We wons!! Lester Post Match
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Mingolet 2
Manquillo 4
Skrtel 6
Toure 7
Johnson 6
Henderson 4
Lucas 8
Gerrard 7
Lallana 7
Sterling 9
Lambert 6
Allen very tidy when he came on.
Very average performance but it's a win and 3 points. Sterling is our only outlet and it's really fucking me off that he never gets any protection from referees. He's strong and he's not a diver but game after fucking game he is hauled down or legs chopped and the shithouse aids cunt ref waves play on.
Rodgers HAS to say something, the lad is getting kicked all over the park but the refereeing union think that's OK. The club should go on a real media mission on this, refs have to be called for this shit.
Henderson is starting to remind me of Kuyt. Utter bollocks when his form drops (which is often) but works hard and just when you can take no more of his grotesque ineptitude he suddenly comes up with an important moment.
Now breathe...and look at the table for the first time in weeks.
Manquillo 4
Skrtel 6
Toure 7
Johnson 6
Henderson 4
Lucas 8
Gerrard 7
Lallana 7
Sterling 9
Lambert 6
Allen very tidy when he came on.
Very average performance but it's a win and 3 points. Sterling is our only outlet and it's really fucking me off that he never gets any protection from referees. He's strong and he's not a diver but game after fucking game he is hauled down or legs chopped and the shithouse aids cunt ref waves play on.
Rodgers HAS to say something, the lad is getting kicked all over the park but the refereeing union think that's OK. The club should go on a real media mission on this, refs have to be called for this shit.
Henderson is starting to remind me of Kuyt. Utter bollocks when his form drops (which is often) but works hard and just when you can take no more of his grotesque ineptitude he suddenly comes up with an important moment.
Now breathe...and look at the table for the first time in weeks.
We might well have lost that game without Sterling. He is our only outlet, the only player that can really consistently carry the ball out of the half and the only attacker we have that genuinely scares the opposition.
Rodgers clearly feels he can't be without him and he's probably right - it's scary how important he's become to us. The concern is what impact this will all have on the kid towards the end of the season and beyond. He's running himself into the ground every game and barely gets a break.
The worst part in all this is that he's not really getting enough reward for his efforts. It's all the more draining slogging your guts out when your team are struggling badly and particularly when pricks like Mason give you nothing all game.
All that optimism about our signings in the summer has disappeared pretty fucking quick, hasn't it?
Rodgers clearly feels he can't be without him and he's probably right - it's scary how important he's become to us. The concern is what impact this will all have on the kid towards the end of the season and beyond. He's running himself into the ground every game and barely gets a break.
The worst part in all this is that he's not really getting enough reward for his efforts. It's all the more draining slogging your guts out when your team are struggling badly and particularly when pricks like Mason give you nothing all game.
All that optimism about our signings in the summer has disappeared pretty fucking quick, hasn't it?
Its a hell of a lot better than having Lucas paired up with Gerrard, also I didn't even want Hendo to start. But nice try Ryan.
Jack shit happened today apart from the goal and he didn't create the shit.
Key part there Modo is "apart from the goal"
Is that why you had Johnson in your top three on Saturday?
"Jack shit happened apart from the goal."
fml.
So Lallana scores the goal to get us back into the game, and the midfield you pined for was one you lashed out against halfway through the game.
You're 2 from 2 Modo. Good work.
You fucking nonce.
Are you just making it up as you go along? Midfield I pined for?
Look at the line up I posted in the pre match thread, shouldn't be hard to find.
And Lallana, did jack fucking shit all game. Except for the goal.
Didn't he provide a delicate cross to Lambert as well? He did a lot to deserve that spot.
And the context was that apparently shit happens when he's on the pitch. He didn't create the goal, the ball landed on his feet.
Apart from that he did absolutely nada.
Hendo had an average game and managed to do more than Lallana did.
Ming 4; words almost fail me on Ming now - it's like he's trying to find new ways to wind supporters up about the fact he's sure there's nobody else who can take his place. A goal scorer is so important in January but I'd just about sacrifice that and hope to hell Sturridge gets new legs if it means we can buy Cech (or a keeper of similar capability). Essential.
Johnson 6; Torn on him in this one. He pressured well and was pretty much never caught out of position. However, unlike against Stoke where he raped them down the right several times, he offered almost nothing going forward with possibly one exception.
Skrtel 6.5; Would have been a 5 on the first half. Thought he could have done better to cover up for Ming - which he must just expect to do by now. Went off his feet several times but got the ball on each occasion except one. Second half he was stronger and I thought he well and truly won his personal battle.
Toure 7; So much better performed than Lovren it's amazing. Doesn't need to claim to be a leader cause he is one. A couple of hairy moments and I thought he, too, should have done better in the lead up to the goal. Otherwise he was good and looks impossible to drop right now.
