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I think this is the most pointless thread going. we lost our key player last season in suarez our other key player is injured (sturridge)and our captain is in terrible form. Ballotellie is new to this system of play and at the moment he just appears to be making up numbers and getting himself about same with lambert. untill these new players get used to the demands of out pressing system were going to keep failing. if you remember the first season rodgers started was a lot like this very slow start then the players learned his way of playing and we was absolutely destroying teams its only a matter of time till it all clicks and everyone will be on the br band wagon again. saying that unless this happens quickly we could be looking at a short run in the champions league, if chelsea win today thats 5 points clear!
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I say forget Chelsea and forget CL. I would be happy if we adopted purely damage limitation exercise tactics in the CL, esp in the games against Real.
Our aim now should simply be to focus on each EPL game starting with the next one with the aim being to avoid defeat.
'I was only in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.' Bill Shankly
'We should have made a signing or two in the last couple of transfer windows.' Vish
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sorry i meant short run in champions league as if we dont qualify next year
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Not turning on anyone, just saying "Yeah, we were sh1te, doesn't mean our season's over, we're out of top 4 and the club will cease to exist because we lost to Wham and Villa." That's a simplistic analysis of where we're at just now though Ninja, with the single exception of the Spurs game we have looked very disjointed and disorganised at both midfield and at the back. On top of that we look pretty toothless up front (if you'll pardon the oft quoted pun) the stark truth is we're in something of a mini crises and if Rodgers can't get a handle on it very soon it'll snowball into something much worse very quickly. From my point of view we're reaping what we sowed over the last couple of seasons with all these bargain basement signings. We have a squad full of players which wouldn't get a game in even Man U's squad with the exception of Gerrard and Sterling. That's where this silly policy leaves us, a mediocre side full of mediocre mid table players, that even Rodgers is having difficulty getting a decent performance out of having lost our one bit world class quality. Imo the issue around this squad is quality and good as Rodgers is I feel he's going to struggle this season. I'm praying like all the rest of us that they'll prove me wrong, but it's hard to see it.
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Not turning on anyone, just saying "Yeah, we were sh1te, doesn't mean our season's over, we're out of top 4 and the club will cease to exist because we lost to Wham and Villa." That's a simplistic analysis of where we're at just now though Ninja, with the single exception of the Spurs game we have looked very disjointed and disorganised at both midfield and at the back. On top of that we look pretty toothless up front (if you'll pardon the oft quoted pun) the stark truth is we're in something of a mini crises and if Rodgers can't get a handle on it very soon it'll snowball into something much worse very quickly. From my point of view we're reaping what we sowed over the last couple of seasons with all these bargain basement signings. We have a squad full of players which wouldn't get a game in even Man U's squad with the exception of Gerrard and Sterling. That's where this silly policy leaves us, a mediocre side full of mediocre mid table players, that even Rodgers is having difficulty getting a decent performance out of having lost our one bit world class quality. Imo the issue around this squad is quality and good as Rodgers is I feel he's going to struggle this season. I'm praying like all the rest of us that they'll prove me wrong, but it's hard to see it. lets just go with "I disagree", before it gets ugly and it will get ugly because i am very passionate about LFC and when someone takes such a view and feels that only money .means success in the pitch, i get agitated. So lets just go with "I disagree".
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Not turning on anyone, just saying "Yeah, we were sh1te, doesn't mean our season's over, we're out of top 4 and the club will cease to exist because we lost to Wham and Villa." That's a simplistic analysis of where we're at just now though Ninja, with the single exception of the Spurs game we have looked very disjointed and disorganised at both midfield and at the back. On top of that we look pretty toothless up front (if you'll pardon the oft quoted pun) the stark truth is we're in something of a mini crises and if Rodgers can't get a handle on it very soon it'll snowball into something much worse very quickly. From my point of view we're reaping what we sowed over the last couple of seasons with all these bargain basement signings. We have a squad full of players which wouldn't get a game in even Man U's squad with the exception of Gerrard and Sterling. That's where this silly policy leaves us, a mediocre side full of mediocre mid table players, that even Rodgers is having difficulty getting a decent performance out of having lost our one bit world class quality. Imo the issue around this squad is quality and good as Rodgers is I feel he's going to struggle this season. I'm praying like all the rest of us that they'll prove me wrong, but it's hard to see it. So you think Villa and WH have better or more expensive squads than us or what?
