TLW picks the team v Sunderland

[ritchie]

Well Lambert is a little better than Carroll in all fairness

 

They both offer about the same. Slow as fuck, poor movement, can't press front the foot with any consistency, static and slow to react. 

[The Golden Eel]

Yeah but Lambert is an intelligent footballer who isn't a lone striker. Carroll is a beanpole quasi thug who you hoof the ball to

[Brigant Moloch]

yep

[ritchie]

Yeah but Lambert is an intelligent footballer who isn't a lone striker. Carroll is a beanpole quasi thug who you hoof the ball to

 

But if we're just going to resort to launching the ball at Lambert then we may as well have Carroll because he does win everything in the air. Lambert's better technically but he's not used that way in our team. He hasn't got the pace to run onto anything because he's so slow and his all round game isn't good enough to make up for that at the level we need,

[The Golden Eel]

We don't resort to that though do we?

[The Golden Eel]

We're almost trying to play the same way with the wrong player leading the line

[Guest davelfc]

I noticed we had three players on the halfway line today while defending corners, Sunderland had to leave four players back to cover. This after it was mentioned quite a lot on BT Sports during the Leicester game that we should have players forward to release the ball to when cleared.

 

Glad to see Rodgers at least picking up some tips from watching the replays of our games. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

I noticed we had three players on the halfway line today while defending corners, Sunderland had to leave four players back to cover. This after it was mentioned quite a lot on BT Sports during the Leicester game that we should have players forward to release the ball to when cleared.

 

Glad to see Rodgers at least picking up some tips from watching the replays of our games. 

Noticed that myself, still a worry that a manager getting paid so much has only just realised that such a tactic can ease pressure on our defence whilst facing set pieces. 

[Guest davelfc]

Noticed that myself, still a worry that a manager getting paid so much has only just realised that such a tactic can ease pressure on our defence whilst facing set pieces. 

 

It's sort of how I'd expect our season to pan out if I was our manager. He doesn't seem to know how to fix this and isn't learning, it's worrying and depressing at the same time.

 

We've come full circle to how we used to play, only after having spent shit loads of cash. This isn't just about Sturridge being injured, although that doesn't help. 

[mouse1989]

Even with three players up field on corners, sunderland still won most the second balls. One should've been placed just outside the 18 yard box to claim any clearance.

 

But yeah, much better than having them in our own box trying to mark taller and stronger players

[Baltar]

Another in a long line of piss poor performances that you'd expect from a team in the bottom half of the table, not a team that spent £100M this summer and almost won the title last season. 

Rodgers does not seem to be able to get the team to play consistently well and I think he's just pinning his hopes on Sturridge coming back to turn our fortunes. I don't expect to see Sturridge coming back any time soon. By the time he's back and fit enough to start making a difference the top 4 will be out of sight. 

[mouse1989]

What the fuck does Can have to do to get a look in?

[J-V]

What the fuck does Can have to do to get a look in?

 

Wear a Henderson shirt...

[xerxes]

After the Palace result Brendan looked like a man on the brink. Three games and seven points later he has turned results around, and that is to his credit.

 

Improving the defence was not going to be too difficult, and he has achieved that, improving our striker performance was always going to be more challenging, and so it has proved.

 

At least we go into this crucial run of cup games against Bournemouth and Basel, and league games against Man U and Arsenal, with some optimism now.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

It's sort of how I'd expect our season to pan out if I was our manager. He doesn't seem to know how to fix this and isn't learning, it's worrying and depressing at the same time.

 

We've come full circle to how we used to play, only after having spent shit loads of cash. This isn't just about Sturridge being injured, although that doesn't help. 

Last season we played to our strengths, this season we seem to be playing to our weaknesses....sign of a manager out of his depth to me. 

[Gnasher]

After the Palace result Brendan looked like a man on the brink. Three games and seven points later he has turned results around, and that is to his credit.Improving the defence was not going to be too difficult, and he has achieved that, improving our striker performance was always going to be more challenging, and so it has proved.At least we go into this crucial run of cup games against Bournemouth and Basel, and league games against Man U and Arsenal, with some optimism now.

Do we?

[Guest davelfc]

 

At least we go into this crucial run of cup games against Bournemouth and Basel, and league games against Man U and Arsenal, with some optimism now.

 

We beat Stoke and 10m man Leicester and hardly looked convincing doing so. We looked pretty shit today too. 

 

Fuck knows what you've been smoking but pass it around please. 

[J-V]

Last season we played to our strengths, this season we seem to be playing to our weaknesses....sign of a manager out of his depth to me. 

 

Talking of out of depth who's the fine lady in your picture.

[Paco]

We beat Stoke and 10m man Leicester and hardly looked convincing doing so. We looked pretty shit today too. 

 

Fuck knows what you've been smoking but pass it around please. 

stoke beat arsenal, leicester beat united

[Guest davelfc]

Talking of out of depth who's the fine lady in your picture.

 

I think it's a subliminal message to Rodgers to play two up front. 

[J-V]

I think it's a subliminal message to Rodgers to play two up front. 

 

Well She is blonde so he may just listen.

[Paco]

I think it's a subliminal message to Rodgers to play two up front. 

we're too shit to play two up front.

 

we need to pack the midfield or we'll get battered (see palace and west ham games)

[Guest davelfc]

stoke beat arsenal, leicester beat united

 

I hate these answers because they mean fuck all really. 

 

Stoke had a fair few players missing with illness when we played them and Leicester are shit. 

 

if we're rationalising poor performances because the opposition had a good result against another team at some point in the season then we should just pack it in now and go home. 

[Paco]

I hate these answers because they mean fuck all really. 

 

Stoke had a fair few players missing with illness when we played them and Leicester are shit. 

 

if we're rationalising poor performances because the opposition had a good result against another team at some point in the season then we should just pack it in now and go home. 

more about making the point that anyone can beat anyone in this league

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Talking of out of depth who's the fine lady in your picture.

It's my wife.........then again....