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

Fescue · 01-10-2014 08:08PM

Its just not good enough.

Skrtel atrocious at a set piece again.

rob316 · 01-10-2014 08:08PM

rarnes1 wrote: »

Rodgers style getting found out a bit in the CL by a very ordinary team tbh

What style? We have yet to play with any style this season, it's a shambles.

klose · 01-10-2014 08:09PM

Sterling is having an understandable dip too, please rotate him.

Harry Palmr · 01-10-2014 08:10PM

Rodgers just has to get it inside his ****ing head that he cannot under any circumstances play a two in the middle.

Agent Coulson · 01-10-2014 08:12PM

Balotelli nees someone to play with up front with.

Two in midfield does not work.

A defensive coach is needed.

Sterling needs to be dropped.

Agent Coulson · 01-10-2014 08:17PM

You can see Henderson is so scared to break forward this season as he knows he is leaving Gerrad exposed so he stops his runs into the box to get back.

Grayditch · 01-10-2014 08:18PM

Aaaahhhhjaaaayyysus.

Fescue · 01-10-2014 08:21PM

Sterling is having an absolute horror show.

5starpool · 01-10-2014 08:32PM

1 decent performance in 9 games is not good enough.

If Basle can beat Ludogerets home and away in the next 2 games (assuming we don't sneak a point tonight) we could be 6 points behind then with 2 games to play as I can't see us getting a sniff of a point vs Madrid in the next 2 games.

klose · 01-10-2014 08:33PM

Why in gods name was sterling on the pitch for the whole game? Awful management.

Mr Alan · 01-10-2014 08:34PM

5starpool wrote: »

1 decent performance in 9 games is not good enough.

If Basle can beat Ludogerets home and away in the next 2 games (assuming we don't sneak a point tonight) we could be 6 points behind then with 2 games to play as I can't see us getting a sniff of a point vs Madrid in the next 2 games.

This summer is proving to be an unmitigated disaster

TitianGerm · 01-10-2014 08:35PM

We have lost all the intensity in our play from last year. Every player looks like their only operating at 70%

I am pie · 01-10-2014 08:35PM

Fairly encouraging for West Brom this.

we are completely limp, insipid and playing like strangers.

your move manager.....

Sir Gallagher · 01-10-2014 08:36PM

Brendan needs to get his act together big time.

kfallon · 01-10-2014 08:36PM

Mr Alan wrote: »

This summer is proving to be an unmitigated disaster

Not a surprise really, Rodgers record in the transfer market is woeful

bur · 01-10-2014 08:37PM

Why Keep Henderson AND Gerrard on? They offer nothing defensively or offensively and were playing crap. Made of teflon those two.

Harry Palmr · 01-10-2014 08:37PM

Just "ugh!", so much wrong with that from the start in the shape of the shape, which was wrong wrong wrong.

Hendo is utterly wasted babysitting Gerrard in a two man middle. Coutinho ought to have played on a diamond flank with Hendo and Sterling at the top, speaking of whom Raheem was as bad as he's been for a year and should have been hooked at half time for Lallana. He was dreadful - a succession of duff touches and bad "tackles" one of which ought to have led to a Basel penalty. The "two" middle just kills us every time - the opposition walks past Gerrard while no forward thrust is possible from that starting position and MBE is so damned slow he can't offer any forward momentum anyway.

Enrique did himself no favours either esp with Moreno on the bench though subbing a FB would have been unexpected and risky as it would cut down more pressing options.

When Allen returns it would be nice to think the manager would just take a chance and drop the captain, trouble is Gerrard will have had 14 days rest by the time the internationals are over so will of course be 'the first name on the team sheet' and on it goes.

What I'd like to see next game or two

Allen

Hendo--Lallana (or Coutinho)

Sterling (or Lallana)

Sturridge--Balotelli

MD1990 · 01-10-2014 08:38PM

Would probably consider us to be in a crisis now.

01-10-2014 08:38PM

Rodgers is under pressure lads to get this right.

We are a shambles and the big money signings aren't doing much.

kfallon · 01-10-2014 08:39PM

Lets face it, we are nothing without our two main men from last season!

murpho999 · 01-10-2014 08:39PM

Worrying performance that.

Season starting to copy that of 09/10 after we also finished 2nd.

Rodgers has a big problem on his hands.

mav79 · 01-10-2014 08:40PM

How many times does Rodgers need to see the 4-2-3-1 formation to see it does not work. Absolutely no positives in that performance yet again.

Mr Alan · 01-10-2014 08:40PM

rarnes1 wrote: »

We are a shambles and the big money signings aren't doing much.

They're doing nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Harry Palmr · 01-10-2014 08:40PM

rarnes1 wrote: »

Rodgers is under pressure lads to get this right.

We are a shambles and the big money signings aren't doing much.

Last seasons over-achievement is in danger of turning into a Dead Cat Bounce

Kerrigooney · 01-10-2014 08:40PM

Now I'm panicing. We are shocking.

Sir Gallagher · 01-10-2014 08:41PM

Rickie Lambert plays for us, it just says it all really.

slingerz · 01-10-2014 08:42PM

Centre midfield is a massive problem for Liverpool

Choose to ignore it if ya want but totally bullied and bossed in their as Gerrard hasn't the ability to get around and control the game while Henderson is being overrun. Don't tell me Allen and Can are the answers either. In fact Lucas would probably have been ideal in their alongside Henderson and Gerrard tonight over Coutinho.

Balotelli isn't performing for the team either, he's definitely trying but not trying to be part of the team. I wouldn't be adverse to seeing Lallana, Suso, Borini and Lambert get starts over Balotelli, Markovic, Coutinho and Sterling.

Fescue · 01-10-2014 08:42PM

That's 4 losses in our first 9 games, at this point the spotlight has to start coming onto Rodgers. If he can't halt this slide shortly, it could well spiral out of control.

klose · 01-10-2014 08:43PM

Gerrard is at the stage where he isn't offering anything and hendo has to do his water carrying too resulting in a non existent midfield, how we are still playing 4231 is beyond me. I concede allen and can are being missed but we are woeful.

Its quite frankly a joke as well just how bad at set pieces we are, same mistakes over and over and over and over and over and......

slingerz · 01-10-2014 08:43PM

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

Rickie Lambert plays for us, it just says it all really.

Hold tough he wasn't at fault tonight at all

Markovic was very poor yet again

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

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