Well... we were robbed multiple times during the past transfer market windows. Its hard to take but those few extra £ million that we are unwilling to pay haunt us back. Anyway, past is past. Lets look forward and wait for the UCL Anthem to be played again in Anfield.

Seriously, I think the mistake came from Coutinho's sub.

1. His passing was poor coming, not his usual self.
2. He did not track back as what Sterling would have done

Moses seems more effective than Coutinho, at least he tracked back and put pressure on the ball.

Finding the scapegoat in Moses just because he has not been performing in other games and leave nothing on Coutinho is not a fair judgement.

I'm a big fan of Lucas but he was pissed poor last night as well. Seems like he wasn't in the same wavelength with the rest of the guys.

On the bright side, we were 30 odd points behind last season and only scored 40 odd goals this time last year. It has been a good fight, and hope the players and managers learn from this. The fight is not over yet though, anything can still happen to City. Unlikely but possible, just like who would've thought that we will concede 3 in the final 10 mins?

My observation is that that's not Rodgers style. Last season he wanted to be dominant in our possessions and out-posses our opponents statistically. And of course to win the game too.

This season we outscored almost every other team, 2 of our players top scorers in the charts. We have Suarez too obtaining the best assist in the league.

It's the play that we employ. We venture high into opponents half with intensity and overwhelming blitzerg, that leave our opponents in a daze. Rogers needs to plan to play against slow stubborn teams (bus parking ole' jose tactics). Patience in our play is missing.

Rodgers won't drop his believe (gung-ho) and then to play plan B.  That's not Rodgers style

obviously he is looking at MC superiority on GD.

yes now we drop the game everyone can say we lost 2 points but seriously 3-0 up in 50+ mins and you know GD will be key to the championship, would you not go for it?

in carrol and downing we trust!

That bolded statement is very true. Better defensive organization is needed and it has to be done as a unit. Also, I thought BR overloaded on attack too much last night. Yeah, he might be chasing after the 10 goals or what not but letting both full backs push up so much was a gamble too risky in my opinion, especially when Pulis exploited it and sent pacey players on both flanks. Add the fact that Gerrard doesn't cover as much ground as quickly as he did years back and the defence looks absolutely clueless on how to deal with quick counter attacks. And we've been exploited the same way on many occasions during the past 2 seasons that BR has been in charge. BR should take this match as a harsh lesson. Sometimes, he needs to realize that the team needs a breather themselves and gotta slow down the game and hold the ball. Preserve the lead. "Death by football"

Seriously enough with the defeatist attitude. Not good or consistent enough ? How about 11 games winning streak ? To say otherwise is to rob the players, BR and the staff off all the hardwork and milestones they have set this season.

They have given us joy and made us dream. So ff you had enjoyed large part of the season then you need to suck it up and take the disappointments.

This has been a special season at least for me. It's been an immensely entertaining, upsetting, frustrating and absolutely addictive season. Whatever happens - i am proud to be a Liverpool supporter and more so i am proud of the players, BR, the staffs and all you fine posters who has made this season fun and memorable.

Chin up and let's see us through the season. We've come a long way to be where we are today. Next season we go again!

luiz suarez tracked back to our own penalty box to defend when we were counter attacked after a corner. anyone confirm this? seen the replay and i think it was him.

he had given it all during the game. another sad week for us.

Yeah yeah, dillon's PMS last night was super explosive.

Anyway who knows, maybe the Premier League is emulating the drama in La Liga? City losing to Aston Villa 1-0, anybody?

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2...tletico-la-liga

To paraphrase the first sentence of the article: "First Chelsea Football Club lost the league, then Liverpool Football Club lost the league, and then Manchester City lost the league. In the end, none of them lost the league."

Highly doubt it though.