Manquillo 6; Not his best effort - looked tired and very ineffective going forward. Wasn't exactly up against anyone special but still looked uncertain quite regularly. Got a 6 cause I'm assuming he was injured.
Moreno 5.5; I could have this wrong but I thought he was really average. Lost count of the number of times Gerrard, Toure, Lucas and even Hendo looked around in bewilderment to find out why their right wing was in an acre of space just outside our penalty area. Even Lambert went tearing out there on one occasion to close him down cause Moreno was AWOL. Since his goal he's gone backwards - don't get it at all.
Lucas 7.5; First half was the most dominant DM performance we've had all season. Doesn't say a lot but it was great. He was everywhere, stopped them cold or disrupted them constantly. Got nailed for a couple of phantom tackles which Mason managed to award a free kick for while somehow missing the headlocks and knee capping going on up the other end. Got the ball moving quickly - similarly to Allen in that respect - and all round was very good all game.
Henderson 5; Simply a terribly average performance. He scored but it actually took 12 minutes for me to realize he was on the pitch. Ran quite a bit doing nothing, couldn't find support, looked cumbersome but has now scored 2 in 3 games. Thought his performance was summed up in the 2nd half when he went for a volley cross/shot from the junction of the penalty area and the by-line. It was Sunday league stuff but then popped up with a goal.
Lallana 7; Thought he was very good in the first half. As Ryan says he makes things happen. Great feet out on the right in crowded situations saw us constantly getting through with the ball. Goal was individual brilliance - showed great anticipation, made the run and took it so cleanly which really is a characteristic of his efforts. He hits it with such timing it really can surprise people. Tired or went missing very obviously from the 55 to 60 minute mark and I thought he needed to go off then. One thing annoyed me - obvious through ball for Sterling would have caught them cold and had Raheem one on one with nobody close. He just stood there, didn't play it then stood there for longer before knocking it out wide. It annoyed me cause that's the second time in two games where he's missed such an obvious one. Otherwise he was good and, quite simply, has been one of the few bright points for us over the last 3 months.
Gerrard 7; Thought he was well out of the game for much of the first half but was noticeably geeing up the players after they scored. Took his goal beautifully, was giving Mason a torrid time (rightly so) over Sterling's treatment and was making it a point of encouraging the kid when he looked to be getting frustrated with the attention. Still think he should have potted it past the keeper in his one on one but also thought it was a pen and would have been given on the other 99 occasions.
Sterling 8; Got my MOM on the basis of his assist for Henderson. Ran his socks off all game, took Gerrard's encouragement to heart and never stopped. Tried a couple of wasteful efforts but he didn't have a great deal else to choose from. Looked like he was going to get a goal himself just when it seemed he was destined to be frustrated all match. In the end he set up Henderson for a goal which, lets face it, with the form Henderson is in takes some doing. Hope we tie him down to a ten year contract.
Lambert 7; The haters can bugger off as far as I'm concerned. He worked his guts out against two powerful CB's with no help from a Ref who obviously thought he was at a wrestling match. Despite this and some fatigue he never stopped running which is one of those things that comes when you simply love the club. Got a reward with the sending off and deserves credit for it. Suarez used to get lauded for simply never stopping and reaping benefits for it in strange ways. Lambert wore them down, constantly protected the ball and worked as hard up our end as he did there's. As a third choice striker for 4m he's been great for us.
Two wins on the bounce. Need a third against Sunderland to have us rolling when the Swiss get to Anfield. If we can get that and somehow get past Basle we'll be ready for a tough run but also, hopefully, close to a Sturridge return.
Johnson 6; Torn on him in this one. He pressured well and was pretty much never caught out of position. However, unlike against Stoke where he raped them down the right several times, he offered almost nothing going forward with possibly one exception.
Skrtel 6.5; Would have been a 5 on the first half. Thought he could have done better to cover up for Ming - which he must just expect to do by now. Went off his feet several times but got the ball on each occasion except one. Second half he was stronger and I thought he well and truly won his personal battle.
Toure 7; So much better performed than Lovren it's amazing. Doesn't need to claim to be a leader cause he is one. A couple of hairy moments and I thought he, too, should have done better in the lead up to the goal. Otherwise he was good and looks impossible to drop right now.
Manquillo 6; Not his best effort - looked tired and very ineffective going forward. Wasn't exactly up against anyone special but still looked uncertain quite regularly. Got a 6 cause I'm assuming he was injured.
Moreno 5.5; I could have this wrong but I thought he was really average. Lost count of the number of times Gerrard, Toure, Lucas and even Hendo looked around in bewilderment to find out why their right wing was in an acre of space just outside our penalty area. Even Lambert went tearing out there on one occasion to close him down cause Moreno was AWOL. Since his goal he's gone backwards - don't get it at all.
