Liverpool Banter Archive April 19 2015

19 Apr 2015 17:39:25
Eds, Ayoze Perez looks good in below average Newcastle all season . Sharp in finishing and can create, looks like the sort of player that will fit right into liverpool system . Is liverpool monitoring him?

{Ed002's Note - No.}

19 Apr 2015 15:47:43
Watching the goal replay from behind the goal. Gerrard makes a half heart challenge then just stands and watches without even jogging back. i'm sorry but the guy is a passenger these days.

He will probably score the winner but its like playing with ten.

19 Apr 2015 16:06:34
Marco. To be fair it's Gerrard last few games and can is wasted in the backline. I stated yesterday we needed another midfielder in and around top one at that. Apart from henderson in midfield were is the quailty? Allen and Gerrard will both be gone in the summer as with lucas possibly. We definitely need a top midfielder in this summer to help henderson and can who will hopefully taken out of the done back line

19 Apr 2015 16:44:00
We should do everything we reasonably can to keep Lucas. Team is always wayward in the middle without him.

{Ed002's Note - That happened in January.

19 Apr 2015 17:00:52
Garrard is already in America, doesn't want any injuries to hamper the transition does he?

19 Apr 2015 17:03:16
Emre Can's best position is midfield - I hope whoever is in charge starts to actually use him in that position rather than continue with this daft experiment that sees him turn out at centre back. Don't get me wrong if we had an injury crisis at the back it is useful to have a player who can deputise there but, in all seriousness, Can should not be starting week in week out at centre back, it is ludicrous.

19 Apr 2015 18:02:49
I agree with the Can comments, he is a def mid that likes to go forward and is good in that role.

Ward-Prowse of Southampton is an attacking mid I have admired this season and one for the future, acquiring him and an older attacking mid would be great but costly no doubt.

Any info on Ward-Prowse future? Anyone looking to buy him?

{Ed002's Note - There is interest in Ward-Prowse but not from Liverpool.}

19 Apr 2015 18:03:48
I'm glad Gerrard won't get his day out against arsenal he didn't deserve today's given as he's always awful against villa and all he's done against us in the last 2 years. Man Utd should have been his last game

19 Apr 2015 19:11:43
I think it was a mistake for him & Sketle to just walk back into the team.

19 Apr 2015 22:51:24
Glad he won't get his day out? After everything he's done for the club???????

19 Apr 2015 14:12:24
Edd001can I get your thoughts on united if you're not busy mate? They were awful most of this season have picked up results and shown a bit of decent form and now they are suddenly hyped to win the title next season. To me in still see a side with a poor manager and players. Some excellent young players but a technically poor side.

{Ed001's Note - it really depends on their summer spending, which is likely to be large. Though I still do not think LVG is a long term answer, they may be picking up results but there is still a few unhappy souls at the club, and the manager's confrontational attitude is not conducive to sorting out those issues. They are simply not as strong as Chelsea, or even close to them, with a worse manager too, they are playing with the rest of the Prem for second next season as things stand. Trouble is that they don't need to be technically gifted in the Prem, it is so poor technically that they just need to be physically imposing to compete.}

19 Apr 2015 17:52:43
Sheesh Al, you need to get over your United obsession mate. I agree and disagree with Ed001; Chelsea are a big step ahead of everyone right now and will take some catching. However, whist LVG is alleged to be abrasive, you only have to see how the team has pulled together and now has great spirit. No idea what goes on behind closed doors but the step change in performances in recent weeks has been marked. City are ageing, Srsenal are perennial under performers and no idea what has happened to your lot this year. 2nd is there for the taking for United and with the right signings, who knows?

20 Apr 2015 00:08:19
Al, you could be a premiership manager with this awful attempt to deflect attention away from your own shortcomings.

19 Apr 2015 14:19:24
And what about Lallana ? It's that long since he played I forgot all about him.

KBL

19 Apr 2015 12:58:34
Ed001, what do you think are the pros and cons of having a player manager?
P.s keep up the good work!

{Ed001's Note - I guess the pro would be it being easier to make changes on the pitch. Only trouble is that it is more difficult to see what is needed on the pitch, which is why teams have managers in the first place. I do not think a player manager is a good idea, Dalglish barely played when he was player manager because of that. A manager needs to be able to look on from the outside, rather than being too involved in playing.}