Agreed but, it is hard to argue against really ha
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Agreed but, it is hard to argue against really ha
Balotelli took the ball off Henderson. Took it right out of his hands while Henderson seemed to look around for help.
If Henderson was confident enough about taking the penalty he would have just held on to it. Henderson looked weak, particularly when he's supposed to be captain. Sturridge actually had to push Henderson away just before Balotelli took the penalty as it looked like he was warning him he was going to tell his mammy on him
If Henderson was confident enough about taking the penalty he would have just held on to it. Henderson looked weak, particularly when he's supposed to be captain. Sturridge actually had to push Henderson away just before Balotelli took the penalty as it looked like he was warning him he was going to tell his mammy on him
The scousers will refuse to accept that he isn't there, he'll still be playing at that club in their minds until the club folds.
Agreed. Balotelli should been on penalty duty anyway, as that is one thing that he actually is very good at.
You don't take the ball off of the designated penalty taker. It looks even worse when said taker is your captain. It's shite from Balotelli and not something I'd ever want to see here at United.
Of course, Balotelli should be taking it on the basis of ability, but that's not the point.
I think some people on here just like to stick it to Barney even when their argument is bollocks. He says enough daft things to begin with so it's pointless picking away at something that isn't there.
Of course, Balotelli should be taking it on the basis of ability, but that's not the point.
I think some people on here just like to stick it to Barney even when their argument is bollocks. He says enough daft things to begin with so it's pointless picking away at something that isn't there.
Balotelli scouse legend.
Sums him up nicely. What a prat.
I wish Balotelli had missed the penalty....imagine the fallout from that!
Can't believe you couldn't see that I trying to wind up our scouse friends here a little bit ffs.
he tried the same thing with Kolarov but Kolarov is no Henderson. And Kompany acted as a proper captain too.
Kompany taking no nonsense there. Balotelli acts like a twat though.
He has built a career around it.
Yeah what a scummy horrendous fool Rodgers is. Horrible horrible twat. Do you feel better now?
dafuq?
Mario should have cleared it with Hendo first instead of after, but other than that, there is no doubt - Mario should be taking that penalty without question.
He tried it with Eto'o once too.
But again a proper reaction by the captain, Zanetti I think, shows him the way.
He has a history of kidnapping penalties.
A lot of hay being made on here around the 'incident', and fair enough.
A lesser story is the form of Mario. In just over a week he's scored two winning goals and created a winning goal - he's been the difference in three consecutive matches. Had we signed this bloke in January he'd look good business.
Can he keep it up? If he can then it's a good time to hit form.
A lesser story is the form of Mario. In just over a week he's scored two winning goals and created a winning goal - he's been the difference in three consecutive matches. Had we signed this bloke in January he'd look good business.
Can he keep it up? If he can then it's a good time to hit form.
Bollocks, he's been shit, a tap in and a penalty doesn't constitute good form. People are desperate for him to do well and I don't know why.
Agree with you, it's probably lot's of smoke but no fire, but because Mario scored.
Still, Gerrard was the one who stirred the pot - I think it's good for LFC to get rid of him. His reaction on TV was unprofessional.
I also think that it's a mistake by BR. How can he designate Henderson as a penalty taker? Has Henderson ever scored a penalty in a competitive game? Certainly not for Liverpool. So either BR made that decision based on seniority (would be a stupid move) or he just didn't foresee what would happen if Mario was on the pitch. He should have said something like "If Gerrard is not playing, but Mario is on the pitch, then Mario takes the penalty..."
Still, Gerrard was the one who stirred the pot - I think it's good for LFC to get rid of him. His reaction on TV was unprofessional.
I also think that it's a mistake by BR. How can he designate Henderson as a penalty taker? Has Henderson ever scored a penalty in a competitive game? Certainly not for Liverpool. So either BR made that decision based on seniority (would be a stupid move) or he just didn't foresee what would happen if Mario was on the pitch. He should have said something like "If Gerrard is not playing, but Mario is on the pitch, then Mario takes the penalty..."
They could offload him for a reasonable amount of money in the summer. Monaco calling!
He came on last night and won about three free kicks around the area. Was a total handful. Brought others into the game. Scored a vital late pen. He did the same on Saturday. Also the tap in represented good movement.
