Just another one of them matches where we should've won, but failed to capitalise where it mattered and got punished for it. Defensively frail still, and couldn't stop YBs counters early enough. Encouraging play from Cole, but thought he was indifferent tonight.
"Well Frustrating As per usual, Fed up of average players! Bad Subs for a change no need to take Wisdom off. And i am fed up of watching an under par Gerrard he needs to pull his socks up! Just because he is a Liverpool Legend that doesnt garentee a starting place."
"Sorry to say this ...but ...shame on you Brendan !! This is not how you prepare a game ! This is not how you risk an vital game ! WE SHOULD PLAY WITH THE FIRST TEAM ! NOR RISK AT ALL ! EUROPA LEAGUEA IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US ! SHAME !!
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"Didnt take our chances in first half to secure that much needed 2 goal lead, other than that it was an enjoyable watch and certainly some outstanding performances. Just means its gonna be a tricky game against Udinese, not over yet! YNWA"
"Well done lads... Better side didn't get the deserved score. Keep working Hendo, it's lurking beneath the surface. You just need to bring it out more often. JC great goal and assist. I'd swap 4th in EPL for progress in EC"
"The missed chances by Suso & Hendo cost us the win. Joe Cole played fabulous! I think he should have played the full game. Sighs! The win was there for the taking & we gave it away."
"what reason for Downing and Hendo play as defender? Wheres Flanagan, Kelly, Wilson, Enrique and Jack Robinson? Hendo do well as midfielder last game. What not put he in same poion for continue his momentum? Assaidi play bad as wing. Why he play in 93m? It's so bad tactics BR."
"I just wonder why our star players are always kept on bench and eventually, they come in and we lose the match. Lets play them if we want to play them. Arrant nonsense by a coach!"
"Downing was awful at going forward, Assaidi had his worst match in LFC shirt, Henderson is Henderson! Now RB seems the most problematic area for Liverpool. I think it was a wrong decision to play Sterling. BR should've replaced Shelvey with Allen when we went 2-1 up"
"I'm a proud fan tonight that was an impressive performance. YBs have a knack for doing that to decent teams. Don't let your heads go down we fight to the end in every competition and we're not out yet! Joe Cole needs that position he's so sharp and needs to be fit."
"Naive in europe. The palyers must take responsibility. When you are in the 88th minute you keep possesion and close the game out. There player were much tougher in the end as they shrugged our players off. They do have a lot of skilful players and they did beat Udinese home and away."
"once again, played well but didnt get the result... should have consolidated the lead silly to give the goal away, great strike mind. cole had a good game as we could all see. walcott would be a great addition alongside suarez hes clearly unhappy at arsenal and could play centrally as he desires at liverpool. positives to take from tonight no doubt"
"sack Brendan!!!!! Bad tactics. Wrong players for many position. BR just sit on the chair for at least 80 minute with ziped mouth. We want manager like Padrew, Martin Oneil and Martinez. bring back Rafa"
"Suso should've remained on I feel, he was a threat and his tight play works wonders. Assaidi was lively and has quick feet, he should be told to have the guts to shoot, he's a smart buy indeed. Downing fighting for his life bless him, I hope we keep him."
" I cant understand why Gerard for Wisdom and Henderson RB?? we had coates, enrique on the bench...henderson is not defenders..and is better play Enrique, or Skrtel RB than him...first goal it was Henderson liability on RB."
"Henderson is not a right back. At fault for their first goal. Not quick enough to spot man coming in from behind. His first remit is to defend and not attack. on a positive note Joe Cole played well but it is too late. Assaidi was very good and will get better with games under belt."
"Yogi102: Dont know which match have you watched! Gerrard was the best player in the pitch. Rodgers subs were spot on. Havent you noticed that Gerrard took the control of midfield when he came in? And it was him and Suarez combined for the 2nd goal. It was bad luck today. But fair play Young Boys. They played well! YNWA"
"Gerrard looked under par and shouldn't have played. We now have to worry about Sunday and play that extra European game with a first team. Put this down to European experience."
""No complaints, The Lads were brilliant, we are getting better all the time, it's a very, very long term plan. just wait, even when we are fighting relegation year in, year out, as long as the lads play brilliant like tonight, we can still play ticky tacky btw, so be patient, Rome wasn't built in a day, We will reach Swansea standard eventually". "
"Very naive in last 10 mins. Jordan and Stuart are not defenders. What a mistake. Need our best team against Udinese if BR is really serious about Europa."
"Henderson shouldn't be a right-back. He's good enough but clearly doesn't know where he should be. Remember folks, work in progress and Jordan needs to be closer to goal too, he has incredible accuracy when composed you've seen the vids, on and off the pitch. He's not a DM or RB."
