ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

[toffeejack]

I've been to Port Talbot, I know you're lying.

haha, you got me, i've never drunk sherry in my life ffs. I'm just a minge who doesn't read the script like you said, ffs.

 

[Steve0]

exactly. Before that match we were apparently going to get overrun in midfield.

To be fair you bypassed the midfield in that match with ugly hoofball tactics. It's fair enough as against every decent midfield you've come up against you've been battered (Newcastle, Everton, Southampton, Arsenal etc) but it wasn't fun to watch.

 

[RED]

I'm talking specifically about your much-vaunted midfield being overrun. The one with Joe Allen and Lucas in it.

that was Allen's first game back since March. Look at him in the last two games

 

[Steve0]

The most telling stat is that when he has started, we have lost only once, whereas we have lost every game in which he hasn't.

All that tells is that you don't know what you're on about! Seriously, what does that even mean? It's so obviously untrue you can't have meant it to mean what it says.

 

[Chang Elephant]

that was Allen's first game back since March. Look at him in the last two games

Allen is ****e, Henderson is ****e, Lucas is ****e, Gerrard is on the way out, your midfield is ****e.

 

[Kurt.]

Allen is ****e, Henderson is ****e, Lucas is ****e, Gerrard is on the way out, your midfield is ****e.

This about sums it up to be honest.....Lucas is the only player I know who got better the longer he was out injured....odd bunch kopites.

 

[RED]

To be fair you bypassed the midfield in that match with ugly hoofball tactics. It's fair enough as against every decent midfield you've come up against you've been battered (Newcastle, Everton, Southampton, Arsenal etc) but it wasn't fun to watch.

Is this in reference to the Spurs match?

 

[bluejock]

The most telling stat is that when he has started, we have lost only once, whereas we have lost every game in which he hasn't.

We've not lost a game where Gareth Barry has started.

Barry > Coutinho

 

[ToffeeDan]

Obviously they've sold some players but... this is what they've spent..

Daniel Sturridge £12,000,000 9/10 but still a moaner (questionable attitude)
Simon Mignolet £10,000,000 8.5/10 good keeper so not really a gamble to replace the fast fading Reina
Philippe Coutinho £8,500,000 8/10 shows promise, looks a decent deal on an unknown quantity..
Mamadou Sakho £13,000,000 7/10 not bad
Kolo Toure Free 7/10 not bad, some injuries

Oussama Assaidi £2,300,000 who knows - obviously Stoke do - so maybe 3/10?
Joe Allen £15,000,000 2/10 if I'm being generous
Fabio Borini £10,000,000 2/10 I am being generous

£22M worth of heaven knows what!

Luis Alberto £6,800,000 who knows?
Samed Yesil £1,000,000 who knows?
Iago Aspas £7,000,000 who knows?
Tiago Ilori £7,000,000 who knows?

So £93M odd gets you about 3 good players..and a large wage bill.

 

[tommye]

Lads, why bother?

He's a kopite. Kopites are gobsh1tes.

Surely you can see he's a bit simple.

He thinks Allen is boss.

:lock: thread

 

[Jags..class]

Their midfield of Allen, Lucas and Henderson are work horses, this is only working due to the form of Suarez

 

[Steve0]

Is this in reference to the Spurs match?

It is mate, yes.

 

[RED]

Their midfield of Allen, Lucas and Henderson are work horses, this is only working due to the form of Suarez

I'd agree with that assessment, but I'd take out the "only". The fact that you don't seem to see how good Coutinho is really eye opening.

 

[ToffeeDan]

Their midfield of Allen, Lucas and Henderson are work horses, this is only working due to the form of Suarez

Yep, probably about right - without Swarez they'd be exposed for that but when he's on the ball almost anything is possible so all the misgivings about the rest of them is somewhat overlooked..

 

[ToffeeDan]

Spurs game - well credit for smashing a truly awful (on the day) Spurs yep, but I think almost any team would have smashed them that day - even a dreadful West Ham got lucky and beat them 3-0 at their place and then, even after AVB was sacked still got lucky to win the cup tie last week. The greater credit surely must be that they dominated for the whole 90 minutes (even against ten men for 25-30 minutes) and pressed home the advantage a clearly disspirited home side gave them. I can't remember Spurs doing anything of note so again, credit and shame in equal measure - best to remember that the result of a game is determined by ability and luck in roughly equal measure - given that Spurs were so awful at the time that accounts for the luck element going all to Liverpool and then being roughly equal in ability it came down - on the day - to a 75% chance that Liverpool would win and so it happened.