This post has been edited by ParaOpticaL: Feb 4 2014, 06:28 PM

to say he is the clown of the year is not worthy

He just had a bad match and he is the clown now?

I think the thing to do now is the formation,as someone stated to accomodate gerrard we need to play 2 DM, which IMO a bad formation against teams like Stoke.

Cissokho and Johnson are plain rubbish..

FOOKIN FULLBACKSSSS
WE NEED NEW ONE AND DM

missed the game..any highlights? its not good to see us concede 3 goals

look at that bench!!BR only made 1 sub which says it all for me.

This is a turf where the likes of man city, chelsea and everton has failed to grab 3 points, not bad eh?

Not bad?

Thanks god we got SaS that is!

I not said that..i only requote...then to said our defend (agger/skrtel/toure/sakho/enrique/johnson/flanagan/kelly) clown of the year more worthy?
Yes.. Im the one who state that to accomodate gerrard we need to play 2 dm. That relly suck

This post has been edited by shamsul_LP: Jan 13 2014, 02:15 AM

well done boys...and old boys

x boleh tidur. happy

Coutinho need to learn how to shoot from Suarez.

Could have scored more. Could have conceded more.

Highlights of the game? Our defense sucks big time.. I think my taman team defense can play better...

sleep happily and to work tomorrow

well it has been few games already our defense sucks..our def pass back and forth dangerously for the last couple of games..and we definitely need to improve on def during set piece and corner..its just a matter of time before we lose the match because of this few errors

Mignolet was shit, crouch's ball hit the bar and he was caught ball watching... Crap

first pageeeee... YWNA!!!

even pdrm fc better

toure skrtel cost us big time..hull away 3-1

nvm sakho can play next week?

This post has been edited by K.H.A.I: Jan 13 2014, 02:18 AM

My heart is still pumping at full speed. The blood is circling my vein. The adrenalin that this game causes is too much.

How to sleep?

typical error

thnks 4 SAS

if not its draw

Need to buy a new fullback. Glen Johnson suck this season. Cissokho is not good enough.

Gerrard slack, we need fullbacks lol.. I cant believe this coming summer we gonna shop for defense again. Last summer we bought a keeper and 3 defender!

and loan 1 fullback

Sturridge macam not really happy...just now celebration for his goal...Suarez keep hugging him,he was like dun care...

Imagine everytime Stoke hoofed the ball into our penalty,fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhh the heart literally stoppppppp.Damn it

Am a lurker, but I HAVE to come out and post here!!! My Fav Game of the Season!!

Enough Said!

yea..i think BR need to look back at his tactic for defending against set pieces and corner

We need a DM and we dont need to buy a fullback. Dont waste money on that. Flanno will be back soon and Kelly is available.

Just drop Glenno. He needs to re-evaluate and rediscover his form again. His side was so open that Stoke kept bullying us from his side and throw in so many crosses.

A GIANT DM quickly

Yaloh... I also notice that... No his good game 2nit.

Did he just do this ? LOL.

we got 6 senior cbs and 6 fullbacks

#apelgfanmahu

Skrtel need to learn not to hold opposition shirt during corner and freekick.

cant BR try convert our cbs to play dm like sahko/agger?

nola, he gave credit by pointing to suarez after his goal celebration...
that assist to suarez's second goal was incredible, he look like he's going to attempt at goal...

This posted before sturridge's goal

bro..we really need a FB..look at the amount of crosses that Stoke had..i dont trust GJ anymore..Kelly is injury prone

Same here. My heart skipped a beat each time we defend set piece. We're pretty shite with defense.

But Thank God, Stoke didnt really passed the ball well in the 1st half but they played the ball much more better in the 2nd half but couldnt take some of the chances well when they hoof it in.

Our defense is looking more and more amateurish at the moment.

what v learned 2day

- sakho is our best defender

- if playing 1-2 at midfield, allen + henderson is the best partnership to press up front

v fail to grab any point at stoke for past 3 season, im happy for any kind of win

cheers !

