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

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  • #2192
    Grayditch
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    Just saw West Ham won against City there, instantly making Brendan Rodgers a good manager.


  • #2193
    5starpool
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    Pinch of salt and all that, but allegedly Sturridge will start tomorrow, and Lovren will be on the bench.


  • #2194
    Agent Coulson
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    5starpool wrote: »
    Pinch of salt and all that, but allegedly Sturridge will start tomorrow, and Lovren will be on the bench.

    Sturridge as a CB interesting way to go.


  • #2195
    x43r0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,278 ✭✭✭x43r0


    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Sturridge as a CB interesting way to go.

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  • #2196
    Caovyn Lineah
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    Agent Coulson wrote: »
    Sturridge as a CB interesting way to go.

    Defend from the front / attack from the back


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  • #2197
    Charlie19
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    https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/644848298772287488


  • #2198
    Francie Barrett
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    Watching Milan tonight. Balotelli as fcukin' useless as ever. Carlos Bacca on the other hand brilliant, 3-2 to put them ahead.

    Can we do a swap? :)


  • #2199
    SlickRic
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    If Sturridge starts, it will be obvious that Rodgers has gotten utterly desperate.


  • #2200
    Caovyn Lineah
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    SlickRic wrote: »
    If Sturridge starts, it will be obvious that Rodgers has gotten utterly desperate.

    Bull.

    It will mean he's trying to build the players fitness.


  • #2201
    K-9
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    SlickRic wrote: »
    If Sturridge starts, it will be obvious that Rodgers has gotten utterly desperate.

    Or maybe they think he's fit enough to start.

    Nah.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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  • #2202
    Blatter
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    Caovyn Lineah wrote: »
    Bull.

    It will mean he's trying to build the players fitness.

    You don't build the fitness of a player up who has been out injured for the guts of 14 months by throwing him in from the start in a must win game, having had no previous minutes (no reserve team football either).

    Utterly ludicrous to think otherwise.


  • #2203
    Caovyn Lineah
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    Blatter wrote: »
    You don't build the fitness of a player up who has been out injured for the guts of 14 months by throwing him in from the start in a must win game, having had no previous minutes (no reserve team football either).

    Utterly ludicrous to think otherwise.

    Must win? It's Norwich.


  • #2204
    Blatter
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    Caovyn Lineah wrote: »
    Must win? It's Norwich.

    Erm...exactly? :confused:


  • #2205
    Caovyn Lineah
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    Blatter wrote: »
    Erm...exactly? :confused:

    If Sturridge is starting tomorrow it's because he is fit enough to do so. It's nothing to do with the manager being desperate because this is apparently a "must win" game.


  • #2206
    SlickRic
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    Caovyn Lineah wrote: »
    Bull.

    It will mean he's trying to build the players fitness.

    You can't possibly believe that.

    He may think he's fit, I'll accept that. But you don't start him after all the time he's had out if you're trying to build his fitness.

    And it is must win as far as a lot of fans are concerned.


  • #2207
    5starpool
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    Caovyn Lineah wrote: »
    If Sturridge is starting tomorrow it's because he is fit enough to do so. It's nothing to do with the manager being desperate because this is apparently a "must win" game.

    What's the definition of a must win game for you or do you consider that there is such a thing?


  • #2208
    Kerrigooney
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    Can't see Sturridge starting. He'll probably come on after an hour for Benteke and spend the last 30 mins hopelessly isolated and miles from another Liverpool player because that's Rodgers new philosophy until he changes his mind and has a different philosophy next week.

    Anyone would think he's just making it up as he goes along.


  • #2209
    NukaCola
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    Ya.......BR doesn't need us to beat Norwich.......sure we nearly won the league a few seasons ago......

    Sturridge coming back is the final roll of the dice for BR. He also needs to keep him fit. To start him is pure desperation.


  • #2210
    Caovyn Lineah
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    5starpool wrote: »
    What's the definition of a must win game for you or do you consider that there is such a thing?

    6 games into a league season is not a must win game. As much as you and others would like to think it is.


  • #2211
    Blatter
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    Caovyn Lineah wrote: »
    If Sturridge is starting tomorrow it's because he is fit enough to do so. It's nothing to do with the manager being desperate because this is apparently a "must win" game.

