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liverpool v reading; fa cup 3rd replay
Topic Started: Jan 13 2010, 11:59 AM (3,226 Views)
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paddypower
Jan 14 2010, 12:03 AM
Yep, walk away.
Walk away? from what? Your blinkered view that Liverpool deserved something over 2 games against a team hovering just above the relegation spots in the division below...

From everything i saw (and the vast majority of opinion expressed on here, in the media and by Liverpool supporters) they weren't the better team.

You can keep belligerently sticking to the same blinkered veiw if you wish, but the matter is that Liverpool were beaten fairly and squarely. 2 attempts you had to turn this lot over, and you didn't.

Take out Torres and Gerrard from that team and you are left with a group that is currently low in confidence and even lower in determination.

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Jan 14 2010, 01:36 PM
paddypower
Jan 14 2010, 12:03 AM
Yep, walk away.
Walk away? from what? Your blinkered view that Liverpool deserved something over 2 games against a team hovering just above the relegation spots in the division below...

From everything i saw (and the vast majority of opinion expressed on here, in the media and by Liverpool supporters) they weren't the better team.

You can keep belligerently sticking to the same blinkered veiw if you wish, but the matter is that Liverpool were beaten fairly and squarely. 2 attempts you had to turn this lot over, and you didn't.

Take out Torres and Gerrard from that team and you are left with a group that is currently low in confidence and even lower in determination.

No you said Rafa was dodging bullets (or something along those lines), and wouldn't admit we were second best. Why should he, we wern't outclassed and should have put the game to bed well before Reading scored their last minute equaliser.
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Jan 14 2010, 01:36 PM



Take out Torres and Gerrard from that team and you are left with a group that is currently low in confidence and even lower in determination.

you forgot ability.
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Jan 14 2010, 01:38 PM
azward
Jan 14 2010, 01:36 PM
paddypower
Jan 14 2010, 12:03 AM
Yep, walk away.
Walk away? from what? Your blinkered view that Liverpool deserved something over 2 games against a team hovering just above the relegation spots in the division below...

From everything i saw (and the vast majority of opinion expressed on here, in the media and by Liverpool supporters) they weren't the better team.

You can keep belligerently sticking to the same blinkered veiw if you wish, but the matter is that Liverpool were beaten fairly and squarely. 2 attempts you had to turn this lot over, and you didn't.

Take out Torres and Gerrard from that team and you are left with a group that is currently low in confidence and even lower in determination.

No you said Rafa was dodging bullets (or something along those lines), and wouldn't admit we were second best. Why should he, we wern't outclassed and should have put the game to bed well before Reading scored their last minute equaliser.
Reading should have been 2 up before you got near there goal, or doesn't that count?

didn't say you were outclassed, i said you were 2nd best. You were, that's why you lost.
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Being second best would mean we were outclassed??

Liverpool------------------Reading
65.7------Possession------34.3
54.5--Territorial Advantage--45.5


As I said, we wern't second best.



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No, it doesn't mean that at all. Outclass would indicate that team a were a clear level above team B.

I got a stat.
Liverpool------Reading
1---------Goals------2

As I said, 2nd best.
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So the better team always wins?
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Not always, but is it fair to say more often than not?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/8451900.stm

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An extra-time goal from Shane Long capped a stunning comeback from Championship strugglers Reading as they knocked Liverpool out of the FA Cup.

Liverpool fortuitously took the lead when Ryan Bertrand deflected Steven Gerrard's cross into his own net.

In second-half injury time Reading were rewarded for their endeavour throughout when Gylfi Sigurdsson levelled from the spot after a foul on substitute Long.

Long's extra-time header proved the decisive blow to send Reading through.

This was Reading's first victory at Anfield and it was fully deserved as they out-worked their under-par Premier League opponents to book a fourth-round tie at home to Burnley.
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Yep, however it's unfair to say it last night.

Oh right, sorry I got it wrong, I didn't realise the BBC agreed :o The fact of the matter is Reading were the underdogs, and so will get overrated for triumphing over the "big" team. I'm not saying they didn't deserve to go through, but saying we were second best is wrong.
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Jamie Carragher:

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"We have to accept they deserved it. But, at the same time, we have got to look at ourselves and the way we performed was not acceptable.


http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5859206,00.html

want me to continue?

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If its deserved, it's fair to say they were the better team.
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No, in saying they derserved something is because of expectation. The expectation was that we would spank them. Therefore if we had won it at 1-0 it still would have been poor from us and good from them, does that mean they were the better team? No. It means they performed above their capabilities and done well. Whereas we were poor for our level. However they still wern't the better team over the two nights, look at the stats I posted up, they show dominance in possession and in territorial advantage. I'd understand if they outplayed us, but they never. A few chances on the counter does not equate to being the better team for me.
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Jan 14 2010, 10:25 AM
azward
Jan 13 2010, 11:42 PM
Rafa dodging the bullets like a fat spainish waiter....

You were 2nd best, just admit it man
whos shooting the gun?
I don't think shooting the gun will solve anything.

Lol @ Azward quoting articles from different sites :rofl:
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Didn't see the whole game but if Liverpool were the best team on the pitch, that just makes the whole thing more embarrassing. In the bits I saw, Reading looked superior and a lot more determined with more ability to complete passes than Liverpool. To have almost twice the possession but less shots on target is just pathetic from a team that has already restricted their trophy chances.
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