Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2013/14 Mod warning post#7005

OwaynOTT · 16-02-2014 07:41PM

careca wrote: »

Missed post match interviews, did Rodgers say anything about Webb?

Said he's a WWE referee masquerading as a football ref and that he needs to man up.

Agent Coulson · 16-02-2014 07:41PM

I know Allen took a bad tackle early on but one thing I got from this match our midfield without Henderson really misses him

Gbear · 16-02-2014 07:41PM

A good performance and it leaves no reason to be worried (other than if that absolute coward is refereeing any more of our games).

We do need Suarez to get back on track. He hasn't been bad by any stretch but his finishing has been a bit weak lately.
All players have peaks and troughs. We need him to peak again to maintain this top 4 push we've put together.

A pity we're not going to win anything (except the league, obviously) but as far as the plan to make us stop being **** has gone, we're well ahead of schedule.

donfers · 16-02-2014 07:41PM

did arsenal really do a lap of honour?

jaysus that 5-1 defeat must have stung them badly - we are improving but we are not Brazil 1970; however, will take it as a complement, hope they win it now after Mourinho's disgraceful comments about Wenger

two little incidents that have been glossed over in all the furore about Webb and our glut of missed chances

1. very poor from brad jones for the podolski goal, ball went right through him

2. the agger miss at the end; some (icnluding Martin Keown) suggest that was a blatant penalty too, poor from Agger who should have scored anyway and again our two experienced centre-backs were pretty uncertain even against a rookie

Nuri Sahin · 16-02-2014 07:42PM

Turtyturd wrote: »

All the crying from Arsenal fans about Liverpool fans being bad winners is really coming round to bite them in the hole today.

Knowing a couple of them IRL, let me tell you that their hatred for Liverpool probably out trumps that of most United fans. Use anything to get a dig in

Mr Alan · 16-02-2014 07:42PM

People are being way too harsh on Agger. Today was his first game back in quite a while. M
For me he is still our best defender and unless I'm mistaken our goals conceded stats in games he has started confirms that.

Kess73 · 16-02-2014 07:42PM

Mod Post: Tone down the little digs at one another, folk.

Gbear · 16-02-2014 07:43PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I know Allen took a bad tackle early on but one thing I got from this match our midfield without Henderson really misses him

Allen wasn't bad. And Henderson wasn't great when he came on.

It wasn't really a game in which they were going to shine.

Gerrard was keeping things ticking over by himself and nobody else in midfield made a huge impact.

OwaynOTT · 16-02-2014 07:43PM

NukaCola wrote: »

I dont think its fair when a poster makes a post and gets abuse for posting. Especially a good poster who has contributed to this thread thousands of times.

Agree but would also say it's wrong to bring up how a poster is posting as it's irrelevant most of the time.

Turtyturd · 16-02-2014 07:43PM

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Said he's a WWE referee masquerading as a football ref and that he needs to man up.

If only, then Sterling's touch would have taken him out for a bit while Henderson came on and scored before making it back onto the bench just as he came to.

Nuri Sahin · 16-02-2014 07:44PM

Demosthenese wrote: »

The guy lacks bottle, simple as that. Always say to any striker that plays a lone role even at club level - take a look at the centre halves for the first 15mins, decide which one is the weakest and stick to him all game. Pick on him. There is always 1 centre half more vulnerable than the other. Sanogo never once went near Skrtel for an aerial duel - very clever. Agger is just a very average centre half when it comes to aerial duels. Needs to man up bigtime. Well suited to Barca.

Yup. Been criticised for sometime for saying I'd be open to selling him a few years ago when City were supposedly interested. Really missed the boat if an offer was on the table.

Agent Coulson · 16-02-2014 07:45PM

Gbear wrote: »

Allen wasn't bad. And Henderson wasn't great when he came on.

It wasn't really a game in which they were going to shine.

Gerrard was keeping things ticking over by himself and nobody else in midfield made a huge impact.

Its not that either were good or bad. Just Henderson seems to have more of a presence in the midfield when it come to the phsyical side of the game.

Gbear · 16-02-2014 07:46PM

Mr Alan wrote: »

People are being way too harsh on Agger. Today was his first game back in quite a while. M
For me he is still our best defender and unless I'm mistaken our goals conceded stats in games he has started confirms that.

I don't think he's played enough games for those stats to matter.

He certainly hasn't been worth his wages this season.

At times he's been excellent for us over the course of his time here but we can do better for less.

OwaynOTT · 16-02-2014 07:48PM

Pilsbury Doughboy wrote: »

Seriously, you seem to post nothing but very bitter digs at other clubs, gives us non bitter fans a bad name.

'The turd does us all prove, an excellent poster. I wish him well'
Craig Bellamy

Slattsy · 16-02-2014 07:48PM

Wouldn't be bothered if Agger never played for us again.

Heart is in the right place but he's just not that good. Good 3rd choice.

mav79 · 16-02-2014 07:49PM

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

It's all quite weird, because I remember him locking down Drogba a couple of times against Chelsea. Was outstanding in both games (one in the CL and league or FA Cup?). Ever since then he's never really put in a similar performance and shy's away from it.

