Liverpool FC News/Gossip/Rumours Summer '15

Pretty poor performance but will gladly take a dirty win in the opening game of the season.

And we go ahead of United in the sweetest way possible....


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Could be a huge 3 points. Thank **** we have the magician. Lots of improvement needed to find the right formation. Can in the 3 was a good move by BR.

Thank buggery for that. Needed a win there given all the tough away games coming up for the next 2 months.

Benteke did well but looked isolated for long periods. Need to get bodies around him.

Would be happy to see a diamond with Benteke alongside Firmino and Coutinho in behind.

SlickRic wrote: »

Never play Milner and Hendo on their own in the engine room again.

Can made the difference 2nd half.

The team that ended the game needs to start against Bournemouth.

Don't think you can make those judgements based on today. The whole team needs to press better. I'd start Lucas or Can against Bournemouth personally but wouldn't write off this partnership yet

Lovren played very well.

MD1990 wrote: »

Lovren played very well.

Yes, I was meant to mention that alright, he was very good today.

****e performance but a lot of positives.

Gomez looked solid and certainly not out of his depth. Even if Moreno takes his place, we've got a very good 2nd choice LB available.

Can's introduction just spiked the team into action, he has to start from now on.

Firmino looked dangerous with the ball, but most importantly he actually chases down defenders. Hopefully when he starts, Benteke will copy him.

****e performance. Good result. Result more important obviously & hopefully performances will improve.

monkey9 wrote: »

That's a win. That's a shîte performance. That was bloody brilliant.

Credit to Rodgers, he has no qualms about starting young players. Bloody loving it!!

FYP. Performance doesn't matter this early in the season though, so I don't even mind.

Clean sheet, hard work, giving the Stoke lads a bit of a kicking, a win, no injuries or suspensions.

All I wanted with a special goal to boot.

Grand.

Lovren and Skrtel were mostly grand. Just a couple of poor back-passes. Lovren was good in the air.

Benteke was winning a lot and linked well any time it was asked of him.
Not quite on the same wavelength as the rest of the team yet though. Hopefully they should start to sync up after a few weeks more training and games.

Gomez had a few bits of naive play but absolutely looks like a brilliant player in the making. Good physically, looks excellent on the ball.

Ibe did well first half, less so the second - looked like Muniesa figured him out a bit. Still, so long as he keeps doing his job properly he's doing well.

Clyne was solid. No complaints. All I want from a full back.

Hendo was better second half. Milner was grand. Not quite enough initiative on the ball between the two of them, but they put in a shift and did little wrong.
It looked slightly confused when Can went in there as well - a bit too congested. Hopefully over the course of a full game Can will push on a bit more.

Coutinho's passing was a bit off, but he looked plenty sharp with the ball at his feet. The bit where he ran through their defence, slightly fortuitously, should've lead to another goal - hopefully as we settle, Benteke and the runners from midfield will sort themselves out a bit quicker.

Lallana was the only slightly sour point. Just didn't have much of an impact on or off the ball. He's a hard worker but maybe just too wishy-washy for such a robust team.

Can and Firmino certainly tried to get involved when they came on - no dicking around and straight into the action.


Plenty of positives. Looking forward to see how we gel. Nice to get this miserable load of **** of a fixture out of the way successfully.

Linda will be over the moon with that clean sheet. She might get John to fork out for Neymar or Robben now.

MD1990 wrote: »

Clyne was excellent

indeed he was.
As well as being hungry for overlaps and forward running.