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Football Thread 2012/13 |OT4| Welcome Sweet and Tender Hooligan
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Haven't got any on the pitch so why not take the risk?
The_Hitcher89
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Pretty much. A draw and its a poor start, a loss and its an awful one
Only Assaidi is really attacking of those players, so I can understand why no changes were made (Assaidi being seemingly very similar to Stirling so it would have been like for like).
For them or us? Us, 9 out of 15 is pretty good considering I always expect a loss at Anfield (although disappointed with our Everton performance), but I do think Liverpool could have done better. On paper you'd expect them to get at least a point against WBA and Arsenal.
For Liverpool, I guess.
Because the likely subs would be Assaidi, Henderson or Enrique. They would have replaced Sterling, Jonjo or Johnson. The latter three were our best attacking outlets throughout the game, and we had a real chance of getting a late goal as we were dominating.
It would have been change for changes sake.
Oh yup. NFL has way too many rules and way too many fines for... Well everything.
Still sad to see though from the FA how a player can get fined more for showing sponsored underwear than racism.
Little bit of added energy, in Assaidi a little of the unknown for Sunderland. I think it's stupid to do it in the 87th minute because they haven't got any time to bed in but why someone wasn't on around the 75th or so, I dunno
Yeah, for them. Would want a win for United, hard away game, obviously, but you have to win some of them and we already lost to Everton.
AndresON777
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wow the bein sport tv feed is like 15 secs behind
The_Hitcher89
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I hope Borini doesn't start against Man Utd. If it means Downing starts, so be it
Downing's far more threatening because of his width. He gets a lot of stick but he's a decent threat on the wings, and technically he's sound.
Rotate Borini and Suarez as the central striker.
The_Hitcher89
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Allen must have misplaced more passes today than he has all season. I want to see Johnson given that attacking freedom on the right
Broder Salsa
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VETOKELE COMES ON AND HIS FIRST TOUCH IS A SCORING. FUCK YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.
The_Hitcher89
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Still shit
Replace Southampton with West Ham and it would be the perfect bottom 3.
The_Hitcher89
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I want to see Reading and West Ham stay up.
Why West Ham? They, along with Stoke and QPR, scream to me 'this league would be better off without us'
Gareth Bale
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I want to see Reading and West Ham stay up.
I liked West Ham more in the Championship.
Broder Salsa
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CORNELIUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS 2-1
Fuck you FCN, hope Juve fucks you hard.
Fuck you FCN, hope Juve fucks you hard.
I used to like Stoke because they were the plucky underdogs who knew how to put it up the big teams but now they've become part of the furniture, their thuggery is pissing me off. I want them down.
West Ham I also want down because Fat Sam's a berk.
And QPR because half the team are despicable fart chops. Soz Ji
West Ham I also want down because Fat Sam's a berk.
And QPR because half the team are despicable fart chops. Soz Ji
Pacheco, Yesil, Morgan, Ngoo, any kind of striker on the bench and there probably would've been another change - Assaidi could only come on for Stirling, who as I said, is already very similar in play style anyway, so it wouldn't have been much of 'unknown'.
Overall, Liverpool left ruing missed chances once again, though this feels far less of a blow than other matches because of the nature of it. Earlier there was a discussion about Suarez and his quality, with Liverpool fans bemoaning the inconsistency. This got me to thinking about liverpool's attack in general, with the conclusion that Liverpool currently have no consistent threat in attack. Back in Benitez's reign, you had Torres, Gerrard at their best, you had Alonso & the ever reliable Kuyt. Even with Hodgson there was Meireles, Torres & Gerrard still performing. When Dalglish came in he saw Meireles & Kuyt get about 20 goals between them. Yet since his second season Liverpool have had no one to consistently rely on. Meireles left to be replaced by the extreme hot & cold of Adam. Kuyt saw his performance decline considerably, as did Gerrard, and new signings did not step up.
Going to this season, in the past match we saw Stirling, 17; Shelvey, 19; & Borini, 21 in the starting line-up, with about 10 pl games between them. Then you have the aging legs of Gerrard & the ever inconsistent Suarez. Really the most consistent attacker is Johnson, a defender. No wonder Liverpool struggle so much. You look at say, Arsenal, and they have been able to rely on the likes of Fabregas, RVP & now Cazorla. United & City have a host of such players, Chelsea the likes of Mata & Drogba; Tottenham, Modric & Bale. It's not just about the striker for Liverpool.
I don't see what everyone has against QPR..
Nolan and Carroll <3
The_Hitcher89
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Nolan annoys me
Broder Salsa
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"Wait a minute. That's the Poznan celebration"
God I hate English commentators sometimes, we even did it against City back in 2008.
God I hate English commentators sometimes, we even did it against City back in 2008.
FootballFan
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It's like he heard the people criticising him here and now scored in consecutive games. Haha
The_Hitcher89
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(couldn't find a gif)
The way he plays, his technique, his face, his celebrations. Everything pisses me off.
Even if is a Liverpool fan
Mr. Luchador
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The way he plays, his technique, his face, his celebrations. Everything pisses me off.
Even if is a Liverpool fan
Willkiller
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I'll always love Nolan for that hat-trick
Mr. Luchador
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Perhaps you'd prefer:
The_Hitcher89
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Perhaps you'd prefer:
Well that's disturbing
Freewheelin'
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WHAT THE FUCK
Broder Salsa
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Ugh someone I used to go to school with started roiding up and got tits like that now.
Met him one day and made a joke about him shooting himself in the ass before training, which he did not appreciate.
Met him one day and made a joke about him shooting himself in the ass before training, which he did not appreciate.
Just came back from Dortmund. Great match I'm completly satisfied with the team's performance. Leverkusen could barely create any chances, our whole team defended superbly. And when they got past our midfield, the back four did their job really well. Especially Hummels, who also scored his first goal since ages (he promised us 10 goals last season, ha!).
At the other end of the pitch, Kuba and Götze made great use of the space Leverkusen offered today. But again, our attacking players were supported well by the rest of our team, mainly both full backs and the defensive midfielders.
So all in all, it was a great trip to Dortmund. The only thing that bothered me today were our seats. They were on the opposing stand, but behind the goalline. So whenever my neighbour stood up or bent forward, I had to follow his movements to see anything of the pitch lol.
I'm completly satisfied with the team's performance. Leverkusen could barely create any chances, our whole team defended superbly. And when they got past our midfield, the back four did their job really well. Especially Hummels, who also scored his first goal since ages (he promised us 10 goals last season, ha!).At the other end of the pitch, Kuba and Götze made great use of the space Leverkusen offered today. But again, our attacking players were supported well by the rest of our team, mainly both full backs and the defensive midfielders.
So all in all, it was a great trip to Dortmund. The only thing that bothered me today were our seats. They were on the opposing stand, but behind the goalline. So whenever my neighbour stood up or bent forward, I had to follow his movements to see anything of the pitch lol.
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