aCe' wrote:i give up
Scottbot wrote:I steered clear of the match thread yesterday as feelings (plus sewveral pints for many!) are always running very high after a loss. Can't say i was surprised that we lost the game, Spurs are an excellent side at home and found some good form towards the end of pre-season. Ny observations from the game:
- Reina was absolutely brilliant, our best player by miles and at least we have the best keeper in the league.
- Agree fully with the posters who said we didn't press the ball or work as a team in the first half, we really looked like a team who had only just met.
- The game was actually swinging our way (we looked like we had settled) in the five minutes prior to Carr and Skrtel colliding, Spurs seemed to step it up a gear the minute we were temporariliy reduced to 9 and then 10 men.
- Lucas is predictably receiving the brunt of criticism from many on here. Watch the game people, he played better than many of his teamates, not particularly creative with the ball but he made some excellent tackles.
- We got a glimps of what we can expect from Johnson this season. He gave away possession with a couple of stray passes when he was high up the pitch (which could have cost us) and then he turned the game back in our direction with a fantastic run. He will be a big asset in our home games against the smaller sides and perhaps, a bit of a risk in away games against the better sides.
- This game is no big deal if we can come out and win our next two games. I would have been happy with a draw, so it's only one point less.
- We lost the midfield battle, Alonso has made this team tick since the day he got here, it was always gonna be difficult to replace him and the lads have to quickly learn how to play without him. A lot of people will call for Gerrard to drop back and i think that is what we will see if things don't go so well in the next two games.
- Yossi was brilliant when he came on. He must start our next two games. He is more than capable of playing the Gerrard role if the skipper reverts to centre-mid.
- We need a dominant centre-half. Go and get get Turner or Shawcross. I'm not a fan of Upson
- We need another quality forward. Spurs bought on Pavlychenko as their 4TH CHOICE forward yesterday, 4TH CHOICE!!! He is a better player (for me) up-front than Voronin, Ngog, Babel and Kuyt.
redbeergoggles wrote:Lets view this game as a kick up the backside, holidays are well and truly over if Liverpool genuinely have any aspirations towards becoming Champions then the sand needs to be shook out of their proverbial boots
Babel doesn't merit any inclusion in my post ,abjectly pathetic excuse for a winger .
Mascherano is taking the p*ss out of the shirt he's wearing ,if he doesn't have the heart for the fight any more, then that red shirt needs to come off his ungrateful back ,Lucas was doing the work of two ,no wonder he couldn't afford to play further up the field ,this game was crying out for invention and the inclusion of a little live wire like Pacheco ,he and Insua were the only players who impressed me pre-season
On a more positive note Ayala fitted in quite well and Insua had a steady game ,Benayoun pulled their defence all over the place and was the architect of our most attacking forays ,Gerrard will get better every game he plays ,and Johnson will prove to be a very useful addition ,and lets not forget Spurs have recently become our new bogey team ........
Whose to say Liverpool wont go the rest of this season unbeaten ,this match could well be the catalyst for a truly remarkable season, today has been a sobering experience lets hope its a watershed for the players as well .
It goes without saying enough pundits and journalists are awaiting our fall with feverish glee ,so maybe we as fans should back the Reds , and see what the season brings the hard graft begins now cmon the Redmen .
stmichael wrote:Are some of you who are advocating dropping Lucas and moving Gerrard back into midfield not overlooking the possibility that yesterday it wasn't Lucas who was the problem in midfield, but Mascherano? The issue yesterday was not with winning the ball back, but keeping it when we had it. Personally I thought that Lucas had a fairly tidy game. I'm not so sure that the same could be said of Mascherano. Some of the posts on this thread and on others seems to be latching on to the idea that because of who he is, Mascherano is exempt from blame for what happened yesterday. At one stage it was like Old Trafford two seasons a go all over again. I thought he was going to get himself sent off.
Effes wrote:stmichael wrote:Are some of you who are advocating dropping Lucas and moving Gerrard back into midfield not overlooking the possibility that yesterday it wasn't Lucas who was the problem in midfield, but Mascherano? The issue yesterday was not with winning the ball back, but keeping it when we had it. Personally I thought that Lucas had a fairly tidy game. I'm not so sure that the same could be said of Mascherano. Some of the posts on this thread and on others seems to be latching on to the idea that because of who he is, Mascherano is exempt from blame for what happened yesterday. At one stage it was like Old Trafford two seasons a go all over again. I thought he was going to get himself sent off.
St - Aldo gave Masch 2nd place man of the match. (I think Benny got 1st)
I didnt watch the full 90 mins so I cant comment
Scottbot wrote:- We need another quality forward. Spurs bought on Pavlychenko as their 4TH CHOICE forward yesterday, 4TH CHOICE!!! He is a better player (for me) up-front than Voronin, Ngog, Babel and Kuyt .
stmichael wrote:Are some of you who are advocating dropping Lucas and moving Gerrard back into midfield not overlooking the possibility that yesterday it wasn't Lucas who was the problem in midfield, but Mascherano? The issue yesterday was not with winning the ball back, but keeping it when we had it. Personally I thought that Lucas had a fairly tidy game. I'm not so sure that the same could be said of Mascherano. Some of the posts on this thread and on others seems to be latching on to the idea that because of who he is, Mascherano is exempt from blame for what happened yesterday. At one stage it was like Old Trafford two seasons a go all over again. I thought he was going to get himself sent off.
stmichael wrote:Are some of you who are advocating dropping Lucas and moving Gerrard back into midfield not overlooking the possibility that yesterday it wasn't Lucas who was the problem in midfield, but Mascherano? The issue yesterday was not with winning the ball back, but keeping it when we had it. Personally I thought that Lucas had a fairly tidy game. I'm not so sure that the same could be said of Mascherano. Some of the posts on this thread and on others seems to be latching on to the idea that because of who he is, Mascherano is exempt from blame for what happened yesterday. At one stage it was like Old Trafford two seasons a go all over again. I thought he was going to get himself sent off.
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