    I would believe that he's fit but there's not a hope in hell he's match fit. How could he be without any minutes under his belt?

    Are you familiar with the concept of easing in players after long term injuries?


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  • #2212
    Caovyn Lineah
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    Blatter wrote: »
    I would believe that he's fit but there's not a hope in hell he's match fit. How could he be without any minutes under his belt?

    Are you familiar with the concept of easing in players after long term injuries?

    Of course he's not match fit, I never insinuated he was.

    To me, it makes zero difference to have him start or come from the bench. If anything, there's less chance of something going wrong if he starts due to a much better warm up pre-kickoff.


  • #2213
    Turtyturd
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    Wasn't Sturridge sh!te rusty for his whole run of games last season?

    Now he's able to just walk back into the team?


  • #2214
    5starpool
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    Caovyn Lineah wrote: »
    6 games into a league season is not a must win game. As much as you and others would like to think it is.

    For a manager in Rodgers position it might be very close to just that. I don't think he'll necessarily be sacked if we don't win, but I think the crowd will likely turn on him, especially if we lose.

    Things are close to breaking point for the crowd I think and he needs a win to ease the pressure a bit.


  • #2215
    Caovyn Lineah
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    Turtyturd wrote: »
    Wasn't Sturridge sh!te rusty for his whole run of games last season?

    Now he's able to just walk back into the team?

    I love how all this has come from one person saying he may be starting btw :)


  • #2216
    Caovyn Lineah
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    5starpool wrote: »
    For a manager in Rodgers position it might be very close to just that. I don't think he'll necessarily be sacked if we don't win, but I think the crowd will likely turn on him, especially if we lose.

    Things are close to breaking point for the crowd I think and he needs a win to ease the pressure a bit.

    I really beg to differ. I have heard nothing from the crowd to say he should be concerned for his job. People like you and I sitting here have no bearing on his job.

    I fully expect a few Brendan Rodgers songs tomorrow from the crowd.


  • #2217
    SlickRic
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    Caovyn Lineah wrote: »
    6 games into a league season is not a must win game. As much as you and others would like to think it is.

    Genuine question.

    Do you ignore the previous 15 months?


  • #2218
    Caovyn Lineah
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    SlickRic wrote: »
    Genuine question.

    Do you ignore the previous 15 months?

    Of course not but I'm also smart enough to see that FSG didn't sack him after Stoke when they would have been justified in doing so, instead they have backed him to the hilt,therefore he won't be gone anytime soon.

    Sturridge is the main player for Rodgers and his system, if he gets fit and we don't see an improvement then we will see him in trouble. At the moment though? He has nothing to worry about.


  • #2219
    garra
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    Caovyn Lineah wrote: »
    Of course not but I'm also smart enough to see that FSG didn't sack him after Stoke when they would have been justified in doing so, instead they have backed him to the hilt,therefore he won't be gone anytime soon.

    Sturridge is the main player for Rodgers and his system, if he gets fit and we don't see an improvement then we will see him in trouble. At the moment though? He has nothing to worry about.

    He spends over 200 million on players since buying Sturridge, yet an injury prone Sturridge is his main player still? Something not adding up here. :confused:


  • #2220
    Blatter
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    Caovyn Lineah wrote: »
    Of course he's not match fit, I never insinuated he was.

    To me, it makes zero difference to have him start or come from the bench. If anything, there's less chance of something going wrong if he starts due to a much better warm up pre-kickoff.

    All I'm going to say to you is there's some very good reasons why top level managers pretty much never throw a player coming back from a long term injury, with no reserve team football under his belt, into a competitive match from the start.


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  • #2221
    Kerrigooney
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    Caovyn Lineah wrote: »
    Of course not but I'm also smart enough to see that FSG didn't sack him after Stoke when they would have been justified in doing so, instead they have backed him to the hilt,therefore he won't be gone anytime soon.

    Sturridge is the main player for Rodgers and his system, if he gets fit and we don't see an improvement then we will see him in trouble. At the moment though? He has nothing to worry about.

    Well maybe he needs to pull his head out of his hole and start worrying about something because we've been absolutely shite since the start of last season. If his whole "system" relies on Daniel Sturridge then it's not much of a system to begin with.


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