Hopefully Barca are still interested in him come the summer, and hopefully Sakho is back ASAP.

I remember them games because previously he was destroyed by Drogba and I was fearing the worst. The last year or two he seems to be looking to the ref to help him out way too much.
Love seeing Sakho in the team, he might get dragged towards the ball but he will rarely lose a fight for the ball. And you have a lot more confidence when a cross comes into the box.

Kess73 · 16-02-2014 07:49PM

Gbear wrote: »

I don't think he's played enough games for those stats to matter.

He certainly hasn't been worth his wages this season.

At times he's been excellent for us over the course of his time here but we can do better for less.

Would imagine that Alan is referring to Agger's long term stats on that score as well as any shorter term ones from this season. Our goal's conceded figures for games in which Agger started have been pretty good for years now.

Having said that, I would be one who would play a fully fit Sakho over a fully fit Agger.

monkey9 · 16-02-2014 07:49PM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Okey dokey:

Feb 23 Liverpool v Swansea City
Mar 1 Southampton v Liverpool
Mar 10 Liverpool v Sunderland
Mar 16 Manchester United v Liverpool
Mar 22 Cardiff City v Liverpool
Mar 30 Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur
Apr 5 West Ham United v Liverpool
Apr 12 Liverpool v Manchester City
Apr 19 Norwich City v Liverpool
Apr 26 Liverpool v Chelsea
May 3 Crystal Palace v Liverpool
May 11 Liverpool v Newcastle United

No midweek games
No competitive conflicts
No more than one game per week

We may never get a better run at this thing, that's all I'm saying.

This!! I'm not going to pretend I'm happy losing today. But we have and we now have only league games left. Go for the title. It's an outside chance but go for it. If we fall up short, then hopefully it's in second or third position.

OwaynOTT · 16-02-2014 07:50PM

Gbear wrote: »

Allen wasn't bad. And Henderson wasn't great when he came on.

It wasn't really a game in which they were going to shine.

Gerrard was keeping things ticking over by himself and nobody else in midfield made a huge impact.

Flamini made a big difference today. He freed up Areta from the deeper role he played last week. That meant the likes of Allen and Countinho didn't have time on the ball.

aramush · 16-02-2014 07:51PM

I don't get how some Arsenal fans see this as revenge? The game that really mattered they got spanked 5-1!!

NukaCola · 16-02-2014 07:51PM

Slattsy wrote: »

Wouldn't be bothered if Agger never played for us again.

Heart is in the right place but he's just not that good. Good 3rd choice.

Behind who though? Skrt and Sakho first choice?

We haven't really settled on a first choice CB pairing. I would be very interested in seeing Sakho and Agger given a proper run in the first team.

niallo27 · 16-02-2014 07:52PM

Arsenal fans really are looking for a reaction out of us. I'm quiet content after that. I mean it's not going happen every week up front and the emirates is a tough place to go.

NukaCola · 16-02-2014 07:52PM

aramush wrote: »

I don't get how Arsenal fans see this as revenge? The game that really mattered they got spanked 5-1!!

The game that really matters is the game you get to gloat about at this very minute

NukaCola · 16-02-2014 07:53PM

niallo27 wrote: »

Arsenal fans really are looking for a reaction out of us. I'm quiet content after that. I mean it's not going happen every week up front and the emirates is a tough place to go.

The match thread is a disaster.....some unintentionally funny posts in there

Gbear · 16-02-2014 07:53PM

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Flamini made a big difference today. He freed up Areta from the deeper role he played last week. That meant the likes of Allen and Countinho didn't have time on the ball.

They didn't have all bloody day like last week but they still had plenty of time.

Not giving 20 yards of room to our midfielders every time they got the ball isn't Arsenal working miracles - it's the absolute least they should've been doing.

It still wasn't good enough to be consistently winning games against teams as good as us or better and if they're that average against Bayern they'll get mangled.

Thanx 4 The Fish · 16-02-2014 07:53PM

Thought Allen was not up to the game again. Missing Lucas in this game or even Henderson to run around like crazy and get the blocks in, close the opposition down quickly and get some decent starting platforms from which to launch attacks. we did look better when Hendo came on I think although Cissokho is not playing his way into a permanent contract like this.

aramush · 16-02-2014 07:54PM

NukaCola wrote: »

The game that really matters is the game you get to gloat about at this very minute

Haha, too true!

Grayditch · 16-02-2014 07:54PM

It's a lot easier to lose to Arsenal, compared to Chelsea, Spurs or United, in terms of my general mood.

citytillidie · 16-02-2014 07:54PM

aramush wrote: »

I don't get how some Arsenal fans see this as revenge? The game that really mattered they got spanked 5-1!!

You know its bad when they have fans who dont post for a week and wait until the game is over to post in the match thread

Agueroooo · 16-02-2014 07:54PM

4 games now without Suarez scoring.

tis a disater i tell yis, a disaster!

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