re: Liverpool FC 2011/12 Season Thread

desired lineup revised due to the Suarez ban...

back 5

adam henderson
kuyt gerrard bellamy
carroll

LFC line up:

Reina, Johnson, Enrique, Agger, Skrtel, Henderson, Downing, Spearing, Adam, Kuyt, Carroll

Carroll and Gerrard on the bench... oh well, come on you reds!!!!

I'd rather start Shelvey in place of Adam.

Adam has had some good crosses/set ups already this season, but he's just wildly inconsistent.... however, I'd rather him than Downing, who just seems to be able to run really fast and Henderson, who looks like he should be in a Polo ad rather than playing soccer...

I feel terrible for Gerrard, who in the twilight of his career, is probably playing on one of the worst teams he's ever played on....

i personally think we need Rafa back, we need someone who can consistently put the ball in the back of the net and we need a DM to convert defensive stops into scoring breaks/chances....

every game, we seem to be doing a good or decent job defensively, but we can't score to save our fricking nuts! can't get 3 points in the table not scoring goals.... Carroll, Henderson, Downing, they can all go play in the women's soccer league, since they play like women anyway.... i'd build around our CB's (Agger and Skrtl), play Gerrard even if at 80%, and try different lineups to try anything to figure out how to squeeze goals out of this team....

We have a lot of matches this month, at least 3 cup games, right? Plenty of opportunities for KK to try a few things...

Thankfully, the Tigers and Saints make it hard to be too upset... so again, I'll choose to stay positive

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I don't think Kenny is to blame for it

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do you blame the butcher when your steak is not cooked the way you like? me either.....

to nitpick, Downing is one of the slowest wide players in the PL.

He was absolutely miserable today, again. He is a lazy frustrating player without the quality to pull off anything close to what we need. He can't earn space for himself (although once today he skinned Richards which blew me away cause it's the first time I can really remember it this year) and often his passes are lazy and just hit aimlessly.

Adam was pretty bad again which no longer surprises me. Really coming to the conclusion that this team just isn't very good (at least in the way that we want them to be). There is just so little quality.

I felt horrible for Carroll today because he spent 90 mins having balls aimlessly played up to him that he could do little with. City's defenders looked bored late on. Still thought he played well today though. Had some good knockdowns and was much more physical.

This team is infuriating

the only leeway that I'll grant Adam is that he may just really need a rest right now, but that's grasping for anything.

Everytime I watch him and Downing play I just keep thinking of Hodgson. His whole time at Liverpool everyone said he's a fine manager, but just isn't Liverpool quality. They're the same to me. Fine players but when asked to be special players at a club with high aspirations, they just look out of their depth.

Luis issues an apology, hopefully we move on...

(the advertisement at the bottom made me laugh)

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