Liverpool Banter Archive October 18 2014

 

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18 Oct 2014 22:50:27
Just watched Southampton on MOTD and they remned me of Liverpool last season. Very good.

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19 Oct 2014 08:44:26
They are brilliant to watch at the moment and if they keep going like that top 4 could be a real possibility but it's a long season won't be long till top clubs start looking at koeman to manage their clubs. that's the price clubs like soton pay for a bit of success so if they get top 4 they will be looking for a new manager and who knows where koeman could turn up next season.lol

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Great passing but c'mon,, Sunderland where Awful

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The funny thins is I felt really guilty for them pre season after we and Manu took half their squad. I remember Kuman saying back then 'we will be alright despite some of the big names going' and thought to myslef ye right. And he doesn't have a Suarez.
At least we took 3 points against them at home. If we are not in the top4 and they will get there kicking ManU (ideally) or even Arsenal out I will be quite happy. Still very early days though - cannot see this happening.

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The were really good last season mate

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18 Oct 2014 20:03:44
Anybody else think we should start with Borini up top tomorrow? Think we should play with our usual 4-4-2 diamond or a 4-2-3-1. I think with Lallana and Sterling on either wing, Coutinho in the hole and Borini up front we could cause them problems. I'd prefer the diamond though, presumably Ferdinand and Caulker will be starting at centre back, and if we had Balotelli and Borini up front, as well as Sterling and Lallana making them runs in behind, I think we could cause them massive problems. On the other hand, at the back, I'm guessing it's going to be Skrtel and Lovren at the heart of the defence. QPR can provide a huge threat from set pieces and so them two could have a big job on their hands. Balotelli and Borini have had 2 weeks extra training, so hopefully both are fit and raring to go. I think we should be able to win the game, although it will be difficult. I'm going to go for a 2-1, Sterling and Balotelli on the scoresheet.

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Stirling and borini for me

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19 Oct 2014 00:01:58
Deffo.

He needs a run of games and he will come good.

Great pace and makes great runs.

Finishing will come with confidence.

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I think it has been proven on many occasions this season that playing one upfront is of no benefit to us so I really do not want to see 4-2-3-1 today.

QPR quite simply will park the bus today. One point will suit them just fine. If we have been struggling with one upfront all season long then surely we should be playing with either three or two upfront to start scoring goals?

Our defence is worse than last season so if we are going to continue to concede without scoring at the other end like we did last season then we can kiss this season goodbye right now. I am dreading a lineup with one upfront today and Johnson at RB.

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I have a feeling Mario will score today. Just saying!

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Max
Qpr are struggling big time and Harry is hanging onto his job by his finger nails. They need to try and win their home games.

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Rover

All teams this season have torn QPR to shreds but if we are going to play Balotelli or Lambert up on their own then Harry will be quite happy with that when he knows it has not caused problems for the other teams we have played against with one upfront.

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Dont expect anything other than a 4-5-1 formation today, Rodgers doesn't seem to know how to put two up front. fingers crossed we can get a result.

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To Irish rover if you look closely s are we struggling mate take the rose tinted gogs of mae

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18 Oct 2014 15:45:52
Eds what happens with the Eriksen situation. Did we ever make an effort or bid to sign him. For ages he was allegedly linked to us and the price was much higher then at the last minute with little media coverage he turned up for about 7 mill at rubbish hart lane?

He is a great player and I think with him n hendo our midfield would be great n can sat just behind. Eriksen is very much a gerrard of old for me.

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{Ed001's Note - we never bid for him in the end. When we were ready to make a move he said he wasn't ready to move.}

Cheers for that. I wonder if he is happy at spuds and if we would ever make a move in the future BTW I love the way the posts get changed even when we try to sneak a swear word thru! Rubbish hart lane it is then!

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19 Oct 2014 08:00:25
my favourite is the changing of g.o.d. for Guaranga

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18 Oct 2014 15:02:02
Part of me hopes that Redknapp will see Sturridge is out, look at our defence fancy his chances and go for it. I think it will force us to play like last season breaking quick on the attack with; sterling, lallana and Henderson supporting whoever is up top.

