Lets wait till the end of the season eh Brendan? And then we will see the difference. We were lucky against Spurs and beating Swansea and Wigan is no yardstick to judge LFC by.
"There's a big difference compared to how we were before whilst we show every team respect the focus is for the opposition to worry about what we can do to hurt them and at anfield teams can sit back and defend and we will still come away with max points we have players to unlock defences especially coutinho this sud see us beat stoke next season and if we do dare dream touch d summit "
" Draw against City and Arsenal. Swansea 5-0.Zenit 3-1, Wigan 4-0. Also unlucky against Spurs. Bale cheated for his free kick and we had two penalties turned down.
Would sooner see us lose. All you ever do is carp and moan. You would hate to be wrong.Your more interested in saying "I told you so". But wrong you will be because we shall end with more points and higher position than last year.
"
"Lucky against Spurs? By that measure we were unlucky against Everton, United twice, City twice, Stoke and Newcastle at Anfield, Sunderland away, and the list goes on..."
"obviously we are different with what we were at the beginning of the season! keep up positive works and we'll see the mighty red is back again!! ynwa!!"
"In previous seasons it was the case we would lose to Swansea and Wigan and then beat the other top clubs, now we are beating the lesser clubs more regularly and also competing with the other top clubs, hence why we find ourselves in 6th place.
Wish more people would see that LFC are a work in progress and its going to take 3-4 years before we can call ourselves genuine le contenders"
"mushroomscouser-as always...
If we manage to get the 4th place what will it be then? We were bad in the cups, we should be higher,etc?
9 out of 9-let's get it!"
"Mushroom who ever!!!is there any chance of some positive stuff from you our is this what you do?Drag the team down??
sick of reading all this crap!!!nothing good to say then stay away!!!!!
I am sure the manure would welcome you...
"
" on mushroom y do u even comment...
There have been a lot off diffrence aft two new boys...
Ya we wer lucky but look the football we r playing...
We r doin very good n hard work always pay..."
"that's a fair comment by mushroomscouser and people are jumping down his throat. We have shown that despite the negativity of some fans last season we have a strong squad and indeed we are progressing under br. most fans except that progress takes time."
"There are two ways to get attention. (1) talk intelligibly (for adults). (2) cry & moan (for kids). Most fans use option 2 because they are kids seeking attention cheaply! In BR I trust!!!"
"BR, please, please please!!! Stop dwelling so much on the Tottanham win but instead ONLY focus on the Southampton game for now! The last win wiil count for nothing if we draw at St. Mary's on Saturday. The teams at the bottom of the table are in a relegation dog fight and can easily hurt us!!!"
"Under Rodgers we have improved a great deal. We now have the ability to make teams look poor by not giving them time on the ball. Our organisation with and without the ball is becoming natural for the players which gives them confidence. We just need to sort out the defence with set pieces."
"Mushroomscouser,, lucky against spurs, thats something to think about,, i suppose so but one would have to think how many teams were lucky to win against us,, i agree totaly with BR that the mentality has changed and yes those wins against Swansea and Wigan helped a lot, likle money makes money so does wins.."
"Look you can't fix what doesn't want to be fixed. mushroomscouser is a broken record. Do the right thing and ignore him. He will fade away or change his name soon enough."
"Lots of positives to take from this season: great footballing style , better scouting which means cash better spent on players (Coutinho & Sturridge), focus on youth, team balance, ... and now a winning mentality! Lucky we might have been, but we still had to do it against Spurs!! Its all about winning at the end- nice or ugly! "
"We were not lucky beating Spurs we gifted them Two goals too. There are no easy games in the EPL so beating anyone is deserved.
Why do some supporters often devalue a victory. "
"kenny1lfc
15th Mar 2013 9:48..Bale cheating is one thing getting denied by the woodwork is another. You need to watch the games instead of telling people to get a grip."
"Its dead simple. We have been knocked out of every single cup early and until the season finishes we wont know if progress has been made or not. Or is that concept a little difficult to comprehend? It's called being realistic, not deluded. And not lapping up every bit of cheap FSG PR."
"Its amazing how some fans revel in misery. We are clearly rising and yet some still look for dark clouds in silver linings. Even if we win the league I am sure they will still see a reason to dampen the excitement. BR has plainly reformed our fortunes and it augers well for the future. I am so happy to see our steady climb causing so much pain to the misery guts. "
"classANDsuccess
15th Mar 2013 10:35..If we manage to get 4th, then progress has been made big time. If we get 7th with no cups, we have gone backwards. If we get 6th, given we have only competed in prem for half the season, then you could argue progress hasn't been made. Hence the comment waiting till the end of the season. "
"Evidently, no cups, and being in a tussle with a small club like the bitters fro Europa is good enough for many on here. Maybe people should remind themselves this is LIVERPOOL FC and not Tamworth FC or Stoke. Away fans. They lap up anything!"
