Interpolic Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Who was it that Liverpool binned Alonso off in favour for? I'm sure it was someone shit but cant put my finger on it Gareth Barry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookidge Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Who was it that Liverpool binned Alonso off in favour for? I'm sure it was someone s*** but cant put my finger on it Was it Aquilani? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Who was it that Liverpool binned Alonso off in favour for? I'm sure it was someone shit but cant put my finger on it Gareth Barry. Thats the boy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Funniest part is that they failed to sign Barry and ended up with Aquilani. Never recovered. At one point in time L'pool had the strongest CM trio in the world imo. Masch the legs, defensive awareness and the enforcer Alonso the orchestrator and gap-filler. Stevie G the whirlwind with carte-blanche to do whatever he liked Think Chelsea came close but played Mikel too often with Essien filling in at RB a fair bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 First time I've seen carte blanche hyphenated, like. Original. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I do think Gerrard needs a break rather than being totally finished (he does look totally finished). Alonso made a big rick yesterday but he's playing with a breathe of fresh air whenever I see him. Same with Lampard. Stevie plays like he's 5 years older than them both atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Brought great support tonight anyway, fair play. http://oi59.tinypic.com/2jam73r.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Oh dear Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 It's looking likely that Rodgers really is the footy equivalent of David Brent which I had him pegged as early doors only to consider otherwise following last season. Parky will win this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Ridiculous they will qualify on 7 points if they beat Basel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Can't believe Sky are treating this as a confidence boost, righted some wrongs result. Arguably, 2-2 in Ludogorets is one of the worst they've had recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Would laugh my fucking head off if Basel snatch a late, completely undeserved draw at Anfield. Going through on 7 points, fluky fucking wankers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Tbf though Alonso never really lost it due to ridiculous IQ, he'd struggle with Barca in their prime because Messi used to just consistently snap around his heels. But that aside his class shone through and continues to do so, can't say same for Lampard and Gerrard who have both had periods of looking finished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Tbf though Alonso never really lost it due to ridiculous IQ, he'd struggle with Barca in their prime because Messi used to just consistently snap around his heels. But that aside his class shone through and continues to do so, can't say same for Lampard and Gerrard who have both had periods of looking finished. I wouldn't say that Lampard ever has. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Brought great support tonight anyway, fair play. http://oi59.tinypic.com/2jam73r.jpg Some flair.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Can't believe Sky are treating this as a confidence boost, righted some wrongs result. Arguably, 2-2 in Ludogorets is one of the worst they've had recently. Ludogorets are a decent side. BUt it's a bad result because of the circumstances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Tbf though Alonso never really lost it due to ridiculous IQ, he'd struggle with Barca in their prime because Messi used to just consistently snap around his heels. But that aside his class shone through and continues to do so, can't say same for Lampard and Gerrard who have both had periods of looking finished. He's looked a tired and ageing footballer these last couple seasons imo. Mourinho in particular has a habit of running his central midfielders into the ground. Not to be misunderstood he still performed to a very high level and had some of his finest games in that period but especially in the league it looked like his legs had begin to go. Never the most athletic or even combative individual - he's one of the few CM's who has had to do MORE running, MORE defensive work into his 30's. Bayern is a great move for him. Less chasing opponents or plugging defensive gaps. Slightly less responsibility. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Tbf though Alonso never really lost it due to ridiculous IQ, he'd struggle with Barca in their prime because Messi used to just consistently snap around his heels. But that aside his class shone through and continues to do so, can't say same for Lampard and Gerrard who have both had periods of looking finished. I wouldn't say that Lampard ever has. Lampard looked poor a lot of the time last season imo. At City he's back playing more of his natural game where last year he was having to sit more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Would laugh my fucking head off if Basel snatch a late, completely undeserved draw at Anfield. Going through on 7 points, fluky fucking wankers. The way Rodgers has set them up in nigh on every game is disgraceful really. Last nights team sheet was laughably defensive for a supposedly huge club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Tbf though Alonso never really lost it due to ridiculous IQ, he'd struggle with Barca in their prime because Messi used to just consistently snap around his heels. But that aside his class shone through and continues to do so, can't say same for Lampard and Gerrard who have both had periods of looking finished. He's looked a tired and ageing footballer these last couple seasons imo. Mourinho in particular has a habit of running his central midfielders into the ground. Not to be misunderstood he still performed to a very high level and had some of his finest games in that period but especially in the league it looked like his legs had begin to go. Never the most athletic or even combative individual - he's one of the few CM's who has had to do MORE running, MORE defensive work into his 30's. Bayern is a great move for him. Less chasing opponents or plugging defensive gaps. Slightly less responsibility. The way Bayern play under Guardiola means he has to spend a lot of his time plugging defensive gaps. If one of the centre backs breaks forward with the ball it's his responsibility to drop deeper and cover that. That's what he wants from those he plays as pivote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Tbf though Alonso never really lost it due to ridiculous IQ, he'd struggle with Barca in their prime because Messi used to just consistently snap around his heels. But that aside his class shone through and continues to do so, can't say same for Lampard and Gerrard who have both had periods of looking finished. He's looked a tired and ageing footballer these last couple seasons imo. Mourinho in particular has a habit of running his central midfielders into the ground. Not to be misunderstood he still performed to a very high level and had some of his finest games in that period but especially in the league it looked like his legs had begin to go. Never the most athletic or even combative individual - he's one of the few CM's who has had to do MORE running, MORE defensive work into his 30's. Bayern is a great move for him. Less chasing opponents or plugging defensive gaps. Slightly less responsibility. The way Bayern play under Guardiola means he has to spend a lot of his time plugging defensive gaps. If one of the centre backs breaks forward with the ball it's his responsibility to drop deeper and cover that. That's what he wants from those he plays as pivote. Moving around a football pitch is a lot easier when your team has possession. Bayern have significantly more possession - even in domestic competitions. He's had to do a lot of lateral defensive movement for Real. Often either playing a 3 man midfield of RDM - LM - XA, or a flat 2 with Modric in a 4-4-2. I'd much rather have Lahm, Goetze next to me with Bernat LM as a 33 year old midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Brought great support tonight anyway, fair play. http://oi59.tinypic.com/2jam73r.jpg You mean flare play? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Iain Macintosh @iainmacintosh · 20m 20 minutes ago “Only confidence has been knocked,” says Rodgers in the programme. “Belief has not been affected.” I honestly don’t know what that means. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Confidence comes from either ability or arrogance belief is usually based on blind faith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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