Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Note in OP, 1/09

sReq | uTeK · 05-09-2014 09:13PM

rob316 wrote: »

Too important a player to loose till Xmas that will effectively kill our title challenge and seriously hurt our chances for top 4.
Balotelli could hit the ground running but I wouldn't be too confident.

Disaster.

Title challenge....

rob316 · 05-09-2014 09:15PM

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

Title challenge....

Yes title challenge.

Haven't you got some formations to post anyway of your new team in your own thread?

Hangballlouie · 05-09-2014 09:19PM

Just heard about Balotelli tonight. Hope the wolves player recovers and his head grows back.

Agent Coulson · 05-09-2014 09:21PM

Enrique thinking this sh1t never happens on FIFA.

Chip Whitley · 05-09-2014 09:27PM

I always look for the positives in any scenario, and try not to let football affect my moods (any more!) but Studge's injury has really pissed me off. Fcuking Hodgson. Fcuking England. Stupid having Internationals this early in the season.

Knew he'd get injured at some stage but wanted him and Balotelli to strike up some sort of partnership first.

There is scope for Lallana, Markovic or Borini to come in and stake a claim and it's nice to have squad depth but I'm not happy tbh.

klose · 05-09-2014 09:37PM

Is it just me or does sturridge always get injured whilst with england? Absolute hodging.

Harry Palmr · 05-09-2014 09:39PM

The Letheram wrote: »

Ffs. Hodgsons staff should just ring the medical and trainers at Melwood to see how they handle Sturridge. They would break an anvil in a bog.

That made me laugh, so true so fecking true

klose wrote: »

Is it just me or does sturridge always get injured whilst with england? Absolute hodging.

He has ONLY ever been injured by England as far as I know (as a LFC player).

jasonb · 05-09-2014 10:18PM

So annoying about Sturridge, always seems to happen when he plays for England.

I'm surprised by all the mentions of Borini and barely any mention of Lambert. Considering he's the striker we bought this summer, and Borini's the striker we tried our best to sell.

Do most people rate Borini over Lambert? Personally, if we do play 2 up top, I'd rather see Lambert get a go, he's definitely improved our options whenever he's come on the pitch so far.

J.

martyos121 · 05-09-2014 10:22PM

I absolutely loathe international breaks. We always lose a good player or two because of it, and it's usually Sturridge or Gerrard, two English players. Coincidence? I think not....

Kerrigooney · 05-09-2014 10:25PM

jasonb wrote: »

So annoying about Sturridge, always seems to happen when he plays for England.

I'm surprised by all the mentions of Borini and barely any mention of Lambert. Considering he's the striker we bought this summer, and Borini's the striker we tried our best to sell.

Do most people rate Borini over Lambert? Personally, if we do play 2 up top, I'd rather see Lambert get a go, he's definitely improved our options whenever he's come on the pitch so far.

J.

Agreed. I'd rather see Lambert get a shot as well. He's well able for it.

PiE · 05-09-2014 10:30PM

martyos121 wrote: »

...and it's usually Sturridge or Gerrard, two English players. Coincidence? I think not....

I don't think it's coincidence that they're English players; they're English.

ThunbergsAreGo · 05-09-2014 10:36PM

PiE wrote: »

I don't think it's coincidence that they're English players; they're English.

Looks like two to three weeks out.

Such a shame, step up Balo

Harry Palmr · 05-09-2014 10:43PM

Breathless fans of Jordon Ibe on twitter

Played for England U20s in 6-0 thrashing of someone or other, didn't score.

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Pilsbury Doughboy · 05-09-2014 10:45PM

Why Always Sturridge ?

The suspense is killing me, is it 3 weeks or is it 4 months, I need to know , come on LFC hurry up, get those scans done ASAP.

~Rebel~ · 05-09-2014 10:54PM

jasonb wrote: »

So annoying about Sturridge, always seems to happen when he plays for England.

I'm surprised by all the mentions of Borini and barely any mention of Lambert. Considering he's the striker we bought this summer, and Borini's the striker we tried our best to sell.

Do most people rate Borini over Lambert? Personally, if we do play 2 up top, I'd rather see Lambert get a go, he's definitely improved our options whenever he's come on the pitch so far.

J.

I'd definitely go for Borini personally - he's mobile and fits with how we play normally. All that movement Sturridge was doing out wide, and dropping deep against Spurs is something Borini can do, but Lambert can't.

Lambert for me will always be a great option from the bench when we need a goal and have a lot of possession in the final third, but more often than not we score our early goals with lightning breaks - which Lambert can't really do so much of.

Horses for courses, and I think as a Sturridge replacement, Borini just fits that bit better, particularly with Balotelli largely offering that same physical presence that Lambert can anyway.