"Buddha130655
15th Mar 2013 13:53..I remember youse from last season. A rent boy. Like a cheap chelsea fan calling for Kennys sack and wishing us to lose do to hasten Kenny's firing. You, LDW and Lonewar. Thats the calibre of your support."
"Its funny how some fans can't see the difference in praising when things are going well or complaining when they are not. A deluded fan has cited my gripes with KK who at the time was losing games and compared that with him moaning about a manager who is winning games. You just can't make this nonsense up. "
"Having gripes about a season that may well end with an empty trophy cabinet, behind bitters and out of Europe is one thing. Calling for the managers sack incessantly and mounting campaign of hatred against against Kenny Dalglish is another. "
"Its also beyond amazing that a fan does not recognise that if we come 6th this season it will represent serious growth from last year. He cites winning a tin cup that was contested by the mighty Swansea and Bradford this year as his yardstick for measuring progress? I kid you not, read his posts, its in print. "
"Some fans reinforce their Chelsea rent boy fan credentials even without realising it. Clearly any fan with half a brain knows LFC is a club that wins trophies. To denounce any cup run or victory is self delusion, to try to reconcile the fact some fans called for Kennys sack non stop from October till Kenny was fired. Exactly like a cheap chelsea rent boy would."
"I said it since day one that Brendan is the perfect man to bring back the glory dayz. It's never gonna happen overnight but the future of LFC is very bright with him. YNWA."
"Mushroom man Yes i struggled at school,
But since leaving i have my own home in the country on a 5 acre site
a nice family a sports car and a 4x4 and retired early on a nice pension Not bad for a dunce AYE;-)
"
"The eleven that is going out on the pitch at the moment is showing signs of being a good team. I think where we end up at the end of the season will depend a lot on keeping the best players fit and playing. I'm not saying that their replacements are bad players, it's just a lot of them are young and maybe a year or two short of reaching their full potential. "
"Agree with the fungus that is mushroom...cups are important but dude...let it go! Liverpool are twice the team they were last year and if you can't see that you are blind or don't understand football at all. We all love Kenny, what does that have to do with how well we are doing? Will you always be negative even when we win the league?"
"I too was sad to see the departure of KD, but to constantly bemoan his leaving, or the lack of better signings last summer doesn't really achieve much. I reckon part of being realistic is dealing with (and appreciating) what we've got, rather than commenting on or fantasizing about what can't be changed. "
"totokia
15th Mar 2013 14:59.. if you think this season is doing well, by LFC standards, it is you who is blind and knows nothing of football or this club."
"totokia
15th Mar 2013 14:59.. if you think this season is doing well, by LFC standards, it is you who is blind and knows nothing of football or this club."
"It's amazing how some people claim to support this club and then just accept mediocrity. And this season has been mediocre. Anyone who argues it hasnt been is talking sh!te. The results and table tell the truth. The manager shouldnt accept mediocre performence and neither do the true and loyal."
"You have to admire our resident Agaricus campestris - whose descent into acid laced invectives highlight a disturbed mind addled by copious amounts of illegal substances. He will not rest until we are relegated and then he can live out the rest of his life in darkness and complete happiness in the knowledge that the red half of Liverpool are suffering like him. Oh the joy of misery. "
"redcrusader
15th Mar 2013 15:26..I actually do, with intelligent banter about the footy and not by insulting people for posting valid points of view..Not one comment has been made to counter the comment I made at the top of the page. NOT ONE. Not by you or anyone else. So if you cant make intelligent comments, get back to playing your Banjo hill billy boy! "
"Its amazing that a fan feels his wayward comments are not been answered when doing so would give credence to it. I did answer but let me try and embellish on what I said at 14:11. If we come 6th then that would be p r o g r e s s, I am saying it slowly - so my agricultural friend can catch up. "
"Buddha130655...This guy has lost it...I am loving the fact he is soooo easy to wind up....Ha Ha Ha...
I am to long in the tooth to take him seriously..."
"redcrusader, I just want him to answer my answer to his very clever probing points. He states for the record that we were lucky to beat Swansea and Wigan but omits how we easily won the cup last season beating those giants Cardiff. Does he feel that coming 6th represents progress? Over to you belligerent one... "
"Mushroom- I don't think you seem to wait until the end of the season. Yes of course that's where we find out where we are, but I think it's fair to say we are much better now then at the start of the season."
