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

Soft Falling Rain · 01-11-2014 03:18PM

Mr Alan wrote: »

Unless Rodgers turns this around quickly he'll be gone before the end of the season.

Nah

ebbsy · 01-11-2014 03:18PM

sabat wrote: »

Koeman in next summer please; Rodgers is just looking increasingly gormless.

Yeah and this time we might bring in the better S'ton players with him.

01-11-2014 03:18PM

We won't be getting top 4 this season. The poor performances are too regular in the league to turn around.

Should go all out to win the league cup

hefferboi · 01-11-2014 03:19PM

I actually thought Mignolet was very solid today, but I missed most of the first half. He did well under crosses and made one or 2 very good saves.

kevohmsford · 01-11-2014 03:20PM

Rodgers is being found out badly. Hard to see many positives from today's game.

hefferboi · 01-11-2014 03:21PM

Stupid video game tactics in the second half from Rodgers having 3 strikers on the pitch and no one to link up the play, hoping that someone would score. He's very naive tactically.

shamrock55 · 01-11-2014 03:22PM

hefferboi wrote: »

I actually thought Mignolet was very solid today, but I missed most of the first half. He did well under crosses and made one or 2 very good saves.

Except the one where johnson had to clear his impression of a doh doh bird off the line:rolleyes:

01-11-2014 03:23PM

hefferboi wrote: »

I actually thought Mignolet was very solid today, but I missed most of the first half. He did well under crosses and made one or 2 very good saves.

He was all over the shop for a cross 1st half. Nearly cost a goal. Think David James type of effort.

Not good enough imo. Neville Southall was right during the week when he said he isn't brave enough and never will be good enough for Liverpool.

shamrock55 · 01-11-2014 03:23PM

I was gonna say rodgers has no plan b or c, but in fact he has no plan whatsoever

Vicxas · 01-11-2014 03:25PM

shamrock55 wrote: »

I was gonna say rodgers has no plan b or c, but in fact he has no plan whatsoever

This,

He got lucky against Swansea, and he just reverts back to the same useless play time and time again....

hefferboi · 01-11-2014 03:26PM

As I said, rarnes and shamrock, I missed a lot of the first half. From what I saw he was excellent.

Eircom_Sucks · 01-11-2014 03:27PM

Pain in my fooking face with the disgrace that is our team , last year we'd have mauled these fookers , spineless , toothless , ****e defending

Why waste €120 million on this crap ? Why not 3 world class players ? Fabregas , di maria , costa , could of had them all id say , imagine how diff we'd be

No lets spend €20 on markovic who wasnt even on bench or €20 on lovern , or 16 on ballotelli , €25 lallans , my god im just sick of 2 steps forward and 10 back , i don't even want to watch us anymore im just so pissed off , im 34 and supporting liverpool 24 years and go to anfield at least 4 times a year so im not a bar stooler

01-11-2014 03:27PM

Rodgers definately needs to take a lot of blame, along with a good chunk of those players.

I actually cant wait for the next international break

01-11-2014 03:28PM

hefferboi wrote: »

As I said, rarnes and shamrock, I missed a lot of the first half. From what I saw he was excellent.

His shot stopping is up there with the best in the league.

The overall package though just isn't strong enough which is a shame

Pyjamarama · 01-11-2014 03:29PM

This thread is more painful than that match was. Rodgers out?!? Get a ****ing grip lads.

Gbear · 01-11-2014 03:29PM

hefferboi wrote: »

Stupid video game tactics in the second half from Rodgers having 3 strikers on the pitch and no one to link up the play, hoping that someone would score. He's very naive tactically.

We ended up trying to slip Ricky Lambert in behind their defence.

A 32 year old target man gets through balls played in for him.

Wonderful..

If we're getting balls into the box or have lots of possession just outside their box but can't break through then Lambert is a great option to have.
But he's not a 10, he's not going to deliver a lethal dead ball, he's not going to drop deep and run at their midfield and create space for others.