I dont think I've ever seen Borini played in a front two for us..was usually either alone up top, or wide in a 4-3-3/4-2-3-1. As someone else mentioned, it'd be interesting to see the two Italians working together, and Borini looked better in a 2 man attack last year when used with Wickham, and occasionally Altidore. It takes the scoring burden off him a bit, and allows him to be more of a Kuyt forward - will pop up with goals, but is better/more effective at contributing to other peoples goals.

Agent Coulson · 05-09-2014 11:01PM

klose wrote: »

Is it just me or does sturridge always get injured whilst with england? Absolute hodging.

2 of his 3 injuries were on England duty, The big one over last November to January where he missed 9 games was done in a Liverpool training session.

Chip Whitley · 05-09-2014 11:25PM

Like ~Rebel~ said, the reason I mentioned Borini and not Lambert getting game time is, I reckon that Balotelli will now become the main man up front and Rodgers will want one or two mobile forwards playing slightly off him, and I don't see Lambert being one of those two. I'm not slighting Lambert in the least, I'm a fan of his.

martyos121 · 05-09-2014 11:43PM

In my opinion, Sterling should be put up front with Mario now that Sturridge is injured. He's already proven that he can play well as a striker, when he scored against City in pre-season, and played an absolute blinder along with that. This could mean playing the diamond with Gerrard in the holding role, Lallana and Henderson/Markovic on the wings, and Coutinho through the centre. On paper, it sounds very promising.

Utopia Parkway · 06-09-2014 12:57AM

klose wrote: »

Is it just me or does sturridge always get injured whilst with england? Absolute hodging.

Seems to happen every time apart from the World Cup.

Wouldn't mind but Hodgson has already made his comments about 6 months ago about "testing" Sturridge's resolve when feeling a twinge.

Rodgers must be fuming. Sturridge's thigh muscles are a problem and Hodgson pushes it far too much.

Oranage2 · 06-09-2014 01:53AM

Hardly hodgsons fault your player is made of glass. These things happen.

mosstin · 06-09-2014 02:08AM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Hardly hodgsons fault your player is made of glass. These things happen.

Roy can't be blamed for your appalling punctuation either. That doesn't mean we can't moan about it though.

Soft Falling Rain · 06-09-2014 06:19AM

EDIT

Rant deleted, a more polite version of what I was saying is I don't like Woy, he's not a very good coach. Over working players seems to be state of play especially when it comes to Liverpool players. I wonder why?

NukaCola · 06-09-2014 06:45AM

Oranage2 wrote: »

Hardly hodgsons fault your player is made of glass. These things happen.

As pointed out, they only happen when he plays for England.

Obviously not Hodgsons fault but he did play him for 89 mins in a meaningless friendly as well as playing Sterling and Henderson for the full game. Whereas the Arsenal players involved were both taken off at around the hour mark.

Not saying he's taken care of certain clubs players better or anything like that but i do think we have a legitimate reason to have a moan.

Soft Falling Rain · 06-09-2014 06:53AM

This is also the same man who was playing Stevie G for nearly 90 mins in a friendly before the world cup, but I suppose he had a "point to prove" too.

.jacksparrow. · 06-09-2014 07:01AM

NukaCola wrote: »

As pointed out, they only happen when he plays for England.

Obviously not Hodgsons fault but he did play him for 89 mins in a meaningless friendly as well as playing Sterling and Henderson for the full game. Whereas the Arsenal players involved were both taken off at around the hour mark.

Not saying he's taken care of certain clubs players better or anything like that but i do think we have a legitimate reason to have a moan.

He got injured training for Liverpool last year.

marklazarcovic · 06-09-2014 07:19AM

faux something something , faux everywhere ,somewhere ..think thats how this goes soon enough

NukaCola · 06-09-2014 07:50AM

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

He got injured training for Liverpool last year.

Only going off what others have said and what i remember, I cant recall when he got injured while at Liverpool. Was he out for weeks or just a game? If you had a link that would be nice.

Doesn't take away from the fact that he picks up injuries on England duty and IMO is being mis handled in the England setup.

ush · 06-09-2014 07:53AM

Where all the we-don't-need-another-striker merchants now? 3 games in and Sturridge is crocked.

Grayditch · 06-09-2014 08:07AM

Clinical finisher, "made of glass". Jaysus, Arsenal really missed a trick with Sturridge.

michael999999 · 06-09-2014 08:11AM

Grayditch wrote: »

Clinical finisher, "made of glass". Jaysus, Arsenal really missed a trick with Sturridge.

I'll bet he plays more games this season than wellbeck!

Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Note in OP, 1/09

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