Lucas 7.5; First half was the most dominant DM performance we've had all season. Doesn't say a lot but it was great. He was everywhere, stopped them cold or disrupted them constantly. Got nailed for a couple of phantom tackles which Mason managed to award a free kick for while somehow missing the headlocks and knee capping going on up the other end. Got the ball moving quickly - similarly to Allen in that respect - and all round was very good all game.
Henderson 5; Simply a terribly average performance. He scored but it actually took 12 minutes for me to realize he was on the pitch. Ran quite a bit doing nothing, couldn't find support, looked cumbersome but has now scored 2 in 3 games. Thought his performance was summed up in the 2nd half when he went for a volley cross/shot from the junction of the penalty area and the by-line. It was Sunday league stuff but then popped up with a goal.
Lallana 7; Thought he was very good in the first half. As Ryan says he makes things happen. Great feet out on the right in crowded situations saw us constantly getting through with the ball. Goal was individual brilliance - showed great anticipation, made the run and took it so cleanly which really is a characteristic of his efforts. He hits it with such timing it really can surprise people. Tired or went missing very obviously from the 55 to 60 minute mark and I thought he needed to go off then. One thing annoyed me - obvious through ball for Sterling would have caught them cold and had Raheem one on one with nobody close. He just stood there, didn't play it then stood there for longer before knocking it out wide. It annoyed me cause that's the second time in two games where he's missed such an obvious one. Otherwise he was good and, quite simply, has been one of the few bright points for us over the last 3 months.
Gerrard 7; Thought he was well out of the game for much of the first half but was noticeably geeing up the players after they scored. Took his goal beautifully, was giving Mason a torrid time (rightly so) over Sterling's treatment and was making it a point of encouraging the kid when he looked to be getting frustrated with the attention. Still think he should have potted it past the keeper in his one on one but also thought it was a pen and would have been given on the other 99 occasions.
Sterling 8; Got my MOM on the basis of his assist for Henderson. Ran his socks off all game, took Gerrard's encouragement to heart and never stopped. Tried a couple of wasteful efforts but he didn't have a great deal else to choose from. Looked like he was going to get a goal himself just when it seemed he was destined to be frustrated all match. In the end he set up Henderson for a goal which, lets face it, with the form Henderson is in takes some doing. Hope we tie him down to a ten year contract.
Lambert 7; The haters can bugger off as far as I'm concerned. He worked his guts out against two powerful CB's with no help from a Ref who obviously thought he was at a wrestling match. Despite this and some fatigue he never stopped running which is one of those things that comes when you simply love the club. Got a reward with the sending off and deserves credit for it. Suarez used to get lauded for simply never stopping and reaping benefits for it in strange ways. Lambert wore them down, constantly protected the ball and worked as hard up our end as he did there's. As a third choice striker for 4m he's been great for us.
Two wins on the bounce. Need a third against Sunderland to have us rolling when the Swiss get to Anfield. If we can get that and somehow get past Basle we'll be ready for a tough run but also, hopefully, close to a Sturridge return.
I once watch a clip of some of Pele's most famous moments with an American who knew nothing of "soccer".
"Lucky", he says after nearly all of the goals we watched together. "Yeah", I replied. "Blessed. One THOUSAND times." "Looks like it", he insisted, 100% serious. "That's luck, not skill. The keeper should have got to it and the defense just got out of his way".
Modo - Is your name Larry Fink and did you once live in Austin, Texas?
"Lucky", he says after nearly all of the goals we watched together. "Yeah", I replied. "Blessed. One THOUSAND times." "Looks like it", he insisted, 100% serious. "That's luck, not skill. The keeper should have got to it and the defense just got out of his way".
Modo - Is your name Larry Fink and did you once live in Austin, Texas?
Did you live in austin A Chara?
I was going to say something about this last night .... Sterling goes down too easily, far far too easily. Slightest touch and he's on his way down. He's needs to stay on his feet more. Sure the refs don't give him everything, and miss more than they see, but he makes the most of every single touch and sometimes I'm sure he can either get the foul or get past his man if he just stays up for a few seconds more.
Does any of you lovely people have any highlight links? It was a 3am job here... in the land of nod...
Yeah but, apart from the wonderful composure and timing for the goal, his quick feet constantly getting us out of trouble and on a few breaks too, while working hard to get back and put a foot in. What did Adam Lallana give us?
I thought Lambert played well, his offsides were almost as frequent as Mario's, but he was linking up well, dropping in, laying it off, playing people in. He links well with Gerrard and his first touch to give us a few seconds to get in support of the attack, is really helping us at the minute. You can tell he has played as a midfielder in the past, because his reading of the game is really really good, as is his ability to role his sleeves up and dig in. He's not ideal, but it's a damn sight better than what we've had in recent months.
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