Liverpool Banter Archive February 22 2014

22 Feb 2014 20:12:16
Please tell me I'm not the only one who doesn't rate Benzema at all. This is a player who will almost certainly leave for > £30mil, who has managed to break the 20 goal barrier once in his real madrid career. I'm sure it's just classic lazy journalism on the part of the metro, but if not: What the hell are we playing at?

You're not the only one who doesn't rate Benzema at all.

Ken

He is awful, any links to him are just that pro Madrid press trying to make a story when there isn't one.

Beats me as well. But got to trust BR. If someone who's not performing to their potential, BR's the boss!

At one point he had lots of potential however he has never become the player he could've become.

22 Feb 2014 17:59:04
Hello Eds, I have a question for you guys, although I think Ed001 may be best placed to answer this.

I was looking at an article which compared Rafa and Rodgers after 64 games and it got me thinking, those managers are of a total difference to each other and given that I'm only 24 and I don't have the memory of the Roy Evans era, I was just wondering if there are any parallels between Evans and Rodgers.

The reason I ask is because what I've read and partially seen myself, is that Roy Evans just attacked and didn't utilize his defence(maybe that's worded wrong?) It seems as though Rodgers is pretty much doing the same thing, as we're conceding lots of goals but scoring almost double.

Do you see any similarities between the two managers style and tactics? I'm not talking about man management, as for some reason I get the feeling that Evans was far too laid back and just let them get on with it, so to speak.

Cheers.

{Ed001's Note - not at all, Evans did no such thing and nor does Rodgers. Evans sent out his team to outplay the opposition, and they did that almost without fail, they just lacked investment in the team to buy the defenders he wanted. Rodgers has been able to use his money for defenders, but been unable to field them for long periods of the season. I don't think you can really judge his defence right now, not until Sakho is settled in properly. The only similarity I can really see is a propensity for both teams to make silly errors leading to goals being conceded. Actually I can think of one major similarity, both are limited by owners as to the signings they can make, though in different ways. Evans had Moores' meddling in team affairs and undermining him constantly in every way though, whereas Rodgers just has to struggle within our financial constraints. Rather than an owner who was a *censored* and didn't want to do anything other than take from the club, like Evans had to deal with.}

Good read. Was moores that bad? was he just in it for himself?

{Ed001's Note - Moores was the reason why we are so far behind the rest of the world. We could have had the stadium issue sorted, we could have challenged for trophies, but it would have meant him having to stop taking out of the club and even risk putting a mill or two of his own in. Though he could have done this in the form of a loan, he was never going to do it. The man was a complete and utter arse, being nice. Refused Evans money to buy a defender, then bought Collymore for far more money. Would meddle in disciplinary matters, leading to the club ending up with the Spice Boy tag, because Evans was unable to clamp down on them as Moores would just go behind his back. Then sold us to two cowboys with no money, purely because it meant an extra £6m in his back pocket, when he would have received £80m anyway! One of the issues which caused problems was his insistence on the club paying for all his travel expenses, not just while he was chairman, but as part of the contract when he sold the club.}

I thought Roy Evans did a great job of turning Liverpool around after Graham Souness pushed the self destruct button and brought an end to the Liverpool dominance of English football.
I think (not100% are) Roy got the club back to top 3 again if not it was top for sure4

Ed is spot on about moores and his mate parry. imo selling us to two cowboys is their fault and remember we were 2 hrs from going into admin at the end of that, I for one would never have anything to do with them again, I won't say what I mean by that as my post won't get posted but thank god they are gone

Footballing-wise Roy Evans was ahead of his time. He did it by expanding on the Liverpool mantra of "pass and move". He played the possession game which everyone loves these days.

The perceived defence problem was exaggerated in my opinion. The problem Roy had was that he lacked discipline in the dressing room. The era was changing in football, agents came in, players started earning millions. I disagreed with Houllier coming in as a job share. It undermined Roy. Roy Evans never finished outside of the top 4.

22 Feb 2014 15:49:12
Has anyone else noticed that there aren't many controversial handball decisions these days compared to the last few years?

I haven't noticed this, but I have noticed that United don't always get the 50/50 decisions any more. ^_^

22 Feb 2014 14:06:16
Hi all, I have tickets for Liverpool v Sunderland game and was wondering would anyone have any ideas as to when the match may be played? I'm from Ireland and am eager to get my flights booked, book time off work etc. Thanks in advance.

DOL

22 Feb 2014 11:09:00
Tomorrow our final push to the finish line and trying to get as high as possible in the table starts. Swansea are a good side, but This is Anfield. Ken Aguero, get those tight neon-green, polka-dot, leather lucky pants on mate. Everybody else, don't even change your pregame ritual slightly now, and let's continue this fun journey. YNWA

I hope he didn't ruin them on his date last week

I should probably find something lucky to wear too.

They're black and very tight fitting. They have a red elastic waistband and red piping over the relevant areas.
They are safely tucked up in my drawer ready for tomorrow's match.

22 Feb 2014 21:02:34
usually if I go upstairs and watch the match we win, only time that has let me down is the hull game this season, although match isn't on tomorrow so its listening to good oul john and prob neil mellor on comm.

22 Feb 2014 06:29:34
Hi Jimmy got the email :)
so helpfull of you to go that extra mile :)
. will lias on email.

All fellow reds this is what LFC family is all about.

YNWA :)

Speacial note of thanks to EDs as well, contributing towards this wonders full site :)

Good lad Jimmy!