this around here for a while

http://video.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2016/10/03/3298671182639809714/636x382_MP4_3298671182639809714.mp4

International breaks are the worst in here, least we didn't lose like the last IB

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