"Thats the pigs fead....Now were waz i...
Yes Buddha130655 some times you try but some people are to thick to understand what BR is about....I think he will be a legend at our club...
Y.N.W.A"
"We are bettter this season than the last, just look at how many goals we scored last season, almost 10 less than this season already, and that with a much smaller squad, oh yes and we had 52 points last season, now we have 45 with 9 matches to go, if this is no progress than I dont know what is."
"Mushroomscouser. Everyone is enle to an opinion even you. KK was sacked wrongly nd yes i agree with you about that. Ask yourself this though, do we still have the same squad as last year? No, so how are we not making steady progress?"
"I am confused with anyone who is not excited about what is happening. We are on the ascendancy and its great to hear other teams and managers lauding how well we are playing. Once I see Sx3 in the team backed up by Coutinho then I know we are in for a grand ride. Its all so enthralling. "
"Cant wait till 3PM saturday...I am like a wee kid on xmas morning.....Each game now is so filled with how many goals are we going to score today!!!!!I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH!!!!"
"mushroom has lost it a bit there but he still made a valid point, there is still a lot of work to be done and although we are progressing under br this is not the time for back slapping and booyah,s. let's see where we are at the end of the season and enjoy the remaining games. "
"Last season we competed in 3 competitions, winning one, knocking bitters out of another at Wembley,then being denied the FA cup by the ref.Up until last couple of games we had as many points at the same juncture. This season, we MAY finish with NOTHING. Hence my opening statement about waiting until the end of the season to see if there is any difference. It is that logical and simple."
"gyevi89
15th Mar 2013 17:05..true, but Saurez was suspended for eight games for calling a man of colour "blackie". So that could account for the goal deficit. "
"So given we have no cups, have yet to qualify for Europa and have yet to even finish above the bitters, how can anyone even talk of progress?? What positives are there in that? Owners who spend 170m on Red Sox and then tell us they are skint?"
"It is even more "enthralling" when one of our key players is a "misfit". Another example of the calibre of support of some fans who are cheap plastic Chelsea rent boys. Only a chav would call our own players "misfits". "
"I bet mushroom, that when SG lifted that champions le-a-g-u-e in Istanbul and every Liverpool fan was in 7th heaven, you were still remonstrating about how we were outclassed in the first half"
"This was always going to be a building process and the foundation is clearly solid. Anyone who can't see the improvement of this squad from the one BR took over is either blind or lacks footballing knowledge."
"For the first time since 60 years LFC season is finished in the middle of February, and there are 22 fans here slating mushroomscouser because he refuses to celebrate that achievement!"
"Ehhhhh Mushroom, we were not lucky against Spurs, We won. I didn't s see an own goal there. If you goal scoring 5 against Swansea whom we had never beaten lucky and beating bogey side Wigan at their home ground lucky then u are using a dictionary of opposites!"
"Mushroom you make good valid points all ging him off there is a difference between being realistic & pessimistic. All he is saying is what this club was built on was winning cups & leagues so to be more than happy at finishing say even 5th with no cups is not and should never be deemed an achievement at LFC. I think there has been an improvement in playing style but consistency far from it. "
"My opinion on FSG is they need to give BR proper backing in the summer £20-£30m if this figure is correct is far from giving him enough backing or our club. He wants to bring in quality players 3-4 he said without having to sell players so he has a better stronger squad next season. My opinion FSG need to give him around £60m in the summer so £20-£30m these days wont get 3-4 real quality players."
"Afrika Kop
15th Mar 2013 19:33..we were lucky they only hit the woodwork and we were lucky Mariner or Webb were not the ref as Saurez would have got red for gripping Dembeles face after his foul. "
"lee09s
15th Mar 2013 18:52...No, I was celebrating being Kings of Europe for 5th time... Which is a long way from celebrating being kicked out of the Europa league because we "did it together"...which of course was FSG PR most lapped up. "
"scotty78ynwa
15th Mar 2013 19:44..thanks mate. That is all I am saying. Saying it as it clearly is. Which today is no cups, and sitting sixth even on points with bitters, and owners who are skint. "
"Wow, you have to hand it to misery guts - he is getting a bit of an audience. As macabre as it is to see a person de-construct in front of your very eyes - it does hold some morbid fascination. Its funny to watch this fan eek out every lucky incident within a game whilst showing he has no knowledge of sport and its many lucky incidents, cont "
"Mushroom talks about being realistic and then explains how LFC should be winning trophies and such, and if we don't feel the same we don't understand. if he was into realism he would understand that we have been knocked down in previous seasons and are once again finding our feet"
"Cont. We've been unstable, but now look to have a stable base, young manager, young squad, new playing style, to build on, which all takes time, we need to be patient and not expect glory, it is earned through hard work, stability and dedication, not to mention sprinkles of 'luck'. We'll only make it there together. Ynwa"
"I guess we were lucky in Istanbul when Smicer scored that goal, because if it had went 2 inches either side he would have missed. What about KK lucky winning goal in the CL against Bruges, either side of the post and it would not have counted. Jeez how lucky we have been over the years. Its bound to run out one day, eh... "
"The simple fact Inspector Clouseau is missing that in every game there are lucky incidents. Its the very lucky teams that make their own luck and go on to win the most games. Anyway, moving on, as I fear he won't be happy until we are playing non-league football - but alas for the poor mite that is a long way off. So in the meantime we will have to endure the rants. "
"Like the comments. If BR doesn't believe we can do it, how can he motivate the team to do it. Greatest sportsman in the world believe. Ali, Bolt, etc. BR respects the opposition but trusts the team to achieve. We need to too. YNWA!!"
