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

jcsoulinger · 20-02-2014 05:50PM

shamrock55 wrote: »

Did you used to watch that team of 88, i doubt this current team would get near it tbh

Not at the time, I was too young. But have seen footage from that time and think the standard has improved allot since.

I am pie · 20-02-2014 05:50PM

brucie
nicol gillespie hanson ablet

houghton mcmahon barnes

beardsley aldo Suarez

Would change to:

Brucie (at the start of the season I would have thought Ming)
Nicol Sahko Hanson Enrique

Gerrard

Coutinho (sorry, he's got so much more in his locker than Ray) Barnes

Beardsley Aldo Suarez

Gillespie would struggle with more mobile players, he was OK but not of Lawrenson's class. LB a weak spot, Ablett was ok, great guy but not an international or top class LB, offered not so much going fwd..not that Enrique is top class, but shades it for me. Ablett was replaced by Burrows and Staunton soon enough after the 88 season. Ray's goalscoring record was not great and in the 2 seasons following 89 and 90 he played a lot less games. I dunno, for me he's a cult favourite but not one of the greats.

I see more potential in Coutinho than Houghton. Gerrard cn do everything McMahon can and more. I feel wrong leaving out Sturridge, but it's hard to drop Aldo.

Gbear · 20-02-2014 05:51PM

djPSB wrote: »

If you had a choice...

Would you fight ten duck sized Luis Suarez or one Luis Suarez sized duck?

Ducks are at least as vicious as Suarez. One man-sized duck would be a ferocious beast.

I am pie · 20-02-2014 05:53PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Said our current squad. Not when Gerrard was in his prime. In his prime he would be in the 88 team, not now he wouldn't get into it.

He would.

Nerdlingr · 20-02-2014 05:53PM

Assaidi after doing his knee ligaments. Out for 6 weeks.

Turtyturd · 20-02-2014 05:53PM

A duck...Ducks have no teeth...next question.

Agent Coulson · 20-02-2014 05:54PM

I am pie wrote: »

He would.

He wouldn't

gafferino · 20-02-2014 05:56PM

Nuri Sahin · 20-02-2014 05:58PM

A honey badger is more Suarez like. Crazy, little ****ers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg

Paulegend · 20-02-2014 06:00PM

8-10 wrote: »

Maybe it's just me but I don't even know what manager won the Europa League 5 years ago let alone 10! (looked it up - Mircea Lucescu, and actually should have known Rafa Benitez 10 years ago but he's not exactly remembered for that)

I think both are as forgettable as each other but maybe that's just me.

mike65 wrote: »

Ah come on now any fool knows that 4th place is like the Championship Play Off victory, its not a cup - its the door to better a place full of money! I'd have CL qualification over a poxy EL title any day.

of course. we are fans. we want champions league football.

all im saying is it makes sense that a manager will prefer to have a trophy on his cv rather than the sentence "i finished 4th that one year"

im not denying which is more important. im just saying that for a manager i can see why they would choose the opposite to us fans

if he is planning to be at spurs in 10-15 years from now then id be thinking he wants 4th over the EL but if he is using them as a stepping stone to further his career the it will be the EL he wants

googled eyes · 20-02-2014 06:26PM

Just for sh1ts and giggles

shamrock55 · 20-02-2014 06:27PM

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

A honey badger is more Suarez like. Crazy, little ****ers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg

they always go for the balls apparently, scratch the bejeebus outta them:eek:

shamrock55 · 20-02-2014 06:32PM

jcsoulinger wrote: »

Not at the time, I was too young. But have seen footage from that time and think the standard has improved allot since.

you would need to have watched them every week to understand how good that team really was, plus i dont think the standard has improved all that much, training methods and fitness yes, but you cant teach pure tallent

jcsoulinger · 20-02-2014 06:49PM

shamrock55 wrote: »

you would need to have watched them every week to understand how good that team really was, plus i dont think the standard has improved all that much, training methods and fitness yes, but you cant teach pure tallent

I disagree, You can get a fair idea of the standard of any given team by watching them play once or twice. The ball is moved an awful lot quicker today how do you account for that? If you took Suarez or Sturridge right now got in the delorean and went back to 88 do you think they would score more or less goals on average?

