Yup. Big Sam's style is always gonna be high ball, physical and crash, boom, bang. So it's gonna suit him. While we concentrate only on our tiki taka Kiki lala mini myni mo style that never produces any goals from open play.

fixed.

Seriously, this pair WAS awesome...

Still remember the Gerrard Pass - Owen Goal vs. Newcastle.

In the past yes but with FFP its unlikely we will see anymore of those

Financial fair play will never work. Teams will always find a way around it. For example, if I own a football club, I could simply transfer 100 million to my brother's account, "family reasons", could anyone stop that? Then my brother's company sponsors my football team for 100 million, I don't think there are any rules that stops family members from investing? If there is, it can be considered as discrimination. There are many other ways around FFP, which is good in prnciple but can never be implemented. Just like the speed limit in highway, people will slow down at areas where they know there is a speed check, in other areas they can still speed like hell. Some rules just can't be 100% be implemented. A better rule would be to implement salary cap or transfer fees cap, that way no matter how rich a club is they still can only spend a limited amount of trasnfer fees and also wages. That wil create a more level playing field, and is much harder to find a way around it, if not impossible.

Also I don't understand why Rodgers is getting so much stick here, a good manager is manager who believes in his own philosophy. Or would you say the likes of Pep Guardiola is not a good manager? Cause I'm pretty sure he woldn't set up his team in any other way but short passing and quick movement. Every manager who comes in will want to stamp their mark, Kenny did it too. Remember when Kenny first came in, he played pass and move as well, for 6 months where our form was like a title contender. Then came the summer where Kenny sold the likes of Meireles, sideline the likes of Kuyt and Maxi and bought in players like Downing, Adam and Henderson. Basically what Kenny was trying to do was to switch from the pass and move to a more rigid 4-4-2 with crosses from the wing where Carroll was supposed to thrive. Needless to say, things didn't turn out as planned.

Rodgers is not wrong imo to sell players who doesn't fit his style, the fault lies in the owners not backing him to get the players he needs. Look at Barcelona, do you think that their youth academy plays direct football cause they don't have Messi? No, pass and move is the ethos there in Barcelona, all the way through, from the youngsters to the coaching staff, so much so that Guardiola can leave and be replaced without any problem by Villanova, cause there is a philosophy there which is instilled all the way through the club. I'm not saying that Rodgers will be successful like that, but all I'm saying is that he is trying to do that and I for one am all for it. FSG talks about building for the future, so I'll say it can be considered as similar, playing direct football with Carroll may be seen as a short term fix but not long term, cause in the long term Rodgers aim is to play pass and move, the Spanish football style. So we must try to play pass and move, cause the only way to become better at it is to play it.

You cant really take it out on fans as some of us have supported the club for more than 20 years. Since Roy Evans era until now, we have always been a  work in progress. Under Houllier and Rafa, at least we get Champions League football while being a work in progress. Now, after a miserable 20 years, we are still "a work in progress".

Liverpool fans are the last people on earth that can be categorised as impatient! Bring down expectation? Isnt it already low enough? Down further? You sure about this?

I understand that you may be disappointed by a few comments but to attack fellow red who treats you as brother in common love and support for our team is really low. Hope that you will never post another scathing attack on your brothers anymore.

Its already bad reading some dreadful and really stupid comments in this thread, but to read some mindless freaks banging their keyboards - sometime you would wonder - 'my god, are they watching another game, in another dimension!!' Seriously guys - a notable few, you know who you are - your comments sounded like SCUM, and that you have nothing better to do but troll in this thread....rightly or wrongly, i hope you are not trolls, they are lowest in the food chain. Sometimes, the thing you write, tells a lot about you, your credibility and your understanding of the game. If you are not good enough, dont write - get some tuition or something, but dont write! Its blardy awful reading it! I for one, will take note of those few names who, probably tranverse or time travel a few dimensions, watching different version of Liverpool play a  different version of Sunderland - probably high on Ice or whatever party drugs- yes -you, please spare urself some credibility, and spare us some really awful incomprehension, STOP WRITTING

Back to Liverpool, didnt watch the game in full, but we tend to play better away last season, but to have this performance for an away game, i think i take a lot of the positives. Last season, away to Sunderland - our 1st game - correct me if I am wrong - we play awful, and also outplayed, out manouvre and out fought - the same cannot be said this time.

I been saying about Stevie. G's decline, but i tot he played much better yesterday - and please please you guys, if your misconception or expectation of gerard is about lung-busting or door breaking move in the centre and scoring with a thunderbolt all the time - think again - its not saturday everyday...best to bring down your expectation, or even better - erase the part where he score 19 goals season- its been playing at a rewind in your memory and its not healthy in the long run

Nah, I don't think so, many reports says BR will be given time to prove his worth.

We are in serious need of a striker. Luis is heavily marked all the time and bullied by defenders who will take advantage of referee not siding with Luis all the time. Borini has scuffed quite a number of open chances. I really hope we can sign someone tall, quick and intelligent like Stevan Jovetic in January.

Defensive positioning also needs major improvement or we will continue conceding goals while struggling to score.

Yup. Easier fixtures by then. Hopefully strings of wins will get us going by then.