Providing we play in this positive manner against the top teams,we have a chance. Must approach our next 2 games in the same way. Yes it was only Norwich, as some might disrespectfully say,but it was still a superb performance that(IMO) would more than trouble the next 2 opponents.Keep being bold BR.Well done REDMEN
"The team played well against Norwich and the two strikers are getting on well I think, Daniel Sturbridge is looking good and fitting in well within the squad so shame on everyone who had doubts about him because him and Suarez both scored and the pressure is off Suarez now and can have a bit more freedom."
"I was wrong, although I didn't doubt we would win I didn't think it was going to be that good, I told people to stop saying we should win 3 or 4 nil and it was going to be a hard win for us, well done red's well done Brendan,, peoeple have to remember norich beat manure, spurs, arsenal and got 3 past city so it was a brilliant result cont.."
"It is great to hear such encouraging words from our new striker. Daniel Sturridge will be a success at Liverpool, and I think so far he already is. He connects well with Suarez. I think it is possible to reach top 4. YNWA"
"...cont a lot of so called supporters mouthed off at BR on here before the ball was even kicked when they saw the team named, one fool (called CAGGER) even wrote "F OFF ROGGERS" before the game started, how red faced you must be now, you probably wont even write here till we loose again, sad muppets ."
"anyway enough of that negative talk by me, keep playing with that atude and we will beat arsenal and city, and with a few other results going our way the bitters, spurs and the chavs will be looking over their shoulders at us sneaking up behind them"
"A victory at the Emirates (just like last season) would see us climb past Arsenal (should they lose to Chelsea by more than 2goals today) with their outstanding becoming irrelevant...Counting my chicks already? Hahahahah...just can't wait to get in the 4th/3rd position...YNWA!"
"I WAS ALWAYS WITH YA STURRO..JUST WAITING FOR THE HATERS TO TURN ON YOU WHEN WE DRAW OR LOSE OR GOD FORBID YOU HIT THE POST...CRUSH OLDHAM PLEASE SO WE CAN HAVE A RUN TO A CUP..AND PLEASE OH [PLEASE BEAT ANZHI.."
"I THINK THE PLAYERS READ THE COMMENTS CAUSE I BEGGED FOR STEVIE TO TAKE A CRACK ..AND HE DID..SO MAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE JUST MAYBE HE READ MY MSG..LOVE YA STEVEEEE G..MANY HAPPY NIGHTS WATCHN THE MIGHTY REDS PLAY...AS FOR TOP 4..ILL TAKE EACH GAME AS IT COMES..DONT CARE IF RELEGATED..LOVE LFC"
"1st of all Joe Allen has been poor for the last couple of games, we need a better midfielder to accommodate Gerrard and Lucas. 2nd. We need a cover on left back as Johnson should be revert back to his right back position, 3. Get another defender to cover for Agger and Skrtel, Carragher unable to last 90mins against a stronger team.
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"Reality check - we beat Norwich, we put five past them away from home ! Yes we MIGHT challenge for top four IF we beat Arsenal and IF we beat Man City and IF ... you get the drift. Wait and see before getting your hopes up, there have been too many false dawns at this club."
"all i have to say, and had always said, is that by the time the league ends, we shall all know where we are. but in my own opinion, i have never doubted the fact that i (lfc) will play champions league football come the 2013/14 season of the competition."
"You are doing and saying all the right things Daniel. Day by day you are gaining more fans. Soon you will be a Liverpool Legend. May you stay with us long! YNWA!"
"Woa guys, I knew it. Lets cool down this Top 4 BS. First we need to put in a good run of victories against the top teams in the EPL and then talk. If we only are convincing against bottom teams the we are a mid table team. Forever Red!"
"If we can play like that week in week out there is no reason why we can't challenge and take back our CL spot. 2ndly I thought that Patrick Berger scored two braces and a single goal on his first three games for us?? Can someone correct me ?"
"he is doing more for the team in that position free roaming behind the no.9. i always feel he is wasted just waiting on the top sometimes, wish he could come abit down and start some magic, and then link it up with the person who is playing the no.9 role. and this is what happend... beauty."
"ZARED1 norwich are not bottom team and have btn some top teams. in past we struggled against so-called lesser teams. there are more teams below us than are above us. if we were in 3rd/4th you would say season is not finished. just try to be more positive. good times are coming. well done LFC. YNWA"
"Sturridge adds that X factor in attack we have been missing, scores goals,skilfull, quick, and has a good football brain.
