Liverpool Football Club Thread

[glb]

We’re going (back) to Madrid...
 

Atletico in the Champions League

[Adrock]

That's not a brilliant draw but it's nowhere near the toughest either.

 

Will take that.

[ryodi]

Athletico haven’t scored many goals and aren’t having a great season. Hopefully we’ll score some away goals to make life easier in the second leg.

[Hoodedclaw]

I'm happy about our draw and good to see City finally getting a tough one for a change 

 

[Adrock]

Liverpool have named the youngest starting line up in their history. Average age of 19.48, if I remember correctly.

 

I don't expect anything tonight and keeping the score respectable is about the best to hope for.

[dizogg]

Yep, not getting thrashed would be a good result.

[bradigor]

Come on kids! Expect a loss, but hope they gain some good experience. 

[Azrael]

This is going to be a massacre 

[glb]

Just now, Azrael said:

This is going to be a massacre 

We’ll win 4-3 

[Mike]

3 minutes ago, Pockets said:

Harvey Elliott looks like a real prick. Have a go at me for saying that about a 16 year old, fair enough, but you know he’s a real dick at school. Hard not to be when you’re playing for Liverpool at that age, but still, got a really punchable face. 

He also seems pretty damn good too though.

[Adrock]

That's a very strange thing to say about a 16 year old kid. The team are currently putting a decent shift in and Harvey is easily the brightest performer in the first 25 minutes.

[CheekyLee]

Villa players just don't know what to do about Elliott. They were so scared of committing just then that he more or less had a standing free-kick! Prick, maybe, but he is going to be immense in a couple of years.

[bradigor]

6 minutes ago, Azrael said:

This is going to be a massacre 

 

They've only had one shot against us so far. Just don't let their heads drop. Get the next goal and who knows. 

[bradigor]

We've been the better team so far also. 

[Azrael]

9 minutes ago, Adrock said:

 Harvey is easily the brightest performer in the first 25 minutes.

 

Definitely, shame he can't play the 2nd half because it's past his bedtime and he has school tomorrow. 

[dizogg]

19 minutes ago, Pockets said:

Harvey Elliott looks like a real prick. Have a go at me for saying that about a 16 year old, fair enough, but you know he’s a real dick at school. Hard not to be when you’re playing for Liverpool at that age, but still, got a really punchable face. 

Someone got bullied at school

[CheekyLee]

No way have they been 3 goals better than us, though. If these kids can get 1 back, there could be more to follow. Hope we don't go for damage limitation in the 2nd half, and let them go for it.

[bradigor]

Get them in at half time and tell them to go out in the second half with nothing to lose and enjoy it. 

[bradigor]

It's a cruel game at times. 

[glb]

25 minutes ago, glb said:

We’ll win 4-3 

Okay. 5-4 it is.

 

Villa’s record win against us is 6-1. They should manage at least that now.

[bradigor]

Travelling Kop has been behind the kids all game so far. If they can continue to up that support there could be a goal in this for us yet. 

[CheekyLee]

Keeper hasn't touched anything, theirs has actually played really well. This is experience winning out, and a man in need of some goals padding his stats against a bunch of teenagers. I don't care what the final score is at this point, as long as we get at least 1 out of it we can class this as a good result.

[glb]

 

8 minutes ago, bradigor said:

Travelling Kop has been behind the kids all game so far. If they can continue to up that support there could be a goal in this for us yet. 

Hope so, would be more than the youngsters deserve. Brutal lesson for them, but hope they just keep having a go. Balls to the scoreline, it don’t matter now.

[Azrael]

More possession, more attempts, more shots on target. Losing 4-0. It's like one of those bullshit games I constantly have when playing FIFA online. 

[bradigor]

Great to hear a good rendition of YNWA for them

[Azrael]

 hope that's the only loss from us I see this season. 

 

Great support from the traveling fans and some impressive performances and great chances. 

[Arc'Tan'Gent]

Just wanted to put it out there that Manchester United withdrew from the FA Cup in the 1999-2000 season because of their commitment to the Fifa Club World Cup, so fair play to these kids for keeping the scoreline to a respectable five against bigger and better men in a far less prestigious competition. Bit of a baptism of fire but sure they'll just be happy for the playing time.

[bradigor]

There is nothing but positives to take away from that game. Their keeper made a number of saves at vital times too, which could have seen it be very different. 

 

Harvey Elliot can become some player, he really stood out tonight. 

[bradigor]

Dean Smith and John Terry went straight to the Liverpool dressing room after the game to speak to the kids. @Naysonymous, classy guys you have there  

[Adrock]

John Terry classy 

 

My thoughts for the evening are Elliot can be a first team regular if he keeps his head down and puts the work in that will be required of him.

 

Apart from that the rest didn't really stand out as anything special. Hoever, Berg and Kane looked ok and the rest of the team coped admirably with the demands of a quarter final.

 

Chirivella is going to have to leave, at 22 he doesn't fit into the central midfield that Klopp deploys and he won't be getting first team squad opportunities with the current options at the managers disposal. He wasn't bad tonight but I think he lacks the physicality to thrive under Klopp.

 

Edit : whatever happened to Woodburn? He seemingly is at Oxford United but hasn't made too many appearances so far this season. His recent record appears to suggest he thought breaking into the Liverpool first team was job done and has gone backwards since then.