Bullshit.
Liverpool 2014/15 | WARNING: Contains strong amounts of Scouse nonsense
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Actually BR has a plan A,B, C & D ! That is the different formations we used last season, even 3 at the back on occasion (which we've seen once this season already). Unfortunately it is going to take some time to integrate so many new players (and get them used to the different systems) and that effort is being compounded by an injury in the one area we can least afford it. New players adjust at different speeds, Lamela being a point in case (there are hundreds more), he looks a different, exciting, player to the piece of crud playing for Spurs last season. Lallana looks to have hit the ground running even after missing all of pre-season with an injury, Balotelli the same, pity for Can an injury has grounded him just when he looked like he could be a very useful player.
I would be very surprised if we didn't a) have a really good cup run somewhere b) make last 16/8 in the CL and c) compete strongly for Top 4 with Arse & United, Spurs & Everton won't be far behind but as per last season they won't compete well with other Top 7 teams and this will cost them.
Wenger is Arsenal's biggest issue - not the players. They would have challenged for the title last season but for an horrendous injury list (almost twice as many 'player match days' lost to injury compared to United/Liverpool/City and 3 times more than Chelsea).
Zzzzzzzz Which is of course why you are not buying new players left, right and centre and claiming you still need more.
They are always fun though ! And thinking that Sterling/Sturridge on last year's form are not worthy of a place in United's team (regardless of the names, wages and transfer fees of some) is definitely very very disputable.
It is very interesting to see how we played against Spurs with him, and since without him. His pace, threat and even creativity, generates much more space for those around him.
Absolutely the correct analysis.
Rodgers says Sakho has apologised for storming out of Anfield on Sat and 'we move on'. Thigh injury will keep him out for 2 to 3 weeks.
It's got a very bitter edge to it recently this thread.
There may be just too much weight on Sturridge's shoulders this season, with Suarez gone. Balotelli isn't even worth talking about - he'll score the odd goal but his presence is more of a distraction than a benefit. Added to that, they can't rely on Sterling all the time. It may be that Liverpool need to spend a season or two consolidating their gains and refining their squad. I really don't see them as a credible top 4 team this season.
You need to be careful with Sterling. You could end up relying on him too much and burning him out. He is also likely to get targeted by defenders and end up with legs like Owen.
Fear does that to people
It's a far cry from the false bravado of last month.
If Sturridge, Gerrard, Lallana and Sterling can't help England pass the group stage during the world cup, how will they be able to get Liverpool into the top 4?
Is Wayne Rooney then the reason they under performed for England?
Is Wayne Rooney then the reason they under performed for England?
Tonight could be a tough game for Liverpool. Basel away, while not among the toughest places to go, is still a good test for them.
They hate the possibilty of us taking over them again, after one season - inwhich they didn't actually win anything. Doesn't seem fair in their eyes as we've had 20 plus years of dominance. The games against them this season are going to be intense.
What's happened to Barney by the way? Has he left the caf?
They hate the possibilty of us taking over them again, after one season - inwhich they didn't actually win anything. Doesn't seem fair in their eyes as we've had 20 plus years of dominance. The games against them this season are going to be intense.
What's happened to Barney by the way? Has he left the caf?
Barney is banned.
Self-imposed or did he break some rules? Shame, I liked the banter with him.
Basel have lost a few players over the last few years, but won't be an easy game for Liverpool.
Seems Sturridge is still out, when's he fit again?
Migs
Manquillo Skrtel Lovren Moreno
Gerrard
Henderson Coutinho
Lallana
Sterling Balotelli
That's how I'd line up if I was Rodgers, they could really do with a proper ball winner in that side though.
Seems Sturridge is still out, when's he fit again?
Migs
Manquillo Skrtel Lovren Moreno
Gerrard
Henderson Coutinho
Lallana
Sterling Balotelli
I've no idea to be honest. There's a thread on him in the general, you might find some info there.
Ah right, ok cheers!
He asked to be banned.
Not really, I've enjoyed the last few exchanges and I didn't sense much hostility the other way either.
You're just a WUM trying to see things that aren't there.
you're usually the one in here trying to provoke those reactions.Fair enough.
Adios Barney! We need another pool fan to step up now and make grand predictions about smashing certain sides etc
See what happens when they're left on their own though, they've gone all morbid and bitter.
They need the bantz to top up the scouse sense of humour.
BR: "Daniel won’t be fit [for England]. Whether he is available for the weekend [against WBA] or not, he won’t be fit [for England]."
Like it.
Like it.
Ah starting a war with Hodgson.
What a thick bastard. Should have gone down the Fergie route of saying Sturridge picked up an injury after the WBA game not before it. It wouldn't surprise me if Hodgson now called him up just to spite Rodgers.
Bit convenient isn't it? He somehow picks up a thigh injury in the what, 1 training session we had before leaving for the game? Which would have probably been a recovery session too.
That's what I'd go for too. I think Rodgers will do the same (though more likely to be in a 4-3-3, which I wouldn't be as keen on).
fixed.
That debate begins and ends with Hodgson.
Rodgers has a feck load to prove yet though. This season was always going to be the bigger test for him too. CL football, losing the best player in the league, and a bunch of potentially good/Southampton players brought in. Mario Balloteli also.. which should prove quite testing on top of it all.
Let's see how he fares.
Hodgson has every right to call him up even if he's injured. He doesn't have to justify it. Rodgers has also said he doesn't want Sterling called up.
He got injured when away with England so Brendan is right to be cautious - sure you wouldn't be that bothered if United pulled players out of internationals.
Players get injured, all clubs have to deal with it. Rodgers coming out with these comments makes him look like a cock. He's trying to impose some sort of false power. He should have just said Sturridge was still unfit, and left it there.
He does have the power. But I am sure he would have accepted not having Sturridge against San Marino and Estonia but Rodgers acting like a cock might make him stubborn and he might end calling them up.
Sturridge should just pull a Giggs and develop a muscle twinge that develops just before the international break and resolves just before club football restarts. 
He might still call them up, even though they won't play, purely for the purpose of keeping them in touch with what the group as a whole is doing.
Sturridge should just pull a Giggs and develop a muscle twinge that develops just before the international break and resolves just before club football restarts.
His international career was absolutely wrecked by these uncannily timed niggles. Oh what could have been.
Right, but it's not as if playing for England was some unusual cause for his injury, nor are international matches some unreasonable expectation to make of players. Rodgers has been acting as if asking his players to play for the country is outrageous and hugely costly to the club by definition. Players get injured, and he happened to get injured in the England shirt instead of the Liverpool shirt. The way they've acted all indignant about it ever since, as if they were exploited and abused, is frankly pathetic.