Impressed with our defensive work in midfield. I think almost all tackles are clean and on the ball. And we resisted late tackles or from behind.

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12.30 - Indeed, the French club have confirmed the signing of the Liverpool midfielder (Joe Cole) on a season-long loan.
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Do we still have to pay for his salary?

Guys the deadline is coming soon. Do u think we are going to pull off a surprise singing?

I think that means 1/3 if not mistaken. Pliz correct me if wrong...

oh my, stunning goal from henderson

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Added on September 2, 2011, 3:21 amnow I know he can strikes well with both feet

This post has been edited by farisq: Sep 2 2011, 03:21 AM

Wow a classy comment from Carra on Coates. That is humility and down to earth for you.


Btw it's good to see Henderson doing well yesterday together with Flanno and Jonjo. Hopefully Flanno can regain is confidence and form. And let's hope all our players come through unscathed from international duty.

Yup, let's be honest. Our midfielders didn't really click that well except in the last game. Henderson and Adams were just ok in the first 2 games. Altho the sign is positive. But before they can reach the required consistency, we still need someone like Gerrard to change the game.

I think Jones call up for senior England might be due to the fact that defensive area is quite thin in the squad. Pliz correct me. But in midfield I think the squad has so many options.
I watched he played against Azerbaijan and quite impressed with his performance. Lets just say he continued where he left off in the Bolton game. Lets see how he does against Israel tonite.

Yup Hendo was allowed to return early. Only Shelvey played last nite I think. Is Carrol selected for tonite's game? Hopefully he gets some playing time.

I remember in an interview with Liverpool medical where he mentioned that Kuyt is the fittest player in the squad.

Btw, did u guyz watch Downing last nite. There was one incident where he just kicked the ball pass a defender and then straight away sprint to get the ball. It was like watching a 100metre dash and he catch up with the defender effortlessly. But I was screaming mad afraid he will get injured by pushing himself too hard.
Anyway I would say Downing is not the type of player that will provide you flair or fancy footwork. Rather I would call him an "effective player." He provides what is required from a winger; crosses, beating players from time to time, shot on goal from distance. In the first half alone he provided at least 3 good cross.

Whoops it sure is hot in here But just remember guyz we all want the same thing here. Just continue your support through good n bad.

For me, all the players have done everything they could to win us the game or at least salvage a point. It's a combination of:-

good defending by Stoke
-they defended very well almost like good old Everton. Close down quickly.

luck was not on our side
-hand balls not given. Miss target by Suarez. The one on one chance felled into the wrong player. Any natural striker will either round the keeper or place the ball.

But on the tactical part, I think KD could have done better by changing our approach in the 2nd half given how Stoke defended in the 1st half. Any we wouldn't discuss about this had we converted the chances. BTW Chelsea draw with Stoke last time if I'm not mistaken. We created enough chances, just unlucky not to score.

Well I prefer to have Skrtel at RB, dealing with Bale outside the box rather than having him at FB position. I think he has already conceded a penalty this season in Carling Cup (pliz correct me). Flanno dealt well with Drogba last season. But he's not yet at the same confidence level this season so it will be a bit of risk. But he has pace that matches Bale's. I think Kuyt will play on the right to cover the RB.

Agree that our lack of discipline has caused us the game. Adams needs to have a bit of self control. Yes sometimes it is also not helping when referee does not give you the benefit of the doubt. At 1-0 where were very much still in the game. Just need to focus on defending first n patiently build up our attack/play.

Anyway the positive from yesterday:-
- Enrique for his cool n composed play, trying to keep possession and the ball in play. He is among the few who seems to give more effort to push us. Yes he was guilty for letting Walker run passed him. He has leadership quality.
-The fact that we are still above Spurs
- Suarez not sent off

Anyway let's get it right when we meet at Anfield.

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Added on September 19, 2011, 6:42 pmMaybe if RB is willing to...
But I think what KD can do now is paying a visit to RB. I'm sure Rafa will be happy to give a piece of advise. Maybe he will throw in some statistical analysis too. I have a feeling that RB has been secretly watching and analyzing all of our game so far.

This post has been edited by farisq: Sep 19 2011, 06:42 PM

This is the only significant Liverpool match that I didn't get to watch live. And felt a bit regret about it because the feel of watching live can only be experienced once. I always watches till the final whistle even if we were losing badly, always feel that miracle will happen. I know sometimes it is hard, what more if the team is being battered. You just want ref to just end the game there n then. But believe me when we manage to pull off a comeback, it will taste sweeter than ever. It will not be the same if you switch off telly when we were losing, only to find out the next morning that we actually came back to win.

This ^ I think Spearing's mistake warrants a SAF hairdryer treatment.

woops just open the stream. I think we pressed well in the last 5 minutes Don't know how we played before that.

whoa judging from comment here, looks like I didn't miss much...