Otherwise I think we'll become frustrated trying to break them down. Although on a more positive note (you're welcome ken) I do see us winning either way, just not as comfortably as the table suggests!

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18 Oct 2014 14:29:41
After having a debate with a fellow liverpool fan I'd like to ask your opinion. My argument was that we should play our strongest team in the premier league and prioritise that looking for a top 4 finish. fa and league cup and champions league should be an after thought. I argued that once our squad had settled this season then next year might be the time to challenge on the two main fronts. With regards to resting and rotating players I said I would only do that if it meant having a stronger team for the next premier legume game. He said I was a total defitist

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Until we invest again next summer as our squad won't be deemed good enough by many again, thus potentially repeating the problem.
There's no reason we can't compete, maybe not win, but compete in more than one competition.
Yes we haven't started as we like but it's still very early in the season, everyone needs to relax and have a little bit of faith!

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18 Oct 2014 15:17:23
Big E.

Sorry Mate. Unless we don't sell, We wouldn't be buying big.

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If we've bought all this potential then I would hope we didn't need to buy lots of players.

Maybe 3 max 4 per year with other players going out.

It does pain me the amount of players we buy and then sell at a significant loss (this goes back to Hodgson's days) - btw I'm obviously not talking about Suarez.

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18 Oct 2014 14:20:41
Eds.

Pls let me in. I am not sure, Y was I banned again. Common Guys. I have been here from long long time.
I can't stay away from this site. I simply cant. I need to read. reply or post.

I don't remember any of my offensive post, But I would applogize, If any of my post or replies was poor.
I am certainly not different from others here.

This is my best and most meaningful Sign in name ever.

Looking forward to be a part again.

Cheers
Harry

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{Ed001's Note - bans only last 48 hours Harry.}

18 Oct 2014 14:27:17
Thanks

Ed01. I am staying in City Max hotel in Dubai. How would I meet you up?

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{Ed001's Note - Bur Dubai? Easy to meet, just pick a place, date and time and be there then.}

18 Oct 2014 14:40:54
Yo. I ll let you the details here. I hope you stay close by.

Exicited.

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{Ed001's Note - it is the other end from me, luckily! Easy enough to get to that end though, only costs about 4AED to travel the length of Dubai on the Metro. What kind of thing are you looking to see while here? The Gold Soukh is well worth a visit and that is down the end you will be.}

18 Oct 2014 14:51:29
Ed01. Got some frndz over there. And probably would decide from there.
Meeting you hit the first in the priority list. lols.

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{Ed001's Note - speak to them first then mate, then you will have an idea about when and where is best for you.}

You should not have told him that ed001. then he'll suffer more! haha. cheers to life, cheers to life.

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Harry, come on man that's like 3/4 bans now!!

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{Ed001's Note - I am sure it is more.}

18 Oct 2014 15:19:53
Bob

I stpped counting long time back. lols.

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Are there other aliases I am yet to meet?

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Will we be reading about ed01 obituary in the morning papers. harrys got "bunny boiler" written all over him.

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{Ed001's Note - hahaha, I think you have a point! I might bring the missus with me for protection, she breathes fire so I should be safe with her there......}

We want some photos on the sightings page ed.
Just think, if your missus is called 'sally' they could remake that film

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{Ed001's Note - they better not do!!}

Commiserations Ed001.

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Ed001 you must be very tempted to point Harry in the direction of the desert and say "just a few miles in that direction is Luis suarez's desert hideaway/love nest"
Imagine how easy your life will be from then on mate. Haha

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{Ed001's Note - I am saving that for Ed007's visit. The new Star Wars film had scenes filmed in the desert just down the road, so I am going to send him out to look at it. I am sure he will be fine, he has crutches.....}

19 Oct 2014 07:09:41
Ed001

How did your date with "God" go? (gcu)
Btw do tell us when you meet Harry. We can pray for you. :-p

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{Ed001's Note - it went fine mate, apart from there turning out to be more than one Trader Vics in the area and initially going to the wrong one. Oh and there being hundreds of people who looked like his description so I spent the first hour going up to random strangers asking if they were God. It was certainly interesting!}

19 Oct 2014 08:12:16
Can't help laugh when I imagine the people's reaction at that.
How did you two meet in the end?
Btw nice to end the sabbatical

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{Ed001's Note - how did we meet? I gave up and just went to the bar and there was a strange man there propping it up. That was him. Should have guessed really and just headed there in the first place.}

19 Oct 2014 08:35:59
Ed001
Man united fans eh probably must have been drowning his sorrows on remembering about Leicester.
Ed is it cheaper running the business from dubai or more inconvenient?

