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| Manchester United v Liverpool; Premier League. Sun 21 Mar, 1:30pm. | |
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| blah | Mar 22 2010, 03:28 PM Post #646 |
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not viable to call me that... i accept we lost, i also accept the fact decisions went against us but what can you do eh...onwards to the sunderland game now, our lads certainly need a few days to rest after the demanding week they just had. |
| "My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility.Napoleon had that idea.He wanted to conquer the bloody world.I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable.My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in." Bill Shankly | |
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| blah | Mar 22 2010, 03:30 PM Post #647 |
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i think maxi had a decent game, allthough not pentrative, but still decent. doesnt give the ball away cheaply unless when karate kicked |
| "My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility.Napoleon had that idea.He wanted to conquer the bloody world.I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable.My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in." Bill Shankly | |
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| TheReturnOfTheKing | Mar 22 2010, 03:30 PM Post #648 |
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we have to really win 7 out of 7 now, that will get us to 71 points imo will be enough for 4th. i hope we never see lucas and masch in cm again this season. aa and masch/lucas. also babel should be playing and so should benny. kuyt and maxi should be dropped if there is any justice in the world |
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| TheReturnOfTheKing | Mar 22 2010, 03:32 PM Post #649 |
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yeah but he does nothing else, he doesnt really offer any attacking ability, doesnt defend well either, was slow to getting back to help insua. he is no threat at all, with maxi on the wing, it gave neville the licence to bomb forward. when valencia got through for the so called pen, where was maxi? i hope babel gets the nod against sunderland which i think he will i think rafa is actually starting to like babel and what he offers, he has improved 10 times on his defensive work |
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| blah | Mar 22 2010, 03:35 PM Post #650 |
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yeah perhaps he opted for maxi to retain the ball more as babel tends to lose it quite often, ball retention against a team like utd is paramount. |
| "My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility.Napoleon had that idea.He wanted to conquer the bloody world.I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable.My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in." Bill Shankly | |
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| blah | Mar 22 2010, 03:37 PM Post #651 |
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again i thought lucas had a decent game, i just wish he would push up more as hes shown hes capable of. unless its rafa who holds him back and instructs him to play central only. |
| "My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility.Napoleon had that idea.He wanted to conquer the bloody world.I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable.My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in." Bill Shankly | |
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| TheReturnOfTheKing | Mar 22 2010, 03:38 PM Post #652 |
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true but something that i realised is that babels role is to be direct, rafa doesnt mind him losing the ball most of the time as he wants him to attack the full back think of it this way IF babel doesnt lose the ball, he will get past the full back by cutting in and is one on one at the goal with a good chance of scoring. plus i been delighted with how less often he loses the ball now, he used to lose it loads but its cut down by quite a bit and he work rate has been fantastic in terms of pressuring defenders and helping our full backs. what do you think or am i over reacting |
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| TheReturnOfTheKing | Mar 22 2010, 03:39 PM Post #653 |
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hey dont get me wrong, i thought lucas for most of the game was good apart from a couple of situations when he could have released gerrard or torres. thing is what lucas offers is control of possession and good defence but nothing really going forward 90 percent of the game. we need to attack win these 7 games, plus 4th looks gone so may as well give aquaman the chance |
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| blah | Mar 22 2010, 03:46 PM Post #654 |
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babel certainly has improved, perhaps rafa felt it too much of a risk in starting him this game. i agree that we will most likely see him start this sunday. |
| "My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility.Napoleon had that idea.He wanted to conquer the bloody world.I wanted Liverpool to be untouchable.My idea was to build Liverpool up and up until eventually everyone would have to submit and give in." Bill Shankly | |
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| Papa_Lazarou | Mar 22 2010, 03:59 PM Post #655 |
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Thought Maxi had a decent first half but was poor second half. He should have been bought off sooner in hindsight. Babel always gets in dangerous positions and looks good - that is until he actually touches the ball and tries to run with it. Then he just messes up virtually every time ![]() Lucas was superb first half when he was given licence to go forward. Box-to-box. That's what his natural position is and what I've been crying out for him to be used as since he signed. He's damn good at it when given half a chance. Second-half pretty much passed him by as a) he was playing far more defensively and Utd were just passing round him and b) when we did attack there was no real intent or directness to it so any runs that Lucas did make were too far advanced of the man with the ball and the pass couldn't be played. Overall the whole second-half was a real disappointment. Can't really think of any player who really played anything close to what we wanted to see. Gerrard masked his poor display by playing 3 good passes - 1 that lead to the goal and 2 that should have been put away by Torres. If both of those had gone in and we had won both he and Torres would be getting huge praise right now. As it was they didn't go in and that makes Gerrard's poor display even more noticable. To be fair to him though, second-half especially, there was no service up to either of them. That's when you can see changes in either formation or personel are needed. If your best 2 players can't get on the ball because we are dropping too deep or not passing quickly enough then change something. Rafa just waits too long to do anything about it which can get very frustrating. |
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The pass that led to the goal was a terrible pass. He should've slipped Torres in on the reverse opposed to going out wide. |
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| Papa_Lazarou | Mar 22 2010, 04:03 PM Post #657 |
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He had 2 options, the ball to Torres looked the better ball at the time but who knows if we would have scored from it? As it turned out the ball to Kuyt worked out lovely so it goes down as a good pass to help create the goal. |
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| flak | Mar 22 2010, 04:25 PM Post #658 |
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That was much a do about nothing. If players get sent off for that stuff in derby games all of the time then there would be nobody left on the pitch at the end of some of them. |
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| mercedes | Mar 22 2010, 08:44 PM Post #659 |
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okay firstly, from what i saw it was more than a little nudge. but i guess we are never going to agree on that. secondly, i only brought it up because LFC listed all these decisions that went against liverpool. i feel like if you are going to list a list like that, while accusing all the united fans for being biased themselves, then you should mention things that didnt go the opposing way either. i never said it to fuel some sort of biased argument. i simply said it because of the hypocrisy in some of the posts. thirdly, LFC seriously...get a grip. all these posts to blah saying that all the united fans are gonna get mad, tell him off, how he is in for it etc etc whatever else the hell you said...think about it, most of those types of responses are aimed at you because the majority of your posts in match day threads are absurd. you actually have no right to call anyone bias. i dont know if you have noticed, but there are a large amount of liverpool and united fans on here who are able to talk sensibly and humbley everytime our two sides meet. fourthly, LFC i have not once said responded to anyone other than you about the ref being biased. you arent the only one who has said it, paddy said it and blah said it, and i cant remember who else. but there is a huge difference between their posts and yours. i've not denied that the ref was lenient towards us, in fact i'm one person on here (like many others) who can actually give opinions and not be biased, i said neville shouldnt have got away with what he did, i said fletcher acted childish, and im sure there were other things as well. but when you start making our like blah is going to be hounded by us like some insane mob...utterly ridiculous. can you honestly say you arent surprised at how some people act towards some of your match day posts? fifthly and finally, saying the ref is a united fan 2 days before the game even starts says it all really. the end. sorry LCF, but some of your posts since this afternoon have irked me
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| SuarezWasNotRacist | Mar 22 2010, 10:32 PM Post #660 |
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