Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

djPSB · 17-08-2013 05:48PM

messinkiapina wrote: »

Looks like we're getting a 3 point head start on Arsenal anyway.

Crucial and it makes for a nice change for once.

Too often it's been the other way around and we'd already be playing catch up.

Daemonic · 17-08-2013 05:51PM

djPSB wrote: »

Villa next week will be a very tough game.

They broke Arsenal's heart and brought an intensity to the game that they couldn't deal with. Their tackling in the middle of the field was ferocious but Arsenal played into their hands somewhat with their slow lethargic build up.

Benteke will grab the headlines with his two goals, but it is important to remember that one was rebound from a missed penalty, and the other a penalty.

They will be a tough proposition next weekend.

Benteke will be a big test for Toure. He probably has the pace to match him so if he can hold his own physically he'll hopefully keep him quiet.

djPSB · 17-08-2013 05:52PM

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Daniel Agger @DanielAgger
Nice 3 points today. Great with 90 min. After 2 weeks out!!! And Yes I know it, I owe Simon a Pint:)) Y.N.W.A

Raif do you write Agger's tweets for him??

djPSB · 17-08-2013 05:54PM

Daemonic wrote: »

Benteke will be a big test for Toure. He probably has the pace to match him so if he can hold his own physically he'll hopefully keep him quiet.

Yep but there was alot more to Villa's play today than just Benteke.

Benteke was good with the knock downs from the long balls, but he didn't really threaten the Arsenal goal too much from open play. Plus Kolo is probably faster than Speedy Gonzalez Mertesacker.

17-08-2013 06:00PM

Kolo seems like an excellent addition, on and off the field. Been impressed with his performances so far, and adds much needed steel and leadership.

Knex* · 17-08-2013 06:13PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Kolo seems like an excellent addition, on and off the field. Been impressed with his performances so far, and adds much needed steel and leadership.

And a LOL factor. That sprint he did from CB into the box to get ahead of whoever had the ball had be in knots

Bray Header · 17-08-2013 06:17PM

Nice summary piece about Liverpool game today from F365..

http://www.football365.com/f365-says/8875248/F365-Focus

Promising Liverpool retain profiligate streak:

In the final few games of last season, a Liverpool sans the hungry Luis Suarez performed pretty well. They took Newcastle apart, then beat Fulham and QPR - not exactly wins to make the competition tremble, but it did at least provide some indication that they were not totally reliant on their toothy talisman.

Those Liverpool fans who got giddy about those games might have been similarly encouraged by their defeat of Stoke on the opening day of the new season. Indeed, an entertaining front three of Philippe Coutinho, Daniel Sturridge and Iago Aspas linked up rather nicely, switching positions and flitting hither and thither to make Stoke's defence look like immobile lumps (Erm... - Ed) for much of the first half.

Aspas in particular gave a promising performance, adding some credence to the impression from pre-season that Liverpool have made a very useful signing. The mini Spaniard yapped and snapped at the feet of Stoke's big units, creating five chances in just 72 minutes on the pitch - only Coutinho made more, and he played the full 90. Either through his exciting play or his rather short fuse, Aspas is shaping up to be a hugely entertaining addition to Liverpool and the Premier League.

And yet, for their dominance (Liverpool had 55% possession, 25 shots to Stoke's 11, twice as many corners), they could have thrown away the points thanks to Daniel Agger's curious arm flap, giving Simon Mignolet the chance to recover from an occasionally iffy initial performance with his terrific penalty save.

The key stat is in that last paragraph is the number of efforts Liverpool had. Obviously one could quite easily attribute the meagre conversion rate to an excellent performance by Asmir Begovic in the Stoke goal - the Bosnian keeper was very good indeed, making a couple of quite outstanding stops, the pick being a fingertip onto the post from a Jordan Henderson effort.

However, of their 25 efforts, 11 were on target, five were blocked and nine were off target - Begovic can't take all of the credit for keeping the score low. Liverpool displayed a familiar profligacy that must be infuriating for the Anfield crowd. Against better and more potent teams than Stoke (only QPR scored fewer than them last season) they will be punished.

At present it looks likely that Suarez will be reintegrated, with the reports that he has apologised to Brendan Rodgers seemingly backed up by his presence at Anfield for the game, even though he won't be available for another five games. And, of course, he would be welcomed back into the team with wide open arms.

