Swansea Match Thread

[LeTallecWiz]

half time thoughts:

Mign - motm so far ... two fantastic saves and some great punches.

Everyone else - we're making Swansea look like they're world class. Our team has not passed well at all - putting a lot of pressure on the team - and we're making too many mental errors. Swansea have played well but we've made it easy on them. Sturridge is a problem for this team right now - we're beatter with Sterling up front.

Last but not least - would these fucking idiotic commentators (NBC) stop mentioning Sakho's passing ... You'd make it seem he cannot pass the cunts.

 

[rurikbird]

This is the worst half of football we played since 2nd half in Istambul. A major hairdrier from the manager is in order. And maybe Gerrard coming on at the start of the next 45'. Come on, you Reds!

 

[SummerOnions]

We can't play lallana sterling Coutinho and Sturridge together in this formation. Something has to give

 

[jon545660]

Can't believe I've dragged myself from my sick bed to watch this.

 

[Mystic]

Very good effort from Swansea - very well-organised. But we look brain dead. Up the pace in the second half.

It's baffling me that we aren't even trying to press the game, we could easily overrun their midfield if we fucking tried, but we're sitting back and letting them play for some reason. If Coutinho, Lallana and Sturridge start pressuring Ki, Cork, and the back line, we'll get some joy, but we are playing as if we are knackered, after an 8 day rest, pathetic.

 

[SummerOnions]

Also none of them are making options for other players

 

[Mystic]

Sterling hasn't been horrendous. He's played some bad balls but a lot of the time has very few options.

He's looked lazy and disinterested, as if he doesn't want to be playing in the RWB position.

 

[Frogfish]

Christ. I stayed up for this shite, 05.00 here now.

Very good - Ming, Skrtel
Good - Moreno, Allen
Ave. - Coutinho, Sakho
Below Ave. - Sterling
Shite - Henderson, Sturridge (again - it's time he should be 'back')
Utter Shite - Lallana, Can (Jesus wept - three times they go past him and three times he barely raises a trot to go after them).

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Christ. I stayed up for this shite, 05.00 here now.

Very good - Ming, Skrtel
Good - Moreno, Allen
Ave. - Coutinho
Below Ave. - Sterling
Shite - Henderson
Utter Shite - Lallana, Can (Jesus wept - three times they go past him and three times he barely raises a trot to go after them).

and Sakho?

I think MOreno deserves below average due to being fucking terrible with our best attacking move of the 1st half.

 

[My_Blood_Bleeds_Red]

Hendo needs a few slaps. He's been awful so far.

 

[gene hughes]

In fairness, apart from when they've got behind us, they didn't manage to get behind us at all.

 

[Leo]

Moreno was shit.
He has fuck all to his game.
Run in a straight line and cross the ball poorly.
He's been awful defensively too.

 

[Frogfish]

and Sakho?

I think MOreno deserves below average due to being fucking terrible with our best attacking move of the 1st half.

Amended. I gave him Ave. but could give him Above Ave. though he looks a little ring-rusty he's made some good tackles.

 

[gene hughes]

Most of them have been awful.

 

[Mamma Mia]

Skrtel and Mignolet have been very good. If they keep their game up we'll win this 0-3

 

[Fox]

This reminds me of mancs at Newcastle. We need to be jammy as well to walk away with 3 points

 

[davud graham]

the thing that stands out for me is the difference in workrate between Swansea and ourselves. Every time they lose the ball they get back into position before we've got the ball over the half way line and if we do manage to mount a counter attack its 6 against 3 in their favour. it doesn't help that Gomis is managing to cause all 3 of our centre backs problems on his own at times but sturridge hasn't had any impact at all except for his wayward passing, errant shooting and poor control. We will be lucky to get a draw out of this if we play like that again in the second half.

 

[Jack D Rips]

Can't believe I couldn't eat my dinner with nerves before this shite

 

[doctor_mac]

We've been fucking shite. Can only get better. Can can only get better. They can talk tactics all they like, but if Lallana, Coutinho, Studge and the rest passed to a red shirt in the attacking third we might have a chance. And also if our back 3 stopped making Gomis look like Drogba in his pomp that would be nice.

 

[Frogfish]

We've been slow to every breakdown .. Swansea picking up the loose balls most of the time and our midfield just keeps gifting them space to run into.

Whoscored's interesting ratings :

 

[FoxForceFive]

Match thread & buildup thread merged for obvious reasons.

 

[FoxForceFive]

The silver lining is we went in level.

We can, must, get better.

 

[Mystic]

Halle-fucking-lujah, we're pressing the ball finally.

 

[Leo]

Sore one for Lallana.
Gerrard warming up.

 

[FoxForceFive]

In fairness, apart from when they've got behind us, they didn't manage to get behind us at all.

Ha.

If they weren't shite upfront we'd be a couple of goals down.

Seeemoooon should get some credit for that too.

 

[Mystic]

Knee on knee, fucking ouch.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Can't believe I've dragged myself from my sick bed to watch this.

Do you not have a telly in your room?

Or a tablet?

Or laptop?

 

[FoxForceFive]

We're gonna finish this with ten men I reckon.

 

[mark1975]

I echo my concerns about Sturridge playing up top on his own, he's isolated too easily and doesn't work anywhere near hard enough for it to work.

Moreno has been shite here, as has Lallana, no one's been great, but those two have looked fucking clueless.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Stop pissing about with it at the back when they're getting so much joy pressing us there.

In the pissing down rain which makes us fall down (i can't use the 's word') even more than usual, may I add.