"How about starting with SG and Suarez for a change. Let's have a half time result, maybe desent, and then let the hungry young ones see it through.
Suso and Assaidi has real spirit! Great energy!"
"should nvr hav played hendo at right back, his play was poor after the shift, should hav brought on coates instead of gerrard, shifting carra 2 the right 4 a stronger defense. dun understand why he kept assaidi on. if rodgers really wanted 2 win the game,he should hav kept suso or cole on, both whom played well 2day instead of assaidi who played poorly throughout"
"i taught we played really well should of killed the game off but we are going in the right way . a lot of people here are going to moan but this is liverpool we stick together and get behind the team and manager ,if ye want instane sucess ye know all about football ,i think we wont be to far off top 4"
"first team is stabilized, but our second team needs time. We are not completely ready to fight on many fronts...it is right decision to make Swansea,Spurs priority...if we cant get into quarter-final with semi-reserve team...then forget it and make top4 priority."
"I love the way some ppl here make themselves feel superior by belittling others here with silly names. fact is all of us want the team to win and do well. Another fact is that every player Rogers brought in has been a disappointment so far: Borini shocking before injured, Sahin & Assiadi useless and Allen avg at best. only stars are players he inherited. so no sympathy for him on that front! "
"You can't sack Brendan until Rafa has completed his stint at Chelski - gutted but we just have to wait for our manager to come back!
Brendan is a joke!!!"
"Scousemorals I agree but a lot of these half-wits dont. He played great today. One unlucky bit of defending and they get a goal. Iv seen a lot worse from real full backs. He needs to get forward more and the confidence will come."
"This was first game when I thought maybe BR is trying to be a bit too clever. But Shelvey scored and played well in that role. Suso had a big chance, but he's young, can't be too hard on him. Sahin was better, except for going to ground too many times and taking himself out of play. "
"a good performance but we probably tried to kill the game towards the end rather than close it out. lets continue to try things in the europa league and save our best performances for the premier league. win the next game against swansea and no one will care about tonight"
"Really sad night! We will be aware of what has happen just after the next game vs Udinese. It's true we played some great stuff, but it's unacceptable take so many mistakes at the back after we dominated in this way the game and conceded so little! Unacceptable! Anyway, Joe Cole stood out for me, followed by Shelvey, Suso and Skrtel. Well done Joe! Let's hope we learn from the mistakes...YNWA"
"i taught we played really well should of killed the game off but we are going in the right way . a lot of people here are going to moan but this is liverpool we stick together and get behind the team and manager ,if ye want instane sucess ye know all about football ,i think we wont be to far off top 4"
"Very undisciplined, naive and immature performance, the attack isn't gelling together, the shooting accuracy, even at set pieces is woeful. We need to judge the team on each current performance, a long term plan can progress in the background as it should and youngsters introduced very gradually. We are much too 'hit & hope'. Accuracy awful, awful, awful, amateur to say the least."
"On one hand I'm not too bothered with the EL as we won't win it anyway and being kicked out leaves us with just the cup and the league to focus on. On the other hand it worries me that we can't comfortly beat a Swiss side at home."
"Don't get me wrong because I have high hopes for Henderson as a midfield, but a right back he is not. Sahin needs to step it up too. We should've put this game to bed in the first half. Why take Suso off? I think BR got it wrong big time tonight. Shame. Got to go to Italy and win? Big ask."
"We had 4 minutes to hold on to qualify and we couldn't do it! a mish-mash of a team selection,suprised we were in a position to win t.b.h. right and left midfielders playing as full backs??? suppose we will have the blinkered fans on here now thinking BR can do no wrong"
"Why are our owners sitting up in the stands watching these crucial games as they progress? They are treating the running and progress of this once successful and ambitious club, that was the envy of England, like it were a hobby on the side, they need to change their mindset swiftly, January is approaching and it had better be really encouraging!"
"Correction.
Why aren't our owners sitting up in the stands watching these crucial games as they progress? They are treating the running and progress of this once successful and ambitious club, that was the envy of England, like it were a hobby on the side, they need to change their mindset swiftly, January is approaching and it had better be really encouraging!"
"By my reckoning, to show progress after the sacking of King kenny he will have to either win a cup and finish no lower than last year's position or no cup and get 4th or very close to it. Although even then you could argue that a cup is worth more than 4th.."
"Just stop crying and get behind the team... if you dont like what you see go support UTD ! The team plays beautiful football and the manager is doing a great job ! There is spirit in our team for the first time after so many years and you all (as always) just whine like little girls. Well done to the lads tonight and i am sure that greater days will come !"