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{Ed001's Note - no taxes mate, so much cheaper and it is easier to employ people in the future.}

I'm probably coming to Dubai in March for Audit work, would love to meet up with you Ed001 for a coffee or something.

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{Ed001's Note - ok mate, let me know closer to the time and we will arrange something.}

What was harrys first words ed ? Was it like an excited teenage girl meeting justin bieber for the first time?

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{Ed001's Note - I haven't met him yet mate, but I tend to have that effect on everyone......

18 Oct 2014 13:42:38
Gutted with the new injury set back to Daniel but I think its time now for BR to play with two strikers. Along with Balotelli I would prefer Borini to Lambert but I am sure BR will play Sterling or Lallana alongside Balotelli which is for me a very bad idea as both players are not true striker.

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Sterling has more goals then all our strikers put together.

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Kind of agree with you, but how about putting Stevie G up there with super mario, maybe the last 20 mins, and by the way, I reckon that super mario will come good very soon, hear he is putting the effort in when training, he did not have much of a pre-season, so expect a couple of goals .

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Im fine with 1 striker, but I feel maybe Mario should be asked to do a little less defensive work. strikers tracking back would be very useful when we have 2 up top, not as useful when we need goals and we only have one.

it seems like he is trying too hard to impress that he is not in the box when we need him.

4-3-3 or 4-4-2 diamond, what i really want to see is us pressing them high up the pitch and don't let them breathe at all.

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18 Oct 2014 13:07:15
Alright reds. I'm going to be home in liverpool this weekend and would like to watch the match somewhere with an atmosphere. And beer obviously. Would folks recommend town or somewhere nearer anfield? Cheers in advance.

Go redmen

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Try the 'Dispensary' near the bombed out church, probably the best beer in town, the landlords a red as well so normally a decent atmosphere.

Only a little place but a cracking boozer.

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Perfect. Thanks for the tip WR. You're a gent. Will head over after brekkie.

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18 Oct 2014 12:50:22
Eds is this survey real? do i actully get a free gift? or is it a scam?

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{Ed001's Note - I have no idea what you are talking about, sorry.}

Yeah the survey is real, and u get a free gift. i got myself an 18 year old girl last week.

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I got an Arab wife once. Lol

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18 Oct 2014 12:10:51
Please can we stop with the negativity.
Remember we won our last game?
We should have beaten Everton too.
We WILL come good.
Balotelli WILL come good.
We've got Lovren, Allen, Sakho and Can all back from injury too.
Things are looking up.
Get behind the team!

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Don't worry mate.
Tomorrow is MATCH day which means it's POSITIVITY day.

Come on you Reds!

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18 Oct 2014 14:43:32
Ken

You are on fire today. 4 goals and 2 were spectacular. You have become the highest goal scorer for City ever.

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Ken is Kun's brother Harry. You got them mixed up.

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Shhh AG. ;-)

Anyway, I'm predicting a 5-0 drubbing of QPR tomorrow, Balo hat-trick, Swans to draw with Stoke and LFC to finish the day back in the top 4.

COME ON YOU REDS!!

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Them pants of yours washed and ready ken? Lol

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Oh yes Mikey, but they only work if the entire vibe is a positive one on match day!

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18 Oct 2014 11:37:54
Ed,
Did Remy actually fail the medical or was that a smokescreen for something else. Wish to god we had him now with or without Daniels new injury.

Obviously Boring is showing nothing during training otherwise BR would give him a run, Balotelli just doesn't score enough goals and never has so can't see him doing it for us and Ricky is purely a bit part player who is not fit enough hope he does the extra training he spoke about a couple of weeks ago.

