26 Mar 2015 01:34:11
First time visiting the page after the Man U defeat, usually takes me about that long to get over it.
There is something clearly not right in the team at the moment that runs a little deeper than Rogers refusal to change tactics at short notice. Sterling looks a shadow of the player we know. Yes I know Rogers is creating a stir in the media about this contract but once the players on the pitch he's got to ignore it. I don't understand why clubs open contract negotiations mid season, it can only cause problems. Just do it all in the summer when the club knows where it finished and what competitions it will be playing in. Balotelli after scoring 2 winning goals in 3 games got shunned, and not looks like a disinterested wandering red card waiting to happen. (Are any of the fans who held him back members of the site? Love to congratulate you) Sturridge is isolated, coutinho can sure hit them but has a tendency to dissapear for most of the game, popping up to curl one wide trying to recreate his city goal. Skertls stamp is moronic and if I was the FA i'd ban him for longer, stamping on other players ankles is thuggish and dangerous. Which brings me onto our captain, who it appears has gone senile. How on earth did he think he would get away with it? What was he thinking?
When we play well we look like we could beat anyone, but when we play poorly we look like we could lose to literally anyone too, including the worst united side for 20 years.
Brendans biggest issue as a manager, consistency. Weve given him over 2 years and £150m+, and he's found exhilarating and shocking, and everything in between, but he still hasn't found consistency. I think its make or break next few weeks/months.
However all lots of posters are doing is moaning about everything, and I think its fair to praise those who deserve it. Hendersons been unrelenting of late (next captain for me no doubt in my mins), sakho, who although looks like a newborn giraffe on ice on the ball, has beaten more players in the last 3 games than any of our attackers, and special mention to Mingolet.
Mingolet has taken unlimited abuse from posters on this site almost since the day we bought him. He's been our best player since christmas, lots of clean sheets down to him, really turned his season around, showed the strength of a liverpool player.
The only time I cheered all game against united? When Mingolet saved the penalty to stop that miserable spud-faced plonker breaking his 10 year duck at anfield.
Fans need to show him more credit.
Fingers crossed for top four.
KCK
26 Mar 2015 07:50:00
Can't agree more. Don't know what's up with Sterling, when is Ibe due to return? and Gerrard. well it seems he's destined for failure recently. On a positive note this reminds me of last year when we beat Man city and thought that was the title decider which didn't turn out to be the case. Maybe this isn't the top 4 decider, what I'm trying to say is: I don't believe the race is over. We have to beat Arsenal obviously.
26 Mar 2015 09:14:32
I honestly cannot believe how anyone can moan about Baloteli didn't get enough chances. Two winning gaols in three games wow. Well one of those have been penalty. I have to say every minute I have seen him play this year, every minute literaly I thought, wow, he can't be so bad, he can't be so childish, he can't so so lazy and showing offish. He got a lot of chances and the only time he showed a bit of his abilities was when he took that ball from henderson to kick that penalty.
Re Sakho - don;t know what people want of him and his control of the ball. i said several times he is our best passer. I really enjoy to see him with the ball. It is just an optical illusion maybe because of his run that he is not good with the ball.
I don't think the fact that Sterling has been shocking has anything to do with his contract talks (and if yes it is only his problem - should have signed it long ago).
My main concern is how injury prone we became. Everytime someone is finding his form he becomes injured. And the problem is we don't have good enough replacements. We paid a very heavy price for Sturridge's injury, we paid some price for Lucas and Ibe, not sure what is the story now with Ming and Lovern (we need him fit as Skertel is banned) and most worryingly Sturridge again.
26 Mar 2015 09:28:10
For me there seems to be a problem with creativity in r team I don't know if the problem lies in wide areas r in the middle but we r not giving sturridge the service he needs if countinho has an off game.
26 Mar 2015 12:07:10
Come on guys, sterling is beeing played as a lone striker or wb either right or left. Blame it on the manager.
26 Mar 2015 12:26:09
I do somewhat agree with you Ztoopid, but if you flip the coin, if Raheem Sterling think he is worth a big contract he has to have the versatility to play in more than one position.
26 Mar 2015 16:44:18
Kckred, that is a false argument. Does Messi play leftback and right wing back because he`s paid a fortune? NO! Sterling will be better for it by playing multiple positions at his early age BUT he needs to play where he is most effective which is either wide attacking the flanks or thru the middle.
27 Mar 2015 10:38:08
Sterling is being played at right wing back - as position that greatly hampers his ability to make his mark on the game. He is far more effective attacking and, even more so, when played centrally. He is being badly mismanaged and he is 20 years old (so prone to consistency) - that he has yet to sign a new contract does not change those facts.
28 Mar 2015 10:12:20
"Something not quite right about the team at the moment"
After 1 defeat in 14 games.
{Ed001's Note - but how many good performances in those 14 games?}