RIGHT. Dreadful collectively. A reminder that this is:
a) Subjective. And 5 is alright.
b) Done in the immediate aftermath of the game and all I’ve seen is in the ground.
c) Not a discussion of formation(s) or set up but just the 12 lads who played more than half an hour.
Simon Mignolet 5
Does alright on the whole. Can’t do a load with either goal. Interesting how Villa wanted pull backs over crosses. 4 months ago the opposite.
Emre Can 3
Struggled in all three of his positions. Showed willing. They all showed willing I suppose. Listen what do you want. Just watched The Reds be pisspoor.
Martin Skrtel 4
Should be offering a bit more as the senior lad. Did alright all in, in a sense, but you know. Conceded two and that.
Dejan Lovren 1
Was on for 5 but have subtracted 4 due to his shot with 1 minute to go. I hate a late speculative effort blazed over needlessly when they are penned in.
It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to.
Was ok bar that though should perhaps get a header on target.
Moreno 3
More Albert than Albie. More Albert than Javi. He was just a lad. On flank. Waiting for a girl to love him. Or something.
I need booze. Consider this a cry for help.
Could be worse. I could be Gibbons doing the match review.
Joe Allen 4
When Liverpool were good he was good. When Liverpool were bad he was horrid.
Jordan Henderson 3
Mostly terrible. Always willing. But terrible. Suffered being on the same pitch as…
Steven Gerrard 3
Three feels generous but I’m fucked if he is getting 2 or less. He’s Steven Gerrard.
That said, just had an unpleasant exchange with Mike Girling over him offering “less than nothing” (in that he was detrimental to others) and being at fault for the second goal. I could be wrong. Often am.
Offered practically no cover in defence and actually no threat in the attack.
Simultaneously one of the best players ever to play for The Reds.
Lazar Markovic 3
Couldn’t get into it but was harshly substituted. Wasn’t the poorest performer. I’d be in the manager’s office tomorrow, but then again I am a nark.
Philippe Coutinho 6
Scored. Showed. Shunted. Can’t carry everyone. Can only do this.
Raheem Sterling 4
Daft shot but fucking hell Liverpool give him something over the top. A threat. Short of quality.
Mario Balotelli 5
Won things. Put himself about. No one backed him. He can’t do much more than that.
That’s your lot.
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Can’t disagree with much there. I feel so dirty for wishing Gerrard was just not with us any more but I can’t help it – and Mike is right – his inclusion is detrimental to how these lads play, none more so than Hendo. So sad to see the ball literally fly over his head throughout a game. I’m still failing to see the fuss about Emre Can.
So where are we today? Are these players just not good enough and is it time for a clear out? Or is our management just failing to pick the strongest team and inspire them to perform on the biggest stage and is it time for a clear out?
Neil, I was thinking this was a cry for help about 3 lines before you confirmed it. Stay strong mate.
Feel better in the knowledge that you’ve raised a smile from me, no mean feat after that.
Sad to say I think you’re wrong on Stevie. Much as I love him there can be no doubt now his time is up. As for Mario, I agree, but……offsides. So maddening. I can see him complain that they don’t play the ball early enough ( a valid complaint, agree with what you say re:Sterling also), but if that is the case, why doesn’t he just wait a bit? Count to two in his head or sommat. I dunno.
Klopp, please.
This feels like a tipping point for Brendan. Out tacticed (sic) by Tactics Tim. If he finds a way to blame it all on Mario then he can fuck right off. His sentimental decision to play the invisible man backfired horribly (I blame the manager, not the skipper, for the record). I’ve supported him thus far, but if Herr Klopp’s available and City don’t want him then he’s welcome at Anfield. It’s not all about changing shape within the game Brendan: it’s not all about you. Pick the best players from the start to do the job.
Fuckin klopp. As if he’s gonna join a bag of shite like us. Fuckin wank performance. Wank attitude. Wank amount of fight. Wank stadium. Wank fuckin music to make the wank atmosphere even more wank. Just absolute wank all round. Pathetic.
Another big game melt down. Not the managers fault apparently. He’s a victim of FSG and can’t be expected to outwit Tim Sherwood.
Jurgen Klopp will give us real hope. With Rodgers, it’s just continued failure at crucial moments.
Ah yes, Jurgen ‘The Second Coming Of Christ’ Klopp who’s going to lead us all to salvation based on the fact he’s got Dortmund to 9th in the Bundesliga. Rodgers gets Liverpool to the cusp of CL qualification with half his strikeforce injured for most of the season and he’s considered more than useless. Give me a break…
We missed Lucas Leiva today. I hadn’t heard he was injured until listening to the pod earlier today. I knew immediately we’d struggle to defend the space between the midfield and defense. Without him we lacked defensive cover and those balls fizzed forward, putting us on the front foot.
