Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2015/16 (*EVERYONE READ MOD POST in OP)

Vicxas · 11-09-2015 07:02PM

klose wrote: »

Prepare to be shocked so

Shocked all season by the looks of it.

Washington Irving · 11-09-2015 07:27PM

rarnes1 wrote: »

Jaysus our team looks fairly average tbh.

No standout players at all.

That group just screams upper mid table to me. The kind of team you'd expect from Spurs or Everton during the 'Big Four' years.

Agent Coulson · 11-09-2015 07:29PM

Washington Irving wrote: »

That group just screams upper mid table to me. The kind of team you'd expect from Spurs or Everton during the 'Big Four' years.

Screams of a Brendan Rodgers Swansea team.

LFC CONNAUGHTON · 11-09-2015 07:35PM

I think the 'meh'ness of the team is representative of the general averageness of the premier league right now.

NukaCola · 11-09-2015 08:17PM

Lovrens a liability. To start him is almost as bad as giving the opposition a one goal lead.

mosstin · 11-09-2015 08:34PM

NukaCola wrote: »

Lovrens a liability. To start him is almost as bad as giving the opposition a one goal lead.

Remarkable that this is the overwhelming consensus, and yet the man who matters, the man whose job is on the line - or very close to it - is once again putting faith in a guy who has shown that he simply isn't up to it. Rank stupidity and ****ing annoying given that we're playing United and selecting Sakho would make me slightly optimistic we might get a point.

Kerrigooney · 11-09-2015 08:48PM

mosstin wrote: »

Remarkable that this is the overwhelming consensus, and yet the man who matters, the man whose job is on the line - or very close to it - is once again putting faith in a guy who has shown that he simply isn't up to it. Rank stupidity and ****ing annoying given that we're playing United and selecting Sakho would make me slightly optimistic we might get a point.

It really is mind blowing at this stage.

SlickRic · 11-09-2015 08:52PM

#freeSakho

The lad deserves far better.

Just let him go if you're going to insult his and everyone else's intelligence by playing that calamitous Croat ahead of him.

Agent Coulson · 11-09-2015 08:53PM

Fellaini vs Lovren only see one winner there.

LuckyLloyd · 11-09-2015 08:57PM

SlickRic wrote: »

#freeSakho

The lad deserves far better.

Just let him go if you're going to insult his and everyone else's intelligence by playing that calamitous Croat ahead of him.

I want talented players out of favour to hang on in the squad. It's just one guy's opinion. There will be other guys, other opinions in due course.

~Rebel~ · 11-09-2015 09:00PM

With the Skrtel Lovren partnership, it always feels like both are gonna get drawn out of position, the ball gets cut back across, and the camera pans to see an unmarked attacker rushing in to finish. it's exactly the type of goal we regularly seem to concede, getting momentarily overloaded with poor decision making.

Im always more confident that Sakho will either block the cross, or already be on the front foot in closing down the attacker before he can shoot. He just seems more active and aware to changing circumstances and movement.

redzerdrog · 11-09-2015 09:03PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Fellaini vs Lovren only see one winner there.

I don't know Lovren has been that bad I think Fellaini could come out on top

Grayditch · 11-09-2015 09:07PM

Fair play to Rodgers. He obviously knows something about Lovren that nobody else in the world does.

I'm sure it's not his ego or stubbornness at play here or anything. Surely.

Agent Coulson · 11-09-2015 09:10PM

I bet Lovren is like Maldini in training.

LuckyLloyd · 11-09-2015 09:11PM

Charlie19 wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/real-madrid/11857880/Real-Madrid-president-says-Rafael-Benitez-is-the-best-coach-Ive-had-and-Jose-Mourinho-will-never-return.html

Florentino Perez with high praises for Rafa Benitez:

It may or may not be a little dig at Jose. Perez goes onto say that Mourinho will never return to manage at the Bernabeu.

Means nothing. Rafa needs to win a league or CL this season to be there next season. And that's fair enough, nothing new there.

mosstin · 11-09-2015 09:38PM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Means nothing. Rafa needs to win a league or CL this season to be there next season. And that's fair enough, nothing new there.

And even then.....

~Rebel~ · 11-09-2015 10:07PM

mosstin wrote: »

And even then.....

yeah...only way to really guarantee your job there is to win both...

Kerrigooney · 11-09-2015 10:07PM

mosstin wrote: »

And even then.....

True.

It's a ridiculous club really.

Ferris_Bueller · 11-09-2015 10:53PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I bet Lovren is like Maldini in training.

He must be. It will be ridiculous if Rodgers starts him ahead of Sakho again, he seriously needs to put in a big performance or both himself and Rodgers are in for a slaying after the match.

Lovren has made the most consistent poor displays in a Liverpool shirt that I can remember. He has probably had less than 5 good performances for us and endless bad ones, Sakho must be fuming that he can't get a game ahead of him. I don't know what is going wrong for Lovren, he has played well for Southampton and Croatia when I've seen him play but he just looks shot of confidence or something, almost similar to Mignolet last season before he was dropped.

He will get more games before the end of the season but I don't think it is the right call playing him tomorrow.

Iused2likebusts · 11-09-2015 11:31PM

Rooney out tomorrow supposedly not sure if that's a good thing though.

Turtyturd · 11-09-2015 11:53PM

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Rooney out tomorrow supposedly not sure if that's a good thing though.

Don't they have an £80 million player to step in?

Francie Barrett · 12-09-2015 12:00AM

SlickRic wrote: »

I'm sorry, but if Steven Gerrard is telling the truth when he says he would've stayed had he been offered a coaching role, then the club needs a fúcking slap. Actually, more than a slap.

Utterly and completely stupid to let that experience and influence go when you don't have to.

Fúcking hell.

All I can say is bleh.

