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Sorry he's paid tp prevent goals and he ain't doing that at the moment.

It's a chicken and egg scenario.

Is our dodgy defence making our keeper nervous or is our dodgy keeper making our defence nervous?

He's been at fault against City, Chelsea, Stoke and Villa tonight.

It works both ways IMO. If the defence aren't confident in the keeper it will make them nervous too.

And I don't think BR knows how to set up a team to defend. Our problem last season was defence, this season it is, guess what?

- Cissoko is one of the worst players I've seen. When's Enrique back!?
Ship him back and get a new left back in the summer.

- Gerrard is awful as DM. He either needs a DM next to him, or push him further up. My preference would be play him OR Henderson and get a new DM, or box to box type IF one's available. Midfield was really poor today. Henderson seems to have all the attributes but goes missing when SG's on the pitch.

- I really don't have an answer to the midfield problem. Coutinho looks like he needs dropping. I would say priority is either a DM or a demon right winger. If Salah can play there and they dither over a couple mil, something's not right. One new signing could make all the difference to 4th.

- Toure I don't particularly rate. I'd be very dissapointed if they see an opportunity to some $ and sell Agger. I'd have him in vs Everton, or at least Sakho when he's back. Toure can play right back and Johnson left (what's happened to Johnson??).

Johnson's been going down hill for the last 2 seasons, with the odd bright spot.
Why Kelly can't get a run there is baffling.

The experiment failed with SG, worth a shot, but in fairness to BR he changed it when it was obvious it wasn't working. Now hopefully its obvious whats needed.

Cissohko, its all been said.......Enrique is not the answer but a huge improvement.

Johnson adds nothing for me, I dont understand how hes been a guaranteed starter for us when fit for so long.


Mignolet started so brightly but is quickly becoming an issue, his distribution is poor and hes costing us points. Find it odd Brendan shipped out Pepe on loan considering he said 'most teams play with 10 men and a goal keeper but we play with 11' or something like that.


Sterling, Henderson, Coutinho need to sort out their fvcking shooting, they're not adding goals all we have is DS and LS for goals, massively carrying us this season. I'd even add Gerrard to that seeing as he's not scored from open play, only penalties.

Cissokho - literally not interested in this guy, god awful.

We drew because of the experiment which cost us 2 goals. Really don't know what BR was thinking, may be he undersestimated Villa and thought they would be pushovers, can't get it really.

Woeful. The 2 most in-form forwards in the league are masking a load of bangers week-in week-out.

Yes the defence was/is awful but a simple change after 15 mi utes and we would have won by 1 or 2 nil in my opinion, when we bolstered midfield, Villa struggled to get anything dangerous going, Rodgers failed to see quickly enough what we all could see and yes Mignolet shojld have done better but sh1t like that happens, he was not the only guilty party involved in that move.

For once this a thread that contains realistic assessment and opinion. I guess the happy pill brigade haven't woken yet.

Yesterday all players where sh1t, it's just that some where sh1tter than others.

Struggled for a man of the match but I would have given it to Sterling.