Liverpool FC Official Thread

Glen Miller wrote:

I saw that tweet earlier, pretty funny.  You're right for sure. Hodgson signed him after an exhausting back-and-forth battle with Daniel Coyne for the coveted starting position for Middlesbrough in the Championship.  Goodness only knows what happened to the Victor Valdes deal.  Or why we didn't go for Diego Lopez on a free in the summer.  Or why we even let Pepe Reina go, I seriously doubt he would be any worse.

Far be it from me to defend Brendan Rodgers, but I'm not sure Valdes is even fit yet. I know he's training with us as at the moment and according to my sources he's under the impression he'll be replacing David De Gea when the latter goes to Real Madrid, in that context I don't think you can really blame him for opting for United, nor Rodgers for not being able to convince him otherwise.  Lopez is someone I never say that much of but Reina was gash for about 3 or 4 years pre-Mignolet and earning the wage of a world class goalkeeper.  It made sense to get rid of him.

That said, dropping your poor goalkeeper to replace him with the guy who is so bad he was actually behind him in the pecking order is an obviously terrible idea. Stick with your 4/10 goalkeeper until January then buy someone better, don't put a 1/10 donkey in goal.  Glad to see Hodgson's still having an impact there nearly 4 years after leaving.

I agree about Reina. I thought twas a good move when we let him go. Sure we could do with him now though.

There's no doubt Reina was heavily in decline, but he did okay at Napoli and we spent a lot of money on Mignolet.  I have no idea who the new goalkeeper should be, but I don't think we'll see one until the end of the season.

lame

Ballotelli seems to be getting some of the blame again 

I'm actually looking forward to seeing him play with Sturridge.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:

Another disaster for Bad Jones. Do you think Rodgers just forgot how bad he is?

The shot was hit with pace, albeit straight at him.  You can't really expect him to save a shot with at least one of the qualities of power or accuracy.

Drawn against Chelsea, season over.

We're back.

It amazes me how much the media have turned on Liverpool after last season's constant dick riding. Jason Burt is in the Telegraph today saying they have a small club mentality because they didn't buy Alexis Sanchez.

I had a dream where Glen Johnson kept trying to break people's legs.

ResurrectionRooney wrote:It amazes me how much the media have turned on Liverpool after last season's constant dick riding.  Jason Burt is in the Telegraph today saying they have a small club mentality because they didn't buy Alexis Sanchez.

Does it really?

Scott_LFC wrote:

ResurrectionRooney wrote:It amazes me how much the media have turned on Liverpool after last season's constant dick riding.  Jason Burt is in the Telegraph today saying they have a small club mentality because they didn't buy Alexis Sanchez.

Does it really?

Yes, they're not normally this brutal.

Balotelli banned for one game for posting a racist picture.  Seems a bit harsh considering Rio Ferdinand actually racially absued someone and didn't get a ban.

It's because Balotelli is real black and stuff

Best player under the age of 21 for the past year, well deserved, what a player, what a young talent, what a superstar.

He was easily the best U21 player. Shame he hasn't been anywhere near as good this season.

IResurrectionRooney wrote:

I love this

Keyser Söze wrote:He was easily the best U21 player. Shame he hasn't been anywhere near as good this season.

I think that this new position might help him rediscover a bit of form, he's been thrown out on the wing too often this season.  He's our best player in the absence of Sturridge, we need him involved and through the middle.

Sturridge has been out so long that it feels like he doesn't even play for us anymore.

is it under 21 as in "20 and under", or "21 and under". because if it's the latter, Verratti should have won it

Wikipedia informs me that "all nominees must be under the age of 21 and play in a European nation's top tier."  I am guessing that means that they may not turn 21 during that calendar year-none of the random sample of 7 nominees I googled were above 20 years old.

Verratti is an ancient 22 years old.

new haircut - 2 goals. I'm excited to see how this progresses.

El_indian wrote:new haircut - 2 goals. I'm excited to see how this progresses.

Hat-trick against Arsenal.

Shame we'll lose 6-3.

6-3? No way it'll be that high scoring. We're both more conscious of not losing than we are of winning.

“I know how it goes,” he said. “Six or seven months ago I was the manager of the year and I was going to be this and that, tactically this and tactically that, and now, because we have lost two world-class players, I am useless. Absolutely useless.

 I must have just dreamt that about Liverpool playing 3-4-3 in the last game [the Capital One Cup victory at Bournemouth]. What do people think that was, a bit of luck? A British coach playing 3-4-3? A foreign coach doing that would be a tactical genius. I imagine people think I fell into that system through a stroke of luck or something. Not that I might have been awake into the early hours of the morning thinking of a solution to our problem.

Balotelli is so shit

ResurrectionRooney wrote:“I know how it goes,” he said. “Six or seven months ago I was the manager of the year and I was going to be this and that, tactically this and tactically that, and now, because we have lost two world-class players, I am useless. Absolutely useless.

 I must have just dreamt that about Liverpool playing 3-4-3 in the last game [the Capital One Cup victory at Bournemouth]. What do people think that was, a bit of luck? A British coach playing 3-4-3? A foreign coach doing that would be a tactical genius. I imagine people think I fell into that system through a stroke of luck or something. Not that I might have been awake into the early hours of the morning thinking of a solution to our problem.

Rodgers' problem solving.   The reds are back, roll on next calendar year.

Keyser Söze wrote:Balotelli is so shit

I hate reading too much into things, but the way he jogged onto the field bothered me.  I think he might be arrogant.