I said at the time that allowing Gerrard to leave (because we DID allow him to leave) was a complete disgrace. Do people really think that he wanted to leave Liverpool just so he could play regular football in a two bit league?

Same sh1te happened with Carragher. There was a player who would have snapped the hand off to get a coaching role, yet he's wallowing in the Sky Sports studio.

Seems clear to me that Rodgers doesn't want any personalities in the backroom.

shamrock55 · 12-09-2015 12:11AM

Francie Barrett wrote: »

All I can say is bleh.

I said at the time that allowing Gerrard to leave (because we DID allow him to leave) was a complete disgrace. Do people really think that he wanted to leave Liverpool just so he could play regular football in a two bit league?

Same sh1te happened with Carragher. There was a player who would have snapped the hand off to get a coaching role, yet he's wallowing in the Sky Sports studio.

Seems clear to me that Rodgers doesn't want any personalities in the backroom.

The anfield bootroom legacy is well and truely gone unfortunetly, stevie and carra would have been ideal in coaching roles, sometimes i think this club is going further and further away from itself every year if that makes sense:(

~Rebel~ · 12-09-2015 12:26AM

Francie Barrett wrote: »

All I can say is bleh.

I said at the time that allowing Gerrard to leave (because we DID allow him to leave) was a complete disgrace. Do people really think that he wanted to leave Liverpool just so he could play regular football in a two bit league?

Same sh1te happened with Carragher. There was a player who would have snapped the hand off to get a coaching role, yet he's wallowing in the Sky Sports studio.

Seems clear to me that Rodgers doesn't want any personalities in the backroom.

To be fair there's a lot more to the move than that...it's not like he moved to Nebraska or Qatar or something. He's in LA - honestly, its a good spot to be! Will almost certainly be back in England in 2 years - I think he'll be much better off having gotten out of the English bubble for a little while and enjoyed the sunshine. His footballing career until now has been laced with stress and pressure, this will be quite a different experience I reckon.

Yeah, he could have stayed, and had another year or so of sub appearances and having the fact that he's a waning force pointed out on a weekly basis, but whats the point? As for the couching side, he can literally do that any time afterwards - he has the next 30 or 40 years in which to manage if he fancies it.

As for Carra, I would say he's doing a lot more enjoying than wallowing. Wouldn't be surprised to see him move into a bit of coaching at some point too alright though. Honestly, I really don't think it's a great thing to go straight from being a player to coaching - I think it's good to gain a little distance first, get some perspective, and then decide if it's really what you want to do rather than being all you know.

Mr.H · 12-09-2015 12:30AM

If Rodgers really didnt want big names around the club then why would he ask countless amounts of ex players to come around the club?

Why is Gary Mc his assistant???

Rush, Fowler, Barnes and Dalglish are just some of the names that have been hanging around the club on a regular basis doing ambassadorial duties and what not.

How do we know Carra would have even wanted to be a coach? He said himself it was a relief to get away from the day to day footballing stuff for awhile and get new experiences.

Gerrard has never EVER lived outside Liverpool ffs in his whole life...................... Do you not think that maybe he likes the idea of living in Los Angeles for a couple of years??

Saying that Gerrard and Carra would have snapped off our hands for a coaching role is speculation, opinions and a stick to beat Rodgers with. You guys are talking tripe.

ffs Gerrard praised Rodgers only today and said he could be the next England manager.................... But yea he must have an issue with him:rolleyes:

killwill · 12-09-2015 01:25AM

Turtyturd wrote: »

Don't they have an £80 million player to step in?

If you mean Martial, it's euros not pounds.
And he has no "match rhythm"!

Knex* · 12-09-2015 07:06AM

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Rooney out tomorrow supposedly not sure if that's a good thing though.

If he was going to play up front on his own, I'd prefer that, tbh. He doesn't have the speed to stretch the defence and scare the crap out of Skrtel and Lolren.

I'd fancy Martial to do quite well, tbh.

Demosthenese · 12-09-2015 07:41AM

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

He must be. It will be ridiculous if Rodgers starts him ahead of Sakho again, he seriously needs to put in a big performance or both himself and Rodgers are in for a slaying after the match.

Lovren has made the most consistent poor displays in a Liverpool shirt that I can remember. He has probably had less than 5 good performances for us and endless bad ones, Sakho must be fuming that he can't get a game ahead of him. I don't know what is going wrong for Lovren, he has played well for Southampton and Croatia when I've seen him play but he just looks shot of confidence or something, almost similar to Mignolet last season before he was dropped.

He will get more games before the end of the season but I don't think it is the right call playing him tomorrow.

It is the perfect time to give Sahko a chance. There is obviously something there, with Rodgers not picking him, if Lovren is like Maldini in training maybe Sahko is the opposite? He needs to be ruthless however, too many mistakes from Lovren, out of the squad until you sort your game out.

As for why he looks a bad player all of a sudden. For me it is because he is playing a style where he is clearly not comfortable. Rodgers likes his defenders to take an extra touch of the ball and invite a little more pressure, in order to try a pass from the backline. At Southampton he was not under the same orders. He can win aeriel battles, he can tackle well and his positioning is better this season - BUT - he is just not composed enough on the ball as he needs to be. Attackers know this and are targeting him as a weak link. They close him down fast and he panics. It happens to Sahko at times too to be fair, he looks like he's dwelling on the ball a little to make his pass - of course we'd see more of that if he was picked!

Rodgers is taking a massive gamble playing Lovren today. Especially if the performance is lacking.

RayCon · 12-09-2015 07:46AM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I bet Lovren is like Maldini in training.

I wish he was like Maldini .... retired.

Blondie919 · 12-09-2015 08:07AM

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Rooney out tomorrow supposedly not sure if that's a good thing though.

Where did you hear or read about this?

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