Post-mortem Northampton

[Will]

Thought of watching it myself in the end i though no **** that! How did we play? any good?

[Icon]

Just watched the game. Avoided the score all night and ****ing sat up til 1am watching that.



I am speechless.

Share your pain brother......

[chadrtc]

Right, just finished watching the entire game. The 2nd half performance was the worst by a Liverpool side that I can ever remember.

We defended deep and let Northampton control the game, at times we we defending the 6 yard box. No pressing to win back the back, just let them have it and hope we get a chance to hit them on the counter attack.

The same mundane ****e that has been served up all season so far but cranked right up to 11 this time.

PRESSURE ON THE BALL ROY, FOR ****S SAKE!!!

The same basic problems that Roy has failed to address consistently in most games so far. I fear a truly bleak season is ahead.

[little dave hedgehog]

at some point you have to shrug your shoulders and just say what can you do.

i'm putting in the daily effort to try and do what i can to oust the owners from over here, but other than that all i can do is watch. and if we suck, we suck.

[-V-]

Questions for those who actually watched the game....

Who were the worst performers?
How did Babel play?
How did Lucas play?
Jovanovic scored but did he play well at all ?

[little dave hedgehog]

i think we might need a clear out. no matter how good (or not...) a player is, if they feel it won't happen for them at a certain club, their heads are down and they put in one anemic display after another, then they should go. we should get rid of anyone who has the attitude that this club is not worth fighting for, or beyond help atm.

[Shaggy]

Right, just finished watching the entire game. The 2nd half performance was the worst by a Liverpool side that I can ever remember.

We defended deep and let Northampton control the game, at times we we defending the 6 yard box. No pressing to win back the back, just let them have it and hope we get a chance to hit them on the counter attack.

The same mundane ****e that has been served up all season so far but cranked right up to 11 this time.

PRESSURE ON THE BALL ROY, FOR ****S SAKE!!!

The same basic problems that Roy has failed to address consistently in most games so far. I fear a truly bleak season is ahead.

They outplayed us for virtually the whole game, certainly after our goal. Completely and utterly shameful and embarrassing. I don't know where to start with that performance, so I won't even bother.

[Shaggy]

Questions for those who actually watched the game....

Who were the worst performers?
How did Babel play?
How did Lucas play?
Jovanovic scored but did he play well at all ?

Babel, Ngog, Spearing, Wilson and Lucas were all particularly poor.

****e. He might not ever play for us again based on that. A new low possibly.
****e.
Not really. One good dribble down the inside left in the first half. **** all else.

[little dave hedgehog]

who might not? slow down and tell us everything, shags

[-V-]

Babel, Ngog, Spearing, Wilson and Lucas were all particularly poor.

****e. He might not ever play for us again based on that. A new low possibly.
****e.
Not really. One good dribble down the inside left in the first half. **** all else.

[Shaggy]

who might not? slow down and tell us everything, shags

I answered the questions in order man.

I'm struggling to recall a worse performance. It was like the bad old days of Chesterfield and Bristol City. Except worse.

No-one takes any credit, except for maybe Pacheco who was out of position and at least tried to make things happen. Mainly everyone else was atrocious (Kelly did ok). Sammy Lee was the one barking out all the instructions from the touchline. Roy just sat there. He didn't seem to get involved in the team talk before extra time either. Most strange. He looked more lost and bewildered than even Houllier ever did. We lumped long balls all night into the keeper's arms or out of play. Kyrgiakos up front for the last 20 minutes or so. Not two minutes. 20 minutes.

We were getting outplayed - no overstatement - by injury-ravaged Northampton Town (17th in Division 4 with 7 points from 7 games) and made no substitutions until extra time. We stood off and let them ping the ball around us. At times we were so deep we were defending the edge of our own box. Then when we won it back we either launched it upfield or passed sideways around midfield, sometimes in straight lines, before losing it. We, obviously, hardly created any chances and I don't remember their keeper making a save.

[Shaggy]

Forgot to say....Shelvey did well when he came on. Probably our MOM

[Pablo]

Shelvey looks a proper player

That's all I'm saying for now. It was grim.

[little dave hedgehog]

Babel, Ngog, Spearing, Wilson and Lucas were all particularly poor.

****e. He might not ever play for us again based on that. A new low possibly.
****e.
Not really. One good dribble down the inside left in the first half. **** all else.

my question was, of those 5 players, which do yo mean when you say "he might not ever play for us again?"

but thanks for the post match anyways

[vonk]

Roy is well out of his depth, It would be better off for all of us if he was relieved of his duties asap.

Never going to happen. We are not Newcastle. He will be still here at the end of the season unless we are in the relegation zone in March.