He's not the two excellent options we had on the bench but didn't use.

Vicxas wrote: »

This,

He got lucky against Swansea, and he just reverts back to the same useless play time and time again....

Well not really.

Against Swansea it was two up top. And it worked after a fashion but he made us better with his substitutions.

Today he did nothing with them and didn't even use all 3.

Demosthenese · 01-11-2014 03:31PM

I don't normally post directly after a game due to gut reactions etc but pretty calm about todays result so its not kneejerk.

Looking at our team Rodgers obviously wanted to try to hold the middle of the park while defencively 5 at the back when we lose the ball. Its still the same players playing in different positions though.

- Today we put Sterling out on the wing and the only balls he got were diagonal 60 yarders and thats not good enough for our best attacking player.
- Hendo had a nightmare today and i am pretty sure that was his worst performance in a Liverpool shirt. He showed more passion when he got booked than the entire game. Did he even win a challenge? Usually brilliant marauding forward and hustling players but today he was a passenger and hid in the midfield.
- Lovren really pissed me off today for a few reasons, he barely made a decent pass forward that wasn't intercepted. Lazy in possession he was constantly putting Mig under pressure with underplayed passes and twice in the first half with no real pressure he booted the ball over the sideline. What annoys me most though is him running into midfield and hitting into a Newcastle player and getting thrown off the ball!!! This is our powerful 25million centre half! Incredible!
- Glen Johnson was well, Glen. Lacking creativity going forward, the odd cameo of looking good on the ball cutting inside and blasting a left foot shot into nobody or wide was there as always. Lazy in defence and allowing guys to cross the ball as will. Disgusting we pay wages to this imposter of a player. Brendan Rodgers really does himself no favours by playing him. In fact it makes me question BR bigtime that he cannot see this.
- Mig was really good today, you could see him trying to dominate his box and came for everything. Slate him for the one he missed but that's just Mig. But cannot fault him for being positive.

It is really worrying that we are still stuttering. No tempo to our game. Flat and has been for a number of games. Aside from the opening 17mins against Madrid and the Spurs away game we've been absolute ****e this whole season. Until we concede that is, then we come alive!!! No pressing, no tempo, no hastling of opposition players and its becoming embarrassing.

The buck stops with BR on this one. Same team. Different formation. Doesn't work, same players different formation. He is seriously under pressure now. Newcastle were there for the taking today. They played a defencive line and got lucky for a goal. A poor team. We were unable to create 2-3 chances the whole 90 mins.

... if you took last season out of the equation. With those types of performances we'd be calling for BR's head. If it were Hodgeson we'd be calling for his head. So BR has bought himself a few more games. I genuinely worry about us now. We are capable of so much more and we are not getting it. Has he lost the dressingroom???

Worrying times.

Pilsbury Doughboy · 01-11-2014 03:31PM

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

Pain in my fooking face with the disgrace that is our team , last year we'd have mauled these fookers , spineless , toothless , ****e defending

Why waste €120 million on this crap ? Why not 3 world class players ? Fabregas , di maria , costa , could of had them all id say , imagine how diff we'd be

No lets spend €20 on markovic who wasnt even on bench or €20 on lovern , or 16 on ballotelli , €25 lallans , my god im just sick of 2 steps forward and 10 back , i don't even want to watch us anymore im just so pissed off , im 34 and supporting liverpool 24 years and go to anfield at least 4 times a year so im not a bar stooler

Do you really think we could have signed the 3 of them? Not a hope in hell imo.

01-11-2014 03:31PM

The huge difference from Swansea game was the lack of pressing from the first whistle.

