Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Warning in OP, 10/12

mikeym · 07-12-2014 10:17PM

We have Mignnolet and Lovern who are Belgian and are poor. And now we want Benteke (whos out of form).

No Thanks.

Agent Coulson · 07-12-2014 10:21PM

mikeym wrote: »

We have Mignnolet and Lovern who are Belgian and are poor. And now we wan. Benteke (whos out of form).

No Thanks.

He is Croatian

mikeym · 07-12-2014 10:23PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

He is Croatian

My bad.

Augmerson · 07-12-2014 10:39PM

The lineup I'd like to see for Tuesday:

Migs

Johnson Skrtel Toure Moreno

Lucas

Henderson Lallana

Sterling

Borini Lambert

Gerrard on for Lallana.

Obviously not going to happen but you can always dream.

djPSB · 07-12-2014 10:44PM

Augmerson wrote: »

The lineup I'd like to see for Tuesday:

Migs

Johnson Skrtel Toure Moreno

Lucas

Henderson Lallana

Sterling

Borini Lambert

Gerrard on for Lallana.

Obviously not going to happen but you can always dream.

Gerrard will start and rightly so.

Kerrigooney · 07-12-2014 10:48PM

djPSB wrote: »

Gerrard will start and rightly so.

As long as he doesn't start in the DM position that's fine.

klose · 07-12-2014 10:50PM

Yeah gerrard will play off the striker id imagine, id like to see borini or sterling get a run or perhaps both as the striker/s whilst lambert has done a job he has played a lot of the glames the last couple of weeks and was ineffective on saturday.

Super-Rush · 07-12-2014 10:59PM

mikeym wrote: »

We have Mignnolet and Lovern who are Belgian and are poor. And now we want Benteke (whos out of form).

No Thanks.

Has a goal and an assist in his last two games and has only played 6 times this season coming off a long term injury.

Only for a fantastic save by Schmeichel he'd have gotten another one this afternoon. He has shown no ill effects of the injury as demonstrated against Palace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgQYmaW7VkA

30 goals in 65 games playing for Villa for a 24 year old is a good return imo.

He'd add much needed power and pace to our front line and will bully most opposition defenders.

Pyjamarama · 07-12-2014 11:01PM

If anyone wouldn't want Benteke they're mental. He's an amazing player.

Agent Coulson · 07-12-2014 11:08PM

I would want Benteke over Berahino that for sure.

The Moldy Gowl · 07-12-2014 11:17PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I would want Benteke over Berahino that for sure.

What about mata or Rooney?

*runs*

Pilsbury Doughboy · 07-12-2014 11:19PM

Chucky the tree wrote: »

More Lucas love:

Last two games:
Tackles attempted - 15
Tackles won - 14

That can't be right surely, he has played well obviously but he made a load of fouls in both games, dodged yellows luckily too IIRC.

Pyjamarama · 07-12-2014 11:21PM

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

What about mata or Rooney?

*runs*

As a striker over both. Rooney might be a little better in that role atm but Benteke is a lot younger. And isn't as detestable.

Chucky the tree · 07-12-2014 11:30PM

Pilsbury Doughboy wrote: »

That can't be right surely, he has played well obviously but he made a load of fouls in both games, dodged yellows luckily too IIRC.

It doesn't count fouls. I suppose fouls aren't always tackles so maybe that's why.

mikeym · 07-12-2014 11:33PM

We should get Van Diijk from Celtic hes playing a blinder and hes not goal shy either.

He would fit in well at Liverpool and hes too good for the Scottish League.

Pilsbury Doughboy · 07-12-2014 11:34PM

Chucky the tree wrote: »

It doesn't count fouls. I suppose fouls aren't always tackles so maybe that's why.

Hmmmm, nah I still wanna call bs on that stat I'm afraid!

As well as the pass completion stat earlier on, I mean Mikel was leading the stats so what does that say? Easy to pass 5 yarders square all day.

Again I'm not dissing Lucas but let's not get carried away here lads, he's been slighty above average in a team of underperformers

Chucky the tree · 07-12-2014 11:40PM

Pilsbury Doughboy wrote: »

Hmmmm, nah I still wanna call bs on that stat I'm afraid!

As well as the pass completion stat earlier on, I mean Mikel was leading the stats so what does that say? Easy to pass 5 yarders square all day.

Again I'm not dissing Lucas but let's not get carried away here lads, he's been slighty above average in a team of underperformers

Email these lads and let them know then.

http://www.whoscored.com/Players/31451/Show/Lucas-Leiva

Turtyturd · 07-12-2014 11:40PM

Andy Carroll's performances on MOTD the last 2 weeks have been better than his entire time at Liverpool.

The Moldy Gowl · 07-12-2014 11:42PM

Pyjamarama wrote: »

As a striker over both. Rooney might be a little better in that role atm but Benteke is a lot younger. And isn't as detestable.