8-10 · 20-02-2014 06:50PM

Paulegend wrote: »

of course. we are fans. we want champions league football.

all im saying is it makes sense that a manager will prefer to have a trophy on his cv rather than the sentence "i finished 4th that one year"

im not denying which is more important. im just saying that for a manager i can see why they would choose the opposite to us fans

if he is planning to be at spurs in 10-15 years from now then id be thinking he wants 4th over the EL but if he is using them as a stepping stone to further his career the it will be the EL he wants

Which one do you think it is then based on the team he's put out tonight? And the players he has on the bench?

mike65 · 20-02-2014 06:52PM

googled eyes wrote: »

Just for sh1ts and giggles

You provocateur, you!

Kirby · 20-02-2014 06:57PM

Well that picture illustrates a fairly good point about Rafa and his perception by most Liverpool fans compared to Rodgers.....but that would be treading old ground at this stage so I think it's best we not get into that again.

K-9 · 20-02-2014 07:03PM

Kirby wrote: »

Well that picture illustrates a fairly good point about Rafa and his perception by most Liverpool fans compared to Rodgers.....but that would be treading old ground at this stage so I think it's best we not get into that again.

Well there's the small matter of Istanbul, but I doubt many would have predicted Rodgers would do that well.

murpho999 · 20-02-2014 07:13PM

Kirby wrote: »

Well that picture illustrates a fairly good point about Rafa and his perception by most Liverpool fans compared to Rodgers.....but that would be treading old ground at this stage so I think it's best we not get into that again.

I think the picture illustrates that a goatee might suit Rodgers too.

Turtyturd · 20-02-2014 07:20PM

googled eyes wrote: »

Just for sh1ts and giggles

Awwwh...here it goes.

googled eyes · 20-02-2014 07:21PM

Chicago, New York and Charlotte: Time to show America which club has the best fans in the world

www.lfctour.com

osnola ibax · 20-02-2014 07:28PM

osnola ibax wrote: »

Mourinhos argument re champions league football isn't going to last long

What I mean is, he stated that Liverpool have the advantagein the league race because we don't have CL football, but either will Man City or arsenal in another games time

Morzadec · 20-02-2014 07:33PM

googled eyes wrote: »

Just for sh1ts and giggles

Needs context. Some Europa games in there for Rodgers, some tough CL games for Rafael. Though Rodgers perhaps managing in a more competitive league.

Either way Rodgers is doing a fantastic job, though nothing is achieved yet -Spurs still on our tail

20-02-2014 07:35PM

Kirby wrote: »

Well that picture illustrates a fairly good point about Rafa and his perception by most Liverpool fans compared to Rodgers.....but that would be treading old ground at this stage so I think it's best we not get into that again.

Until Rodgers brings home some silverware he won't even be in the same bracket tbh

Agent Coulson · 20-02-2014 07:38PM

There has been only one Liverpool manager in the last 50 years not to win a trophy and I hope Brendan doesn't sit beside him in the history books.

Morzadec · 20-02-2014 07:39PM

Morzadec wrote: »

Needs context. Some Europa games in there for Rodgers, some tough CL games for Rafael. Though Rodgers perhaps managing in a more competitive league.

Either way Rodgers is doing a fantastic job, though nothing is achieved yet -Spurs still on our tail

Scratch that, just realized its league only.

Raga had a poor first season in the league butt he CL more than made up for it, so that's not included here.

But still, Rodgers took us over as an 8th placed team. So really phenomenal achievement IF (big if) we maintain our form to get over the line to 4th (or more).

Nuri Sahin · 20-02-2014 07:43PM

Turtyturd wrote: »

Awwwh...here it goes.

This thread needs some..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDbNaLqVw8c

\o/

barone · 20-02-2014 07:45PM

look at rodgers eyes.. black out the rest .. its king kenny

mike65 · 20-02-2014 07:49PM

Anyone watching Konoplyanka? Probably the best player out there, some lovely touches and pace (left Dawson for dead a couple of times, okay not that hard). The pitch is a typical east European disgrace - he'd be brilliant on grass!

Nuri Sahin · 20-02-2014 08:00PM

mike65 wrote: »

Anyone watching Konoplyanka? Probably the best player out there, some lovely touches and pace (left Dawson for dead a couple of times, okay not that hard). The pitch is a typical east European disgrace - he'd be brilliant on grass!

Not me, though partly in fear a MOTM performance will see Spurs sign him in the summer

Some Aqua fella is looking fairly decent at the moment for Fiorentina (my dark horse for the EL despite Italian clubs not really taking it seriously over the years!) though.

edit - feck it, I'll give Kono a watch so.

Goldado is well and truly broken.

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