metalhead wrote:bigmick wrote:As far as the tactics were concerned, much like when we played there the last couple of seasons I thought they were bitterly disappointing. Stoke's whole set up is done with the launch in mind, be it from the goalkeeper, from the defenders or from Delap. The two front men are aggressive headers and attackers of the football, while the midfielders are marathon men who get underneath the flight of it.
It seems to me that if you decide to play the same as them, there is only going to be one winner. Surely the way to play against it is to keep the football, frustrate them, have them chasing shadows and make use of the fact you are better footballers. Yes they are going to chase and harry, but provided you use your head, keep cool, don't hoof it etc they'll soon run out of steam.
We didn't do that, just like the last couple of visits there we conceded posession far too easily, and paid the price for it. That's three unsuccessful visits there on the bounce now, and our record there is indicative of our lack of quality.
we don't have the players that can pass it around and frustrate such team, unfortunately
I agree with you, we do NOT have the players who can pass it around, the likes of Alonso, Mascherano, we have too many below average players and they seems always to haunt the team performance as it has happened against Wigan & Stoke, what do you expect from Maxi, Kuyt, Lucas, Skrtel, the light Nogo, and others, even if you give those sets of useless players to a top manager those same below average players that we have in our first team, will for sure let him down. It is shameful for LFC to let those useless players to wear its shirts. This is reality!!
off. Instead Roy just spent the money to get Meirelles so he could play him out of position on the right.