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

dogbert27 · 30-09-2015 07:35AM

monkey9 wrote: »

Yeah but a change of ownership, not manager.

But unfortunately that wasn't going to be the case in the summer of 2010 and it looked like the struggle Rafa was having at the time with the owners was affecting what was happening on the pitch.

I would have loved him to stay on and see how he worked with FSG. I think he would have got a lot more from the 300 million spent to date.

monkey9 · 30-09-2015 07:39AM

dogbert27 wrote: »

But unfortunately that wasn't going to be the case in the summer of 2010 and it looked like the struggle Rafa was having at the time with the owners was affecting what was happening on the pitch.

I would have loved him to stay on and see how he worked with FSG. I think he would have got a lot more from the 300 million spent to date.

I've thought about that alright, how Rafa would have worked with FSG. I think he'd have got more for the money they spent.

dogbert27 · 30-09-2015 07:45AM

monkey9 wrote: »

I've thought about that alright, how Rafa would have worked with FSG. I think he'd have got more for the money they spent.

He might have convinced Torres to stay that January too and we would have ended up with Torres and Suarez instead of Andy Carroll!

30-09-2015 07:51AM

5starpool wrote: »

My main worry is not that the players aren't good enough in most cases, but that they haven't played enough to play as well as they should. Also, if we go back to one up front again and if it's Origi, he will probably look horribly isolated again. I hope Ings plays anyhow as he seems to have the energy and legs for it and if we play 2 up top again as we should all along, we might be ok........

I'm actually a tad concerned with our dwindling options due to injury, with Benrteke out short term and Sturridge just back coupled with Ferminio's back injury (an apparent 2nd striker option) and games coming thick and fast Origi needs to show something, do/can we risk Ings 3 times/week? He's very much 100% go sort of chap to be fair.

Agent Coulson · 30-09-2015 09:31AM

Ojo's goal from last night.

http://gfycat.com/BestThriftyDromaeosaur

whatawaster · 30-09-2015 10:14AM

dogbert27 wrote: »

He might have convinced Torres to stay that January too and we would have ended up with Torres and Suarez instead of Andy Carroll!

Selling Torres when we did is one of the best transfers we have ever been involved in. He was finished.

dogbert27 · 30-09-2015 10:37AM

whatawaster wrote: »

Selling Torres when we did is one of the best transfers we have ever been involved in. He was finished.

He scored 4 goals for us in January. There was hope he was re-discovering form under new ownership and manager.

Chelsea didn't utilise him properly and he lost confidence.

He did go on however to win the Champions League, FA Cup and Europa Cup with them.

He also scored in the Euro 2012 final.

At Liverpool everything was there for him to be a great player although I don't know how many trophies he would have ended up with.

whatawaster · 30-09-2015 10:50AM

dogbert27 wrote: »

He scored 4 goals for us in January. There was hope he was re-discovering form under new ownership and manager.

Chelsea didn't utilise him properly and he lost confidence.

He did go on however to win the Champions League, FA Cup and Europa Cup with them.

He also scored in the Euro 2012 final.

At Liverpool everything was there for him to be a great player although I don't know how many trophies he would have ended up with.

Apart from about a 2.5 year period at Liverpool where he was unplayable, Torres has flattered to deceive for a lot of his career. It looks increasingly like Rafa had the perfect system to get the best out of Torres with Gerrard behind him. Once Torres started to slow, it became more obvious that technically he was below par.

Harry Palmr · 30-09-2015 11:05AM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Ojo's goal from last night.

http://gfycat.com/BestThriftyDromaeosaur

While he is a bit in and out, the goals and chances he creates have been pretty good quality so far.

Swindon Town have taken Larry "doesn't give a tuppence" Vigouroux back, just common sense really.

30-09-2015 11:48AM

whatawaster wrote: »

..... Once Torres started to slow, it became more obvious that technically he was below par.

He was/is definitely less effective anyway.
Conversely I reckon Sturridge has all the requirements to be a very successful striker when he slows a tad.

martyos121 · 30-09-2015 11:54AM

Augeo wrote: »

He was/is definitely less effective anyway.
Conversely I reckon Sturridge has all the requirements to be a very successful striker when he slows a tad.

I'd have to disagree with that tbh. Sturridge relies on bursting past defenders with his pace, combined with his excellent finishing. His dribbling or passing isn't quite good enough to cope without pace. Great long-range shots though, it's one other thing he has going for him.