Mignolet looks abit stiff.. he looks confident but at times he is slow, dunno still not convinced I would love to see Vorm but highly doubt so..

last time suarez not smiling confirm he will be sold to RM...now sturridge not happy after suarez score pulakkkk

If it's a loanee, I dont mind. But to invest in a FB meaning that GJ is given no chance at all. Means selling him end of the season. That would be too harsh la.

I hope GJ will come back strongly. Everyone have a bad patch before.

Probably need a backup goalie who can challenge him...Jones not good enough... Given should be a good addition if not for the high wages.

chooses to punch when he could have just caught the ball. need to gain his confidence back

bad patch since 2012...
wat kind of form is tis

Yea definitely.. BR likes Jones tho he said hes a good backup GK.. he stays quiet for the team.

Summer buy!
Michel Vorm
2 better fullbacks!
And a DM

We need more depth for bench if we are gonna play in CL..

Pure class

And this one, really surprised me. Dannyboy is awesome!

are reina out of contract nex summer?
if we in cl,possible reina wan stay oso

This post has been edited by K.H.A.I: Jan 13 2014, 02:41 AM

LOL

xperlu la keeper baru,,, mignolet main dah bagus... it just the defender that are poor or even very2 poor...

we need new rb and lb quickly

Some thoughts after the game...

When was the last time Liverpool conceded 3 goals? Yes...3-1 loss to Hull City and guess what? That was the last time Skrtel and Kolo were paired together before today.

Just 3 clean sheets in the last 16. Conceding at least 2 goals in 25 of 59 league games under Rodgers. Damn our defence is leaky!

sorry going abit off topic..never had the chance to see how bayern play under pep..

saw this video posted in K and im amazed at their tiki taka..

they played fast 1 touch passing..

and most of the time you could see 4 players forming a square perimeter...

hopefully we can be able to play this kind of football soon

I watch this few times and laugh non-stop...

Absolutely beautiful. Sadly we don't have the personnel to play this style. Bayern v Barca would be a dream CL final.

villa next! bring on!

Have you noticed Lucas and Henderson were missing at the 2nd half of the match?

Actually we play really beautiful football when gerrard out injured. Now, we have to slow the tempo of play because he take the midfield role and stay deep at the front of cb. Gerrard doesnt intercept the pass like lucas did or do macherano tackle. His strength is passing and make run and an attempt to opponent goal. What is the use of gerrard when he can't do his job.. Miss some pass that make opponent able to score?btw, his key is from set pieces deliveries now. Suarez has score a few from his resulting free kick..

i would like to say that we will facing different style of attacking.... so the defend has to accommodate what is coming and play at their best....

Really enjoyed the game

He's like: "Oh my!"..... YEAH~!

On mY..........our defending vs our SAS...........worlds apart

yeahhh, me too..but the problem is, he's got one hell of a longgggg bad patches...against better teams, he'll get found out..for the first time i think cissokho had a better game than GJ last nite

Suarez's stats vs the rest

0 penalties for Suarez.

5 penalties for Ronaldo.

1 penalty for Messi.

Horrible defending from both teams last night. And epic goalkeeping mistakes. As usual, Johnson was horrible. Sloppy, wasteful and lazy. Didn't deserve to be in the first XI. Why he stayed for the entire game is beyond me. Kelly should have been given a chance. Cissokho, better, but still not a Liverpool starting XI quality. BR needs to invest on a fullback this January.

Our strikeforce made up for our sloppiness on the back. BR got it absolutely right by bringing in ST15. Sterling wasn't that good last night but he made up for it.

he always like that one, arrogant face... except when he dances

come join us more often... we are liverpool after all

I think his confidence shattered by few Skrtel own goal before

Btw some stats I read, not sure true or not:

1-This is first win at Britannia since 1984

2-Stoke only concede 7 goals before this match

3-The like of City and Chelsea failed to get 3 points at Britannia

im wondering whats the difference between ours and bayerns

come on... we all did the same right?

yes... same reaction. first one for the good save by keeper and second one for never give up attitude by Daniel

one thing i learned fr this. nvr to bet wif my gf. EVERYTIME i bet wif her Liverpool lost or drew.

This time im not betting will season end. I hope we wont lose till then!

