The Official Liverpool FC Thread [Vol 9]
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pinchmeimdreamin said:
TTmonkey said:
Eddw86 said:
This Degea wasn't outstanding or a hero today, he was just a good keeper doing his job. Sterlings chances were either tight angles or poorly taken.
Decent hand to the Ballotelli chance that he put on to the bar. Ballotelli useless but showed a couple times he could score in the right team/ right chances.
We created chances/ or they created chances for us today which was a tiny positive. Lack of any quality up front, awful defence, two crap keepers is what killed us.
However worse than that was our starting line up when we had fit strikers & defenders, our complete lack of shape & cohesion on the pitch and the defence still being an utter shambles. Honestly get Mick Mcarthy in just to get us organised and solid defensively - if someone at his level can do it consistently then why the hell can't our massive back room in 3 years.
Knew we'd lose, thought 3-1 due to Man Utd defence, we weren't even good enough to score against them!
Agreed. Gary Neville was spot on - 5 of your 6 real chances were 'jabs' not decisive 'strikes'. Decent hand to the Ballotelli chance that he put on to the bar. Ballotelli useless but showed a couple times he could score in the right team/ right chances.
We created chances/ or they created chances for us today which was a tiny positive. Lack of any quality up front, awful defence, two crap keepers is what killed us.
However worse than that was our starting line up when we had fit strikers & defenders, our complete lack of shape & cohesion on the pitch and the defence still being an utter shambles. Honestly get Mick Mcarthy in just to get us organised and solid defensively - if someone at his level can do it consistently then why the hell can't our massive back room in 3 years.
Knew we'd lose, thought 3-1 due to Man Utd defence, we weren't even good enough to score against them!
te united defence. And you were lucky not to get totally humiliated by United. De Gea had a really good game, against a very second rate attack. That sterling didn't score is laughable really, given the effort where he only had to go wide of the keeper.
You've utterly lost the confidence needed to out score other teams.
pinchmeimdreamin said:
And Carra and OGS said it was the best Keeper performance they have seen at OT.
Sorry mate I just don't see it, the only decent save was the first Balottelli one. All the others he'd have been poor to let in, though he was clever with the one on one with Sterling. There was nobody stand out today so he got the plaudits to fill the time slot. As for anyone else to come in. I don't actually think our team is awful - just need organising, micro managing for a while to do set roles and then in time with confidence allowed to express themselves and go all out. Not sure Rodgers has the ear of the players anymore.
Kaj91 said:
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers claimed his side "did enough to win the game" despite their 3-0 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Goals from Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Robin van Persie sealed victory but it was United goalkeeper David De Gea who took the plaudits after keeping Liverpool at bay from a host of chances.
"I thought we did enough to win the game," Rodgers told Sky Sports 1. "We created enough chances to win the game but we also made defensive mistakes.
"It probably epitomised our season, we're not prolific enough in terms of goalscoring.
"I think David De Gea was man of the match, that doesn't surprise me. I've seen him have four or five games like that.
"The first half we were the better side but we can't concede the goals we did. We nearly went in front and they broke up the other end and got a goal, we lost a runner from midfield which you can't do."
"It's easy, we know what the solutions are but we have to keep working and hopefully the confidence will return.
"At least we created the opportunities and if we can cut out the mistakes we're going to be in with a chance of winning more games."
De Gea said: "I'm really happy with the three points. We played a very good game and scored three goals, it's fantastic.
"The first half I saved two against (Raheem) Sterling and the second half (Mario) Balotelli, and we scored three goals and won the game."
Van Persie added: "It was a very good game, outstanding from David again. He was absolutely brilliant - like always, my man!"
Mata's goal appeared offside after a slight touch from Van Persie in the build-up, which the Dutchman owned up to afterwards.
He said: "I got a touch, I have to be honest... so you can put that down as an assist!"
He's grasping at straws. He'll be gone this week. I think the only delay now is finding someone to come in. When it happens it will happen very quickly.Goals from Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Robin van Persie sealed victory but it was United goalkeeper David De Gea who took the plaudits after keeping Liverpool at bay from a host of chances.
"I thought we did enough to win the game," Rodgers told Sky Sports 1. "We created enough chances to win the game but we also made defensive mistakes.