All we need now is 1 more striker b4 the window closes"
"NIGELM if dan sturridge and other players think we could get top4 and are fighting for that what is wrong with fans believing it as well??? maybe you need to wake up and believe we are becoming a very good team. we are progressing. 8 out of 11 is pretty good. come on you reds. YNWA"
"We played really well yesterday. There ihas been great evidence of that this season. What we need to do is sho a fighting spirit together with this pass and move game when we play real rivals starting with Arsenal, then Man City. We win those two, then top four comes. "
"Henderson must keep his place, definitely ahead of Allen - stronger, more confident, better movement and quicker decision making, all round better at the moment. BR will sort it and have a word I'm sure coz Allen is still a good 'un..."
"He's also got Downing playing far better, so anyone who is doubting our manager must take everything into account. We are still a work in progress though, so the doomers will still have their days but they will become fewer and fewer, ahhh never mind!"
"I don't know where we will finish at the end of the season, all I want to see yours heart on the pitch. I love to see this chemistry between Daniel and Luis. I really wouldn't like to see one forward against Arsenal and City."
"Rushjob...thing is chelsea will feel they've lost nothing coz he was pants for them. But then he was playing with a pack of footballing luvvies who constantly need their ego's massaging at Romans beauty parlour! What a relief for the lad to play in a 'proper' team and a proper big club - REAL football not fantasy, plastic cr*p!!!"
"Will people stop saying we can finish top 4; we get carried away with a few good results. LET US DO IT THE LIVERPOOL WAY AND TAKE IT ONE GAME AT A TIME: PLEASE !!!"
"I dont now why people are getting all defensive over Liverpool beating a very poor Norwich side, we were fantstic but our performances have not been consistent enough, if we drive on in the same manner against all other teams then they will commended"
"Latest crap in the sunday rag mags (papers) pep wants suarez lol barca want reina lol keep up the good work sturidge get snejder while window is open now"
"This is Sturridge understandably trying to ingratiate himself with supporters. i'd rather he kept quiet carry on scoring then we can see how things go. The next two matches will tell us a lot. At the moment we win one match and we're world beaters, we lose one and we're rubbish. Things move quickly and overly negative or overly positive comments can quickly look pretty stupid. "
"plyNo1red, how many times have we heard the "top four" quote this season ? Virtually every member of the squad has said it at some point, all the ex-players as well, Barnes, Redknapp, Aldridge, Houghton. It's a sound bite. All I said was wait and see, we've still to beat ANY of the other top 9 teams in the PL this season, get six points from the next two league games and I might agree with you."
"Being pragmatic and not 'negative', the win was against a poor team and we still haven't beat a team in the top half. But when we beat the lower teams we do tend to destroy them. "
"That was an amazing performance yday, a team of players who are comfortable with the ball and don't panic and give the ball away, like Allen and Jonjo have done so often. (Not saying those 2 are useless BTW)they will get better! Yday there did seem to be a connection and understanding and players had faith in their team-mates. "
"He's certainly made us a hell of a lot stronger in the final third, imagine if we got him at the start of the season. Welldone sturridge on a excellent start to your Liverpool career! YNWA "
"The team picked yesterday I imagine no-one would of picked at the start of the season (pretending Sturridge was at the club then). But credit to Downing, Henderson, Carra, Jones and Wisdom. "
"Wisdom you may have said "too soon", You would have Jones and Carra as cover but have proved to be more than adequate cover. Hendo miles behind other midfielders and Downing behind Sterling, Suso et al. Well done guys, for not giving up the fight."
"Fantastic win we must aim for two early goals v arsenal. If we play our game we'll make arsenal look poor like norwich. Spurs and everton will flop soon. We just need sneijder and we will make 3rd let alone 4th. Even SG knows did you see his face when asked about him on goals on sunday! Please fsg just GET HIM!"
"Maybe when someone praises Carra people think it's the sentiment thing as he's a local legend. But the fact is he's has played brilliantly this season, the defence seem far more comfortable. He's 35 and you wouldn't want to see him on the back foot with the last man 30 yds from goal, but Carra never put's himslelf in such vulnerable positions. "
"Good performance boys well done, keep moving forward and improving as we go along, all the muppet pool fans that slate the team, week, week out, cause we ain't won 4 - 0 !,,,, stay off here, u ain't real fans
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"NOTHING WRONG WITH AIMING HIGH. SURELY THIS IS WHAT WE WANT THE PLAYERS TO BE SAYING. 4TH PLACE HAS TO BE THIS SEASON'S GOAL. IT'LL BE TOUGH, BUT WE HAVE A CHANCE."
