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

livinginkorea wrote: »

the misses has gone back to bed for a nap, the girlfriend is sending me sexy messages (sadly not a LFC fan)

If you have a misses and a girlfriend, your Christmas already came early....

Kirby wrote: »

If you have a misses and a girlfriend, your Christmas already came early....

As long as everyone gets on I am happy

Now back to next year being our year!

~Rebel~ wrote: »

...I want to hear more...

New striker for sure...defender(s) and a new goalie. More towards the experience side, not youth like usual. Costs more but with 9 points away from 4th we have to get quality players now.

Once we have those, hopefully quality players that can jump straight into the squad, then I think it is a step in the right direction.

The Rodgers out.

Happy Christmas pandas.

5starpool wrote: »

This time tomorrow we'll all be incandescent with rage, so enjoy Christmas day lads.

Looks like someone didn't get what they wanted off Santy.

I hadn't seen this article previously, but Steve Nicol talks sense: Steve Nicol: Three keys that could lock up Liverpool at the back (The Express)

"If you get three things right - composure under pressure, your starting position as a defender and making the right decisions - then everything becomes easier.

"Starting position is huge because if you are in position properly then you make less work for yourself. It can be tackled on the training pitch."

The article is from before the Arsenal game but the goals conceded stats are appalling when compared to previous managers.

As Liverpool prepare to collide with Arsenal tomorrow, it is worth noting that Rodgers' sides have conceded more goals per game on average than any Anfield team over the last 20 years.

In all competitions, Roy Evans conceded 0.96 goals per game, Gerard Houllier 0.97, Rafa Benitez 0.86, Roy Hodgson 1.06, Kenny Dalglish (second spell) 0.99 and Rodgers 1.26.

Now would be a great time for Rodgers to start putting that right, with six games before we face Chelsea in the League Cup. Each of the games is winnable but equally important is the fact that it would breathe confidence into the defence if we managed a few clean sheets before such a major test.

Blatter wrote: »

Rodgers has been at Liverpool for 2.5 years now and has never really looked like sorting the defense out. If I was you, I wouldn't be holding out too much hope he'll begin to do it over the next few weeks.

The truth is I don't. It's a new year - as of yesterday the days are getting longer and it would be nice if Rodgers took the opportunity to turn over a new leaf. His management of the defence has been a seat of the pants production.

I don't believe he would be dismissed unless the club was in danger of relegation. Markovic's red card against FC Basel may have been a blessing in disguise for Rodgers on that front. The 3-4-2 formation deployed for the end of that game has got the team playing football again. The new 3-4-3 has the ability to create goal scoring chances but the team remains relatively toothless up front.

The fact that we need to score two goals per game in order to have a chance at achieving a result should be motivation enough for the man to put some focus on the defensive setup.

Rodgers hopes that Sturridge returning in the new year will be a catalyst for the team to start outscoring the opposition again. Lessons need to be learned - we know that approach does not always work.

both barca and madrids defence is very suspect, does not stop the midfield and attack winning them titles .. we were the same last year .. we just have not fit good strikers