Zzonked wrote:Only criticism of Countinho is that he wasted a few chances in the first half with some shots that went very wide. He did play well though.
He has a tendency to do that
Seems to score in the important/big games, though.
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Could we be better without Gerrard?
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He has a tendency to do that
Seems to score in the important/big games, though.
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I don't think it's a coincidence that when Studge and Pistolero are having bad games (tightly marked) Pippo and Rah Rah tend to play extremely well, they clearly benefit from the excess attention SAS demand.Scott_LFC wrote:Thought Suarez and Sturridge were poor yesterday. Good to see we can still win big matches with SAS having an off day.
Sterling and Coutinho were immense.
Suarez is clearly on another level to Sturridge though, so the lack of space allows him to still create or score in those situations. Sturridge looked like he had been playing with a knock all match. His injury was a blessing in disguise, Allen came on, was exceptional, and helped us regain a bit of control.
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I thought Sturridge was taken off because he was a pedestrian all match, not because of injury.
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I'm fairly sure he had a knock. Could be wrong though.
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He looked in agony when he came off, although I was pulling the same face whenever he got the ball.SBSP wrote:I'm fairly sure he had a knock. Could be wrong though.
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i WISH sTERLIN WAS WHITE SO HE WAS MORE LIKEABLE
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Vela wrote:i WISH sTERLIN WAS WHITE SO HE WAS MORE LIKEABLE
Completely agree
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SMacDougall wrote:Watching Gerrard these days, he seems to be a step behind everyone else in the match. Too many times have I seen the ball rolling to him/passed to him, only for him to stay static instead of approaching the ball, and thus be intercepted in the process, or for him to control it badly/let it slip under his foot or slip away from him.
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You can't blame him for the slip, that sort of shit happens. What you can blame him for is the most selfish performance in Premier League history. His desperation to be The Hero again fucked you over badly.
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ResurrectionRooney wrote:You can't blame him for the slip, that sort of shit happens. What you can blame him for is the most selfish performance in Premier League history. His desperation to be The Hero again fucked you over badly.
He let the ball roll under his foot prior to the slip. Of course I can blame him.
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Hope Gerrard gets shot tonight IMO
This neo-nazi fascist DJ-assaulting ice cream showing his leadership today
This neo-nazi fascist DJ-assaulting ice cream showing his leadership today
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Mate, you're being extremely harsh. Didn't you see what happened after the slip? The mountain of a man grabbed the ball and rushed it to the halfway line. That's the kind of hero we're dealing with here, he doesn't want the trophy, he wants to bring joy to this club and this city. He didn't whine or blame a teammate (he could easily have done so, Sakho's pass was heavy), he did his best to galvanize the troops. He also took a lot of shots.Vela wrote:Hope Gerrard gets shot tonight IMO
This neo-nazi fascist DJ-assaulting ice cream showing his leadership today
So please, stop blaming Steven Gerrard, he is probably angry with himself, so we really shouldn't start playing the blame game.
Did anyone else think Allen let the team down?
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Glen Miller wrote:Mate, you're being extremely harsh. Didn't you see what happened after the slip? The mountain of a man grabbed the ball and rushed it to the halfway line. That's the kind of hero we're dealing with here, he doesn't want the trophy, he wants to bring joy to this club and this city. He didn't whine or blame a teammate (he could easily have done so, Sakho's pass was heavy), he did his best to galvanize the troops. He also took a lot of shots.Vela wrote:Hope Gerrard gets shot tonight IMO
This neo-nazi fascist DJ-assaulting ice cream showing his leadership today
So please, stop blaming Steven Gerrard, he is probably angry with himself, so we really shouldn't start playing the blame game.
Did anyone else think Allen let the team down?
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And I thought I was pushing it with the Sakho bit, then I see this.
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We used to joke on here about "members of the spastic society", I think that forum should be renamed to it.
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That's when they're losing, it's the "freak pit" when they're winning.
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Glen Miller wrote:Mate, you're being extremely harsh. Didn't you see what happened after the slip? The mountain of a man grabbed the ball and rushed it to the halfway line. That's the kind of hero we're dealing with here, he doesn't want the trophy, he wants to bring joy to this club and this city. He didn't whine or blame a teammate (he could easily have done so, Sakho's pass was heavy), he did his best to galvanize the troops. He also took a lot of shots.Vela wrote:Hope Gerrard gets shot tonight IMO
This neo-nazi fascist DJ-assaulting ice cream showing his leadership today
So please, stop blaming Steven Gerrard, he is probably angry with himself, so we really shouldn't start playing the blame game.
Did anyone else think Allen let the team down?
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And I thought I was pushing it with the Sakho bit, then I see this.
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Glen Miller wrote:
And I thought I was pushing it with the Sakho bit, then I see this.
I blame Clichy for the throw in when Kompany screwed up v Liverpool too.
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It was an absolute banshee of a throw-in from Glen, to be fair to the Frenchman.Zzonked wrote:Glen Miller wrote:
And I thought I was pushing it with the Sakho bit, then I see this.
I blame Clichy for the throw in when Kompany screwed up v Liverpool too.
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Glen Miller wrote:It was an absolute banshee of a throw-in from Glen, to be fair to the Frenchman.Zzonked wrote:Glen Miller wrote:
And I thought I was pushing it with the Sakho bit, then I see this.
I blame Clichy for the throw in when Kompany screwed up v Liverpool too.
Oh I thought Clichy took it, my bad. I guess it wouldn't make sense as a defensive throw. Can't say I've watched that goal many times tbh.
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Clichy was partially at fault, his header flicked the ball into the box.
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Henderson wouldn't have made that mistake
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He certainly would not have. I can't believe Jordan Henderson is not our worst midfielder.Jordan Henderchip wrote:Henderson wouldn't have made that mistake
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Glen Miller wrote:He certainly would not have. I can't believe Jordan Henderson is not our worst midfielder.Jordan Henderchip wrote:Henderson wouldn't have made that mistake
I feel if he was playing we might still be partial favourites for the title
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Scott_LFC wrote:SMacDougall wrote:Watching Gerrard these days, he seems to be a step behind everyone else in the match. Too many times have I seen the ball rolling to him/passed to him, only for him to stay static instead of approaching the ball, and thus be intercepted in the process, or for him to control it badly/let it slip under his foot or slip away from him.
So accurate.
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Jordan Henderchip wrote:Glen Miller wrote:He certainly would not have. I can't believe Jordan Henderson is not our worst midfielder.Jordan Henderchip wrote:Henderson wouldn't have made that mistake
I feel if he was playing we might still be partial favourites for the title
You already are, City are 5/6 Liverpool are 6/5 so it's still pretty close.
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Zzonked wrote:Jordan Henderchip wrote:
I feel if he was playing we might still be partial favourites for the title
You already are, City are 5/6 Liverpool are 6/5 so it's still pretty close.
we won't beat Palace and if we do, we won't beat Newcastle. If we win both of those, our goal difference still won't be good enough
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Jordan Henderchip wrote:Zzonked wrote:Jordan Henderchip wrote:
I feel if he was playing we might still be partial favourites for the title
You already are, City are 5/6 Liverpool are 6/5 so it's still pretty close.
we won't beat Palace and if we do, we won't beat Newcastle. If we win both of those, our goal difference still won't be good enough
I think you'll beat Newcastle, but might have some trouble against Palace. City should beat Villa and West Ham, but might have some trouble against Everton. I edge to City comes in the goal difference. It's going to be a tight end to the year.