We concede 3 because i have 3 round last night lol

please stop your "round" thing next game

how come some played 40-42 games?

because EPL used to be 22 teams league so max will be 42 games

Not only Johnson, the whole defence was in shambles. BR needs to spend more time working on his defence during training as this problem has been evident for quite a while. When Liv were 2-0 up, they should have sealed the game at that point!!!! Totally pissed at our defense, allowing Stoke City came back from 2 goals down. Even Suarez was shaking his head in disbelief at half time.

Again, his attacking prowess alone saved the day for us. As for Sterling, Let's be honest, that penalty call was too harsh. There was a small nudge from the defender, and Sterling made a meal out of it. Poor poor effort from Sterling, he was slow to pick his passes when he got the ball and chose to go down that way.

I agree that the Sturridge substitution really made the difference. Coutinho was struggling yesterday and bottled a few goalmouth chances.

But hey 3 points is 3 points. Arsenal should drop points tonight against Villa if the bookie law holds true.

true. without SG our play more smooth. ah well, its kinda hard to teach an old dog a new trick doesnt it?

btw, whats up with SG power header to our own goal yesterday? lucky mignolet parry the ball

I must say that it was the most pulsating Premiership game I've seen all season. This tops the Merseyside Derby v1.0 earlier this season in my opinion. It was end-to-end stuff and the momentum swung from end to end like a pendulum.

My player ratings :-

Simon Mignolet (6) - Could not do much about the goals he conceded. Saw all of them really late as two efforts came from between the legs of defenders and the other was planted in the far corner by an impressive Peter Crouch. A couple of routine saves but exceptional reflexes to keep out Gerrard's effort! Suspect in the air again in the land of the giants as Shawcross and Crouch constantly looked to unsettle him during setpieces.

Glen Johnson (5) - Wasteful. Lost possession on a number of occasions but either misplacing a pass or having the ball nicked off him when trying to dribble past opposition defenders.

Cissokho (5) - I don't remember a time he actually beat a player. Offered very little going forward. He was also constantly caught out of position at the back. His most significant contribution that I can remember was winning a towering header against Jon Walters.

Martin Skrtel (6) - Should have been penalised for dragging Shawcross to ground. Once again, he started the game by molesting Stoke forwards. Got better as the game wore on, winning a couple of crucial headers and making some important clearances. Was at fault for standing of Charlie Adam which led to a goal.

Kolo Toure (6) - Solid at the back and tried to bring the ball out on a number of occasions and Stevie was playing deep enough to cover the centreback position. Overall, he dealt pretty well with Stoke's aerial assault considering he was marking a bloke half a foot taller than him. Still he lost Crouch which led to a goal, and he was slow to close down Walters which led to another goal.

Steven Gerrard (6) - Had an average game by his standards. For the first time, he was the deepest of our midfield trio with Lucas taking up a more advanced role. Tenacious defensively but misplaced numerous passes when our lads were forward leaving us pretty exposed when Stoke hit us on the counter. This is where he needs to discipline himself a little, and not always look for the long, killer pass. Rather, he needs to work on passing the ball about with Henderson and Lucas.

Jordan Henderson (6) - It was his error that led to Charlie Adam's goal as he tapped the ball back into the path of the Scotsman. Else, he had an average game playing second fiddle once again to the deep lying Steven Gerrard. Drifted wide left to accommodate Sturridge in the end. Had one left footed effort fly high and wide. Can't help but feel he fades a little each time Stevie is on the field.

Lucas (6) - Spent more time in the opposition half than in previous games but to be honest, I don't remember seeing much of him.

Coutinho (6) - The lad is a wizard on the ball and has a keen eye for spotting cracks in defenses but his finishing is woeful. Scuppered his best opportunity by hitting it straight at Butland after some good build up play from the team. Faded as the game wore on having to spend most of his time defending.

Sterling (7) - Was a constant thorn in Pieter's side. Tormented him time and time again with a mixture of speed and trickery. Looks to be back to his best recently after the boss told him to sort out his personal issues. Went down a little easy to earn us a penalty but if you look at the replay, Wilson actually checked his hip and not his legs and this was always likely to send a wee lad half his size, flying.