"Why did we try & walk the ball in the net we need to shoot more outside the box stop tryin 2 walk the ball in the net . Fsg either give rodgers dollars in jan or get him out we need 2 strikers minimum "
"In terms of experience and maturety Young Boys were the Men and Liverpool were the Boys, we must grow up fast.
Our defending is hard to believe, it's terrible, our forwards can't seem to link up properly, the passes are over hit so often it's amazing.
We threw the match away, just like against Swansea and Undinese."
"Loz99 I know im probably ranting a bit but i'm so annoyed at the fact our boys had it in the bag. Then the big subs come on again - like at Udinese and we end up throwing it away. Anyway chin up. Im starting to calm down.And sorry for coining the phrase "individuals" It was a little dig at buddha"
"DigitalVei. Shut it mate. If humiliation at home to a side like that isn't justification to whine then maybe you need to support Shrewsbury or some other townie side. "
"If Liverpool will win at Udinese, they will qualify. If Liverpool, Young Boys and Anzhi will finish with 10 points, Liverpool will be first. But if Liverpool, Young Boys and Udinese will finish with 7 points, Udinese will end third, so they can't qualify in any case. It means Liverpool will play against a team that has no interest in the group last games and have a good chance to win and qualify."
"IF if if if patience believe believe believe..long term plans...£150m a year turnover and Anfield has b0gs like sewers and the owners are raking it in. Wake up FSG OUT!!!"
"hahaha its good to get knock out early. Why qualify? The humiliation is embarassing. Where are the European Nights at Anfield gone.The future is bleak, Tactically naive manager, owner who stop turning up for matches.Only the fans are sincere, is time to stand up and be counted. The truth is we will achive nothing with a relegated manager, never manage in Europe, never won anything. "
"Our manager's inexperience in Europe have cost us dear IMO. This was NOT a difficult group and we should have had qualification sewn up by now. Anyone else have a feeling that BR isn't bothered whether or not we qualify? Shameful."
"redahead, 22:52
Having a rant after results like this, Couldn't believe what I was seeing, match thrown away, offered for the taking, 4-5 times this season at least, at Anfield and still can't learn how to stop it! Fools have a habit of repeating the same mistakes over and over, That's undiscipline, not permitted at OT, why at Anfield? They win things, we don't, WE DEMAND BETTER FROM LFC."
"redahead
22nd Nov 2012 22:52
There's nothing so hard to take as victory snatched away from your grasp, with minutes to spare. It's what makes sport so magical, We'd be ellated if we suppported YBB tonight but being on the recieving end is so horrible, it sticks in your gut. It's happened too many times this season so far through undiscipline. "
"not saw the match, but we still can qualify for the knock out stage..now move on for the swans match..draw for the second string player is not bad at all..consider few of them are youngster.."
"Two things I like to say here, one that I think BR prefers to use the Europa League to give exposure to the young boys, while the aim remain CL by getting to the top 4. Two, i am gutted to hear Rafa has taken the Chelsea position, and they plan to move him up as Sporting Director after. He built Valencia and LFC with great young talents. FSG, we have lost out on a very good man."
"i dont see why playing a full strength squad is a risk when other teams play their teams in CL and still play same players come weekend PL games. Who are we protecting when we end up putting ourselves under pressure. We could hav qualified easily"
"This is the weakness with us...simply get carried away with a slim lead let alone killing the game but unable to defend till final whistle but letting the opposition ambush for a winner. Poor anticipation cost us the game. "
"Rodgers caused it by using deadwood Cole and putting his best legs on the bench. If we fail to qualify for the next round, Rodgers should be held responsible."
"Why are you all shouting at BR? His tactics did work, we create some good chances. I think players let him down not to fight until the final whistle. Little bit unlucky we not won but good performance. Just make sure you win such games from now lads! YNWA"
"I seriously feel for BR. With the so-called fans on this site he is damned if he does and dammned if he doesn't. Play the first teamers in Europe and lose to Swansea and everybobdy would round on him and say EPL should be priority. Rest the big guns and everybody screams he got selection wrong."
"The reality is that his selection came very close to getting the job done. My only criticism is that the final subsution (Sterling for Cole) was a bit naive. Sterling would have been a great option had we been chasing the game, but at 2-1 up we really needed Coates or Allen to help us close out the result. But this is easy to see with hindsight and I'm sure BR will learn from it. "
"I don't know when I started to be happy by finishing the game in draw, as previously, I am gutted, when Liverpool drawing, cause we lost 2 precious point....."
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