Liverpool Football Club Thread

[hmm]

What the actual fuck

[Commander Jameson]

YES! OG!

[gospvg]

Oh my god what a finish, so many goals in so little time.

[Gabe]

Gutted for QPR, they've been excellent. That pass from Phil is the only good thing we've done in the whole game.

[SweatyTravolta]

What the actual fuck am I watching. This is the funniest game of football ever

[ryodi]

Well that was lucky, especially after Balotelli tried to be too clever with a previous clear goalscoring opportunity.

[Commander Jameson]

Yes. I will take that.

[larrydavidsanger]

Absolutely no right to win that game, we are an absolute shower at the moment. I really don't know what to think about Balotelli, he doesn't ever look remotely interested.

[Gabe]

I said this weeks ago, but Madrid are going to batter us.

[gospvg]

Real Madrid are going to tear us apart.

[hmm]

Incredibly harsh on QPR. Even a narrow loss would have flattered us, let alone a win. Our goals were absurd - two OGs and a massive deflection so we scored about 0.5 goals ourselves at most.

There were moments in counter attack in the second half where we looked a little bit like our last season selves but otherwise awful all round, apart from maybe Mig.

[Stig]

I don't feel much from that win tbh because we were absolutely awful. Feel more sorry for QPR.

Madrid are gonna batter us.

[glb]

Wait, what?

No, really. What?

Hahahaha.

[dug]

Fuck me, that was mental. QPR fans must be sick as proverbials now; they deserved something from that match.

I'm pretty sure from the evidence of the last few games that we're going to give Real a whomping.

[SnoopZakaDaVe]

what a finish lol wow. pretty terrible performance on the whole but just how ridiculous it ended up & obviously the 3pts made me enjoy it. but we need to learn to defend fast!

[Sng]

I went to eat lunch at 1-0 with a few minutes left. Wtf

[Gabe]

I'm sure Rodgers will talk about character, maybe blame the international break, admit we were 'a wee bit off our game' and ignore the fact that we just can't defend against set-pieces, balls into the box or long hoofs down field. The pace of Ronaldo and Bale is frightening to think about.

[Azrael]

Amazing but an absolute shambles.

Gonna be raped by Real.

[Gabe]

Fuck me, that was mental. QPR fans must be sick as proverbials now; they deserved something from that match.

I'm pretty sure from the evidence of the last few games that we're going to give Real a whomping.

They deserved everything from that match. Did their keeper have a save to make? I can think of 1 tame shot that bounced slowly towards him and that's about it.

At least Sterling looked a bit more of a threat than in the previous few games, so that's something. But other than that, I'm not sure what to take from the game. What a way to steal 3 points!

[glb]

Real Madrid. We'll shit 'em.

And then lose at home to Hull.

[Skeeez]

QPR's defending..

[larrydavidsanger]

I'm sure Rodgers will talk about character, maybe blame the international break, admit we were 'a wee bit off our game' and ignore the fact that we just can't defend against set-pieces, balls into the box or long hoofs down field.

Apparently he's ignoring it in training too

[JamesTW]

constantly shaking head watching that, a Result that turns season round I hope, although having Madrid next isn't ideal

[gospvg]

Just thinking I feel sorry for Balotelli, he should of had a hat-trick. One glaring open goal miss & two passes to him that west ham defenders have scored for him.

[V3zna]

Three days to sort a terrible team out before facing the European champions. At least the first change is glaringly fucking obvious.

[bradigor]

They will turn up for Madrid and get a draw or dramatic win then lose the next game in the league to Hull.

[JamesTW]

Looking back, we were probably better off saying to Barcelona well do a straight swap for Suarez & Alexis, apart from maybe Lallana all the money we got hasn't done us much good and now we're stuck with that big dope up front with the backup being even worse!

[gospvg]

Still think BR should start with two strikers Mario needs another person upfront with him.

[hmm]

Bale and Ronaldo will be laughing their cocks off in front of Partido De La Jornada Dos tonight.

[Gabe]

Another thing is that I don't think Rodgers knows what the best team and/or shape is now. 2 seasons ago, we suffered some real rubbish results, but he was creating a way of playing that suited the players we had - the result being that when it clicked, as it started to 18 months ago, it worked brilliantly (at least offensively.)

Now, with new players brought in who don't slot into that system he's kept shuffling people around. That's particularly apparent with regards to accommodating Lallana and also giving Sterling much more freedom to move through the middle during games. Henderson is pushed further back, which doesn't help him, Gerrard has been deeper and often been marked-out of games, up top we have nobody who seems to want to score goals and we have looked shocking defensively.

There are a number of challenges - how do we get Balotelli to score and contribute to matches both now and when Sturridge returns (the second part of that might be a bit optimistic)? What is the 'best 11' in his mind, and what does that do to the shape of the team? How can we shore-up defensively and stop being so terrible at set-pieces in particular?

The hope is that we can keep in touch in all competitions as we hit January, in the belief that we might be able to address some of the issues. The fear is that we are struggling in mid-table, effectively out of the Champions League at the group stage and are short on ideas with no real hope of it getting better in the short-term.

Incidentally, I do think a poor season will see Gerrard retire.