People are desperate to pursue the narrative that he won't play well again.
Credit where it's due. He's had a good week.
I think it was a good reaction by Gerrard tbh.
Sure Mario should take penalties but yesterday Henderson was going to take it and you dont take the ball from your captain like that.
The thing he can criticize as much as he wants, of course. But not during his stint on TV. You would want that to be discussed internally.
And yeah, Hendo wanted to take it and he was the captain but he has no history of taking penalties. Mario would have been the obvious choice if you go by actual skill.
Gerrard is probably worried what Mario will do when Stevie G wants to take the next penalty.
And yeah, Hendo wanted to take it and he was the captain but he has no history of taking penalties. Mario would have been the obvious choice if you go by actual skill.
Gerrard is probably worried what Mario will do when Stevie G wants to take the next penalty.
I always feel good thanks. I'm sure that outburst has improved your mood though.
It shouldn't matter. He was the best penalty taker on the pitch so he takes the penalty. It's as simple as that. Henderson as captain should have been the one giving him the ball, whether he likes him or not.
We already know Balotelli's a child. All we've found out here is that Henderson and Sturridge are too...only they've got less balls since they were too scared to actually take the ball back off him despite clearly whining about it. Doesn't reflect particularly well on supposed captain material.
Disregarding the penalty, I thought his performance last night was the first time he looked like he could be an actual menacing striker for us. He's been decent in recent sub appearances, but last night was the first time I saw him play with real urgency and purpose in a red shirt, taking men on, running with the ball and showing proactive movement. Looked a lot less encumbered when running too.
Not earthshattering or anything, but hopefully a sign of things to come.
Not earthshattering or anything, but hopefully a sign of things to come.
Just saw Gerrard's actual comments.
Needs to STFU. He created a far bigger 'incident' with his comments than Balotelli did by taking the ball.
Needs to STFU. He created a far bigger 'incident' with his comments than Balotelli did by taking the ball.
I agree with this, that's the difference btween the two, Balotelli knew he was gonna score, Henderson just sheepishly gave it to him and didnt look confident at all. Im still finding it hard to understand how Henderson was our 1st Choice penalty taker even with Balotelli on the bench theres four or five i'd rather take it than him, even more so as he was having a poor night.
He has a history of kidnapping penalties.
His comments were fine. He goes on to praise Balotelli's performance afterwards and gives credit to him.
His form has definitely been better the last few matches. Don't know why people would try and argue otherwise. He's a lot more positive and involved from what I have seen. A few people on twitter were saying the real issue from the penalty thing was Henderson being a "weak captain." Thoughts on that from the Liverpool supporters? I can see why people would say that. But considering how petulant Balotelli can be it was probably easier to just give in at the time and deal with it later.
Henderson made the right call, just didn't look very good doing.
Maybe it made him look 'weak', what with sturridge throwing a strop and all as well on his behalf. He's pretty young for a vice captain and captain to be, probably not really ready for it. He'll be more ready now after what happened.
Balotelli SHOULD be the pen taker, hands down. If he's woldclass at one thing on the pitch, it's taking penalties. Also, he scored it, so what's the big deal? Even if it was cnutish, keep it in the dressing room and sort it out there. Gerrard is doing nobody a favor by taking this into the media.
Sounds to me like Gerrard is fed up with him and that Balotelli doesn't have a place in this team. The dicking he received from Gerrard, deserved or not, is the more important aspect of this incident.
Balotelli does a Balotelli, but scores and secures the win yet Slippy still has to take it to the media...
Sometimes, very rarely, I do feel a bit sorry for Balotelli.
Sounds to me like Gerrard is fed up with him and that Balotelli doesn't have a place in this team. The dicking he received from Gerrard, deserved or not, is the more important aspect of this incident.
Balotelli does a Balotelli, but scores and secures the win yet Slippy still has to take it to the media...
Sometimes, very rarely, I do feel a bit sorry for Balotelli.
