Lyon (a) - Post Match Thread

[Marky]

There's not a chance we concede that goal if Sami was playing. He would have cleaned up. Soft, soft goal.

[Chris]

If we beat Fiorentina by ten goals and when Lyon beat the Debrecen at home then the table will look like this:

Lyon 13
Fior 9
Liv 7

Lyon have won the group. Why would they send anything other than a reserve team to Florence? I think you will find we are out of the Champions league.

Eh? The Fiorentina game is last. If they lose in Florence Fiorentina are top of the group and will play Liverpool reserves last. Think about it before spewing rubbish.

[FatTony]

The CL teams play on Tuesdays and Weds and then play on Sat or Sun. If we have to play on a Sun too we will have 24 hours less preparation than our major rivals. It's a DISADVANTAGE that will effect our EPL form. I still think they'll stick us on a monday more often.

I ****ing hope it does change our league form!

[Mox79]

So you don't slate the players, just other Liverpool fans?

Look, we're just venting. Some people may be OTT but..I dunno. Nevermind

I try not to. But most on ere sound like they write for the daily bloody mail!

[wavydavy]

10th in Europe according to the official coefficient.

My apologies. That's a total seal of approval, isn't it? Sorry again. You got me .

[vonk]

Eh? The Fiorentina game is last. If they lose in Florence Fiorentina are top of the group and will play Liverpool reserves last. Think about it before spewing rubbish.

My apologies, I thought Fiorentina was next. You are correct.

[wiw]

I know,that's why I used bold,you are one of the straight headed ones, keep the faith bro,if you start like the rest then I won't log on no more

I still have the faith, your post helped.

I try not to. But most on ere sound like they write for the daily bloody mail!

I know I think flyboy might be Ronnie Whelan

[Leyton388]

At least we didn't lose so its a step in the right direction LOL.

Seriously though our team has been devastated by injuries this season. But the main factor is that our summer transfer funds were slashed to pay the debt.

Hopefully this is an eye opener to hicks and gillett that if you don't strengthen the squad enough you suffer. Now as a result of not signing enough players in the summer they are going to miss out on the CL money and we may not finish in the top 4.

[Fierce]

I guess all football sites are like this, people tend to type and vent spleens without really considering what they're saying. I think, least I hope, that lots of us will possibly consider some comments to be OTT when reading back. Maybe

Anyway. We utterly spanked them, we did absolutely everything but score enough goals. And yes of course thats the main thing we need to do, but still

I thought Mascherano was immense, and Lucas wasn't far behind. Both played very well indeed

Yossi doesn't do what he's best at on the left wing, and Insua seems far less confident with someone that doesn't track back in front of him

For me, Rafa got it spot on from the start with the exception of Voronin. I've been trying to reason, but I can't fathom why he wouldn't have Yossi behind Torres, when the alternative is Voronin. To be fair to him, the glaring miss aside, he played pretty well. But he doesn't have the creativity that Yossi does, and with Babel causing problems on the left, he would have even more room to exploit that trickery

I don't think it was massively important, but I'd question why Torres got subbed 5 mins to the end. Surely 5 mins isn't going to affect his fitness?? Slightly strange

Overall, monumentally gutted. So frustrating. But I genuinely and without bias don't believe we deserved to lose that based on our performance

Still

[Shaggy]

Torres was totally spent, we needed Ngog's fresh legs.

[Elvis]

Weird, because it didnt the last time we won it. No, actually, it did effect our "EPL" form, it sent our morale through the roof.

Comparisons with 2001 are desperate. We hadn't made it into the Champions league and were slowly on an upward trajectory. The psychology of going from the CL to the "europa" cup is totally different. It could actually undermine confidence.

[Chris]

I don't think it was massively important, but I'd question why Torres got subbed 5 mins to the end. Surely 5 mins isn't going to affect his fitness?? Slightly strange

You're prone to more injuries when you're knackered and he was completely gone.

[Leyton388]

Comparisons with 2001 are desperate. We hadn't made it into the Champions league and were slowly on an upward trajectory. The psychology of going from the CL to the "europa" cup is totally different. It could actually undermine confidence.

Respect to the FSM!!!!!!!

[Chris]

Comparisons with 2001 are desperate. We hadn't made it into the Champions league and were slowly on an upward trajectory. The psychology of going from the CL to the "europa" cup is totally different. It could actually undermine confidence.

Winning matches makes morale go up, it doesnt matter what competition.

[Mike]

You're prone to more injuries when you're knackered and he was completely gone.

He wasnt completely gone imo, could see by the look on his face he felt he could still do a job and looked gutted to be subbed.