it is there for sight seeing. he ain't going to play

ya, he going to meet his agent sign pre-contract with RM...then leave during xmas window.

It's not rocket science. Suarez was a very mobile player and he's got the skills and enough of pace to get past players from deep or from wide areas. That also freed up other players to run through the middle to provide options for Suarez to pass to. That's why the team had no major problems when Sturridge was injured last season. Balo, unfortunately, is a very different player from Suarez. He may come deep but he's not a dribbler or a runner that can beat 2 defenders at one go. And it's pretty obvious he doesn't have the vision like Suarez to pick out a pass. So, BR really needs to tweak how the team goes forward now because he can't just place Balo as a Suarez-type of player in the team and expect him to do what Suarez did.

This post has been edited by 8sg9ft: Nov 4 2014, 11:03 AM

Balo is more of a target man ... he has strength and quick.. this are rare quality. Most forward with high strength tend to be slow(Giroud, Llorente). BR need to utilize his Midfield to suit Balotelli play style. for example Balo in his national team are different player because last time Prandelli utilize his mid area thus Balo have more freedom to move. I don't see this in current Liverpool gameplay, they are too direct. It's my 2 cent only... peace

You are right. Balo needs to be serviced regularly just like his ego, it's needs to be stroke to bring out the beast in him.

Nope. Tactics can win the battle for you if you play them right. For example, Rafa's teams may don't have the individual skills and flair as other flamboyant teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona, but if he manage to compensate the shortfall in this area with his tactical prowess.

So NO, you can't have Suarez, CR7 and Messi in your team and rush them head on with diamonds and 2 DMs all the time.

This post has been edited by carloz28: Nov 4 2014, 11:45 AM

during rafa's time, CR7 wasnt in RM, while messi hadnt matured yet in barca...

No offence but its not smart to change the whole team play just to accommodate 1 player, which in this case I am not blaming Balotelli, but on BR himself to bring him in in the first place.

i don't know, to me its kinda plan B (now)

Firstly, plan A work better with suarez (diamond formation), take that out of the equation (and now without strurridge) its kinda fall down faster than alice's deck-of cards.

We kinda of resorted to hoof it up to target man (at times), i suppose thats plan B (is it not? ) So, it can be defended that his semi evolving Plan B doesn't work. (take that ye all rodger haters )


Mr Rodgers, if you need a little pep advice how to deal with the Spanish powerhouse in Real Madrid (and later with mourino's chelsea), maybe you can secretly whatsapp mr rafa benitez. I think señor rafa will be ok with that.

a lot of makeshift needed. dropping a lot of key men, well this will be the test for young uns that if indeed they run at the trenches for the team.

Borini, Sterling, Lallana, Coutinho, Lucas, Can, Johnson, Skrtel, Sakho, Manquillo, Mignolet


subs Balotelli, Lambert, Henderson , Gerrard, ,Lovern, Moreno

Yeah...we beat Barca at Nu Camp with Bellamy in our line up. Wut an epic time that was

i think that was when Bellamy had "golf club accident" with Riise? Can someone pass Balo his golf club?

Hit moreno. haha

yeah Balo has been subdued. time for him to blast firecrackers too

Throw darts at Jordan Rossiter

If play with hoof up to target man, you need 2 strikers.
One flick the header, knock down, the other one waiting to get the knock down to get pass the defender and shoot on goal.
Just like Heskey/Owen combination.

Then this kind of hoof got use.

One striker, hoof up, head, nobody then to receive the knock down.
Even the striker manage to control and hold up the ball, the striker is backing the opponent goal, how to score?
Also, if hold too long by then already surrounded by defenders (as you only have 1 striker with 2 opponent CB to beat), unless have the ability to nutmeg the defender like Suarez, then I do not see how scoring chance can be created with 1 striker with ball hoofing up.

Final prediction real madrid 2-2 liverpool.

I'll gladly take it

No, it's a steal.