"Honestly where would we be without Suarez??? Boy I miss the days of Rafa and Torres...at least we were a 3-man team..with Alonso and Gerrard the other two. Gerrrard is too deep to have an impact nowadays..and although Sterling has been fantastic..he's not as influential as Suarez."
"Moving to Rodgers. I find it baffling, how people can question or judge BR. Ok he's had some funds..but he has not been backed like the previous manager..so until he's backed fully..how can anyone judge a man..who's yet to stamp his authority on a squad. Baffling."
"Until he is, I will continue to sit in the 'BR will get LFC up and running' bandwagon. Who I will blame?? I'll blame the owners for the simple fact of not backing a newly-appointed manager..they clearly skimmed-read the book on how to own a football club."
"Suarez desperately needs support. Hopefully we'll get to within touching distance come Jan so that we can attract the right players but i fear we'll finish around 7th to 9th this season. "
"I was at the game yesterday. *sighs* And one name that kept propping up ast fans was...Allen. Honestly for someone who is meant to keep the ball..he didn't do a very good job yesterday. He hasn't been his usual ineffective self since the Reading game..you actually see him making mistakes and losing possesion."
"wow stats hey we need striker like huntalaaar villa support suarez to play ahead of him erickson isco munuim are quality midfieders fsg need to spend cole downing need to go"
"Buddha13131308..or whatever number he is nowadays..is one of my forum-friends on here...but to compare Allen to Xavi and Iniesta..is just damn right disrespectful to the Barca 2 lol. Allen is nowhere near the class of the two..and never will be. Just because BR said he can play for Spain..does that mean he can or better yet he will start. Javi Martinez is better than Allen..but he doesn't start."
"I know Buddha will spit his cornflakes out when he reads this..but...what is the difference between Allen and Hendo. Buddha if you read this please explain..beacuse I obviously cannot see quality..like you mate :)"
"I say this all the time. January transfer window is bigger than the US presedential election..well for Liverpool of course. But seriously its massive..and if we dont have at least 2 prolific strikers come February..I fear for BR."
"The owners deserve everything they get..if they do not back BR. Honestly how is he meant to succeed if he is not backed..Its like they want him to fail. BR will fain without at least two strikers..simple as that. Walcott and Demba Ba please."
"Last post..as I've waffled for too long. For all those crying..as to why we got rid of Carroll and that we should bring him back. How many goals has he scored for West Ham?? Say no more."
"The only excuses BR has is that he`s not spent money yet, otherwise, i would have question his football philosophy for not been proactive, vibrant and moving the ball with focus to score goals. players like JOE ALLEN specializes in moving the ball backwards he is also slicky while jose Enrique has no business in that yesterday match apart from the pass to Suarez."
"Lol Chucker ok..and you don't need to tell me that 5-yards is a misfit like Downer..but the point I was making is that Hendo is so bad and ineffective its almost disturbing...but what is setting Allen apart?? Why do you consider him a gem..is it because he can string a few passes sideways and backwards?
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"LucasDaWarrior1 It's such a relief to know that I am not the only one who think Allen is an average footballer. Better than Shelvey and Hendo but stations away from Xavi/Iniesta. "
"Very true "CJ777"! We are a young team & still building & with a few good signings in January, we will get better! Patience to those that shout abuse at our ever improving performances! Results will come..."
"I am quite happy CJ777, specially for some individual performances. Further to Luis, Stevie and Raheem, I can cite you Enrique who did well providing the assist for Luis, Sahin, Suso, Agger and Skrtel. In particular our centre backs stood out for me and should lead by example on all the other defenders. Well done BR! Keep making work the lads in this way! YNWA"
"Allen is a terriffic player in my opinion and as I was at yesterdays game you can have my thoughts.. Sahin is not premier league material and never will be,Suso should be a year away from the first team,Sterling is at best a squad player at present and needs to add goals to his game.All give their best but thats the facts."
"LDW..Correct we are indeed a one man team these days.Likewise Allen is playing poorly and at best average.
IMO certainly not worth the 315 mil outlay when we were crying out for a striker.I would rather have Hendo in there as at least he can pick a forwrd pass.
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"As for how many goals has Andy Carroll scored?Where are West Ham in the league then?If you look up the table you may just seem them through the clouds!
I think yesterday proved that maybe BR needs to mix it up a bit, a la Suarez's goal.
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"It doesn't look likeyou have improved Jose, you still can't make simple passes to your own team player and your crosses dont get past the first opposing player. Time for some players to step up to the plate, or risk being sold in the summer."