Opta stats from last season indicated that Suarez was the most reliable 'big chance' convertor in the Premier League, sticking away 53% of such opportunities. For comparison, Robin van Persie knocked in 43%, Michu 46%, Romelu Lukaku 38% and Edin Dzeko 37%, while Olivier Giroud was way down at 17%. The definition of exactly what a 'big chance' is isn't made clear by the stat chaps, but we can make a decent guess - the short version is that Suarez scores when it matters. He scores when Liverpool need him to.

On the face of things, their reported interest in players like Christian Eriksen and Willian make little sense - they have the players to create the chances, but need someone to convert them. However, should Sturridge and the absent Suarez dovetail as they did on occasions last season, they might not need anyone else.

Liverpool's start against Stoke was encouraging, but it should not convince anyone that they can do without Luis Suarez.

Nick Miller - follow him on Twitter

Vanolder · 17-08-2013 06:18PM

Jonjo Shelvey is muck. The club were 100% correct to get rid of him.

Raif Severance · 17-08-2013 06:21PM

The Boss.

@LucasLeiva87: What a game to open the season. At the end a brilliant save from @SMignolet *and 3 points .
Well done everybody !!!

Mostar.

MostarLFC
@MostarLFC
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Tons of great pics today but this is by far my favorite.. It really doesn't get much better than this..

MostarLFC ‏@MostarLFC 8m
This is what being a teammate is all about...

Kolo Thumbs Up.

Psy
‏@Psyware
Haha class! Kolo Toure has just gone past us on the motorway! Window down and thumbs up. Legend!!! pic.twitter.com/GjHYHeYckt

7-0.

Liverpool FC Academy ‏@LiverpoolFCU21s
The U16s beat Wigan 7-0 today.

Coentrao is Available.

@TransferSources: BREAKING: Fabio Coentrao has handed in a transfer request, confirmed by Carlo Ancelotti. #RMFC #THFC

El Inho · 17-08-2013 06:30PM

While performance outweighs everything I will say this,

We have a squad of mentalities right now that cannot be bought.

Suarez is perhaps the exception, but the following

Agger, Gerrard, Inho, Toure, and Henderson are the abosulte embodiment of what it means to be an LFC player. What ever about ability in the cae of Henderson, the kid has heart. Seeing the pics of Toure, and the words he's said so far he really seems to be elated at being with LFC...

I know its easy to get all romantic following a victory, but its days like today when there is little to complain about when we should stand back and realise that the mentality of this team is fantastic...The celebration with Mignolet after the save was immense...absolute hair raising stuff.

Great, I sound like Rodgers.

djPSB · 17-08-2013 06:32PM

25 shots today and 1 goal.

United have had 8 shots in the first half of their game and 2 goals.

Still an area that needs to be improved.

yesno1234 · 17-08-2013 06:35PM

El Inho wrote: »

While performance outweighs everything I will say this,

We have a squad of mentalities right now that cannot be bought.

Suarez is perhaps the exception, but the following

Agger, Gerrard, Inho, Toure, and Henderson are the abosulte embodiment of what it means to be an LFC player. What ever about ability in the cae of Henderson, the kid has heart. Seeing the pics of Toure, and the words he's said so far he really seems to be elated at being with LFC...

I know its easy to get all romantic following a victory, but its days like today when there is little to complain about when we should stand back and realise that the mentality of this team is fantastic...The celebration with Mignolet after the save was immense...absolute hair raising stuff.

Great, I sound like Rodgers.

+1, seems to be a great sense of togetherness about the team.

Hopefully we can get a bit better of an atmosphere in Anfield to make it more intimidating for the away side, was very quiet until we got the goal.

Nuri Sahin · 17-08-2013 06:38PM

Vanolder wrote: »

Jonjo Shelvey is muck. The club were 100% correct to get rid of him.

He's done alright IMO, and I was one who was very critical of him the past couple of years.

Raif Severance · 17-08-2013 06:41PM

djPSB wrote: »

25 shots today and 1 goal.

United have had 8 shots in the first half of their game and 2 goals.

Still an area that needs to be improved.

It's Worrying.

But then again, unlike Stoke, Swansea didn't Park the Bus so to speak. So Scoring against them is alot easier than Scoring against Stoke.

billy2012 · 17-08-2013 06:41PM

Vanolder wrote: »

Jonjo Shelvey is muck. The club were 100% correct to get rid of him.