Thing about our defence is it isn't down purely to the players. I think we can all admit that Skrtel has had a solid season over all and so has Sakho so it's a contradiction to say our defence has been crap all season despite conceding goals. Here are a couple of things we need to consider :-

1) When was the last time a team scored the most goals in the league but also conceded the least? I'm sure there are examples but I can't remember. The point I'm trying to make is one Paul Tomkins mentioned; that "we are who we are and not who we're not". Playing attacking football often means you'll be more prone to conceding than a team that parks the bus e.g. Chelsea. We have conceded 26 goals more than them but we've scored 30 more and we find ourselves 2 points ahead of them. The numbers reflect the difference between a more offensive team and a more defensive one. Makes sense doesn't it?

2) A lot of the goals we've conceded have come from defensive errors but at the same time, our centrebacks have largely had good games this season. What gives? Players are usually forced into making mistakes when they are under immense pressure or are left exposed. By pushing players forward we leave gaps at the back for opposition players to run at our defenders and not many centrebacks are comfortable with having forwards running at them. Skrtel and Sakho do well in physical battles but neither is particularly fleet footed. We therefore need to be smarter about when to push forwards in numbers i.e. when the momentum of the game is in our favour), and when to defend i.e. when the opponent catches a gust of wind in their sails. I don't think it's as much a case about having bad defenders than it is about being bad at defending.

In conclusion I'd say it's a case of "live by the sword, die by the sword". We should continue to take the game to teams. It's gotten us where we are today but we also need to realise that we cannot sustain our attacking play for 90 minutes and we need to choose the right times to retreat before going on the offensive again. New defenders aren't going to rectify our porous defence.

Don't give up, 2 years ago final match, qpr also give them a hard time and even take a 2-1 lead ... So anything is possible

Well, money talks.

50million for the owner is like RM5 for us.

lucas probably doesnt deserve it but Couts deserves to be in the squad.. brazil wont win it.

We already had one Istanbul this season...Crystanbul against us . I'm hoping against hope West Ham will do us a favour...but we need to get the job done against Newcastle first. I'm really nervous about that one...

Which is why I want wenger's arsenal to win the FA cup. They been castrated for playing good football but poor defending. He wenger has never compromised his philosophy. Jose meanwhile adapted that it's "winning" is all that matters, hence coined the term "specialist in failure" for wenger. I don't doubt Jose is the type with winning mentality to instill on his team. How they both go about it are almost polar opposites.

Rodgers Liverpool this season has been praised for it's attacking and also some critique were at our almost lack of 'defenders' defending. Rodgers would prefer to continue to adopt that strategy (our vs Chelsea game is an example)

Will Rodgers be more pragmatic next season? Or would Jose have another pot shot at Rodgers to be another wenger 2?

carroll to score a brace against ct to repeat the best performance he had while with liverpool...wouldnt mind a rare rockect from downing too....n joe cole tap in + nolan thunderbolt....
ct lose to west ham liverpool beat newcastle 3-2 to win title....

bookies happiest day!

Its not about the mistake in chelsea game. Its about defensive job. No doubt he contribute a lot at the other end but  he doesnt give enough protection to the back 4. He doesnt have enough energy to cover fullback when they goes into opponent half due to aging age. For me the best place for gerrard is further upfront. Lets take the other to do defensive job.

Toure is kinda lousy imo. Every mistakes he made, he'll become demotivated immediately. Remember the mistakes he made earlier in the season? His form and concentration immediately faded. He looks like an old man sitting on the bench reading morning newspaper. We need players who can rebound immediately from their mistakes. As for Skrtel, he's good at scoring goals for both sides. It's dangerous when your defenders score as much own goals as his goals for the team. It's vry costly. I don't think we need Johnson with Flano emerging. Johnson is on a 100k a week and imagine how much talent we can use that for. Wisdom is 21 so he's still ok. Kelly is a decent backup considering his low weekly wages.

Offload Johnson after world cup for 10-15mil, Reina 10mil, Aspas 3mil, Toure 5-7mil, Skrtel 10mil = 38-45mil.  Together with the 60mil warchest we have, should be around 100 mil.

Buy Marshall, heard around 6mil, Caulker 8mil, Lallana 20mil, Reus 25mil, another striker around 20mil. Here we go, 80mil only. Another 20 for maybe Mascherano (9m), and a LB around 11m. Wala good deal.