Yeah, thats the concern, especially as I tipped Chelsea to win the league this year.
Weekend Football Thread. *spoilers* 22nd-24th
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Yeah, thats the concern, especially as I tipped Chelsea to win the league this year.
Soldato
Seriously it does, Liverpool were truly awful, Lucas is just about the most useless midfielder in the Premiership and without Alonso no one is good enough to create anything for Torres & Gerrard hence why they were both totally ineffective
The chances Liverpool did have were all through Villa's uncertainty at the back
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Probably deserved that for the complete lack of effort our attacking players put in to the first half. Much better second half performance but poor discipline has cost us yet again.
Thought the back four, Insua especially, all had good games while Mascherano was fantastic. Reina didn't really have much to do apart from pick the ball out of the net 3 times.
The less said about our attack the better but Torres really needs to get his act together. Might have two goals for the season but his displays thus far have been passionless.
Thought the back four, Insua especially, all had good games while Mascherano was fantastic. Reina didn't really have much to do apart from pick the ball out of the net 3 times.
The less said about our attack the better but Torres really needs to get his act together. Might have two goals for the season but his displays thus far have been passionless.
Anderson would push him close tbh.
You clearly didn't watch the game or have no idea what Alonso done for us last season.
Alonso didn't directly create goals or chances for us, his game was about getting the ball into Gerrard, Kuyt and Benayoun and creating our chances from there. We had absolutely no problem getting the ball to those 3 today, they just played ****.
Soldato
It is when out of two of the 3 games you've been truly awful and the game you did win was hardly as conclusive as the score line suggested
There is nothing to suggest that Liverpool are about to do anything in this league at this moment in time
I just hope Rafa keeps his job I'm loving this!
I just hope Rafa keeps his job I'm loving this!
With everything thats gone on behind the scenes, I'm amazed he is still there really. If it was me, I would have walked by now.
and Villa's goals came from our mistakes
Soldato
It is when out of two of the 3 games you've been truly awful and the game you did win was hardly as conclusive as the score line suggested
There is nothing to suggest that Liverpool are about to do anything in this league at this moment in time
I just hope Rafa keeps his job I'm loving this!
Laughable really, either you havent watched the last two games or you're severly blinkered.
Soldato
There's a difference between passing the ball to your better players and passing the ball to them in promising positions Alonso did the later Liverpool did the former
At no point in tonight's game did anyone have the foresight to get an attack started and the only time Gerrard did get the ball was with 10 Villa players behind the ball
If you don't think tonight's game would have been different had you had Alonso in there in the place of Lucas then you have no idea
Ah so predictable
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Soldato
Quite possibly
Ah so Liverpool played well tonight I see, just unlucky I guess
Oh and Stoke had they taken their chances could have easily gave you a run for your money last Wednesday but without that being said dont get too excited about a win at home against a team that'll no doubt be down the bottom of the table for much of the season
Soldato
Very true, the only crumb of comfort is that they got one piece of business this summer spot on he's looked their best attacking threat in all 3 games this season
Soldato
YES! had that game on 8/1 before the match as a part of a lucky31, lets hope some more results come in on that
Liverpool fans pre season - Lucas is quite good, improving and could do a job this season.
Liverpool fans 3 games later - Lucas is awful
Liverpool fans 3 games later - Lucas is awful
So it was both. You didn't watch the game and have no idea what Alonso done.
When a team is sitting back with 8 or 9 men behind the ball like Villa were today, Gerrard etc aren't going to get masses of space. There was absolutely no issue with the amount of times we got Gerrard, Kuyt and Benayoun on the ball in and around Villa's box, the issue was when they got it they lost it.
Of course Alonso is a far better player than Lucas ever will be, but the result would have been no different had Alonso still been here and played today.
Soldato
Where is that Article which Alan Hansen predicted Liverpool to win the title agaiN? haha!!
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Where did the fact Lucas was any good come from anyway?
Wasn't he really bad last season whenever he played?
Wasn't he really bad last season whenever he played?
Soldato
Liverpool fans pre season - Lucas is quite good, improving and could do a job this season.
Liverpool fans 3 games later - Lucas is awful
I just wonder at what point wont it be their season? 1 more defeat maybe?
Soldato
I really would like to rub in the fact that we won but I won't, as we really didn't deserve to win that. Fluke result, granted, but it happens sometimes, thankfully we were on the right end of one tonight.
Friedel - 8/10
Beye - 6/10
Cuellar - 7/10
Davies - 8/10
Shorey - 8/10
Milner - 7/10
Petrov - 7/10
Reo-Coker - 8/10
Sidwell - 7/10
Young - 9/10
Agbonlahor - 7/10
Friedel - 8/10
Beye - 6/10
Cuellar - 7/10
Davies - 8/10
Shorey - 8/10
Milner - 7/10
Petrov - 7/10
Reo-Coker - 8/10
Sidwell - 7/10
Young - 9/10
Agbonlahor - 7/10