30-09-2015 12:11PM

martyos121 wrote: »

.... His dribbling or passing isn't quite good enough to cope without pace. ....

The joys of opinion, I'm amazed to read that tbh, there is a difference between utilising pace & being reliant on it of course

martyos121 · 30-09-2015 12:16PM

Augeo wrote: »

The joys of opinion, I'm amazed to read that tbh, there is a difference between utilising pace & being reliant on it of course

Yeah fair enough, but I just don't think he'd be called a top striker without his pace, whereas he most certainly is with it. Never said he was reliant on it, but his goal tally would be significantly lower if he wasn't so quick.

Grayditch · 30-09-2015 12:16PM

Everton 3 - Liverpool 4.
Sturridge (2) Ings, Ibe

Fifa said.

Bandana boy · 30-09-2015 12:21PM

Grayditch wrote: »

Everton 3 - Liverpool 4.
Sturridge (2) Ings, Ibe

Fifa said.

Ibe scoring !
I would love love love to see it but his current form he could not hit sand if he fell of a camel !

Grayditch · 30-09-2015 12:22PM

It was a worldie, too.

JohnDaniels · 30-09-2015 12:24PM

martyos121 wrote: »

I'd have to disagree with that tbh. Sturridge relies on bursting past defenders with his pace, combined with his excellent finishing. His dribbling or passing isn't quite good enough to cope without pace. Great long-range shots though, it's one other thing he has going for him.

I would have said Sturridge is incredibly technically proficient when it comes to passing and dribbling. He does have issues about actually releasing the ball but I always thought he was a great passer of it, I often remember him dropping deep and spraying it out wide with ease.

brevity · 30-09-2015 12:47PM

No flies on our Linda...

https://twitter.com/Linda_Pizzuti/status/649074228852072449

Grayditch · 30-09-2015 12:49PM

She's gas.

martyos121 · 30-09-2015 12:55PM

Linda knows when Klopp's birthday is, he's on his way to Anfield!

Turtyturd · 30-09-2015 12:55PM

She's no Hulk Hogan when it comes to shout outs.

Harry Palmr · 30-09-2015 01:08PM

I don't get it - he is called Conner Wilson LFC, not Klopp BVB

dfx- · 30-09-2015 01:18PM

Muahahaha wrote: »

Two minutes later Luis rockets a bullet of a shot into the top corner of the net and its 2-1 to Barca, game over, turned on its head.

God I miss Luis, he can chew my face anytime he likes

***Nostalgia Alert is now over***

But someone please tell me we have a few extras above his £65m fee???

It was exactly what you need when a team is underperforming and need something special to get the job done. Fantastic strike...

brevity · 30-09-2015 01:55PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I don't get it - he is called Conner Wilson LFC, not Klopp BVB

Sorry Harry forgot you are on the default skin, basically a guy tweeted a picture of Klopp to Linda saying it was his Grandad & asking her to wish him a happy birthday day.

Linda, wise to his ruse, knows that Klopps birthday is in June...

Agent Coulson · 30-09-2015 01:57PM

She didn't fall for the Ancelotti one last week either.

martyos121 · 30-09-2015 02:03PM

Might chance the same thing with Simeone later, see if she really knows her stuff.

Harry Palmr · 30-09-2015 02:09PM

She's using reverse image look up like crazy.

martyos121 · 30-09-2015 02:20PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

She's using reverse image look up like crazy.

That's why you should only ever send screenshots of photos rather than the originals.

corwill · 30-09-2015 02:27PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

She's using reverse image look up like crazy.

Like she did when finding a husband!

brevity · 30-09-2015 02:56PM

https://twitter.com/LFCZA/status/649191264865419264

Oliver Kay: (On why FSG won't go for #Klopp "FSG do seem a little worried about appointing a forceful personality" #LFC

https://twitter.com/LFCZA/status/649191525730152449

Kay: "Rodgers is a forceful personality too, though -- perhaps a little too forceful for FSG. I'm probably saying they want a yes man" #LFC

https://twitter.com/LFCZA/status/649191797080649728

Kay: "Anyway, as things stand, I believe FSG's intention, for now, is to give Rodgers the time to prove himself," #Rodgers #LFC

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

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