"It's possible if we can put in consistent performances like this 4 points from our next 2 games would be nice along with teams dropping points starting today but I reckon 2 more top players this window will have us up there challenging and with one of the signings being experienced someone like Sneijder would give the team a massive boost "
"I don't comment much now because of the many fools that post here but I must say, as excited as I am about the way this club is heading, I can understand some fans not wanting to get carried away. But far from seeing it as a potential false dawn, it is important to realise that having top 4 ambitions generates a necessary desire and belief ast players and fans. Cont..."
"Buddabudda2004 how is rodgers a better manager than kd whats he won nothing yet wait till hes been in management a few years b4 u try and compare him to a legend that kenny was and still is."
"It acts as a crucial reminder of where we 'should' be. If we tried to be wholly pragmatic and keep expectations down it may take off some pressure but in turn it may also inadvertently allow players and fans to feel satisfied with top 7/8 finishes. I don't expect top 4, but I sure as hell expect the players to believe they can get there, otherwise what's the point?"
"Here we go again,probably not this year but,if we can get 4-6 points off the next 2 games we will be competing.But the problem with LFC these days is consistency.We need at least a string of 5-6 results then we might go for broke."
"If we can kepp Suarez coz looks like rumors are linking him away from Anfield to Bayern for 40M pounds.I just hope we don't sell him in this window even if it means money in the bank ."
"What is satisfying is that performances like this expose the myth that Liverpool are just another mid-table team. We're not. Mid-table teams don't destroy other mid-table teams which I feel we can now do. A fair assessment would be to say we're currently the 'best of the rest'. But we're always improving so it's only time which prevents us from being a the best too."
"Ahh, to be 23 & playing alongside Suarez & feeding off Gerrard, what I would do to be in his boots...
Also loved the way he & Suarez celebrated the goals, shows all those bitter doubters that Luis Suarez loves any colour & all colours love him back."
"i would rather not listen to this nonsense about we can finish top 4, first we need to win matches with teams who are above us, this is not negativity but being realistic. The gap between us and, say, Manchester United is now severe, but I believe that, on our day, we can beat any team in the league. What we need to find is that consistency. this is what gerrard said a man who understands football"
"ron23...I discovered that also, it's because the word contains a syllable which could be applied to 1 or 2 so-called fans on here. Yeah, yeah I know I shouldn't have but there you go, apologies for any offence!"
"Buddha, you say BR is better than KD and that's fair enough; there's room for that opinion. You say that Hendo and Downing are misfits. Opinion accepted and contested. But in saying they continue to do nothing is an injustice to the man you laud over. IMO, BR's best achievement is getting rid of their 'misfits' label. You can't praise the man yet state those two do nothing. That's a contradiction."
"If as a PL player you mathematically had a chance to finish in the top 4, would you not use that to drive you each game? So what if he's saying this, he didn't say we will finish in the top 4 he said 'there's no reason we can't finish top four'. Would fans rather he said, 'yep, we have no chance of anything this season, we'll be lucky to finish 8th'? I know what I'd rather hear."
"DS-what a humble young man you are. How can ANYONE not be endeared by your humility and talent. Your maturity has certainly made a huge impression on me. You say ALL the right things. I feel we should stop talking of top 4 as this raises expectations and we are in a re-building process. Nevertheless it speaks volumes for the high standards you set and this is the LFC way."
"You could actually use their improvements to show why BR is better than KD, if you were wise enough. But by refusing to see how far they've come, you're being both unfair to them and to the manager. Henderson has been great lately. And whilst Downing's future remains unclear, it cannot be said that he hadn't been a useful cog of late. But your ignorance makes you look silly. Come now..."
"Now we need to do this consistently - we've blown hot and cold this season - good performances have been followed by terrible ones like stoke Villa and Spewnited (1st hr). Let's push on and tear through the remaining fixtures giving no quarter. Then we can talk abou top 4 but not before. Well done Daniel!
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"brucelee33: Maybe cash will given if its financially viable for LFC. Sounds like WS has agreed to take less pay to play in PL. LFC are favourites to sign him today, it may just happen; what a lift that might be. Although I say all this assuming he hasn't already turned us down??"