"It probably epitomised our season, we're not prolific enough in terms of goalscoring.
"I think David De Gea was man of the match, that doesn't surprise me. I've seen him have four or five games like that.
"The first half we were the better side but we can't concede the goals we did. We nearly went in front and they broke up the other end and got a goal, we lost a runner from midfield which you can't do."
"It's easy, we know what the solutions are but we have to keep working and hopefully the confidence will return.
"At least we created the opportunities and if we can cut out the mistakes we're going to be in with a chance of winning more games."
De Gea said: "I'm really happy with the three points. We played a very good game and scored three goals, it's fantastic.
"The first half I saved two against (Raheem) Sterling and the second half (Mario) Balotelli, and we scored three goals and won the game."
Van Persie added: "It was a very good game, outstanding from David again. He was absolutely brilliant - like always, my man!"
Mata's goal appeared offside after a slight touch from Van Persie in the build-up, which the Dutchman owned up to afterwards.
He said: "I got a touch, I have to be honest... so you can put that down as an assist!"
RedTrident said:
He's grasping at straws. He'll be gone this week. I think the only delay now is finding someone to come in. When it happens it will happen very quickly.
Grasping at straws? Quite fankly, saying you done enough to win whilst losing three nil are the rumblings of a deluded idiot. These weren't all break away goals from a team on the ropes, were they? If he had a decent striker you probably would have scored a couple but quite frankly 3-0 was about right.Deluded. Utterly deluded.
What's baffling truly baffling is I accept we can't score but he has had ages and tens of millions to sort the defence but is incapable, he can't manage, he was lucky and obviously has some talent to set up to Luis strengths last season but the gaping defensive issue was beyond him, money and his entourage and it has cost him his job - his own fault.
Paul Ince and Jamie Carragher could fill a gap if Brendan was binned - no idea who the long term candidate would be but Brendan is certainly hanging on by his fingernails.
Let us look on the bright side, we are in the top 10 of the league, we only have Bournemouth and FC Wimbledon to beat for cup competition progress and we have a cruise in the UEFA cup (or whatever it is now called) to prove ourselves.
Every cloud...................................
Let us look on the bright side, we are in the top 10 of the league, we only have Bournemouth and FC Wimbledon to beat for cup competition progress and we have a cruise in the UEFA cup (or whatever it is now called) to prove ourselves.
Every cloud...................................
Scousefella said:
Paul Ince and Jamie Carragher could fill a gap if Brendan was binned - no idea who the long term candidate would be but Brendan is certainly hanging on by his fingernails.
Let us look on the bright side, we are in the top 10 of the league, we only have Bournemouth and FC Wimbledon to beat for cup competition progress and we have a cruise in the UEFA cup (or whatever it is now called) to prove ourselves.
Every cloud...................................
I can see you having problems against Bournemouth. They are a far better team than MK Dons who beat Man United, they're flying at the moment in the Championship and have a fantastic manager down there. Let us look on the bright side, we are in the top 10 of the league, we only have Bournemouth and FC Wimbledon to beat for cup competition progress and we have a cruise in the UEFA cup (or whatever it is now called) to prove ourselves.
Every cloud...................................
GloverMart said:
Scousefella said:
Paul Ince and Jamie Carragher could fill a gap if Brendan was binned - no idea who the long term candidate would be but Brendan is certainly hanging on by his fingernails.
Let us look on the bright side, we are in the top 10 of the league, we only have Bournemouth and FC Wimbledon to beat for cup competition progress and we have a cruise in the UEFA cup (or whatever it is now called) to prove ourselves.
Every cloud...................................
I can see you having problems against Bournemouth. They are a far better team than MK Dons who beat Man United, they're flying at the moment in the Championship and have a fantastic manager down there. Let us look on the bright side, we are in the top 10 of the league, we only have Bournemouth and FC Wimbledon to beat for cup competition progress and we have a cruise in the UEFA cup (or whatever it is now called) to prove ourselves.
Every cloud...................................
They'll be confident whereas ours is shot.
We've got some good players, we just need strikers (fit or bought) and some coaching, particularly defensively.
I can't believe Lovren is the same bloke I saw last year. He's a shadow of himself.
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