My opinion for our next few games would Llanarth and Balotelli up front and I believe Llanarth will get goals and create room and great balls into Mario

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{Ed002's Note - He doesn't know, nor do QPR, nor do Chelsea. He thinks Liverpool treated him very poorly indeed - right now that is not a shock to anyone.}

18 Oct 2014 11:58:43
Do you have some kind of Welsh spell check lol

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Hey Dan I just noticed that, new Samsung phone which makes the text box ridiculously large on the screen so you can't see what you've typed, bizarre phone

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Llanarth and Balotelli sounds like some evil power-rangers kind of villain. Not sure if they'd be Boring in training though.

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Sound like undertakers

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18 Oct 2014 10:57:37
I was wondering, if you could take 2 players from the past and put them in our squad, at there peak, Who would your 2 be? Ray Clemence and Alan Hansen for me, because I think that's our problem area and has been for yrs.

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{Ed001's Note - I have to agree completely, those two would be the best choices in my opinion as well. Just to give a different pair though, I am going to put forward Dalglish and Rush, as we need goals right now too.}

Souness, Rob Jones now were being greedy.

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18 Oct 2014 12:51:47
Can I have 3? Hansen, Souness and Dalglish. I think we'd win more than we lose

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Hansen and Clem

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18 Oct 2014 13:27:46
A young Stevie g and Suarez. lol

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18 Oct 2014 13:51:26
this 1 is easy.
Souness the best defensive midfielder we ever had and Hansen the best central defender we ever had.

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Without a doubt, Dalglish and Rush for me

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The King and Suarez
What a partnership

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18 Oct 2014 17:23:55
We are blessed to have such a legendary list of players to choose from and this is more or less impossible to pick just two.
I'd pick Fowler and Dalglish

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Souness, Nicol and Rush, we'd probably win the league with those three in.

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I am of the newer age and didn't get to see many of the greats mentioned here play, but I always wanted to see what Suarez and Torres could have done up front together.

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19 Oct 2014 01:37:32
Rush over Fowler ed?

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{Ed001's Note - Fowler had injuries, we have enough of those.}

What a stupid question live for now fellas no in the past we have to put up with the team we have we can't o backward living in a dream world

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18 Oct 2014 05:12:54
Sturridge out for ANOTHER month, that'll be EIGHTEEN games since he got injured whilst on int' duty, will the FA be paying his wages for the time he's missed? Doubt it!

Not a happy bunny!

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I think they do pay his wages actually. Not that it matters. I would rather have him on the pitch. He is a big miss for us. Gutted for him and 7 games in 21 days certainly does not help. I hope Mario and the rest of the boys have found their shooting boots.

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Guess over these next few weeks, we will see what Balotelli is really made of and if he was worth the risk

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A team competing in the champions league should not have to rely on one player, However as Bob said we will see what Balotelli is made of. Not only him though I think others need to step up as well.

Red Rum

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We need to play with two forwards upfront. Having balotelli playing upfront on his own just doesn't work. It doesn't take a genius to work that out.

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Have we not already seen what Balo is made of ? He, s had plenty of mins / opportunities ! He now has even more chances ahead of him in the coming weeks as our first choice striker - if he continues his goal ratio then further serious questions will be asked. Its not as if he, s assisting either. hope he turns the corner for the benefit of all !

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At this point, Borini actually has a higher goals per minutes played rate for us than Balotelli.

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18 Oct 2014 01:11:49
Is someone punishing us? is there a curse? Is this because we did something bad in previous life (supported ManU?) or previous seasons, Didn't we suffer enough to have all our games postponed until Sturridge is fit whatever the year is, or at least to be able to borrow Costa (Aguaro also will do) without asking them or their clubs.

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18 Oct 2014 02:11:53
Dan out for another 4 weeks! we are now officially screwed.
BR has had 2 weeks to work with Mario please start producing.

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18 Oct 2014 00:06:31
Was looking forward to seeing Sturridge this weekend after all the rubbish results don't think we've got a chance vs Madrid nw :( Time for The team to step up to the plate nw instead of us all blaming Mario :P

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I remember when we played Juve in 2005 with no strikers and we smashed them 2-0.

Chin up

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