Tiresias

You've spent too much time on rtg being threatened with death. Aye maybe it's too far the other way but ours has got a bit too mean spirited of late imo

Great squad player to have, if we have a ton of fixtures next season he'll get a fair run out. Did very well for us first half of season.

Not as bad as Hatem's Needs work yeah, we seem to want to do a lot of corners into the near post and too often wasted, rather than at least getting some pinball going in their box.

I was trying to write something for the chron about that today but i mentioned the northern echo and boss shouted me down. Yes i know the chron sport section is shit.

A lot wrong with that article...I mean really can't stand implication we're an old fashioned side just charging purely because we're motivated and without nous. Also suggesting Ben Arfa has been a fun liability rather ignores why he's turning heads right now...

Just so bad... :lol:

Cisse hat trick and Ben Arfa rapes that right wing. Shola on for last 5 mins would grab a brace of course

As someone who has been at times incredibly pissed off with Pardew this season, I do have to accept some humble pie, I had resigned myself to him not having a plan B for adapting the team from a rigid 4-4-2, but he has pulled it off. Credit where it's due, it takes some confidence to shift Ba to the left for the sake of a new player, changing a winning formula shows both guts and nous. The premier league punditry tends to divide it's managers into two categories, the nerdy tactics type, exemplified by Wenger and the keep it simple motivator, typified by Redknapp. Both these are quite inaccurate really, think Wenger has shown plenty of ability to motivate teams sometimes (other times his teams just seem to lose it though, seems very odd one, think he's maybe too nice to players often). Think Mancini is showing probably more of a head in the tactical tinkering without actually man managing very well at all, equally never seems to have settled on a system. Redknapp is also maybe never given enough credit, he does actually try more than 4-4-2, Spurs have tried 3 at the back this season, but he generally is a manager who wants to let his players dictate where and how they play, which leads to all kinds of useless central runs from Bale who can be exemplary on the wing, is no Messi who can dance past defenses from deep in midfield, or pass it past them. Ferguson of course is the complete manager, great motivator but also tactically astute. Dogleash is the complete opposite, no motivation, no plan. Anyway moving on to Pardew, think he's a bit difficult, at times felt he was going on motivation alone, others on tactics alone, but seems to fit somewhere pleasingly in the middle. He's got the whole squad fired up at a perfect time to rescue us from what was a slump into being the form team of the league behind only Man U, and maybe Arsenal. Not only that he's rearranged the system simultaneously, got players playing out of position well, and we still operate at a unit. There are still questions over the slumps, but our position now. Nothing typifies this approach more than his treatment of Ben Arfa, not has he man managed him into being committed, working for the team and playing very well, he has him out of his favored position doing so. I retract embarrassing previous comments about looking around for someone new in the summer (think it was wolves game that really rather irritated me), he still has us playing ugly football at times, but there are signs of improvements developing and coming to a head at end of season. Next season if he can maintain the form of Cabaye Ben Arfa and Cisse we could be enjoying some very good footy. Things for next season: Rotate the squad to cope with Europe (if we get in) effectively If we don't lets get a competent cup run going this time? If we keep him get more reliable performances out of Tiote all season Sort out the Ba Cisse problem even if it means plenty of rotating them, though not convinced at all that can't play together) Get some of the good youngsters into the team. Want to see Abeid and Ferguson more.

You make a fair point that the team is a poor yardstick, but I have watched him longer than half a season, and i said on peak form, of course wouldn't make overall form. Good player, Song or Cabaye could be there too. Ok for overall form sub in Krul for Vorm, Song for Lucas, and Valencia for HBA

Tiote just stays there between games

Lucas has completed the most tackles of any liverpool players, even including all the games he hasn't played. Very good player. If we were going with peak form this would be my team Vorm (would be krull but for his kicking, on overall form would go Krul, but Vorm can play blinders and really good distribution) Sagna Kompany Collocini Baines Toure Lucas HBA Silva Mata RVP Mata provides plenty of width. Valencia, Song (close call with Lucas, but think latter provides more actual tackling) and obviously Cisse.

Hmmm wonder if club were telling it was just for 10 minutes and actually were just trying to freeze him for next season, can't use that release clause when he's frozen solid

fingers crossed

oh ffs

ahahahahahahaha

at this rate jones will be off and enrique will be subbed on to go in goal...PLEASE

Aye that was awful

Well just dagliesh makes a good zombie tbh, wasn't much thought into it, was going to photoshop dagliesh into screaming justin bieber fans etc but then screwed up the save file somehow

It's a shame that kenny didn't think that it was going to happen again and had no keeper on bench I kinda want less subs in premier league, 5 on bench imo, would that be unpopular?

Love the idea that during that ridiculous run he was just thinking "oh shit gotta pass it gotta pass it gotta pass it OH SHIT THROUGH ON GOAL" So cool though in front of goal, some players panic.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6202/zombiedagliesh.jpg

I love the idea that he was just bored and thought, oh enough of this shit, goes and scores lol

Oddly I'd be reasonably happy with a new left winger and Jonas moved into the centre more permanently, think he's done well enough there, and suits being with a attacking playmaker and a destroyer, does the water carrying. If we lose tiote, how about a cheeky bid for Lucas from Liverpool? Dagliesh will no doubt will want to off load the fancy foreigners in his squad to replace them with more proper british players with heart.

You forget, liverpool's more than a club, it's a religion, one with no sense of humour and hyper offendable

Poor guy.