Just arguing the point that it was not like he randomly dropped him in. He had played well against Stoke a week ago.
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Just arguing the point that it was not like he randomly dropped him in. He had played well against Stoke a week ago.
After that match I was sure Rodgers would try Sterling up top flanked by Coutinho and Lallana at some point. Haven't really seen any games since to know if he has, but I think that could be a nice option to be honest.
They played well above themselves last year. Confidence does that for you.
They do not have a great squad, and really you can't say they are any better than Everton, Spurs, Arsenal or Us. Any of these can go on a run of games and get some decent points, but they are also capable of dropping ridiculous points, e.g. us v Leicester.
Best 11 out on the field playing at their potential and I still think they would be third best out of that group.
Their fans are blinkered by last season and their inability to recognize the ability of other teams.
I know Sturridge has been great for Liverpool but I think you're being wildly optimistic with that.
People are deluded if they believe Sturridge will remedy this Liverpool side.
May as well just call me deluded rather than do it indirectly.
Sturridge will be about half as effective as he was last season.
To pin this season's woes on the loss to injury of Sturridge is delusion.
Last season was all Suarez or so much that the rest is insignificant. Sturridge will not save the day.
To pin this season's woes on the loss to injury of Sturridge is delusion.
Last season was all Suarez or so much that the rest is insignificant. Sturridge will not save the day.
We're 6 points off 4th. I don't think it's a stretch to say that with him we'd have 6-10 more points.
Not you in particular, I've seen it mentioned by a lot of people. Even Gerrard spoke on how important it'll be to have him back, but he's not gonna transform Liverpool into a quality side.
I agree. They have way more problems this season.
Well why wasn't there another striker on the bench?
Fair enough.
Yeah, those three were the front players he picked in the second half of that Real Madrid match I mentioned. Looked much better than usual, though it was against a Real Madrid side who were taking it easy. On Sunday that's what I'd go with, it's worth the risk at this stage.
Edit: Ah, misread what you said. Nah he hasn't tried that since.
Two of them are injured and Borini is a waste.
Why doesn't he just play Borini instead of slowly breaking Lambert?
Borini wouldn't have offered more than Lambert who had to be taken off at half time, with Liverpool being 1-0 down?
He would have run about slightly more. While Balotelli and Sturridge are injured, Rodgers should play without a striker.
Almost everyone above you lot had worse injury problems and if you would have had 6-10 more points with Sturridge, so would we and Arsenal without our injuries.
Borini isn't great but he's still a striker and capable of getting a goal, you could understand if a draw was good enough for ye but ye had to win so having Borini on the bench in case Lambert didn't work out would have made a lot more sense.
I do agree with that.
Seems Rodgers is dirty on him.
Borini can't play as false striker. Rodgers like everyone to be false in their roles. Lambert is false striker, Allen is false midfielder, Lovren, Skrtel & Co. are false defenders, Mignolet is false GK and so on...
Well I think it is a stretch to say with Sturridge you'd have 10 more points. You'd probably be doing better but Liverpool have too many serious issues for Daniel Sturridge to be able to paper over. He's been very good for Liverpool but he's not going to come back and improve you as much you think/hope.
You look very similar to us last season and there was a point last year when loads of Utd fans held out hope that when RVP was fit again we'd be back to our best but by the time he came back we were so damaged it made very little difference. That's what I think you'll see with Sturridge.
A fit Sturridge in this Liverpool side and they are around 4th. He is so vital to that team it isn't even funny. Coutinho looks useless playing with Lambert/Mario. He is constantly looking for the through ball but those two don't make those runs. With Sturridge he is a lot more effective, same with Sterling. They'd have beaten Sunderland, Hull and probably Everton with Sturridge.
Not just Balotelli, I think that was a gamble worth taking because he was scoring in Italy. They needed a ton of depth considering they were not particularly strong to begin with and mixing league and Europe demands a lot. Emre Can & Lallana were decent signings, Lallana likely a bit overpriced, they did not think Lovern would turn out like he did but they could not just afford to buy high for the future with Markovic and Origi and shut up shop when they needed immediate help.
It's only an assumption to believe that Sturridge would be playing well and scoring goals in this awful Liverpool side just as much as it is an assumption that we would be top of the league minus our own injury fiasco.
We massively lack mobility upfront. We've gone from Sturridge and Suarez to Gerrard and Lambert.
4th is looking a long shot.
4th is looking a long shot.
I dont think they played above their level.
The difference last year was Suarez and Sturridge. Simple as that.
They scored 53 goals between them last season.
There were some games where Suarez was scoring 2 in 1 game, to get them a win.
If you take out Suarez there are going to be major repercussions. At the time of the sale I thought it was a massive mistake.
Rodgers compounded the error with not buying another marquee player.
AV Boas also made a similar error. He sold Bale and didnt buy another marquee player. He got fired a few months later.
I cant believe that Liverpool supporters arent making more of this.
Its pretty obvious that this is the case.
Did he say anything in the media after the game about Stevie Me?
It's such a shame. Like how Rodgers warned van Gaal about the Premier League, van Gaal should have returned the favour and should've warned Rodgers about the CL. 
So Europa league their best chance of getting in the champions league?
I generally rate Rodgers highly and so hope Liverpool panic and fire him, but his lineup today was fairly mad.
Also, they couldn't deal with Basel's pressing. Coutinho would have probably helped there, but instead Henderson, Allen and Lucas all played. Was Lallana hurt?
Also, they couldn't deal with Basel's pressing. Coutinho would have probably helped there, but instead Henderson, Allen and Lucas all played. Was Lallana hurt?
All other teams play with 10 men and a GK, but Brendan plays with 11 men and he went and signed Mignolet. Oh Brendan.
Quite.
Wait. I thought he said they are now playing with 11 men?
What, I don't think it's more sensible than using Skrtl as a striker, and then not whipping any crosses or long balls at him anyway.
I think the Liverpool board will only consider sacking him if he doesn't make the top four. Then...I reckon that is it for him...
Having both lallana and coutinho on the bench but no borini was daft really. Unlikely that both would end up on the pitch at once since they somewhat occupy the same role.
Instead they end up with sterling at CF. That might work on the counter when he can run into space but not when you're clawing back a deficit at home. Even more pointless if you're hoping markovic can put in balls from out wide.
Rodgers team selections have been all over the shop recently. I can't decide if he just has a squad full of incompatible players or he's completely lost his vision for the team.
He tried to be too Guardiola like, a system without a striker.
Sturridge isn't even that good. He is good. But not as good as some think. Suarez made him look better than he was. Without Suarez, he will have too many eyes on him to do everything. Maybe he'll thrive off that, but personally I think he'll sink.
On a separate note, why doesn't Sterling play in behind the striker any more? Wasn't that the tactic change Liverpool made last season that kick started their winning spree?
On a separate note, why doesn't Sterling play in behind the striker any more? Wasn't that the tactic change Liverpool made last season that kick started their winning spree?
I can't understand why he'd start with with two defensive midfielders and Slippy as some kind of CAM or some other shit and Henderson 'on the wing' if you can call it so. Lellana, Coutinho on the bench, inexplicable to me really.
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