Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 12/13

Morgan scored but he is a long way of first team football for a League 1 team tbh
Suso & Sterling looked lively
Robinson was decent down the left too
Joe Cole had one good cross but other than that for a senior player he was terrible
Adjordan was poor in CM but he is a forward

Carroll was shyte. Was like he was in a different country and not on the pitch at all. :pac:




Rodgers out.

Adam played decent enough.

Sterling looked lively but I still don't see him playing a part this season, he looks & plays still like a child IMO & would be totally shown up against any decent opposition. Suso looks better equipped to play a bit-part this season IMO. Young Dani also looked very good & I hope we keep him around.

Joe Cole shouldn't play for Liverpool again. Jokes over.

Good performance from the young players tonight mainly Suso, Shelvey and Sterling but Robinson looked quality at left back. Great cover for Jose

Grayditch wrote: »

Rodger's face after that Cole free kick, haha. Yeah,see you after.

Roger only has one face,happiest day of his life above,
Joe cole free kick, Same face,
Giving nothing away

Leiva wrote: »

I lost !

Andy Carroll & Nukacola I believe I owe you money . If you want to name a charity I will double the money and send you a receipt, or if you want your fiver just let me know .

Charity smarity.
Someone did the same with me and another person? :pac:

Mixednuts I think



lol, mixednuts = leiva of course, my mistake

Sterling looks a talent as does Suso, Always rated Suso, its time he started to push to get in the squad, he is a breat passed of the ball and should suit Brendans style of play

Leiva wrote: »

I lost !

Andy Carroll & Nukacola I believe I owe you money . If you want to name a charity I will double the money and send you a receipt, or if you want your fiver just let me know .

My first thought is that you should post €5 you Joe Cole.

However with the year gone by regarding our Brad Jones, how about the Anthony Nolan charity?

Don't worry yourself about a receipt.

wasent fully focused on the game as had a few friends over at the time but anyways, pacheco was the main man for the first half I thought, nice tricekry! Sterling and suso where impressive in the 2nd half aswell! TBF for pre-season everyone done a good job bar cole and his set pieces, terrible stuff!
We dominated the game, will be interesing the next 2 games to see what rodgers does in regards team selcetion and subs, cant wait to see the games now!

Will watch the game fully tomorrow!

I thought last night was reasonably enjoyable. You could clearly see the intent to retain the ball and our movement and players showing for passes was already much better than it has been in recent years. We kept the ball well for long stretches, but most of our moves broke down when we tried to force things. Adam, Shelvey, Spearing and Suso probably all guilty of this at times. (someone on Twitter picked up Rodgers shouting "retain possession, son" to Spearing after he knocked one long to Ecclestone)

Brad Jones - meh
Peter Gulacsi - poor for their goal
Andre Wisdom - saw a lot of the ball and did reasonably well in what is not his best position
John Flanagan - Got forward well and nearly set up a goal. SEND ON LOAN!!!
Jose Enrique - linked up brilliantly with Pacheco, I thought.
Jack Robinson - did OK.
Stephen Sama - didn't put a foot wrong, really
Jamie Carragher - no hoofs!
Martin Skrtel - did ok
Danny Wilson - shaky
Jay Spearing - did well, I thought, but he is one player that needs to keep it simple 100% of the time. He doesn't have the ability to create things from deep so he should be forbidden from making those decisions. Just give the ball to a teammate and you've done your job.
Krisztian Adorjan - very nervous and looked a bit lost. Now he was out of position in his first start for the seniors so that is very understandable. I wonder if he was out of position to make up the numbers, or whether Rodgers wants him to learn to play as a traditional midfielder. LOAN!!!
Lucas - got through it in one piece. That's all that matters
Charlie Adam - 1) awful set pieces 2) most of the time he does all right in open play, but he simply cannot help himself from going for those long balls. They make Charlie Adam look good on camera, but they rarely help the team. DOUBLE COACHING SESSIONS NEEDED!!!
Alberto Aquilani - I didn't think he offered much, he should have looked for the ball more, to me he seemed content to cruise through the half. That said, he looked as tidy as you'd expect when he was on the ball
Jonjo Shelvey - 1) Cut number of long balls in half, 2) cut out the lunging tackles - He's gonna be a player.
Suso - Some lovely bits of play, like his dribble through the middle to win a free, his link-up with Sterling and that flick-thingy he tried. Again, there were times he tried too hard, but overall he did well
Jordan Ibe - Love that he had the confidence to repeatedly take on defenders, but he had little support and they often doubled up on him so he didn't get much joy. He should have got a few frees though, but the ref gave him nothing. He really needs a year under Borrell
Joe Cole - Brutal, apart from one doozy of a cross.
Danny Pacheco - A lot didn't come off for him, but he was excellent, linking up with Enrique, beating his full-back and getting his head up.
Raheem Sterling - Being ultra-critical, I'd say he ran down a few too many blind alleys, but he was our most dangerous player second half. Did great for the goal
Nathan Ecclestone - threw a mini-tantrum when Wisdom played him a **** pass and he mis-controlled it. That ****** me off. He played decent, but doubt he has a future here.
Adam Morgan - right place at right time for the goal. Did ok apart from that

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Yep. Back to my "no to pre season friendlies" policy methinks.

As pointless as they are, they been pretty good indicators of where we are going to see problems in the coming season.

The preseason of the season that Rafa got sacked was a disaster and was an exceptionally accurate preview of what would happen that season.

The preseasons since haven't been far off either.