Aston Villa V Liverpool

[Gym Beglin]

Saw the goals this morning, and the near-misses.

 

Impressive.

 

Remarkable the difference a strong attack makes to a side, suddenly the opposition don't laugh at you.

[3 Stacks]

The setup we had against Villa is probably the best one we can put out at this moment. I'm still not a fan of the Henderson-Milner-Can midfield but it was made to look a lot better yesterday because Coutinho and Firmino drop deep and make up for their lack of technical ability. All they really have to do is to do the donkey work and keep things simple. 

 

Sturridge is such a game-changer as well. Having him fit for an extended period of time would mask so many of our deficiencies.

[TheHowieLama]

Nice of Origi to take a soul kiss for the team

[Chip Butty]

The only thing shitter than Villa, was that fuckin sun. Christ that was annoying. 

[Reckoner]

The only thing shitter than Villa, was that fuckin sun. Christ that was annoying.

 

Can't live with it, can't have existence on earth with out it.

[Torvald Utne]

As stringy mentioned, we weren't all that. I thought it was a typically shit performance from us, made slightly better having a forward that does the right things and made infinitely better by playing against the worst team I have ever seen. A decent team would have beaten us.

[Arl arse]

It's Prince William and David Cameron I feel sorry for...........

 

[JermainePennant]

Very good performance and that game was an example of what the team is capable of.Fans have been saying this is the worst squad we've had but I've always maintained its one of the strongest.We still have very good players out injured and the two strikers who returned are not even at their best yet.

 

I've always rated Origi and said all last season if we had him in the squad we would have got fourth last season, his movement and link up play is very good and he has the pace our team relies on.Now that he's fit and in good form we should be able to rotate him and Sturridge so Daniel doesn't get played too much.

[bonesman]

Move over Whiskey Jar.

[Russ Atmosphere]

If it's a good squad why does it take only two injuries to sink the club into mid-table?

[Dr Nowt]

[Iceman]

JP McWrong:

 

"Fans have been saying this is the worst squad we've had but I've always maintained its one of

the strongest."

 

[razor]

Fans have been saying this is the worst squad we've had but I've always maintained its one of the strongest.

 

You make this all look so effortless.  A natural.

[littletedwest]

JP McWrong:

 

 

"Fans have been saying this is the worst squad we've had but I've always maintained its one of

the strongest."

 Repped twice if I could once for the gif and again for it being from once upon a time in the west

 

[JermainePennant]

If it's a good squad why does it take only two injuries to sink the club into mid-table?

That's the argument you could make against the squad, I think it's one of the strongest we've had but maybe the prem teams have got stronger then they were a few years ago.

 

If we had our key players fit I think we are strong enough to challenge, it's not acceptable that the team falls apart when a couple of players get injured though.Origi has progressed and I'm hoping it Sturridge gets injured again he will be able to step in for him, a top dm and gk added to the squad should see us get 4th atleast next season.

[DirkDiggledinho]

That's the argument you could make against the squad, I think it's one of the strongest we've had but maybe the prem teams have got stronger then they were a few years ago.

 

If we had our key players fit I think we are strong enough to challenge, it's not acceptable that the team falls apart when a couple of players get injured though.Origi has progressed and I'm hoping it Sturridge gets injured again he will be able to step in for him, a top dm and gk added to the squad should see us get 4th atleast next season.

 

Yes, this is the whole point of having a strong squad. That if this eventuality happens the team will not fall apart.

 

The fact that it does strongly implies that we do not have a strong squad.

[JermainePennant]

Yes, this is the whole point of having a strong squad. That if this eventuality happens the team will not fall apart.

 

The fact that it does strongly implies that we do not have a strong squad.

We have four strikers who are capable of getting atleast 15-20 goals a season, it was very unlucky to lose them all at the same time and we also had a lot of injuries in other positions.

 

In a normal season we would have been ok and got top 4 imo, there's two very good players for nearly every position apart from gk and dm.

[xerxes]

Now that he's fit and in good form we should be able to rotate him and Sturridge so Daniel doesn't get played too much.

Like you, I worry about Sturridge suffering from exhaustion, a rest is surely due now?

[magicrat]

Lescott tweeted this photo after the game because he was getting dogs abuse on twitter from the Villa fans...

 

 

Then hilariously claimed it was accidental and it happened whilst he was driving with his phone in his pocket. 

 

0-6  in 90 mins 

[Arl arse]

0-6  in 90 mins

 

0-6 in 75 mins or until Benteke gets on the field.

[DirkDiggledinho]

We have four strikers who are capable of getting atleast 15-20 goals a season, it was very unlucky to lose them all at the same time and we also had a lot of injuries in other positions.

 

In a normal season we would have been ok and got top 4 imo, there's two very good players for nearly every position apart from gk and dm.

Four? The club knew about Sturridges injury problems, and Benteke has not shown he is capable of playing a starring role in the setup. I really like Ings but I think 15-20 is a bit ambitious. I don't know who else you're referring to. Origi?

 

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[TheHowieLama]

The New Normal

[Arl arse]

The old Special

[JermainePennant]

Four? The club knew about Sturridges injury problems, and Benteke has not shown he is capable of playing a starring role in the setup. I really like Ings but I think 15-20 is a bit ambitious. I don't know who else you're referring to. Origi?

 

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Ings and Origi are capable of 15-20 goals a season imo, definitely in all competitions and if they were regulars in the prem team Id expect them to score a lot.

 

As for xerxes I take it your joking but I do think Sturridge should be rested for tonight's game, he's fit and injury free and we should be trying to keep him that way for as long as possible.Playing 3 games in a week doesn't sound like the best idea to me, if he plays every game from now we are doing the same thing as we did the last 2 years which hasn't worked.

[dennis tooth]

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