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

Gbear wrote: »

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It's nothing to do with how many games everyone played. It's down to the fitness of the individual.
Henderson is very rarely injured and predictably, he was ok to play. Sturridge was injured and out for several weeks. Sterling was seemingly somewhere in the middle.

And there's a big difference between starting a player and giving him half an hour.




Unless you actually know something about fitness (you're a physio, for example) and you're fully informed about Sterling specific condition at the time you really have no basis on which to make that claim.

Sure it makes no sense to you. Doesn't make any sense to me either. But then again, neither of us have the foggiest notion about the situation so that doesn't really matter, does it?

All i know is the manager complaining about losing a player (Sturridge) through injury. He then had his own decision to make over Sterling, he made the wrong one imo.

You're telling me i havent the foggiest idea whether he was fit or not to start, well its the same argument i could make to you. The difference is he has started everything since!

Its a simple case for me, given the schedule we had over the next 14 days, that Sterling would start v Villa and not feature v Middlesborough, if you are trying to rest the player.

End of the day, we were awful v Villa, partly because we didnt start our in form player and gave too many new lads a game at the same time.

If Sterling had shown even the slightest dip in form i'd be agreeing with you, fact is he hasnt. He was good a year or two ago and Rodgers kept playing him until he went 2 or 3 months being pretty bad before he got dropped. If he simply rested Sterling v Villa, a team we notoriously have problems with at Anfield, then i think the club is being overly cautious with the player. I also think it was the wrong fixture to rest him. There is no evidence anywhere of anything other than being rested. Thats a choice we made as a club, and i think we got it wrong, thats all there is to my point really.

I dont think Rodgers is very experienced in the big squad 'problem' and i think we may see some more somewhat dodgy selections. I dont see a problem in questioning selections and i dont have an issue with your opinions on it either. Thats what we all do when we see a line up before a game. When i saw Lucas starting v West Ham i knew we were in bother.

The league is of utmost importance to the club this year. The CL i consider a 'reward' for last year. Ultimately, i think if you are going to be 50/50 on whether to rest a player you dont take the player out of starting the league game. If necessary bring off early or rest in a comp that isnt as important in the grand scheme.

As for the highlighted part, some would say the big difference was it gave Villa a massive boost out the gate to see our in form player not starting, on top of our other in form player being injured. It cost us.

daithijjj wrote: »

All i know is the manager complaining about losing a player (Sturridge) through injury. He then had his own decision to make over Sterling, he made the wrong one imo.

You're telling me i havent the foggiest idea whether he was fit or not to start, well its the same argument i could make to you. The difference is he has started everything since!

The key difference is that I'm not making the claim. I'm just going with the professionals in charge of the decision who were in possession of all the necessary information.

daithijjj wrote: »

Its a simple case for me, given the schedule we had over the next 14 days, that Sterling would start v Villa and not feature v Middlesborough, if you are trying to rest the player.

It isn't a simple case for me, because I don't know anything about the day to day condition of the player or sports science in general.

daithijjj wrote: »

End of the day, we were awful v Villa, partly because we didnt start our in form player and gave too many new lads a game at the same time..

Evidently that isn't the case - we've been just as awful ever since with Sterling in the team.

DVDM93 wrote: »

I am genuinely sick and tired of reading about these injuries. I don't know whether to laugh or cry... or go through the fcuking wall because I'm so fcuking angry or simply calm down because there's nothing I can do about it.

Shiny glass looks nice but it's no good to ya when it's broke, a bit like some of our players and a lot like my heart at the moment.

Get well soon lads, please x

I would rate our injury troubles very good compared to other clubs. Arsenal and united must have very poor sports science team as they are constantly injured. Sturridge, Allen and Can all injured on international duty not much the club can do about that.

Coutinho and Hendo are in the training pics so I am assuming they are fit.

lets have no match thread and huff instead

Fescue wrote: »

For Saturday I think we'll see 4-2-3-1, Gerrard and Henderson in midfield, Lallana, Coutinho and Sterling ahead of them with Balotelli up front.

Lovren and Skrtel at centre back with Manquillo and Moreno in the full back positions.

I'd say with the noises being made Suso will start and Sturridge will be on the bench

wcarey1975 wrote: »

I'd say with the noises being made Suso will start and Sturridge will be on the bench

Don't see Sturridge in the squad at all. Above any other player we won't be taking risks with his fitness.

I also move that we re introduce the anti-jinx. It was a big part of our season last year.

Everton win all the way.

Connavar wrote: »

Rodgers has said suso is in contention for the derby
http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/171373-wonderful-suso-in-derby-contention

I do hope he plays his way into Brendans plans by continueing the stunning form he showed the other night. Fantastic player and I do hope he stays

T-K-O wrote: »

Ah come one now

You know what I meant. Get the Vocab Police off my case