"In his 15 years managerial career KD won 13 trophies with 3 different teams, reaching the FA Cup final and ending as runner up in the league with the fourth team. He is only the fourth football manager in history to lead two different clubs to top-flight league championships, and only the second, after SAF to win all the trophies in England. But a "wise" kid claims BR is a better manager. lol"
"as Dan Sturridge said, I reckon that actually 4th spot looks like achievable and realistic, specially if the other contenders should have some slips along the way, but I have to reckon we have not to rest on our laurels, otherwise the difference to find us in the first half of the table or in the second will be really thin! Please BR and FSG keep bolstering the ranks! YNWA"
"...still congrats to Dan Sturridge and all the front four for the amazing performance, but I want to underline the statement left by Stevie G who would love to see Snejder wear the LFC shirt and I am delighted of that, if the words of a senator have still a weight let's wait and see how FSG will behave... YNWA"
"Forget yesterday's opponent. If we play that way in all our games for the rest of the season we will beat any team on any given day.
That was a true team performance and straight from the play book. Just keep doing the same thing regardless of the opponent."
"I have been reading all the comments over the past day or so and can't believe the drivel posted by the inteligent one. Yesterday we scored 5 goals 4 of them from different players from LFC. No doubt Fabio would have got the other one. What impressed me most was the fluidity of movement. Remined me of the old LFC. Everyone played for each other.CONTD"
"The understanding between Luis and Daniel is natural and Lucas nad Hendo allow Stevie G to have that freedom he loves. Borini will come good with matches. Allen and Jon-jo will need a few months to come up to speed. We still have Enrique and Kelly to come back. All spots are now covered apart from a creative midfielder like Xabi.CONTD "
"From what I have seen of the so called current top four we played like yesterday we will have nothing to woory about. I just hope that Luis will stay and we get a creative strong midfielder who can score as well. Looks rosy for now.YNWA"
"Sorry about the spelling but yesterday gave me loads of hope and encouragement for the future of my beloved LFC. By the way i take back all the negative comments I made in the past about Hendo and Downer. They are working their socks off to make it at this great club. Worthy of the red shirt.YNWA"
"brucelee33 - I consider it as a duty mate. I adore LFC, therefore the big servants which played big roles to give this club his greatness are untouchable for me, especially Shankly, KD and Gerrard. cont "
"What KD had achieved for LFC, whether as a player or manager, proves that he is a natural born proven winner who considers every game and every competition as a must win. While BR, as he said himself, will always be happy with a point away against Swansea!"
"Rotchie yes a lot of negative stuff z on here just before kick off yesterday!!!a certain JOECOS was wanting BR sacked and now he cant be found think he has eaten to much HUMBLE pie!!!!!"
"Sick of hearing about wesly snieder!!!the guy is a mercenery at 240000 a week this muppet is having a laugh!!!!NOOOOOOOO!!!!!GO AND BANK RUPT SOME OTHER CLUB!!!!"
"brucelee33 Nothing is gauranteed. Chelski thought they were getting a Goal Scorer and for 50ML in FT but..... WS needs to bring himself down to earth. He is in the last part of his career and should jump at the chance to come to this great club without outrageous demands. I heven't seen any club queing to sign him."
"With Spurs losing and Arsenal having lost, top 4 is still possible. But we need more consistency and to start WINNING against teams above us, with Arsenal and Man C next up we have that opportunity. Hopefully, BR wont make too many changes to yesterday's team, Allen needs to remain on the bench."
"Brucelee33,I suppose not but we need to be sensable
here.FSG are not going to throw big money at a 28 year old,I would be deligted if we get him but not at any price.And any how if he was that keen to join us we would have signed him by now!!!"
"At the mo a top 4 finish is in the balance coz we are relying on a few slip ups above us. If we narrowly miss out then it's been a good first season for BR but it could mean the loss of Suarez, we will see if he's still up for it then - hope so!"
"'I want to thank God for making this possible' and 'I've been blessed', now that is a wonderful thing to hear coming from a young man's mouth in this day and age! That's giving the glory to God, if more of us did that we'd be blessed too! May God continue to bless you Daniel (great Bibical name) YNWA - If you have faith in and honour God!
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"hey there, please stop talking about top 4 now. we have two very difficult away fixtures ahead in the PL.just concentrate on them. on paper if we win all the remaining match we will finish top 4, but on the pitch it's a different thing"
"Loz99 didnt know this was a gospal channel!!!
But nice all the same!!!
