KaKa

The fuck happened to Atsu? I never thought he was as shit as people made out, but this is crazy

So much better a little more central with players around him. Formation really suits him.

Willems use of the ball and range of passing looks very very good.

Hope Ritchie doesn't get forced back in. Willems looks more natural int his position, particularly going forward.

Someone needs to check on Kanji

I know that guy has passed out somewhere

Look at that little flick skill before the strike! Oooooh! My goodness

WOW!!!

All the mans that said Willems was shit, and a rubbish loan ... come out now please.

Shelvey defensively, against this Liverpool team man.

 

This is going to be a bloody mess

 

TBF I remember him putting in a helluva shift, against Man U, one year.

Liverpool's intensity is something else. It's going to be awful for him if he plays.

Shelvey defensively, against this Liverpool team man.

This is going to be a bloody mess

Glad I decided to watch this game. Has had everything happen!

This game man

Pen should have been re-taken

Cheating cunt

Did so well but then seemed to not want to shoot when he had space, but instead waited for a chance to go down. So weird, but so Ross Barkley

Oh man

Never a penalty!

One of the worst dives I’ve ever seen.

Looked so silly at his size too

He's been good though, so not mad at him, and there was soem contact at least.

Guy is just 25, looks a lot older. I like his game. receives it into feet well and pops it off tidily.

Great penalty so fair play

Deserves a goal the big man tbf. He's been very good too.

Waves off Berisha who is on a hat trick

Kosovo are class

Rice is another one massively overrated

Not sure I agree, very versatile as it goes with curry, chinese and chilli.

Sterling is an absolute joy to watch like. What a player.

The thing I most appreciate about Sterling, is that for a super fast guy that can really dribble the ball, he doesn't overdo things, and is in fact very unselfish. Releases the ball when he should and then moves well off it.

Really what allows him to excel. Too many players with that speed and dribbling just want to take everyone on all the time in such an unintelligent manner.

Kosovo are tidy man.

Lovely composure from Berisha. Brilliant finish.

Such a good game.

Harsh on Kosovo though

Think they've played some lovely stuff. Remember us being linked a fair bit with Berisha.

Aaaaaaaand another one

Rogers used a very effective 4-3-1-2 at Liverpool for a while with Sturridge and Suarez up top and Coutinho behind them.

Thought he might have bought Perez for a similar setup with Maddison behind Vardy and Perez.

Think that would have been really interesting. Seems he has ended up in wider areas though, in some sort of 4-3-2-1 setup that hasn't quite worked.

Think Perez is fantastic, but in very limited setups. Not a very versatile player at all. I think that 3-4-2-1 was amazing for him, especially with a hard working and physical front man to play off of in Rondon.

Won't be surprised if it ends up quite badly for him at Leicester. He very much has to be in the right setup for him.

He goes on like he's been so hard done by, purely cos he turned to shit. Worse players adapted their game to continue being useful.

 

In today's football, he'd be Theo Walcott essentially. Lucky to have played in the era he did.

 

Well that’s just bollocks tbh. Twat of a man though.

Referring more to the type of player.

Smaller striker with pace, movement and finishing, although Owen was a better dribbler.

He played in an era where a lot of clubs used partnerships upfront and these smaller strikers could be better accommodated.

Currently most clubs use one striker upfront, who has to have more of an all round game. Theo came through at Southampton as a striker, just as we were going into the era of lone front men and he suffered for it in my opinion. Ended up being shunted out wide because he didn't have enough about him to play upfront by himself, but he isn't technical enough to be a wide man.

Theo would have had a much better career as a striker back in the day I reckon.

He goes on like he's been so hard done by, purely cos he turned to shit. Worse players adapted their game to continue being useful.

In today's football, he'd be Theo Walcott essentially. Lucky to have played in the era he did.

Well this is weird

 

At the time I felt so strongly he was taking the piss man. It was so frustrating.

 

From what I recall when we signed Owen we were being linked a fair bit with Anelka too, who it looked like we would sign if Owen refused to leave Madrid. Well, we ended up with Owen and Anelka ended up going to Bolton where he did really well, and seemingly never got injured either.

 

As a massive Anelka fan I was gutted we didn't get him back then. To make it worse Owen then acted as if he was doing the club a favour and was always injured. Very very annoying.

 

I remember reading a Souness interview a few years ago talking about how he wanted to sign Anelka but Shepherd went over his head and got Luque instead.

 

Didn't he also do that with Nicky Butt when Speed left, or am I just imagining that?

Souness wanted Anelka and Luis Boa Morte.

Shepherd got him Owen and Luque instead. Two players that ended up having injury problems, and who ended up not contributing nearly enough.

Anelka and Luis Boa Morte iin 2005 would have given us far more power and pace and would have been so much more productive. So unfortunate really.

Well this is weird

At the time I felt so strongly he was taking the piss man. It was so frustrating.

From what I recall when we signed Owen we were being linked a fair bit with Anelka too, who it looked like we would sign if Owen refused to leave Madrid. Well, we ended up with Owen and Anelka ended up going to Bolton where he did really well, and seemingly never got injured either.

As a massive Anelka fan I was gutted we didn't get him back then. To make it worse Owen then acted as if he was doing the club a favour and was always injured. Very very annoying.

Reckon we need a Sheffield Wednesday thread, potentially nearly a third of their team are going to be NUFC players.

 

Makes sense to let ol’ Bwucey have a look at ‘em before he takes over here next season.

 

Nice work.

Wow! That is shocking!

Deuce, what did you do man.