Lovren was dire. Gerrard was a shadow of his former self and Brendan’s comments about him being excellent after the match were embarrassing. Joe Allen is not a top four player, despite his performance against City the other week. Glen Johnson should not be in a red shirt.
Today’s match could be a tipping point for the manager. Rise to the challenge, get the team working and go get top 4 OR implode and embrace that perfect storm that was brewing in December.
Worrying times.
We looked like we were trying to be flexible, but ultimately we were confused tactically. We had players playing well out of position. We lacked energy and motivation. We didn’t create much. Given this, I’m gutted, but not surprised at the result.
With Gerrard in the side these days, it looks like everyone is just waiting around and expecting him to do something magical. Today, he was not sharp and was far too slow. Without him in the side, it seems like the others step up more and take more responsibility.
We’ve got some shit to figure out, but we can still aim for 4th.
“Without him in the side, it seems like the others step up more and take more responsibility”
Did I imagine those Arsenal and United games when we were like rabbits caught in the headlights. We looked and played like we were shit-scared…in fact, rather like we did today. Point being, Gerrard’s presence is NOT the common denominator.
Gerrard was played yesterday for sentimental reasons and he didn’t perform and was well off the pace. He is the captain and leader — his performance does effect those around him. This isn’t the first ‘big’ game where we’ve relied on him for those reasons (see the last derby), and he has done next to nothing.
People can ’false 9’, ‘diamond formation’ and so on all they like, it means nothing if the team isn’t up for it or headed in the right direction. Do we really want 5th and the Europa League?
“Brendan Rodgers is the first Liverpool manager since the 1950s not to win a trophy inside three seasons.”
Some of Brendan’s remarks recently, especially today, give every impression that he’s running on empty. Players both in and out of the club will look at him now and be thinking “Well what has he achieved? Saw the five part TV series but where are the trophies?”. How long before the majority of supporters start contemptuously referring to him as Rodgers and not Brendan?
Interesting times ahead for all it would appear.
I read he said something yesterday to the effect that we’re still a bigger club than City. Can Rodgers just shut his mouth for 24 hours and win something first?
He reckons it’ll take 20 years for them to be as big as us.
Bit generous, I would give Coutinho 5 the rest of them 0 , all of them nothing, a chuffing disgraceful performance
Agree with most of the ratings and Robin’s summation.
The Gerrard scape-goaters can fuck right off. It’s almost as if our non-appearance in the Arsenal game and first half of United didn’t happen. If you think all this team needs is for Gerrard to leave and then Allen, Can, Henderson, etc. start actually showing up for big games, then you’re delusional.
And if you can’t see what the rest of us can seevregarding Gerrrard, you are delusional.
There on name and on name alone. If anyone else performed like that they get the fucking hook. Its that simple. But you still can’t acknowledge it. Why am I not surprised?
Then Rodgers calls him outstanding. You probably agree with that and notvthe fact Rodgers knows he fucked up by playing him or not subbing him so is praising him to save his own skill.
I feel fucking ill with this Gerrard farewell tour. The sooner he & Rodgers fuck right off & we can move on as a football club the better.
Hi Jose, good to see you’re still around (although given we lost today, we knew you would be you sad cunt).
The team were shit today. Including Gerrard. If each player is asked to take responsibility for his performance, I’m happy with that. Instead, we get (I’m paraphrasing) “Gerrard was shit, and the other players were shit because Gerrard was in the team”. Fucking joke.
Like your “analysis”.
Patient passing in an attempt to create one last opening in the dying seconds only for a centre half having one of the biggest nightmare seasons I can recall deciding to just put his laces through it. I’ve been trying to give you the benefit of the doubt Dejan, but your name is not Steven Gerrard and the year is not 2006! Made me want to sprint into walls that.
You were too kind, Neil. -10.
Get a hold of a video or vine of ‘that’ Lovren shot at the end. You’ll see that none other than Gerrard “waves him on” to take the shot.
Here it is: https://vine.co/v/ezVmrr5zdeJ
Lovren at fault for both their goals but you were going to give him a five??
Gerrard the worst player on the pitch but refuse to give him the score he deserves because he’s Gerrard?
No wonder your pods are shite.
How the hell is Lovren at fault for either goal, let alone both?
I know football is a game of opinions, but there ought to be something to back them up.
If I was Markovic and it’s found that Rodgers is staying another season, then I’d be in asking for a transfer as he is quite obviously another one of Brendan’s scapegoats. He’ll get pulled no matter what, I feel sorry for the lad now tbh.
Unless of course he’s just another one of the millions of transfer buys that Rodgers apparently has no say in whatsoever and doesnt want here so its right that he’s shunned like he did a poo in the changing room!!
But Brendan Rodgers yodelled that he would have the last say with signings.
Shame and blame, that’s his MO…”It wasn’t me, sir.”