TLW picks the team v Burnley

[Frankenhooker]

A rudderless ship. We're shaky as fuck at the back, we have a keeper that constantly flaps at stuff, no presence in midfield, two players out of position either side of our back three and an attacking trio that are 16ft between them and are getting knocked off the ball by a strong wind, and it cost a fortune.

 

 

[Ne Moe Imya]

Well, we can still win since Burnley are pretty abject. Bigger question is how we can expect to beat any halfway decent team with these players and this formation.

 

The formation is actually a lot better against a halfway decent team.  When we're up against a defense that's come to play disciplined and keep tight, the 3-4-2-1 is a problem because it makes it difficult to get an overload in our favour in the attacking half.  Against a team like Arsenal or United, it's much better because we can use it to break against them.

[Trevorjc]

This 3 at the back shit does not work with players who don't know how to play it, none of them know what to do and are not taking responsibility 

[niallers]

Where to start with that?

Sakho turned up,  Burnley are utter shite; any side worthy of the name would have fucking buried us in that half . In a season full of disappointment and mediocrity we seem to be on a race to the bottom and have plumbed new depths of shiteness.. Rodgers looks completely lost and out of ideas and like a man about to get the sack; which maybe about to happen if the second half isnt a massive improvement. I'm genuinly in shock watching that .

This,with bells on. Fucking hell we're pathetic.

[RoboRiise]

Apparently doesn't play the way the manager wants him to, according to some journalist, I can't remember who. One of the ones who wrote an insider puff piece on Rodgers.

 

Hilarious.  Balotelli - doesn't play the way the manager wants.  Can - doesn't play the way the manager wants.  Perhaps someone should explain that the idea isn't to sign players for £10m+ fees so that we can have a look at them.

 

Edit and now Can is on but for Toure?

[TheFridge]

Okay, who's going to point out to Rodgers that Markovic is not a wing back? We have a perfectly good one in Moreno just sitting there.

 

Anyone with half a clue knows this.

[Brigant Moloch]

wow some midfield presence in our team, fuck me sideways Brendan...

 

edit: nope, just another player playing out of position, Mr Wicket, SG and Cruyff remain

[Boss]

Bring Mario on.

[Baltar]

People thinking a corner was turned against united and arsenal. Not a fucking hope

False dawn. We've reverted back to how we've been for most of the season - fucking shit.

[niallers]

Toure off for can.

[thompsonsnose]

can on for kolo

so 442 then bren?

oh no, apparently not, youve opted to play a rookie dm in the back 3....

och and jings

[Anubis]

Saints increase lead. Leicester equalise against Spurs. Come on Reds, we need this.

[dennis tooth]

The formation is actually a lot better against a halfway decent team. When we're up against a defense that's come to play disciplined and keep tight, the 3-4-2-1 is a problem because it makes it difficult to get an overload in our favour in the attacking half. Against a team like Arsenal or United, it's much better because we can use it to break against them.

Any decent team will attack us also which means them 'wb's would get rinsed.

We lost 3 0 to mancs and anyway if u think this team/formation would be decent anywhere rather than one rodgers stumbled upon in his wet dreamz then you and i know thata lie. Even if your right rodders has put it out against the worst team in the division at home to play counter attack.

[an tha]

What dawn? We got battered against the Mancs and almost lost to arsenal.....Let's start talking about dawns when we actually start winning some football matches

[RoboRiise]

Couple of weeks ago we were playing without a single recognised striker in the team.  Now we're going with only two recognised defenders.

 

It's fucking amateur hour.  That applies even if we win this, it's just rolling the dice and praying for a seven.

[dennis tooth]

Bring Mario on.

What for?

[thompsonsnose]

Anyone with half a clue knows this.

imagine my lack of surprise when he came on for moreno the other day.

[Jhinge Machha]

sack him and end the misery

[Red House]

I hope to God we win, even if it means Rodgers gets to feel satisfied about how everything is going. 

I've got to a stage where I couldn't care less anymore. I don't hold much hope for this season the way things are going. In fact, I'm probably more in the "the sooner Rodgers is out the door, the better it would be for our long-term future" camp nowadays. Of course, that depends on who we get next but still, Rodgers clearly isn't the long term answer for us. We will probably always be financially out-powered by the likes of Chelsea and City, so we do need a manager capable of outwitting his counterparts from time to time like Rafa did for us. Unfortunately, we know for a matter of fact that Rodgers is tactically much weaker than Mourinho and Pellegrini or whoever City is likely to get after him (Simeone, Klopp etc...). I fear that freak season with Suarez is as much as we are ever gonna get under Brendan.

[billypilgrimnz]

Can in the back three? Really? Odd and odder.

[Brigant Moloch]

Can in the back three? Really? Odd and odder.

 

yet very easy to explain

[thompsonsnose]

phoning it in now.

time to leave.

dont think players are trusting a thing he says.

[dennis tooth]

Hes got brad warmin up now hes gonna sub him back on and resub him with 17min to go.

[Jairzinho]

We got any more midfielders on the bench? Surely eight isn't enough.

[billypilgrimnz]

Here's a fun game: what is our last sub going to be?