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

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davek said:
Smack the ball early and long to two hares upfront. I fail to see the footballing artistry.

I think some people are just impressed by goals flying in at the rate of 4 and 5 every few games.

They're a long ball team. I dont see any need to applaud that, tbh.
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you're well jel, lad
 
Dont think anyone said theres anything "magical" about the way Liverpool play. But they are entertaining.

And they arent a long ball side despite what i might say to wind up my nephew.
 
Minimeister said:
I thought it was just me. United didn't appoint Moyes and they'd be out the top 4. I'm unsure what magic Brendan has worked that is being spoken of? It was only two months ago we were playing them off the park at GP. Yes they've been very good since but calm down a bit. I'd like to see how good they are when they're fighting on a few more fronts than the one like their rivals always are.
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They have two goalscorers in their prime. You could give Sam Allardyce those two and get a few goals and wins. Rodgers is an utter charlatan. PMSL the way he's currently swanning around like he's Rinus Michels or someone. His game plan is simple: "Stevie, punt it for Luis and Daniel ASAP...the rest of you lads...erm...stop the other team scoring".

It's about as complex as that.
 
davek said:
Smack the ball early and long to two hares upfront. I fail to see the footballing artistry.

I think some people are just impressed by goals flying in at the rate of 4 and 5 every few games.

They're a long ball team. I dont see any need to applaud that, tbh.
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Long ball side isn't miles from the truth, although the term has negative connotations that I don't think fit Liverpool. They're certainly no Stoke, but they're not Barca either.

Gerrard lashes the ball at those front two all game and they do the rest. I've watched a lot of their games this year. Occasionally (as indicated clearly by the stats) Coutinho chips in with an assist. Sterling is also a threat for them. To be fair, it's not much different to how we played last year in sending the ball up to Fellaini, who would control a long ball and lay it off to the attackers. In Liverpool's case though, rather than a large, strong target man, they have two quick strikers with good touches who can run in behind or drop deep and who, crucially, slot for fun.

It's not beautiful, but it's not really ugly either.

I've said on here before, there's not exactly a complicated formula to their game, but it is working. And obviously it will work as long as you have arguably the third/fourth best player in the world and the second top scorer in the league up front there. So you can't blame Rodgers for playing that way at all.

To suggest it's tactical nous that has anything to do with their form this year is laughable though tbf.
 

paulbefc said:
Long ball side isn't miles from the truth, although the term has negative connotations that I don't think fit Liverpool. They're certainly no Stoke, but they're not Barca either.

Gerrard lashes the ball at those front two all game and they do the rest. I've watched a lot of their games this year. Occasionally (as indicated clearly by the stats) Coutinho chips in with an assist. Sterling is also a threat for them. To be fair, it's not much different to how we played last year in sending the ball up to Fellaini, who would control a long ball and lay it off to the attackers. In Liverpool's case though, rather than a large, strong target man, they have two quick strikers with good touches who can run in behind or drop deep and who, crucially, slot for fun.

It's not beautiful, but it's not really ugly either.

I've said on here before, there's not exactly a complicated formula to their game, but it is working. And obviously it will work as long as you have arguably the third/fourth best player in the world and the second top scorer in the league up front there. So you can't blame Rodgers for playing that way at all.

To suggest it's tactical nous that has anything to do with their form this year is laughable though tbf.
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That's better than I put it. I agree with that. My point is that it isn't anything too complicated. It's meat and potatoes footy. You get it quickly to your best players and get bodies up in support.

It's just pragmatic stuff from Rodgers. Let's have it right: his lifelong 'filosofee' last year was keeping the ball in his own half for ages and then working it upfield 'controlling possession, blah blah blah'. This seaosn it's a totally different filosofee.

The feller's a chancer who'd profitting from a) United being rubbish thanks to ginger plums, and b ) having the fortune of managing two top slotters.

There's nothing to see here but a hard faced bellend stumbling upon a formula to win that he apparently wasn't on board with this time last year due to his possession filosofee.
 
davek said:
You're despicable slur on Alan Myers as an 'alcoholic' didn't go unnoticed.

You should hang your head in shame, Kopite.
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For the benefit of anyone not in-the-know. Davek likes to call me a kopite because I criticised the tastefulness of how some chant "murderers" at Liverpool fans. He also likes to outrageously twist something I said to make me look bad.


I'm not fussed, but just putting it out there for those casual readers, so you know what calibre of person is posting here.
 

dholliday said:
For the benefit of anyone not in-the-know. Davek likes to call me a kopite because I criticised the tastefulness of how some chant "murderers" at Liverpool fans. He also likes to outrageously twist something I said to make me look bad.


I'm not fussed, but just putting it out there for those casual readers, so you know what calibre of person is posting here.
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Your time would better be deployed deleting your slur on Myers.
 
davek said:
That's better than I put it. I agree with that. My point is that it isn't anything too complicated. It's meat and potatoes footy. You get it quickly to your best players and get bodies up in support.

It's just pragmatic stuff from Rodgers. Let's have it right: his lifelong 'filosofee' last year was keeping the ball in his own half for ages and then working it upfield 'controlling possession, blah blah blah'. This seaosn it's a totally different filosofee.

The feller's a chancer who'd profitting from a) United being rubbish thanks to ginger plums, and b ) having the fortune of managing two top slotters.

There's nothing to see here but a hard faced bellend stumbling upon a formula to win that he apparently wasn't on board with this time last year due to his possession filosofee.
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I agree. Although tbf, I haven't seen him buzzing off himself nearly as much this year (then again, I don't read a word he says).

I personally don't rate him very highly, from what I've seen so far. I'd be horrified if we had him here, what with our financial constraints.
 
paulbefc said:
I agree. Although tbf, I haven't seen him buzzing off himself nearly as much this year (then again, I don't read a word he says).

I personally don't rate him very highly, from what I've seen so far. I'd be horrified if we had him here, what with our financial constraints.
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He's a phoney who flannels the rabble who support Liverpool; he knows all the dog whistles that has the mugs standing to attention: 'Liverpool family' 'the magnificent history', blah blah blah.

Good luck to the feller. It's a cracking con trick perpetrated on a bunch of utter weapons.
 
davek said:
They have two goalscorers in their prime. You could give Sam Allardyce those two and get a few goals and wins. Rodgers is an utter charlatan. PMSL the way he's currently swanning around like he's Rinus Michels or someone. His game plan is simple: "Stevie, punt it for Luis and Daniel ASAP...the rest of you lads...erm...stop the other team scoring".

It's about as complex as that.
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Sums it up for me.........
 

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