Can you prey and get us another couple of decent top players b4 the window slamms shut:-)"
"RedCrusader, 'Red Crusader' sounds so much better than 'Red Devil' I couldn't support that lot if they paid me a regular salary. If God blesses us with 2-3 experienced 'real top quality signings' I shall not hesitate to thank him as that would indeed be a blessing in the sporting sense :)"
"Laughed out loud when i seen spurs scoreing a last minute equaliser against the manure and the look on bacon faces coupon!!!!priceless!!!!
Now i cant wait to give the mancs stick at the work place tomorrow!!!!"
"Surely the mancs dropping points so city can gain first spot would be better than spurs loosing!!!!Dont ever want manure lifting another le!!!!!Before we do!!!!
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"If i have to choose between ManU losing the league and LFC qualifying to CL, i will choose the first one every single time. On the other hand it's beyond me how we refused to match the wage demands of Dembele. To have such a technical beast playing beside Lucas behind Gerrard would have given us the best midfield in PL."
"WELL NEXT LEAGUE GAME AGAINST CITY......SORRY CITY BUT WE NEED THE WIN ON THIS ONE BUT YOU ARE CLEARED THERE AFTER TO WIN ALL YOUR NEXT 14 GAMES
AND PUT THE MANCS TO THE SWORD YET AGAIN!!!!!!"
"also priceless spurs scoring in FERGIE TIME ha! and fergie critisising linesman. why does he always get away with it? come on redmen carry on scoring and winning. YNWA & J4T96"
"UTD are not that great which is why it was even more disappointing last week that we didn't turn up in the first half. We went on to show them that we're on the way back and Old bacon face will be $hittin' himself, well let's face it he's at the age where he's going to have to get used to that soon! 'oh alex, thinking about liverpool again, come on let's clean you up!'"
"We need to get back to the top and knock them off their frickin' perch and rule Europe again like we used to. That's one thing Fergie will never have over us, our domination in Britain and Europe and that really p!sses him off! And guess what we're on our way back to start again, enjoy your retirement!"
"AYE FERGIE RETIRES A NEW MANAGER IS APPOINTED AND THE TEAM FALL APART!!!
THEY ARE NOW IN SO MUCH DEBT (ONE BILLION DOLLARS AND COUNTING SO I AM LEAD TO BELIEVE)THEY TRY TO SELL BUT THERE IS NO MENTAL IDIOTS LEFT TO BAIL THEM OUT AND ITS OLAVVWA TO THE MANURE!!!!!NICE...LAST ONE OUT AT THE THEATRE OF POOH PUT THE LIGHTS OUT!!!!!"
"We have exactly the same goal difference as Spurs now. We should have spread those out on the different games more wisely, 2x3-1 rather than 1-2 and 5-0... and just to mention it, total shots thius season, more than any other team and 26% more than ManU"
"Grate win. lll talk of a top 4 only after we beat Arsenal and Manchester City though. Why are you lot thinking that the Snjider is the key to top 4. Don't be so 1 dimensional."
"Rushjob- I have read your earlier comment in regards to me having to come out and praising Hendo. Yes, he deserves all the praise he's been getting. However, Although he's in fine form..I will only jump on the Hendo bandwagon when he puts in MOM performances against the big boys...oh would you look at that..Arsenal and City next. I shall look on with interest.."
"I think the reason for Buddha's absence is not tha he's in West London..but he's probably slightly overwhelmed about the attention he's getting atm. He's probably preparing his response to each and every one of you lol. He'll be back!"
"If we beat Arsenal and City then this will show how much the team has improved and 4th place will be a realistic prospect. But right now we have to take each game at a time and become solid, fluid and free scoring. If only BR can listen to his Captain and bring two or three quality players in... Fingers crossed!!!"
"How come Sam Alardice complains about a referee one week and gets throttled by the FA, against manu!!
Within a week another manager who has a face like a Baby's bum with severe nappy rash complains viciously against a linesman and is given free licence by the FA, This stinks I must protest."
"To reach to fourth place we will need 68-69 pts while we have 34 pts from 23 games as of now. This means 34-35 points (11 win and 1-2 draws) from 15 remaining games. Big Big task considering Chelsea, City, Arsenal, T'ham yet to be played. For me next game will tell us where will we finish the season!!"
"well done for the weekend's win.We need to be consistent and beat the 5 top teams at least either away or home then yes we can finish top 4 at season's end.Without winning any matches against the big teams we will struggle to even finish top 8."
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