Ah I was just joking. Imagine if Rooney joined Liverpool.

Kerrigooney · 07-12-2014 11:45PM

Turtyturd wrote: »

Andy Carroll's performances on MOTD the last 2 weeks have been better than his entire time at Liverpool.

And Downing

Pilsbury Doughboy · 07-12-2014 11:45PM

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Email these lads and let them know then.

http://www.whoscored.com/Players/31451/Show/Lucas-Leiva

I'm not sure if a strongly worded e-mail will suffice, so I'm thinking a strongly painted picture might do the job.

Turtyturd · 07-12-2014 11:54PM

Kerrigooney wrote: »

And Downing

I am just waiting for Borini to go onto bigger and better things after receiving 'The Rodgers' cold shoulder.

SlickRic · 08-12-2014 12:08AM

I didn't miss one MOTD last season.

I've watched maximum 5 this season.

I don't like my apathy towards the team right now.

noodler · 08-12-2014 12:25AM

Chucky the tree wrote: »

More Lucas love:

Last two games:
Tackles attempted - 15
Tackles won - 14

Its funny, I am almost 100% sure he made several fouls against Leicster. Are they not attempted tackles?

EDIT: I see this was discussed above.

Pilsbury Doughboy · 08-12-2014 12:33AM

noodler wrote: »

Its funny, I am almost 100% sure he made several fouls against Leicster. Are they not attempted tackles?

EDIT: I see this was discussed above.

Do ye wanna contribute to this painting I'm sending? We can make a change.

Raif Severance · 08-12-2014 12:45AM

SlickRic wrote: »

I didn't miss one MOTD last season.

I've watched maximum 5 this season.

I don't like my apathy towards the team right now.

Yup.

The Problem seems pretty Obvious. And you know that the Team could do better, if we could just Play with 2 Strikers.

And yet the Manager is so Stubborn against it.

It's certainly very Frustrating being a LFC Supporter right now.

I have actually Reached the Point, where I have Turned Off the Game, 10 Minutes before Full Time in Disgust. And I have done it Twice already this Season.

And I have never done that, even during Hodgson's Puke Football.

djPSB · 08-12-2014 12:47AM

Raif Severance wrote: »

Yup.

The Problem seems pretty Obvious. And you know that the Team could do better, if we could just Play with 2 Strikers.

And yet the Manager is so Stubbornly against it.

It's certainly very Frustrating being a LFC Supporter right now.

I have actually Reached the Point, where I have Turned Off the Game, 10 Minutes before Full Time in Disgust. And I have done it Twice already this Season.

And I have never done that, even during Hodgson's Puke Football.

Playing with two strikers is great if you have the players. We hardly have one fit decent striker, not to mind playing with two.

Raif Severance · 08-12-2014 12:55AM

djPSB wrote: »

Playing with two strikers is great if you have the players. We hardly have one fit decent striker, not to mind playing with two.

Borini and Lambert? That's 2.

What's even more Frustrating is that Borini isn't even on the Bench. We could have certainly use him, to replace Lambert. Whenever that one, Ran out of Gas. Which is pretty much every Game.

What happens if Lambert gets Injured in the Game, who do we Bring? Gerrard?

PhiloCypher · 08-12-2014 01:56AM

What amazes me about Lucas is the amount of cynical fouling he gets through before he picks up a card , refs just seem to love him and want to give him the benefit of the doubt far more then they do with other players. He kept a clean sheet card wise against leicester and was looking like getting away with a stonewall yellow against Sunderland before one of their players had a word.

J Mysterio · 08-12-2014 02:31AM

People always go on about Lucas fouling but consider this... We have no ball retention going at all, no possession game. The ball is continuously coming back at the defence and he is run off his feet trying to protect them. He's doing a brilliant job.

The one thing i'll say is it seems Rodgers sometimes makes up his about a player and is then very stubborn about giving them a chance. Lucas got his chance again cos the fans were screaming for him to give up on his disastrous Gerrard experiment. He was lucky to get that chance and he's done brilliantly like I thoughnhe would. He's technically good and has great heart and spirit.

It doesnt look like Borini will get another chance, Rodgers seems to have it in for him for some reason - I suspect Borini fecked him out of it. Look what happened to Agger. Reina possibly too (yes, he said he'd have to think if Barca came in for him). I hope Suso will get a shot when he's back but not sure Rodgers likes him.

He's a stubborn baśtard, but I guess you have to be a bit to be a good manager. Problem is when you get to a situation when the fan base is almost unanimous in clamouring for an obvious solution, it takes ages to be implemented and then it clearly works (Gerrard out of DM, Lucas in and Lovren dropped, Toure in). Makes the manager look a little slow.

I like Rodgers and sympathise with him a bit with how some things have worked out this season but he needs to be a step ahead, not behind. He's lost a lot of the dynamism he gave us previously.

Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Warning in OP, 10/12

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