Comments on: Liverpool 1-2 Reading aet

By: BOBIESCOUSE

BOBIESCOUSE — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:35:50 +0000

Were’s that then lad ? no thanks ill stick with my red men ! plus i only need to catch the bus to Anfield or walk, see the odd thing is im actually from liverpool lad, ‘real team’ gimme a break ! don’t miss ur flight back to russia ye …..

By: Russ

Russ — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:39:03 +0000

Save yourself a rail fare. Come and see a real club around the corner.

By: glen

glen — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:19:09 +0000

cant understand how a team can implode so fast. hey i forgot something most of our players have signed long term contracts. thats usually the time to put there feet up and not play for rafa.
move some bright new prospects up the ranks and start to rebuild,re pacheo,kelly,, and there are some others to mention. aging stars just dont cut it anymore a liability. heads have to roll thats for sure.

By: BOBIESCOUSE

BOBIESCOUSE — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:37:29 +0000

YE well we can’t just go out and buy a quick fix like you lot can we ? If we all had billionaire owners everything would be an easy fix but we can’t like you did with Scollari and change our season on a sixpnce !!!!

By: BOBIESCOUSE

BOBIESCOUSE — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:25:27 +0000

Iv been saying this all along. We are too european and have lost true british fighting spirit we need to compete domestically, with no true hard men anymore (Mash apart) we have very little in the way of of stopping a team playing. In Shank’s day his teams backbone was predominantly scottish with the likes of ST John and Yeats, colossal men from what iv read (i was too young to see that great team) and we have nothing like that at the moment….

By: elnino

elnino — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:56:48 +0000

This is gettin’ really ridiculous now!

By: Denvor

Denvor — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:49:18 +0000

I honestly would not want to be Purslow now. Just a year ago I watched us score a late goal at Craven Cottage to go within 3 points of Man U and I honestly thought there were brighter days ahead but football is a funny game. Benitez is more than capable of turning it around even without much funds available and maybe next season will be a better season for us and the disaster that is this season will be a distant memory but what the players and Benitez needs now is the support of the best fans in the world.

YNWA

By: IrishRed

IrishRed — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:22:07 +0000

The Reading lads played with passion, fire and a belief. So technically (they say) not up to premier standard ? – well, give me their spirit. Pool lads – watch a few Irish hurling videos – see real passion – these boys do it for nothing – just the pride of wearing the shirt!

By: jason thomas

jason thomas — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:12:24 +0000

Carragher played like his life depended on a win in extra time,its a shame some of other players cant absorb his passion for the club / badge / fans / history.We dont seam to start with a high tempo any more.I think Babel would benefit from a half season loan to a spanish team to develop his game and Pacheco take his place.Reina was badly missed.Not enough shots at goal.Bad positioning throughout the game,players bunching up and not making themselfves available for a pass,very little creativity.I would like to see more running down the channels with shots at goal from every player every game.We dont score enough goals from corrners/throwins/free kicks,zoneal marking should be replaced with two defendes on th line/posts and man mark.

By: shem

shem — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:25:45 +0000

how low do we need to go.none of the team that player looked even near good enough to play for liverpool a full clean out is needed from top to bottom

By: King sensai

King sensai — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:58:13 +0000

Lets look on the bright side. we wont finish in the top 4 we will get knocked out of the eufa cup soon .
We will have to start all over again with a new manager new owners and a whole new team.
Cant wait!!
THE MIGHTY REDS LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB OUR HOME TOWN TEAM

By: Russ

Russ — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:40:46 +0000

As a Chelsea fan, nothing pleases me more than to see Liverpool humiliated, however, even I feel compassion for the likes of Stevie G. He is a world class act. You need anew manager or he needs a new club.

