Liverpool Fc @ Anfield - Reds Supporters Gatherings

[KingEros]

Freshly transcripted from the post-match conference ...

"The smaller clubs will always try their utmost to frustrate us, including their persistant refusal to rectify the stadium drainage system so that we cannot play our flowing attacking game."

[Offspring]

knn what a lost today. See also damm tu lan. Whole team perform poorly esp zenden.

PUI PUI PUI!

[canthaveenuf]

What happened man !!! Really tu-lan. Are we going back to our losing ways again, just when we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel?

Quite unlucky actually since we had quite a few good chances in the first half to kill off the game.

Wonder how the new owners will feel.

The only good piece of news out of the game is that we have Sisoko and Zenden back from injuries.

Let's hope for a better showing against Barca next.

Cheers

[GhostFish]

Another one of those games that we should have won comfortably. The combination of missed chances and bad mistakes has cost us yet again against a poor Newcastle side. We got exactly what we deserved for not killing off the geordies... haiz....

On the positive side we will have more money to spend in the summer and hopefully Rafa gets David Villa and Alves. We need more quality across the board to give us any chance of winning the Prem next season.
Kuyt missed an easy chance that he did well to create that would have put us 2-1 up. Should have been 5-0 up at half time. As for Martins' goal...

And is it just me or does Solano love playing against us?

[KLKOOL]

OMG.. i watched the match and was really disgusted with the performance of the Team... like a bloody bunch of schoolboys. We really need more consistent performances and better players if we are to challenge for the title

[rahl]

It's the kind of game which makes you feel you have been kicked in the balls. Yet it's been happening too frequently this season.

I won't say we played badly. We did well attacking and all credit to Bellars for running his socks off and creating chances although his finishing was rather hurried. I think that's what we need - composure, especially away.

And the defence - all the clean sheets before and then the comical goal we conceded yesterday. But the defence is an area we need to sort out. Anytime a team attacks with pace we are in trouble - remember Arsenal. You can literally smell the fear in our defence.

The bench wasn't too impressive last night. Cupboard threadbare already? Granted that Alonso was suspended and a couple of others not totally fit. Momo and Bolo looked rusty also, understandably so.

At the end of the day, we should have put the Barcodes to the sword by the end of the first half. Yet you get the growing feeling this was going to be one of those days, as the chances kept coming and going.

Barcelona away next. We got to do much much better than this.

Its only right that certain games like yesterday that Rafa needs to be criticized, the fans are screaming to change things around and he does the opposite.

He can be castigate, look at the United crowd 12 months ago they wanted Fergie out.
Rafa making mistakes doesn't mean people want him to leave, he can only learn by them.

He made another mistake today by not bringing Crouch on earlier to the game.
He has only been here 3 years now, he will learn in time, my biggest fear is when he does learn, he leaves and brings us No 19 then fecks off to Real.

We need creativity in our strikers, without it we won't finish easy chances. Rafa must buy a creative and a good finisher [Villa]

I thought if we had alonso yesterday, we would have had an advantage of his excellent passes, but it was a good comeback from sissoko, he fought for every ball and actually created an opportunity in the first half which bellamy should have buried!

Our finishing is woeful period. We miss easy chances week in and week out, sitters absolute sitters [look at Zenden].

I think it's a physiological thing more than ability wise. I can relate to it when you're playing footie and you have an easy chance, in your mind the ball is already in the net. And then you screw up.

Originally Posted by KLKOOL

OMG.. i watched the match and was really disgusted with the performance of the Team... like a bloody bunch of schoolboys. We really need more consistent performances and better players if we are to challenge for the title

I think the problem is the high tempo we play, I don't know how to translate the expression from Arabic to English, but if you are quick, you may regret it later. Maybe lowering the tempo a bit in games, you know, keep it cool, don't add pressure on the play, let the strikers keep their cool and they may end up scoring those easy chances

Originally Posted by rahl

It's the kind of game which makes you feel you have been kicked in the balls. Yet it's been happening too frequently this season.

I won't say we played badly. We did well attacking and all credit to Bellars for running his socks off and creating chances although his finishing was rather hurried. I think that's what we need - composure, especially away.

And the defence - all the clean sheets before and then the comical goal we conceded yesterday. But the defence is an area we need to sort out. Anytime a team attacks with pace we are in trouble - remember Arsenal. You can literally smell the fear in our defence.

The bench wasn't too impressive last night. Cupboard threadbare already? Granted that Alonso was suspended and a couple of others not totally fit. Momo and Bolo looked rusty also, understandably so.

At the end of the day, we should have put the Barcodes to the sword by the end of the first half. Yet you get the growing feeling this was going to be one of those days, as the chances kept coming and going.

Barcelona away next. We got to do much much better than this.

