Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 11/12 (End of March 2012 onwards)

Mr Alan wrote: »

that decision was vindicated that day.

Andy Carroll wrote: »

Can you explain the bolded bit please.

:pac:

So you were..but i was posting it because i thought Suarez was pole-dancing for a second there.

amiable wrote: »

Kenny is at the Toulouse v Montpellier game tonight.

5 players I hope he's looking at; Sissoko, Capoue, Mbiwa, Giroud, Belhanda.

Blatter wrote: »

Agger was out of place all game at left back, he was drifting into his natural position which resulted in a fuck up for the Everton goal

if only distin and glen johnson last week had that excuse

the everton goal was loss of concentration by agger plain and simple and its happened before

Mr Alan wrote: »

Agger was selected at left back for 1 main reason IMO, to solidify that side & protect Jones from them bombarding balls into our box, something that Enrique's recent form couldn't assure us of. Kenny also likes to have the local lads in the team for Derby matches (we've won 3 out of 3 this season, the first time ever).

The fact that people are STILL moaning about it sums up the exact point I'm trying to make. People will never be happy, this is the anti-fan culture that's crept into our fanbase the last few years.

We may have won inspite of it, or we may have lost 4-0 if we'd gone with Enrique at LB, no one knows. All we know is Kenny was tasked with picking a team to get us to the final & he did that.

Anyone who disagrees with you (no matter how utterly retarded your viewpoint) is an anti fan? Or I am an 'anti fan' because I highlighted one of the most retarded posts and pieces of flawed thought I have had the displeasure of reading anywhere ever.

An utterly pathetic and false accusation, GTFO.

You're just wrong, deal with that rather than slinging silly accusations that other people aren't real fans.

Mr Alan wrote: »

No, anyone who looks for something to moan constantly about is an anti fan. The same type who were slating Rafa when we were involved in the title race we all craved, the same people giving out about the team selection in a semi final we won, the same people who were criticising Rafa's impersonal management style, who now criticise Kennys 'pally' management style. The same people moaning saying our manager (our clubs greatest ever servant) can go **** himself based on something tweet from some fool about what he may or may not be considering.

I doubt very few, if any complained about all of those things.

Kess73 wrote: »

I agree that the price is not the player's fault, but it is the club's problem. I do think that he has been somewhat unlucky at times because he has put in a good number of balls into the box this season that a proper finisher may have put away. But then again the club spent 35m on a player who is not a proper finisher and 20m on a player who does not seen to be able to link up very well with the more clever players when he sees his crosses not being met by the not finishing striker.


Comolli it would seem has already paid the price for his involvement in buying players for big money that simply have not done what they were got for. I suppose the question is what do the owners think has to happen this summer in order to get players to do what last summer's crop was meant to do.

Same manager and new players or new manager and new players?

Either way we won't have to wait too long now to get some kind of idea as to what the owners think on that given how close we are to the end of the season.

I think you have to go with the same manager for next season. At the end of the day the squad has improved, in that the players that came in replaced Jovanovic/Poulsen etc. IMO, a manager is the only person that can determine 'value' in the market, leave it up to people who talk a good game and you spend 20mil on Keane or overpay like we did last year. The relationship has to be a good one between manager and DOF, ive always been sceptical of Comolli personally. I think Kenny wanted the players but had very little say in how far expenditure went.

From the owners point of view, they got Comolli to do the money side, i dont think anyone can argue that the squad is a better group of 18-20 players than it was 18 months ago, the problem is value.

Our participation in both cups to a late stage has been both a blessing and a curse. I can see the owners looking at Newcastle and totting up what was spent on that squad and then looking at the 'value' Comolli got. John Henry wants to be where Newcastle are and i think the 'driven' players in our squad would swap it right now for both cups. The other half, or more, of the squad have got the furthest they have ever got in a cup and perhaps slacked off in the league.

A team like Newcastle have been great this year but have definitely benefitted by being out of both cups by January. Im not making excuses for anything, just pointing out a fact. If Newcastle have to play a dozen more midweek games next year it will take its toll.

Basically the crux of what my opinion is, if you want 4th, you make that priority and you make sure the manager and players know it. I think Newcastle ran into a bit of luck this season, they have played well but they havent had anything else to play for for half a season. Imo, thats the only way this current squad has a chance of 4th.

With any luck a section of the squad will have had its thirst for a medal quenched this season and they have to make a far better shot at 4th next year or heads roll, simple as and no excuses. I hope to see more Coates and less Carragher next year, and also Robinson to put a rocket up Enrique, he could use the competition. As for new players, will have to judge that Sep 1st .

Turtyturd wrote: »

I doubt very few, if any complained about all of those things.

Are you actually joking?

Mr Alan wrote: »

Are you actually joking?

Are you a real person?

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Carragher was first choice at the start of the season and chances are he wouldn't have lost his place if he didn't get injured.

if my aunty had balls

he did lose his place and agger and skrtel have been the 1st choice cb pairing this season