Greenlizard0 Weekend Football Thread ** spoilers ** [16 - 17th March 2013]

good time to score. Sturridge really needed to leave it to Downing rather then try to pirouette around but it broke to Coutinho anyway so ..
Hope we change the system second half, 4-2-4 just doesn't work
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
Allen and Gerrard has been our worst partnership in midfield all season.

Allen's injured and incredibly weak.

4-2-4 does not work.

We've been fantastic for most of the season but Rodgers needs to take a good long look at himself today. Every tactical mistake he could've made before the game he made.
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I can't for the life of me understand our tactics today. We saw last week that the 4-2-4 is a gamble against sides that press, which Rodgers acknowledged Southampton do in his press-conference, and we've tried it again this week without even having Lucas in midfield :confused:

That said, the performance so far has been as bad as I've seen in a very long time regardless of the system.
 
2-1 HT

Abysmal performance, abysmal formation but Southampton fully deserving of their lead. We're very fortunate to get the goal just before half time and even more fortunate not to have conceded more.

This formation has not worked at any point this season and I fully expect Rodgers to change things during the break.

Lucas on for Allen and Henderson on for Downing, Sturridge or Coutinho. Sure up midfield, gain control of the game and give our attackers something to feed off on the floor.
 
Yep Southampton only themselves to blame for not being 4/5-1 up.

We probably would've had another goal on that free/offside can't figure out which it was as it wasn't close to either on Suarez
 
Don't get Rogers' fascination with Joe Allen. What has Henderson got to do to get a game? Even Lucas whose still working on getting his form back, is a better choice than Allen at the moment.

I don't want to put a stigma on Allen, he's young and has got potential and he's shown it in glimpses already (especially early season.) However the lad isn't playing well at all, he's not retaining the ball and his forward play and distribution has been in the majority, poor.

On the other hand we're got Henderson, another young prospect who we paid a lot of money for, he's been playing his best football for us since Xmas, really working hard and putting in some game changing performances, and yet he gets dropped for Allen.

Maybe it's just me, I'm certainly no football manager, but for the life of me, I cannot see what Allen has brought to our game that Henderson didn't when he plays in the central roll. He retains the ball better, his forward play at times is outstanding and overall he's a much better worker and is a more natural footballer.

:confused:
 
eggyoke said:
Don't get Rogers' fascination with Joe Allen. What has Henderson got to do to get a game? Even Lucas whose still working on getting his form back, is a better choice than Allen at the moment.

I don't want to put a stigma on Allen, he's young and has got potential and he's shown it in glimpses already (especially early season.) However the lad isn't playing well at all, he's not retaining the ball and his forward play and distribution has been in the majority, poor.

On the other hand we're got Henderson, another young prospect who we paid a lot of money for, he's been playing his best football for us since Xmas, really working hard and putting in some game changing performances, and yet he gets dropped for Allen.

Maybe it's just me, I'm certainly no football manager, but for the life of me, I cannot see what Allen has brought to our game that Henderson didn't when he plays in the central roll. He retains the ball better, his forward play at times is outstanding and overall he's a much better worker and is a more natural footballer.

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Simple Rodgers paid for Allen not Henderson so he must choose his player but doesn't realize thats clearly wrong, Lucas on for 2nd half
 
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