By: tony/ coach

tony/ coach — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:34:21 +0000

I have followed Liverpool and their developement into a world class football club over four decades. Liverpool always signed players with the basic qualities required to play for Liverpool,the ability to keep possession pass the ball and run your heart out .With these qualities and their own specific skills according to what position they played they fitted seamlessly into the team philosophy.Unfortunately Mr.Benitez over a period of time has totally dismantled the Liverpool philosphy and team to replace it with players with none of these qualities who play without direction and a purpose with one or two exceptions. Sad to see the demise of such a great club that had recently resurrected itself back to where it once was,at the top.

By: BOBIESCOUSE

BOBIESCOUSE — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:28:43 +0000

I went through a whole range of emotions in the last 20 odd hrs, at full time i was angry and disgusted then i became sad trying to see a positive but there was no light at the end of the tunnel . Now with rumours that Torres is out for six weeks, Gerrard for four and Yossi, yes Yossi out for six weeks also ( dependant on these rumours being true ) our season is well and truly over.

With no one even remotely looking like stepping up from the rest of the squad and some players going backwards and an overall effort level worse than a team struggling at the bottom of the championship where and what do we do now ?

By: peter

peter — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:20:00 +0000

its awful to watch goin sideways and backwards.all the teams we play against weva they are in a lower league or not seem to play much beta football than us.it has to change and quickly ovawise we will finish in the bottom harv of the table

By: pat

pat — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:00:48 +0000

probably a bit biased being irish bit reds need irish.scots and welsh men as well as english of course and rafa wont buy them so we need someone who will knowing that he wont get a pile of money !change manager now,we wont qualify for europe so lets start next season after world cup of course without torres.gerard and johnston who will come back injured concentrating on league and fa cup

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:20:09 +0000

Why are we surprised at last night, we hav’nt had a solid team for 5 years & have only survived by Gerrard driving the rest on & playing like 4 men.
The Club has been a shambles since the Yanks arrived, full of false promises, lies, & not nearly as much money as they pretended. They only bought LFC as an investment & thought they would move-it-on for a fast buck, but held out for too much & are still here.
Rafa has talent but spent last year sorting his contract & lost the plot, he has been on borrowed time & needs to go now.He’s had injuries – everyone does – but makes some very odd buys, selections & subs – what does he think he’s achieved – we now have our main striker + Captain injured again &
nobody on the bench – I want him out

By: John A

John A — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:20:40 +0000

It has to be the end of the line for Rafa. He has run out of ideas about team selection and tactics. As for his choices in buying players…… Lucas, Babel, Insua, that 34 year old Greek defender, 20mil for Aquilani? Need I say more?
The Yanks shouldn’t worry about having to cough up 10mil to pay him off, it will be money well spent in the long run. If they act now and get someone else in, they may still get into the top four and qualify for the ECL next season.That way, they will recoup their money. If they leave things as they are, Liverpool will be lucky to finish 12th.

By: Kevin Humphreys

Kevin Humphreys — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:27:33 +0000

I have watched Liverpool since Shankly’s days, and I can only say the likes of Insua, Kuyte, Lucas, Babbel, are just not good enough to put on the red shirt of Liverpool.
even Carragher, seems to only want to retain the ball by passing back, or sideways. It was only in extra time he went forward, but our strikers, if you can call them that, where not in the right possitions, and did not have the control to do any damage.
Lucas, every fifty fifty ball, he had no commitment, when he lost the ball, he had no determination to try to get it back.
If Torres, and Gerard, need an opperation, let them have it now, and get it over with, and hope next season we can all start fresh and fit.

By: ndlfc

ndlfc — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:44:06 +0000

I don’t know what the answer is, I think we need a new manager – but who? What top rated manager would come to a club that has our type of problems, the owners don’t don’t get on & disagree about everything, there’s no money available, we the fans have massive expectations? I think the only reason Rafa is still there is because they’re trying to get new investment, possibly even sell 100% of the club & without the manager the club might look even more unstable, who knows, I keep seeing comments about Jose M’ coming in, 1) we couldn’t afford him, 2) we couldn’t afford to compensate Inter 3) we couldn’t afford to compansate Rafa & 4) why would the job appeal to him? Unless something drastic happens & quick, we’ll be lucky to finish top 10