It's things like this that makes people fed up with him. You don't take the ball off the designated penalty taker, especially when it's your captain. Not only Balotelli is in the wrong here though: Rodgers definitely made a mistake by not appointing Mario for penalty duty if he's on the field, and I don't like Gerrard doing punditry for our own games either. Also, it doesn't help that only Sturridge dared to stand up against Balotelli. Henderson should've taken the penalty himself if he was the designated taker, or confidently given the ball to Balotelli whilst explaining it to Sturridge. Although his comments after the game sort of made up for the mess he made on the pitch, it made him look weak at the moment. I've no doubt he'll learn from this and it all resulted in a very good win for us, so I'd put this to bed asap and focus on Southampton this weekend, a very important game as well.
Much ado about nothing. Mario brings stuff on himself and he's an easy target for everyone to hit (a lot of the time deserved tbf). The main thing is that as a fan I want to see the best penalty taker taking the kick, especially at 0-0 at home to a fairly decent Beskitas side. Gerrard really should of kept his mouth shut in public too. If anything it's an important lesson for Henderson to learn if he wants to develop into a good captain and I'm sure Pool fans will hope that if a similar situation arises in the future he will have learnt to handle it better.
Let's face it I wouldn't have blamed Rooney/RVP for taking the ball off Vidic in a similar situation for us. Football matches are about achieving results and Mario, whether selfish or not, ensured a better chance of winning the game than letting Henderson (or indeed Sturridge) take the kick.
If I was a Liverpool fan my biggest gripe would be why Balotelli has only started showing this sort of drive and effort in the last week or so and not at the point where they looked toothless up front and their defense was leaking goals. I have always thought he is a fair weather player and I suppose time will tell if he can keep his form up especially when inevitably Liverpool experience a game where there performance level drops a bit.
Let's face it I wouldn't have blamed Rooney/RVP for taking the ball off Vidic in a similar situation for us. Football matches are about achieving results and Mario, whether selfish or not, ensured a better chance of winning the game than letting Henderson (or indeed Sturridge) take the kick.
If I was a Liverpool fan my biggest gripe would be why Balotelli has only started showing this sort of drive and effort in the last week or so and not at the point where they looked toothless up front and their defense was leaking goals. I have always thought he is a fair weather player and I suppose time will tell if he can keep his form up especially when inevitably Liverpool experience a game where there performance level drops a bit.
Rodgers in his post match interview basically said it was fine because we won the game and that's the most important thing so he is a manager who is of the opinion his players can act like children and make liverpool a laughing stock providing they win.
Gerrard also praised Henderson for being a coward, he seems to think he handled it well, I would say Zanetti and Kompany were the ones who acted as captains should not Henderson.
Balotelli is being Balotelli, Liverpool knew this when they signed him, they are getting what they paid for so no complaints there. He will win you games, Anfield against United I'd bet on him to score, he is that type of player but also he will do these stupid things.
A little like United, we knew when we signed Louis van Gaal that his bizarreness would accompany his talent, you take the pros with the cons, I'm happy he is our manager providing he leaves behind a solid foundation and I'm sure Liverpool fans will tolerate Balotelli providing he starts scoring. I mean they were happy for Suarez to express his vampire tendencies since he was an excellent player.
Gerrard also praised Henderson for being a coward, he seems to think he handled it well, I would say Zanetti and Kompany were the ones who acted as captains should not Henderson.
Balotelli is being Balotelli, Liverpool knew this when they signed him, they are getting what they paid for so no complaints there. He will win you games, Anfield against United I'd bet on him to score, he is that type of player but also he will do these stupid things.
A little like United, we knew when we signed Louis van Gaal that his bizarreness would accompany his talent, you take the pros with the cons, I'm happy he is our manager providing he leaves behind a solid foundation and I'm sure Liverpool fans will tolerate Balotelli providing he starts scoring. I mean they were happy for Suarez to express his vampire tendencies since he was an excellent player.
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The fans.Want to criticise anyone else for the incident while you're at it?
Your haircuts are substandard and this breeds the kind of disorderly atmosphere that leads to terrible incidents like these.
Gerrard could have easily diffused it by saying the important thing is they take a 1 goal lead back to Turkey and in the long run this incident wouldn't matter.
Yeah, Bobby Beale is a cnut.
Want to criticise anyone else for the incident while you're at it?
Yeah, Bobby Beale is a cnut.
Want to criticise anyone else for the incident while you're at it?
Sturridge because once Henderson submitted to Balotelli he was effectively trying to put Mario off.
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