Our strikers have pace, size, and creativity. Unfortunately, we don't have a striker that is not only able to create chances, but to finish them as well I'm sure everyone here agrees that this is beyond frustrating. We can't play like this against Barca. If players want to win over the fans and show their true worth, then I suggest they improve their performances. And fast

Originally Posted by Sirus_The_Virus

We need creativity in our strikers, without it we won't finish easy chances. Rafa must buy a creative and a good finisher [Villa]

I thought if we had alonso yesterday, we would have had an advantage of his excellent passes, but it was a good comeback from sissoko, he fought for every ball and actually created an opportunity in the first half which bellamy should have buried!

Our finishing is woeful period. We miss easy chances week in and week out, sitters absolute sitters [look at Zenden].

I think it's a physiological thing more than ability wise. I can relate to it when you're playing footie and you have an easy chance, in your mind the ball is already in the net. And then you screw up.

I totally agree about the finishing.... it was terrible.

we could have won that game by far but we just couldn't score, and once they scored i knew we would regret those chances missed, and we did.

Something inspirational needs to happen soon to these players

Originally Posted by Sirus_The_Virus

We need creativity in our strikers, without it we won't finish easy chances. Rafa must buy a creative and a good finisher [Villa]

Hai.... I think we can all forget about Villa joining us. The buyout on his contract is 100 million (at least thats what Chelsea were told) and if anything, he's got better since then.

Despite the new spending budget Rafa will have, he's not the sort of manager to blow silly money on one player regardless of how good he is...

I'm pretty sure its been mentioned that its roughly the same situation with Alves to so thats two players we are pining our hopes on of joining next season that arent really realistic

After watching the poor finishing displayed today its clear that we desperately need at least a new striker, any ideas other than Villa ?

Boxing Day at Blackburn all over again. Had we buried the game in the first half like we should have I'm sure the Barcodes' heads would have dropped and we'd have the 3 points

Bellamy was simultaneously the best player and worst player on the pitch today. Got into freaking fantastic positions and then failed to finish the chances off. Kuyt looks a bit jaded at the moment and this jolly in Portugal might be just what he needs.

Our left side let us down today. Bolo is never a wide man and he's clearly no finisher. Utter liability out there and not who you want in the centre of the park... get rid!! As for Riise, well what can you say except he's making it easier to consider shipping him come summer. I've always liked Riise's heart and work ethic -- not to mention the odd goal--but, freak me, he seems determined to redefine mediocrity at LB.

Sissoko well off the pace today, chasing shadows in addition to being poor with his distribution. I know he needed to play today but, on this performance, Gerrard can expect to retain his CM birth after Xabi's return.

Finally, I too am puzzled by the lateness of Rafa's changes and the options he went for. Blooding Arbeloa at 2-1 down away seems very odd. And why give Crouch only 10 minutes? Was he really that knackered from a midweek friendly? With a water-logged pitch, a team running out of ideas and opponents who lack defensive nous at the best of times, would Route 1 to Crouch really have been such a poor strategy for the last 20 minutes?

And, could someone please tell me what the hell has happened to Mark Gonzalez?

[KLKOOL]

Originally Posted by Sirus_The_Virus

I think the problem is the high tempo we play, I don't know how to translate the expression from Arabic to English, but if you are quick, you may regret it later. Maybe lowering the tempo a bit in games, you know, keep it cool, don't add pressure on the play, let the strikers keep their cool and they may end up scoring those easy chances

Maybe... seems that they just done keep their cool in front of goal... they have to learn to keep the ball better... rather than rushing things...

Not so much the tempo (which i find wierd since Rafa is Spanish and they are seldom known for high tempo games... ) but rather a sense of anxiety, almost like they cannot shoulder the burden of expectation of their legions of fans...

Originally Posted by kb_soo80

After watching the poor finishing displayed today its clear that we desperately need at least a new striker, any ideas other than Villa ?

Lol Torres for me

Originally Posted by KLKOOL

Maybe... seems that they just done keep their cool in front of goal... they have to learn to keep the ball better... rather than rushing things...

Not so much the tempo (which i find wierd since Rafa is Spanish and they are seldom known for high tempo games... ) but rather a sense of anxiety, almost like they cannot shoulder the burden of expectation of their legions of fans...

Yup true, though honestly the permutation of kuyt, bellamy and crouch (given the limited resources we had to acquire players) is a vast improvement from the baros, cisse and occasional pongo, mellor combination.

Thing is, is the strike force good enough to challenge the top two? Think Henry, even Drogba, or Rooney (had a barren spell earlier) - providing persistent discomfort for opponents and putting chances away. We need a solution up front, and soon! Torres or Villa pls..

Last night i was with a group of my kakis Reds gang, and after the match one of my friend ask, "So what now? Kaoz... The big clubs were winning. The "small club" won it too, and another small club even have taken away all the points from us. So are we big or small?"

Sheesh... piak his head

Originally Posted by Wowholing

And, could someone please tell me what the hell has happened to Mark Gonzalez?

Gonzalez came from Chile on Friday and Benitez didn't want to use him as he was too knackered from the trip

How much do I not love international friendlies during the season...