No he is not and I think the club were wrong, a loan would of been the smart move.

Nuri Sahin · 17-08-2013 06:42PM

Raif Severance wrote: »

It's Worrying.

But then again, unlike Stoke, Swansea didn't Park the Bus so to speak. So Scoring against them is alot easier than Scoring against Stoke.

They also have the best striker in the league arguably playing for them which helps.

Bebe I mean obviously.

mike65 · 17-08-2013 06:43PM

Raif Severance wrote: »

Coentrao is Available.

Not to us! This news just means Real will sign the Granada CF LB who's value rocketed in 24 hours.

ShagNastii · 17-08-2013 06:46PM

djPSB wrote: »

25 shots today and 1 goal.

United have had 8 shots in the first half of their game and 2 goals.

Still an area that needs to be improved.

Bit unfair. Begovic stopped a few that on other days would have been dead certs.

Raif Severance · 17-08-2013 06:46PM

Jonjo actually created 2 Chances for Swansea. It's just that Michu and Chico failed to Score them.

T-K-O · 17-08-2013 06:47PM

Regaine is the sponsor on Swansea's seats. Can't wait to see Jonjo on the bench

djPSB · 17-08-2013 06:51PM

Raif Severance wrote: »

It's Worrying.

But then again, unlike Stoke, Swansea didn't Park the Bus so to speak. So Scoring against them is alot easier than Scoring against Stoke.

Could still pick out 5/6 shots today that should have resulted in goals and were badly wasted.

djPSB · 17-08-2013 06:53PM

ShagNastii wrote: »

Bit unfair. Begovic stopped a few that on other days would have been dead certs.

I wouldn't mind too much if it was just today.

But our shots/goals ratio has been poor for a few seasons now and today was just another example of that.

Courtesy Flush · 17-08-2013 06:54PM

Good result today. The fact that their keeper was man of the match was telling to how the game went. I thought we were going to rue all those missed chances when the penalty was given. Fair play to Mingloet stepped up to the mark.
I think next week will be tough away against Villa

billy2012 · 17-08-2013 06:56PM

djPSB wrote: »

I wouldn't mind too much if it was just today.

But our shots/goals ratio has been poor for a few seasons now and today was just another example of that.

It's true, but thankfully we are creating the chances.

mike65 · 17-08-2013 07:00PM

Some fluff from the Metro about Willian having been offered 110k a week deal - currently on 90k.

mrsoundie · 17-08-2013 07:07PM

I was actually looking forward to Premier Soccer Saturday, then I remembered they could not afford it any-more, because of Pat Kenny's wages.

OwaynOTT · 17-08-2013 07:09PM

T-K-O wrote: »

Regaine is the sponsor on Swansea's seats. Can't wait to see Jonjo on the bench

Surely Rooney will look to force a move through to them so.

Turtyturd · 17-08-2013 07:15PM

billy2012 wrote: »

No he is not and I think the club were wrong, a loan would of been the smart move.

I think people get too attached to the younger players (Suso, Pacheco, Doni, etc). Shelvey might have a decent career yoyoing between the championship and the PL but he is nowhere near good enough for the club.

CastingCouch · 17-08-2013 07:16PM

mrsoundie wrote: »

I was actually looking forward to Premier Soccer Saturday, then I remembered they could not afford it any-more, because of Pat Kenny's wages.

But....he doesn't even work for RTE anymore.

Raif Severance · 17-08-2013 07:18PM

Kolo's Debut Video.

MrBoywunder ‏@MrBoywunder 8m
Kolo Toure Debut vs Stoke

Man City and Denials.

@TonyBarretTimes: Remember when the City want Suarez stories appeared & Man City denied them? David Platt has admitted they were true. Funny that.

Pier...

@piersmorgan: Highest paid manager, highest ticket prices - no signings, no hope. Enough. #WENGEROUT

Wenger: Master of Disguise?

David Schneider ‏@davidschneider 9m
Wenger tries to disguise himself after Villa defeat

Willian.

@Zizouology: BREAKING: Liverpool have agreed a fee with Anzhi for Willian [@dom_campbell]”;

@dom_campbell is the Kopsource Guy.

Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14

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