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john craig wrote:Trying not to get too disheartened by that game to be honest.  2-0 did not reflect the balance of play, we were at least value for a draw, if not slightly the better side over 90 mins.  That said, we didn't take our chances and they did, all comes down to the fine details at this level.  Drogba's cross and Anelka's finish were top drawer to open the scoring.

I said it at half time, but I seriously can't remember us playing at Stamford Bridge and being under that little pressure.  We looked solid and compact and carried a threat going forward.  Our weakest links this season all played well (Carra, Skrtel, Mascherano and Lucas).  Mascherano in particular had a blinder, even though he got robbed by Lampard in the build up to the opening goal.

I thought Gerrard was poor again.  His workrate isn't what it was and he doesn't seem to chase back or tackle anymore.  Maybe he's told to do this, but for me he needs to impose himself a bit more rather than hang around waiting for the ball to come to him.  He's taking this 'free role' a bit too literally for my liking.  It shouldn't mean he's free of any defensive responsibility, Torres does more tracking back than him these days.

There are positives to take from that game, but I can't help feeling like this team isn't good enough to win the league.  Every decent team we've played this season has beaten us, four teams to date in all competitions.  It's not good.  It's not over yet but we have serious deficiencies in this squad and it will take a mammoth effort to win a major competition this season.  Chelsea and United have better squads, Arsenal are improving all the time and by next season Man City will surely also have a superior squad.  Without major investment we're only going in one direction.

bavlondon wrote:just got in now. I feel quite ill. I think it was that pizza pot pie I had at half time.

NANNY RED wrote:

bavlondon wrote:just got in now. I feel quite ill. I think it was that pizza pot pie I had at half time.

At 3 pound a pie Bav robbing Bast.ards, my pastie was alright

It tasted ok at the time.  Anyway was a good day out until they scored. Cracking atmosphere before hand in the pub. There was probably more noise coming out of that pub than the whole of the matthew harding stand the whole game. Probably see yous for the Fulham game nan.

john craig wrote:Trying not to get too disheartened by that game to be honest.  2-0 did not reflect the balance of play, we were at least value for a draw, if not slightly the better side over 90 mins.  That said, we didn't take our chances and they did, all comes down to the fine details at this level.  Drogba's cross and Anelka's finish were top drawer to open the scoring.

I said it at half time, but I seriously can't remember us playing at Stamford Bridge and being under that little pressure.  We looked solid and compact and carried a threat going forward.  Our weakest links this season all played well (Carra, Skrtel, Mascherano and Lucas).  Mascherano in particular had a blinder, even though he got robbed by Lampard in the build up to the opening goal.

I thought Gerrard was poor again.  His workrate isn't what it was and he doesn't seem to chase back or tackle anymore.  Maybe he's told to do this, but for me he needs to impose himself a bit more rather than hang around waiting for the ball to come to him.  He's taking this 'free role' a bit too literally for my liking.  It shouldn't mean he's free of any defensive responsibility, Torres does more tracking back than him these days.

There are positives to take from that game, but I can't help feeling like this team isn't good enough to win the league.  Every decent team we've played this season has beaten us, four teams to date in all competitions.  It's not good.  It's not over yet but we have serious deficiencies in this squad and it will take a mammoth effort to win a major competition this season.  Chelsea and United have better squads, Arsenal are improving all the time and by next season Man City will surely also have a superior squad.  Without major investment we're only going in one direction.

NANNY RED wrote: i Keep laughing thinkin about that woman with the crutch

Ha ha see her face when Reg said get up Drogba you shitehouse.  She was trying to cover her sons ears. 

bavlondon wrote:

NANNY RED wrote::laugh: i Keep laughing thinkin about that woman with the crutch

Ha ha see her face when Reg said get up Drogba you shitehouse.  She was trying to cover her sons ears. 

When she turned round when they scored there second she went to hit that lad from Wavertree with the crutch, How much stick did we give them though, an they all fecking deserved it

RedSi35 wrote:Come on lets have some faith, we just need to win EVERY game from now on in to stand a good chance of getting into the top 4.

The europa league might be fun ! ! ! !

Madmax wrote:

RedSi35 wrote:Come on lets have some faith, we just need to win EVERY game from now on in to stand a good chance of getting into the top 4.

The europa league might be fun ! ! ! !

I don't know if i should laugh and your post or cry.

bavlondon wrote:The way I see it is as long as we continue to put away the small teams like we are we will be ok. Sure it's nice to get results against the top 4 (and we will when they come to Anfield) but look at Utd last season, they didn't play too well against the rest of the top 4 but they made sure they beat all the other teams below them. We just need to refocus. That's 2 defeats back to back now so im expecting a strong performance against Sunderland. Is there an international break coming up too? Good timing tbf, so long as everyone comes back fit.

bigmick wrote:Well based on the highlights we did pretty well from what I could see. Realistically, losing there is no disaster in itself as they are a top team and will beat nearly everyone. The problem is for us that we haven't just lost there, we have lost twice elsewhere as well which made the defeat harder to bare.

For all his ridiculousness Drogba remains a fantastic centre forward when he's in the mood, which he appears to be most of the time at the moment, and the truth was that in a couple of pivotal moments we couldn't handle him. Other than that we did alright.

My main concern for us at the moment would be the form of Gerrard. He kind of doesn't look right, and I can't help thinking the fact that he has been shoved up top, brought back into midfield to rescue things then bunged up top again isn't doing him any favours. He can't seem to get any consistency going, and perhaps it's no wonder.

Equally, the fact that Torres became isolated with Masherano and Lucas playing central midfield (yet again) surely means that from now on, unless we're parking the bus Gerrard must play in central midfield. Something is amiss with him though, and unless he is firing we become just a fairly good side instead of an excellent one.

My take is that it's time to bite the bullet and play him only in one position, at least until Aquilani comes back.