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Not turning on anyone, just saying "Yeah, we were sh1te, doesn't mean our season's over, we're out of top 4 and the club will cease to exist because we lost to Wham and Villa." That's a simplistic analysis of where we're at just now though Ninja, with the single exception of the Spurs game we have looked very disjointed and disorganised at both midfield and at the back. On top of that we look pretty toothless up front (if you'll pardon the oft quoted pun) the stark truth is we're in something of a mini crises and if Rodgers can't get a handle on it very soon it'll snowball into something much worse very quickly. From my point of view we're reaping what we sowed over the last couple of seasons with all these bargain basement signings. We have a squad full of players which wouldn't get a game in even Man U's squad with the exception of Gerrard and Sterling. That's where this silly policy leaves us, a mediocre side full of mediocre mid table players, that even Rodgers is having difficulty getting a decent performance out of having lost our one bit world class quality. Imo the issue around this squad is quality and good as Rodgers is I feel he's going to struggle this season. I'm praying like all the rest of us that they'll prove me wrong, but it's hard to see it. So you think Villa and WH have better or more expensive squads than us or what? Well they did their talking on the pitch vish, and the results speak for themselves. Whatever about Villa, there can be little dispute that West Ham we're by far and away the better of the two teams on the pitch yesterday evening. You can say it was luck or something like witchcraft or hypnotism or what ever other form of self delusion you wish. But I'd rather face the facts.
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Not turning on anyone, just saying "Yeah, we were sh1te, doesn't mean our season's over, we're out of top 4 and the club will cease to exist because we lost to Wham and Villa." That's a simplistic analysis of where we're at just now though Ninja, with the single exception of the Spurs game we have looked very disjointed and disorganised at both midfield and at the back. On top of that we look pretty toothless up front (if you'll pardon the oft quoted pun) the stark truth is we're in something of a mini crises and if Rodgers can't get a handle on it very soon it'll snowball into something much worse very quickly. From my point of view we're reaping what we sowed over the last couple of seasons with all these bargain basement signings. We have a squad full of players which wouldn't get a game in even Man U's squad with the exception of Gerrard and Sterling. That's where this silly policy leaves us, a mediocre side full of mediocre mid table players, that even Rodgers is having difficulty getting a decent performance out of having lost our one bit world class quality. Imo the issue around this squad is quality and good as Rodgers is I feel he's going to struggle this season. I'm praying like all the rest of us that they'll prove me wrong, but it's hard to see it. So you think Villa and WH have better or more expensive squads than us or what? Well they did their talking on the pitch vish, and the results speak for themselves. Whatever about Villa, there can be little dispute that West Ham we're by far and away the better of the two teams on the pitch yesterday evening. You can say it was luck or something like witchcraft or hypnotism or what ever other form of self delusion you wish. But I'd rather face the facts. Could it have been we were set up wrong from the start? Could it be we had a bad day? Or is it simply that they have the better players?
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Not turning on anyone, just saying "Yeah, we were sh1te, doesn't mean our season's over, we're out of top 4 and the club will cease to exist because we lost to Wham and Villa." That's a simplistic analysis of where we're at just now though Ninja, with the single exception of the Spurs game we have looked very disjointed and disorganised at both midfield and at the back. On top of that we look pretty toothless up front (if you'll pardon the oft quoted pun) the stark truth is we're in something of a mini crises and if Rodgers can't get a handle on it very soon it'll snowball into something much worse very quickly. From my point of view we're reaping what we sowed over the last couple of seasons with all these bargain basement signings. We have a squad full of players which wouldn't get a game in even Man U's squad with the exception of Gerrard and Sterling. That's where this silly policy leaves us, a mediocre side full of mediocre mid table players, that even Rodgers is having difficulty getting a decent performance out of having lost our one bit world class quality. Imo the issue around this squad is quality and good as Rodgers is I feel he's going to struggle this season. I'm praying like all the rest of us that they'll prove me wrong, but it's hard to see it. So you think Villa and WH have better or more expensive squads than us or what? Well they did their talking on the pitch vish, and the results speak for themselves. Whatever about Villa, there can be little dispute that West Ham we're by far and away the better of the two teams on the pitch yesterday evening. You can say it was luck or something like witchcraft or hypnotism or what ever other form of self delusion you wish. But I'd rather face the facts. No, I am not saying luck but that BR is having problems setting the team defensively. On paper we definitely have a better team than both Villa and WH. The problem is BR and his defensive tactics.
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mybe they just have a more settled squad where more of their players have been playing together for longer.
we have too many new players chucked into the team and the epl together for the first time. given that they're not proven world class quality players, it is no surprise that West Ham, Villa and Man City have all beaten us pretty comfortably.
'I was only in the game for the love of football - and I wanted to bring back happiness to the people of Liverpool.' Bill Shankly
'We should have made a signing or two in the last couple of transfer windows.' Vish
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