here's my take on things from what i personally saw last nite.


We were poor.very. to say that we eeked out a win is a major understatement. Albion had to more threatening chances to score compared to us where we only resorted to those Hollywood shots by Torres and Gerrard. Nothing against Agger but he's not cut out to play as a LB, unlike Carra who can play at RB and Agger isnt cultured to be a LB. Square pegs in round holes doenst work. and Skrtel is one lucky man to be not penalised for his fouls in the penalty area. I've seen many ref's give them, and the ref was quite lenient last nite. hence thats why I'd pick a pairing of Carra and Agger any day over Skrtel. Johnson put in his usual shift though i feel something isnt right about his performance just yet.Overall our defense is good just need Konchesky to slot in at LB and Agger replacing Skrtel and we're good and thank goodnes no more zonal marking on setpieces.

Now coming to ur midfield last nite...we lacked the cutting edge, no final balls and lacked creativity to break down WBA. not helped by the fact that we had 2 DM's in Lucas and Poulsen. Gerrard was mostly isolated trying to pickout a pass to Torres and when Torres get the balls Kuyt and Jova are a tad slow to join in the attack.and often we were crowded out by Albion's midfield.and was my eyes deceiving me ? did i see Torres playing on the right side of midfield last nite?

as i mentioned earlier post our teams begs out for some sort of creativity and I'm hoping Cole and Meireles can provide the much needed creativity because Poulsen and Lucas can defend but Im sorry they arent someone you'd look to pass to to launch an attack. to sum up this perfectly we were a typical English side last nite. kind of reminded me of Houllier's Liverpool. I know the season is still young, but Roy needs to inject more urgency into the side, It was like a pre-season match. and did anyone notice how quiet was Anfield last nite?

Torres he put in a shift and a hard shift that.Did you guys see how emotional was he after he scored that goal must have meant alot to him

and if rumors that we are interested in Llorente are true then i'd think it bodes well, though i cant help to think that we are slowly being mould into a Fulham type of side and if Llorente makes it to Liverpool i see him playing in the "Zamora" role at Liverpool. Kudos to Roy at least he's at least making the right substitutions and leaving out player on the field and not taking them out while we are chasing the game.

I wouldnt say our season is going to be filled with doom and gloom just yet. because what we put of last nite was not our first team yet. Im looking forward as to how we'll play once we have all of our first teamer's then probably it'll be a good time to pass out a judgement on Roy

all overlook darren bent
epl proven n reliable

penalty on 92 min also dare to step up

i wannnnt bent bent bent

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=8111&cc=4716

This post has been edited by ic3johan: Aug 30 2010, 11:10 AM

yeah...proven...but sometimes proven also failed at liverpool...keane for example

llorente??...yea right!!!..i bet we'll end up with carlton cole...Roy lovesssss english!!

sometime it's beyond to think that our big major problem that had us sink deep last season was becos our lack of creativity in the mid 3rd, n how do we respond tis season?,yes,,we loan out 1 of our best hope for creativity spark , n signed outdated rejected players instead ,, can somebody tell me wat the hell goin on here with RH?,,its still early thou, but comeon,,atleast try to play football when u at anfield..

we started wit 2 dm plus rarely put pass all together for 90 minutes, defender kept on looped the ball forward.it's killin me to watch, luckily we hav torres upfront, but if we want to make it to the champ league, we need more than luck, we needs quality play...

I think the tough and all rounder Raul Meireles is a indirect placement for Aquilani who has been loaned out. Meireles can run into attacking positions and track back/defend in the central midfield...which maybe in Hodgson's eyes is more versatile than the more attack minded, softer and injury prone Aquilani.

Once RH gets a Konchesky and striker, I guess our lineup is solid with some options and better depth than last season...provided our players stay healthy. Plus don't fret so much as Joe Cole is coming back soon...there will be creativity coming right at ya.

reading from all the post, I'm (we're) suppose to take comfort LFc 'win' at anfield against WBA.

WBA, the team which we in the past can almost send a second team & win comfortably. (attacking or defensively, whichever that suits the eye).

noting to add.





:cool2:

painful game to watched last night. poulsen and lucas together in the middle is baffling.

i notice you are quite negative. you mind contribute something meaningful?

that Torres goal always beautiful to watch shud hv score tat 2nd one too

This post has been edited by kabuto rider kick: Aug 30 2010, 01:54 PM

Skrtel can easily conceded 2 penalties when defending corner kick time.

Torres clearly is not fully fit yet, not as usual pace.
Gerrard also not looks like fully fit.

Very average performance, a mid-table team performance.

Midfield has no control of the game with Lucas+Poulsen.

Need improvement in midfield area.

I'll bet my last dollar that language wasnt Rafa's failing and it certainly won't be the reason for Hodgson's success if he achieves anything. It's the second time you've mentioned this.

Fact: our team is so cosmopolitan, not everyone speaks good English anyway.

Fact: Rafa spoke better English than half our team. Think Aurelio, Insua, Arbeloa, Skrtel, Mascherano, Lucas, etc. Language is a problem in any cosmopolitan side today even if it's English.

Fact: even if all the players spoke perfect English, Rafa had Sammy Lee who speaks fluently in both English and Spanish to interpret on his behalf.

In conclusion, your argument that Hodgson will be a success just because he is English is weak at best, especially since English isn't the first language of most of the players.

Put more thought in for the sake of all Liverpool fans please.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Aug 30 2010, 04:00 PM

i dont think we should say RH is any super manager at the time being, forget what he did with fulham. some teams can have one off seasons...

would you bet fulham can at least make it to the semis of the europa this season if they qualified and RH still at helm?

RH is not a magician , even jose mourinho will take some time at real madrid , like last night 0-0 game

anyways, dont put up your expectations.

we are to finish better than last season at least, which we got 7th and europa with some luck from Portsmouth

we still need to improve, and alot of it i would say.

my dad who doesnt watch football laughed and switched the channel to badminton (he's a badminton fan). i dont blame him, it wasnt special enough for him to keep the channel on it

It is really worth to sacrifice one of highly rated youngster Dalla Valle for Konchesky? Sigh....

I really hope you know what are you doing RH. There is much better left back in the world which cost around that amount.....

give me a good example on one who is available with the transfer deadline very soon.

yes, RH is not supermanager. but before he managed fulham, he quite good at inter and swiss national team.

LB who is ready for BPL challenge and no need time to adapt the gameplay? not many though. dalla valle is one of fulham target since RH was there.

Gudjohnsen?

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/transfer-go...idur-gudjohnsen

A move for Gudjohnsen would cost around £4.5m and the Monaco man would surely jump at the chance of a return to the English top tier where he has netted 106 goals in 349 appearances and is of course a double Premier League winner during his time at Chelsea.

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better i stick to Guardian and Liverpool Echo.

if you watch fulham - man united match few weeks ago, you will know why ...

although he a LB but he use to move in front and make a cross into the box.