Gerrard apparently has a hamstring tweak.

BBC:

The general Twitter buzz on Steven Gerrard's absence from the Liverpool 18 appears to be that he has suffered a hamstring tweak. Still awaiting official confirmation.

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Added on April 22, 2012, 10:46 pmThis Is Anfield ‏ @thisisanfield
Right, calm down kids. Apparently Sterling has an exam tomorrow morning!


This post has been edited by Adryan: Apr 22 2012, 10:46 PM

It was.

Come on Maxi, you're better than that.

Come on boys. We need to make the possession and chances count.

WBA already has two shots on target .. creating better chances than us.

Alot of the ball, not penetrative enough, no goals .. we're like Barcelona in the last two games.

Not creating clear cut chances is our problem.

Don't really look like creating anything, let alone score a goal.

What kind of luck is this?

Other teams have the ball hit the keeper and go in.

Amazing play by Luis.

W.T.F ...

Same shit, different day.

Dominate possession, corners, shots .. opponents get that one chance and scores.

I think so too.

Anfield is cursed.

Same.

I think the team/club/stadium are cursed.

Same shit, different day, different season.

So freaking glad the FA Cup final is not at Anfield.

How the fck does this keep on happening?

We dominate teams every single time and yeah, maybe the chances created are not as clear cut as others but why is it that they always score from their only shot on target?

The players tried. We can't say they didn't but wtf do they need to do to score a goal??? And you can't blame the manager when the players are the ones missing easy opportunities

Fair enough, Kenny can be criticised/questioned for his tactics and selection of first eleven but the thing is, we are not playing badly.

We've got possession, we've got half chances, we've got corners, we've dominated alot of teams but it stops there. We need to score goals.

And as always the case why does it take the opposition one chance in the half to score goal but we've gone 30 shots without one? Could luck not have given us a 0-0 at least.

True but who wouldn't feel frustrated when you've dominated practically the whole game, just like in so many other games this season, only for the opposition to score with their only shot on goal in the half, just like every other gmae this season?!!

What kind of shit is that!!

I blame Kenny .....


.. for not lacing up his boots and putting himself on to play up front.

Definitely. It's the number of goals that matter. Dominating possession and creating alot of chances may not mean you deserve to win but you should and it gives good indication for the future games. I'll gladly take 1-0 wins from one shot on goal and the opponents having 100 shots and 95% posession but it's not exactly a good indication for the next game, is it?

Maybe Kenny has signed the wrong players, maybe he hasn't set up the best formation every game but the team isn't playing shite, we're creating more chances than the opposition and that has probably happened 75% of the league campaign. How can the tactics not be working but the team musters 10x more shots than the opposition?

Isn't that what every fan wants to see? To see the team play well, create chances and to score goals and win games.You can't say 'his tactics are not working because we are not scoring' cause I really fail to see how the failure of Suarez to score a goal or Henderson deciding to bring his bar hitting skills into the game is becuase of the manager.

I know I've said there are many games we deserved to have collected many more points but I've also said before 'whether it is deserved or not, is now irrelevant in football' but the point is, I would be much more worried if we are not holding the ball and not creating chances at all. That happened under Roy where we were played in all areas over the park.

Now, seeing the team in this situation, I'm wondering all those who wanted Rafa sack are feeling. One bad season and everyone called for our best manager in the last 20 years to be sacked. Next time, becareful what you wish for.

Maybe winning mentality will come when we actually start winning games convincingly!! And the problem lies with the lack of a goalscorer. Suarez and Bellamy may get frustrated alot but at least the care. Too often we've seen Torres just sulk and lay on the ground.

As for Sterling, I heard he has an exam today so that's why he was left out but I'm not sure if that was true.

That's the problem. The team isn't playing horribly like under Roy. We're creating chances but just not converting them. Suarez is our top scorer with 8 goals and that's pathetically low. RVP himself has 27.

Also, Papiss Cisse has scored more goals than Henderson, Adam, Downing, Kuyt and Maxi put together. Our strikers are misfiring but this isn't helped by the lack of goals from midfielders as well!

Keegan, Rush, Dalglish, Owen and Fowler ... they are British? XD

Yes, we have definitely missed an out an out goalscorer. Carroll is supposedly that player but in my opinion, I can't see it happening. We need someone like Rush/Fowler/Torres.


The team and KD isn't doing alot of wrong. Playing some neat football at times, creating chances but not scoring goals. This isn't helped by the fact we hit the woodwork 30 times in the season!!


Yes. One, two games every 5 is okay to blame on luck but this is a problem but it isn't as though we are not playing well or creating chances. And the major problem is a lack of goalscorer and the midfielders are not helping out in that department either.


Can you imagine if half of those woodwork hits have entered the goal? We'd have 55 goals in the league by now and that is not a bad return and certainly would have won more games.

Kenny needs to address the lack of finisher, maybe a creative central midfielder and two genuine wingers. Maxi, Kuyt, Suarez, Gerrard and Bellamy are not wingers and Downing is no way playing any better despite being the "proper" winger in the squad.

Suarez is better as a creator than a striker. He needs a partner but I don't think it's Carroll. Torres would have suited him more. I can't think of any quality strikers we can buy though. Suarez works best when he's allowed to receive the ball and do whatever he wants but he's no way a lone forward and he needs a good partner.


But Maxi and Kuyt are no way the quality that Madrid has, though!! They could afford to keep Higuain on the bench!! And that's with Ronaldo, Benzema and Ozil playing their front 3!!

Well, maybe KD just didn't publicly praise Maxi because I'd assume the question he gets put at would be like 'What do you think of Andy today?' but I remember him smiling and giving Maxi the thumbs up when Maxi scored a hat trick last season.