ElChe32 · 01-11-2014 03:32PM

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

Pain in my fooking face with the disgrace that is our team , last year we'd have mauled these fookers , spineless , toothless , ****e defending

Why waste €120 million on this crap ? Why not 3 world class players ? Fabregas , di maria , costa , could of had them all id say , imagine how diff we'd be

No lets spend €20 on markovic who wasnt even on bench or €20 on lovern , or 16 on ballotelli , €25 lallans , my god im just sick of 2 steps forward and 10 back , i don't even want to watch us anymore im just so pissed off , im 34 and supporting liverpool 24 years and go to anfield at least 4 times a year so im not a bar stooler

Don't kid yourself! Ahaha.

Soft Falling Rain · 01-11-2014 03:33PM

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

Pain in my fooking face with the disgrace that is our team , last year we'd have mauled these fookers , spineless , toothless , ****e defending

Why waste €120 million on this crap ? Why not 3 world class players ? Fabregas , di maria , costa , could of had them all id say , imagine how diff we'd be

No lets spend €20 on markovic who wasnt even on bench or €20 on lovern , or 16 on ballotelli , €25 lallans , my god im just sick of 2 steps forward and 10 back , i don't even want to watch us anymore im just so pissed off , im 34 and supporting liverpool 24 years and go to anfield at least 4 times a year so im not a bar stooler

Such players were never coming to us. They were always going to be offered handier numbers. Rodgers did the only thing he could and gambled on potential. So far it's not working out.

Ardent · 01-11-2014 03:35PM

With Rodgers, it's like watching a man drowning. Take away the 60 or so goals from Suarez and Sturridge and he's looking quite clueless.

Set up the team for a draw and ended up losing, to an awful Newcastle side. Shocking stuff.

And on transfers, we've done a Spurs lads. Lallana and Markovic cost almost 50 million between them and can't get on instead of that lot today??

We won't finish within a country mile of 4th this season and I'll be surprised if we make it out of our CL group. We are woeful. Sturridge coming back will not fix the problems in this team.

01-11-2014 03:36PM

From Paddy Power

"It was a game that we almost had full control of," says Rodgers, as he clutches at more straws than a masturbating scarecrow.

kingshankly · 01-11-2014 03:37PM

REAL MADRID -2 GOALS = 6/4
Form an orderly queue lads great bet

Fromvert · 01-11-2014 03:37PM

Pyjamarama wrote: »

This thread is more painful than that match was. Rodgers out?!? Get a ****ing grip lads.

Has anyone said Rodgers should be sacked?

01-11-2014 03:38PM

kingshankly wrote: »

REAL MADRID -2 GOALS = 6/4
Form an orderly queue lads great bet

What bookie?

Seems very generous

01-11-2014 03:39PM

Fromvert wrote: »

Has anyone said Rodgers should be sacked?

I don't think so. People questioning his tactics which is totally normal considering the season is almost 1/3 done

Gbear · 01-11-2014 03:39PM

Demosthenese wrote: »

- Lovren really pissed me off today for a few reasons, he barely made a decent pass forward that wasn't intercepted. Lazy in possession he was constantly putting Mig under pressure with underplayed passes and twice in the first half with no real pressure he booted the ball over the sideline. What annoys me most though is him running into midfield and hitting into a Newcastle player and getting thrown off the ball!!! This is our powerful 25million centre half! Incredible!

I think that was a symptom of how bad our midfield was.

There was very little going on in midfield and too often nobody was dropping deep to collect the ball off Lovren.

They were mostly standing around twiddling their thumbs while a CB is left with the job of starting our attack.

Utterly ludicrous.

Eircom_Sucks · 01-11-2014 03:40PM

Pilsbury Doughboy wrote: »

Do you really think we could have signed the 3 of them? Not a hope in hell imo.

No but there is other top players , they're just an example

Id rather have torres back than ballotelli

Fromvert · 01-11-2014 03:42PM

rarnes1 wrote: »

I don't think so. People questioning his tactics which is totally normal considering the season is almost 1/3 done

Exactly, which is completely justified. Nobody has called for him to be sacked but if his performance keeps up they will.

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

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