"AGREE WITH EVERYTHING LDW SAYS, ID RATHER HENDO PLAYED INSTEAD OF ALLEN, HE GOT CRITICISED LAST SEASON FOR JUST PASSING BACK AND SIDEWAYS BUT THATS ALL ALLEN DOES, HENDO IS A BETTER ALL ROUND PLAYER!"
"My view on the game is that we played well, but we lacked with goal bound shots, plenty of opportunities. this calls for a striker in the January transfer market. Also so many crosses in the game, which i would say Big Andy would have loved."
"Lovely goal, wish we'd get lots more goals and eapecially when they decide a game, when it really matters. will we ever become the dominant force in England ever again? Walk on, Walk on, with Hope in our Hearts I quess, what else can we do eh? "
"Is he trting to say Rodgers does not talk tactics with the team? Cos if Rodgers analyses the opposite team and find their weaknesses, he can infomr the team to take long range shots to the left of the keeper or long balls or go thru the middle etc..."
"joe Allen buzzes about like a little wasp intercepting, winning the ball and quickly passing it on to his team mates asap but that's not the way of a top footballer. Can he dribble past people? can he deliver match winning assists? can he score goals? what about set pieces? I fear as he gets older and slower what does he do then? I don't rate him as a complete footballer."
"If Enrique and Suarez had stuck strickly to Ticky Tacky, then that goal would never have happened, it was an inspirational goal, played instinctively and skilfully, with ecomomy of passes, that's how football should be played to suit each situation as it arises, as well as an overall strategy of course. "
"i think all the threat was on one side of the field BR did try to correct late on , think need gerrard more prominent maybe on the right and shelvey ,sahin allen or hendo in middle"
"L-MAN07- Trust me I have a friend who is a Hammers fan..and he's not letting me forget where they are and where we are in the league. The fact that he says apart from Suarez..he wouldn't want anyone from us speaks volumes..about our current predicament."
"re: Carroll..I mentioned his name because..although West Ham are doing well..he's not making me regret us losing him on loan. I certainly don't want him back..and hope the owners do the right thing and back in Jan, for him to get a couple of strikers..otherwise we'll enter an era of mediocrity."
"I don't want to be all doom and gloom..but yesterday was a must-win game. In the next few games we have both Chelsea and Spurs away. In our current form are we actually good enough to beat them both?? I'm not sure we'll even beat Wigan at Home..judging by the way they played at Spurs at the weekend. What has happened to my team..this is deeply depressing."
"Brendan Rodgers is Liverpool Manager and some plastic reds fans need to accept or move to Goodison!
Come January watch all the non believers praise BR when we take off after some priceless signings YNWA"
"We are not necessarily happy but have to accept the current situation. Upcoming youngsters are showing great quality that we will benefit from in the future. However, despesrately need a couple of quality players now to help finish in top 6, if not top 4 this season. Theo Walcott would be a great completement to our quality player Suarez. In BR we trust...."
"Everyone needs to wake up and smell the roses... Brendan Rodgers is the man that will take Liverpool back to the top, it may take a couple of years but we must have faith. Remember that it took Fergie 3 years to even get close to winning anything with Man Utd. Brendan is young and a great manager... give him time."
"Rob - I watched the 1970s football at Anfield and on the telly though I prefer the tika taka now - I was just saying they mixed the game up tika taka then long ball and it brought results. "
"I am happy with how we r progressing but beleive a lot of players like shelvey, downing, sahin etc need to start showing more consistencey n start scoring goals as i cannot beleive they don,t practice shooting in training ! rushing our goal scoring oppurtunitys too much methinks ! YNWA"
"I think one of the problem we have is that we still lack that hunger for victory. We always leave it late before rattling for victory. If only we could approach every game as if we are 2 goals down from the start then we would be winning more games...YNWA!"
"Got to be goal of the season ? and well done Enrique,your form resently has been down, you had a good game and to be part of that goal is historic for you,gratz"
"Luis will quit Liverpool like Torres for next 2 3 years. Liv nowhere to go now. After sacking KD, we got curse of King Kenny like what happened to us early 90s, Blacburn mid 90s & Newcastle late 90s. After KK quit, these 3 clubs collapse on competing in EPL. We did it again with sacking KD and now we got another King Kenny's curse."
"Just shows that a long pass can be far more effective than pussy footing about passing square and backwards until the oppo fall asleep waiting for the game to start in earnest."
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