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

Harry Palmr wrote: »

That penalty goal was worth a million euro by the way.

Half really ;-)

Any just midnight now, a interesting champions league Tuesday done and dusted or just Tuesday to some!

Let, "We're fucked Wednesday", commence.

Maybe its the coaching staff that might have to be looked at rather than the players.

John Achterberg. After retiring from playing in 2009, Achterberg joined Liverpool FC in June 2009 as a goalkeeping coach of the reserve and academy goalkeepers before being promoted to first-team goalkeeping coach in summer 2011

Colin Pascoe. Ten caps for wales and Rodgers buddy from his Swansea days.

Mike Marsh. 69 appearances for Liverpool in six year period after being singed in 1987 and then went on to coach at youth level.

Looking at that brief description after a quick wiki search, it doesn't breed much confidence and looks to be lacking that bit of European pedigree and maybe its time for BR to look for some help in the coaching department.

Knex. wrote: »

Let, "We're fucked Wednesday", commence.

I reckon positivity will win out in the end.

We did win after all.

Gbear wrote: »

I reckon positivity will win out in the end.

We've did win after all.

Aye, here's hoping.

Tbh, I'm not worried, or panicking, about this team at all. Far too early to be doing so in any rational way.

Gerrard's post match interview.

Mr_Red wrote: »

Because im interested. is it a difficult question for you that you cant answer?

I might be a United supporter but Im a football supporter too

Do you always carry a Chip on your shoulder?

It's a silly question to be fair, the season has only begun, players need time to settle, adjust to different systems etc.

Some decent atmosphere before the game, actually.

And before I forget, not enough credit to Balotelli for the goal. He did extremely well and it was a quality, instinctive finish after he battled for the ball and had the touch to give him the chance for the shot.

More of the same, hopefully.

Edit:

Will people stop going on about Saurez he is gone and there was no player out there who could replace him that Liverpool could get.

The forward line is missing pace, when Sturridge comes back you may see a different team with him doing runs off the ball to open space for Sterling and Mario to exploit

I feel like we got out of jail somewhat tonight. Sakho and Loven looked shaky at times tonight and their positioning wasn't great. Sakho getting nutmegged towards the end didn't fill me with confidence, I still think we need to keep playing him though. If he can reproduce for Liverpool how he played for France in the World Cup we'll have some centre back on our hands. Right now its not clicking 100% with Lovern but I think we have to give it time. We shipped an extraordinary amount of goals last season and although I know there is lots of love for Skitrel on this thread there's no getting away from the fact that if Skirtel was on the pitch we leaked goals. I do like him going forward as he's always a threat but something is not right when we concede the amount we do with him in the team. There's no point in us going back to trying something proven not to work, Sakho and Lovern have to be given time to bed in together so we can at least see if we have a viable CB pairing that will keep clean sheets.

How do people feel about our other fixtures having seen Basel & Real play tonight? If we play Madrid and our midfield is as loose as it was tonight I think we could get hockeyed by four or five, they'll tear us open. I'm also worried that Rogers is going to show his tactical naivety in the game against Madrid. A bit like the end of season game against Chelsea I think he'll be going for a win when a draw is the favoured result. Madrid are a shoe in to top the group, I think whoever comes 2nd will have done so by either a shock defeat of them or nicking at least one draw from them.

There was some positives tonight but I have to say the upcoming fixtures worry me. Rogers has worked in Spain a lot and he should know Madrids game inside out. But there's a part of me hoping he might give Rafa a ring for a bit of friendly advice on playing them=)

T-K-O wrote: »

Disagree, he put in a decent shift last night. The problem is that we all compare him to that nameless beast.

I'm comparing him to players at the club and I don't think he's putting enough of a shift in.

I just expect more of an effort to be put in from a new player, especially with the reputation Mario has.