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oh ok nothing to worry about then !!!!! .

Whether pre season matters or not rather matters on how you are positioned I think. The great Liverpool teams of the 70’s / 80’s used to have poor pre seasons and then coming to think of it poor starts to the season but then they got stronger and stronger and kept their best for April / May. Rather than Man Utd today in fact. But the Liverpool FC of today is different. Hopefully we are rebuilding and confidence both for the players, club and fans is important. So for us in our position I would say pre season does matter. And no only that but what happens over the next 2 /3 months is fundamental to us. Start poor and languishing in 7/8th place playing catch up then I fear its game over for us being a top club for many years or for good.

true !!!!

True words kemlyn road....pre season is important to give some of the players trying to break into the 1st team a go a show what they have to offer. It also gives the opportunity to try new tactics and playing styles so all the players are adverse with them but as the pre season progresses it should be fine tuning the playing style and trying to get our best 11 on the pitch and ready for the first game of the season.

As for how much people pay to go and watch these games, they all have a choice to go or not and I don't think the club would be too disappointed if the stadium was n't full or even half full...

Guys get a grip seriously if you think pre-season form is anything to go by then you're not thinking straight. The team that lost to Mainz 5 - 0 was:

Carson, Kromkamp, Carragher, Hyypia, Traore, Zenden, Gerrard, Alonso, Pennant, Crouch, Bellamy

What would probably be considered to be 5 of our first team in it, the team that just lost to Galatasary was:

Doni, Flanagan, Kelly, Kyrgiakos, Robinson, Poulsen, Shelvey, Degen, Cole, Insua, Carroll

Which I would guess includes 2 or 3 of our first team at a push, when Gala had out just about their strongest XI. There is no way in hell this can be considered anything other than a chance to sell our dead wood (which possibly back-fired) and courtesy to Galatasary we didn't even fly over most of our squad so stop with the over-reacting and realise pre-season results mean very very little.

Some good points from the majority here. I think its important to perform in preseason. Results are not that great, still nice to win. I think I have to agree with everyone that Kenny should field a close strength side that will face sunderland in the next friendlies to tie it up all together. We need a great start to the season to give us a much needed boost for the remainder of the season.

i dont care about the results or performances, 2 reasons, 1 because of the starting 11's we've put out, 2, because obviously kenny doesnt care about the results if he did he would have played some of our real players.

interesting to see sterling with the first team squad for the valenagara game, hope he gets some minutes.

Yes so far he seems like he just wants everyone to get a run out but I think he will field the best 11 if not the next game, then the last frienly just to get a feel of what they can achieve together. Im thinking since some senior players are missing, Hendersen, Adam, Downing, Carroll, Doni, Carra, Agger, Aurelio, Kelly, Kuyt, Meireles, Aqualini and the rest of the players we have should have a good 70minutes.

Valenagara? LOL! It's Vålerengen for christ sake! Pay attention and show some respect to our Norwegian friends!

My opinion is that the results in pre season themselves don't matter that much. The important issues are 2:

1) Stick to the plan. If the idea is to show off as many fringe players as possible (=shop window), then so be it. If the idea is to gel the team and boost the confidence then that's fine too. The important thing is to have a plan so that we don't just let time pass and without any good coming out of it. Sending a XI out to be slaughtered might not be such a good idea IMO.

2) We have to protect the LFC values. This means that we perhaps can't afford to lose 0-3 & 0-3 against Hull and Galatasaray - at least without putting up a real fight!? in what way did we honour the club and the supporters who had bought tickets for those 2 games and wanted to see us or the opponents play some good solid footie? If we continue treating our opponents like this it will be hard getting any quality pre season games booked in the future. Who would want to spend time planning for a match that turns out like that. 10 splinter arses and one out of form striker at kick off?! LOL!