Suarez (9) - Hardly put a foot wrong. At some points during the game, Stoke players must have mistaken him for the football. Took the hits, but kept on coming. Already run out of superlatives to describe him. Brilliant finish after his BFF set him up but it was his first goal that exemplifies just how hard Suarez works. He never ever gives up on a ball. Complete performance from his as he also dropped deep to help out in defence. At one point, I saw him at rightback, helping out Johnson.

Sturridge (8) - What a way to mark his comeback from injury with a goal and an assist. Brilliant save from Butland to keep out his first effort but good determination and control shown to first chest the ball, then heading it down onto his left foot, before finally driving it into the bottom corner. Nice to see SAS back to it's best.

Overall it was a game littered with defensive errors and we were almost punished for missing out on some gilt edged opportunities but in the end, we scored 5 goals against a team we hadn't beaten at home for 29 years, sending them to only their 2nd home defeat of the season. We've now done the double over Stoke this season.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Jan 13 2014, 11:32 AM

please plan your "round" next time ok


Maybe it was soft penalty. But looking from angle of camera behind the goal, the contact was enough to warrant penalty.

Like what I read in ESPN, the header was just to show that Mignolet is still top class keeper lol

like BR said..its a spanish penalty

I'm not sure what BR strategy yesterday to play SG and Lucas as DM, the team seems like lack of creativity. I prefer to play either one of them and put Alberto or Allen to move forward. I just miss how good we were to play against spurs. Again I still believe Gerrard should be rested and give chance to other lads to play. I'm not sure how important he is to the team besides his long pass.

I'm quiet impressed with sterling as he showed how committed he is to get pass through Stoke defender with his physical ability. Most of the time, he just being out muscled but he's not give up though I agree that it should not be a penalty. It looks soft to me and he fall down easily becoz of his lightweight physical.

Overall, breathtaking performance and what a win against Stoke at their home ground. YNWA.

That's old PL format in the early days

How can you forget his contribution for the first goal.

Other than that I agreed with the rate given

Duke's wearing tinted glasses.

yes he has mastered Lampard deflection technique

actually gerrard did some good tackle in the early part of game, but faded away after concede the 1st goal.

i think the reason BR put gerrard in the deepest role because his aerial battle is better than lucas, n he did won few of them in the early part

when allen is fit, i would still hope the 1-2 midfield is including gerrard, with him in the deepest role, gerrard - henderson+allen

but the problem i saw so far is henderson always below par when gerrard is on the pitch

for the defense part im not too worry about it, because 3 of 4 of the starting defender were not our 1st choice, which shud b improve after enrique n sakho is back in few weeks time.

johnson seriously is painful to watch sometime.

Yesterday's match gave me mini heart attacks. Thank goodness we have Suarez. Not sure how many times I've said that this season. The team's performance was average. Relied a lot on Suarez to make things happen going forward.

LOL I stand corrected! Yes, superb calculated deflection shot. Must have been a physics major.

Good performance.. but I would say.. defence got to better.. even 1 goal lead looks like we will conceed..

We took the lead fortuitously and Stoke responded with a series of aerial bombardments as they tried to reenact Pearl Harbour. If memory serves me, we earned our first corner kick only in the second half. We did let them back into the game but on a positive note, the team responded and fought back. We didn't buckle and fold as we did in the past. If anything this was a highly motivating win.

Stoke City vs Liverpool motd highlight

Agreed, especially the bolded part. It has been ages since I see the team chased back a victory after falling down to opposing goals. The mentality of a champion; not staying down after getting hit - I truly hope this stays as the mark of change in the team.

the best fullbacks we have is
enrique>flanagan>>>>>>>>>>>johno-cissokho

best cbs
sakho-agger>>>>>skrtel>toure>coates>kelly

and those wisdom,robinson,kelly

wow so many defensive options yet only sakho,agger,flanagan n enrique are class.

compared this to attacking force

suarez>sturo>>>>>>aspas

wingers

sterling>moses>ibe

AM

coutinho>hendo

and got suso,assaidi,borini on loan,scoring goals as well



This post has been edited by K.H.A.I: Jan 13 2014, 11:57 AM