Liverpool vs Steaua Bucharest: Match Thread

[CJ]

when is the half time stuff recorded?

there seems to be no one behind stan in the ground

[Rich]

Pat Nevin sounds pissed

[wiw]

Spearing has been good off the ball, apart from the slip. Pretty **** on it though

Babel shoots when a pass is the much better option. No ****ing surprise there then. I hate watching him play

Ngog has been quiet

We generally look all over the place. Only after watching Rafa's teams and how organised they are does it become obvious, and we've looked all over the shop in terms of defensive shape. It's very early days though, I think Roy will sort it

[danperkins]

Napoli 0 -0 Utrecht at half time

[CJ]

Pat Nevin sounds pissed

i thought that

however if you have to watch this **** then it may drive you to it

scottish rolly burkin

[ronanm]

What's Jimmy Rosenthal doing on 5? Thought he was the head of ITV sport??

[CJ]

What's Jimmy Rosenthal doing on 5? Thought he was the head of ITV sport??

he has a freelance contract so isnt exclusice to ITV

[DannyMan2006]

Few mares out there tonight, Babel has been woeful has hardly done one thing right even though he's been piss poor once again why the **** does he consistently be played out left when everyone knows he is useless out there annoys the **** out of me. Spearing as expected is way out of his depth, Maxi beat a man down the line once and thats about it apart from that he has done nothing as per usual, and The Greek is getting caught out for pace every time.

Feel sorry for Ngog in that lone striker role, he just doesn't have the physicality to hold the ball up and is getting bounced around. Merieles hasn't done much, IMO Cole has once again been our stand out player. Steau not a bad side actually but we've been terrible again if i'm honest.

I think Babel has showed some much needed pace and directness at times, his problem is his final ball and shot selection. Spearing has done okay as well I thought. If anything he's probably been better than Meireles.

Kelly and Kyrgiakos - chasm of a gap that let them in for their goal.

Have to say, despite 5 saying Steau have been better, they haven't created much other than the Pepe save when they were offside. I think if we were to try and play it more instead of taking pot shots we may find some more joy.

[JohnDoe]

Spearing has been good off the ball, apart from the slip. Pretty **** on it though

It's a shame he's playing a game called football. If it was just called "foot", he would have been ace at it.

Babel shoots when a pass is the much better option. No ****ing surprise there then. I hate watching him play

I hate watching Jovanovic play even more, and for this reason alone, I'm a Babel fan this season.

[SimonNo7]

I think your smiley should of been

That really was a **** balls up wasn't it.

[SimonNo7]

0-0?!

I know, I know, I'm ****

[el matador]

we look a little naieve in our formation. our two banks or four look too square and there seems to be too much space in between the back 4 and the midfield.

ngog really needs to get going and hold up the balls that are pushed into him. i dont think he's managed to win a single header or get one of these balls into him under control.

cole maxi and babel need balls pushed into them but with no one to hold up the ball, their defenders are pushing right up on our midfielders knowing that there isnt any real threat from us in behind.

[Rich]

Yeah, Babel looks better than Jovanovich!

[JohnDoe]

I think your smiley should of been

That really was a **** balls up wasn't it.

To be fair to you, it felt like a 0-0. The goals were really forgetful.

[DannyMan2006]

**** me, we're ****. Did I dream us dominating Real Madrid and Man Utd a couple of years ago?

We hammered Real, but we didn't dominate United, we just sat back and hit them on the counter. Three goals I remember, Torres goal was a long ball over the top that Vidic screwed up - counter attack goal. Fabios was a free kick. Dossena was achip after he had been played down the left on the counter when United were going for broke. Can't remember the other goal?