"Last season we competed in Three cups! so what. We won the tin cup on pens against the might of Cardiff, blew the FA cup through lack of interest or invention, finished 8th in the league after spending over 100 mil on players. LS is scoring goals this season because of the style of football we are playing and the ethics of a soon to be great manager....."
"Lets go back to gillette and hicks.....Had FSG not rode in we would have been bankrupt and gone forever..Moving forward we are starting again and have made amazing strides to be were we are and we continue to grow....So lets not forget we could have been talking about that great team that used to be......"
"Yes we've improved, we've actually managed to beat a team above us in the league, 3/4 way through the season, no trophies this year. we've improved about 5% we want to dominate England and Europe again, we're still chasing the pack and only winning games now the pressure is over, we must win when it matters and be consistent, there is one hell of of a long way to go, how long will it take? "
"Dearest mushroomscouser,
Keep your negativity to your lovely self and stop feeding on the weak anytime something doesn't go perfectly for our fantastic football club, you moaning, unintelligible, dreary, lifeless, soulless creature."
"I believe we are on the up, we have a young and ambitious manager in Brendan. We are playing attractive football and the defence is actually looking a little more confident, Skirtel's omission may be a help, not as much blunders now. I really do hope we can break out of this mediocre co because there are lots of positive signs starting to show. Glad BR realises quality really matters. "
"Going to the newagents tonight and on the car radio came the song I JUST CANT GET ENOUGH!!!
it made me smile and start singing along luis suerz....I did this with out thinking.....isnt it so good to be a RED??"
"If being negative is being dissatisfied with 6th and no cups, with the bitters a game in hand, then lets hope the mangers and players are negative. But then to most away fans their support of this club is just a choice. Hence many of them behaving like chelsea fans and believing blind faith is support.."
"MasterAverage
15th Mar 2013 21:33..why make a comment that has any intelligent content when you can just talk crap? You are not even average mate! I also hope the clowns who say cups are worthless don't celebrate any we win in future, or revere the ones we have won in the past. Again a marker of the calibre of some fans support."
"Mushroomscouser - Can you please calm yourself. I appreciate that people took to insulting you straight away and I do not mean to offend but it's important that we don't fall off topic. It's a question of perspetive and we can't apply shortcomings from earlier in the season to our current progress."
"It's like saying when you're doing well at work that because you didn't do well at work earlier this year that you should be penalised or criticised for earlier bad performance. You have to look as things stand, and confidence is everything in football. Give the lads some credit. Regardless of how they won, they won, which is better than playing well and losing, no?"
"There has been marked progress in some players, especially Stewart Downing, and Jordan Henderson. Their aggression if nothing else is a sign that they are doing better. Coutinho appears to be a genius buy. Enrique has piped up with some real talent. Suarez is now putting them away more. All good signs."
"Like I say my friend - We should not be at war with each other. Part of what Brendan seemed to achieve with other teams is unity. It stands for more than you think. When players have an understanding, friendship and common belief, and when the spark comes it can be a big thing in football."
"Scousemorals
16th Mar 2013 10:03... I am just saying wait until the end of the season. And then progress can be judged.I just dont understand anyone choosing to support LFC who derides cup victories or any other of the clubs achievemments. And then telling me how to support my home club from miles away. Unbelieveable."
"We need to start judging our progress at the end of next season.
If we hit the ground running at the start of next season with this fantastic style of football that we play and we can get some great signings in the summer,all you who bemoan Br this season will be calling hima legend a year from now,and we will be pushing for honours a year from now,in BR I trust"
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