Blackburn Post Match- GET IN THERE

[Mattshark]

I'm just about to go to bed, so I'll try to remember to elaborate tomorrow, but Poulsen I totally agree with, Lucas I couldn't disagree more. Lucas is our future, and the future is very very bright with him in the team imo

[PTP]

Did anyone see if Gerrard or Carra celebrated with Torres when he scored? From the footage I've seen I didn't see either of them there.

I watched both closely - for both goals gerrard and torres seemd fine - carragher tho - didn't celebrate either - not because he was being a cunt though - both him and bombscare were deep and miles away and neither made any attempt to run forward and celebrate.

[Scratch]

I watched both closely - for both goals gerrard and torres seemd fine - carragher tho - didn't celebrate either - not because he was being a cunt though - both him and bombscare were deep and miles away and neither made any attempt to run forward and celebrate.

There's a pic on Rawk of Carra giving Torres a hug, from yesterday's game. Was that at the end of the game then, or after the goal he scored?

[Muddled]

There's a pic on Rawk of Carra giving Torres a hug, from yesterday's game. Was that at the end of the game then, or after the goal he scored?

End of the game.

[alunevans]

Even after yesterday people are still trying to pick holes in Lucas, he is 23, cost £6 million and is a regular squad member for Brazil now.

He is a very good player, Poulson on the other hand is right up there with Sean Dundee and deserves all the stick going

I'm not a Lucas fan and wouldn't regard him as a very good player personally, but fair play to him, the lad played well yesterday I felt

[The_weatherman]

I watched both closely - for both goals gerrard and torres seemd fine - carragher tho - didn't celebrate either - not because he was being a cunt though - both him and bombscare were deep and miles away and neither made any attempt to run forward and celebrate.

So you are going to try and get that to stick

[PTP]

[Kenneth]

I'm just about to go to bed, so I'll try to remember to elaborate tomorrow, but Poulsen I totally agree with, Lucas I couldn't disagree more. Lucas is our future, and the future is very very bright with him in the team imo

I'm waiting for your elaboration of this claim. It'll need to be good .

He's alright, but we have been waiting for sometime for this imminent transformation into super-stardom.

[Neil Young]

I'm waiting for your elaboration of this claim. It'll need to be good .

He's alright, but we have been waiting for sometime for this imminent transformation into super-stardom.

Wiw is from the future and knows what he's talking about. End of.

[Kenneth]

Wiw is from the future and knows what he's talking about. End of.

See the Gap Princess thread for conclusive proof that this is not the case.

[Rudo]

Match report from me

I got there early yesterday - probably the first time i've ever been early - like 30 mins early

So - couple of early thoughts watching the warm which is right in front of were i sit.... - during the little two touch game, it was split between attackers/defenders - i don't need to tell u how much quicker and sharper the attackers were lol - carra/kyriakos/skrtel/konk/lucas , a two touch nightmare - oh and jonjo shelvey was like a kid at christmas - u could see the smile on his face and he was runnign round just kicking every ball and joking about with the other subs...he is looking the part, i want to see him given the chance, because he is not far away

Then - gerry marsden - crazy ******* comes on to sing - the players were waiting to kick off - he wouldn't leave the pitch

right on too the football

We played much better in spells - meireles, gerrard, maxi linking up well. Kyriakos had a beast of game in defence and attack - we were unlucky not too score more - Blackburn, lets be honest - we're ****ing terrible - they didn't seem to offer any threat or anything physical - our midfield three of lucas, meireles and gerrard were so much quicker and stronger at times than theirs.

Blackburn were just long ball after long ball - but without any target man - so it was easy for kyriakos and skrtel - no real problems there.

We did however - just seem to stop, around the 60-70 min mark...at 2-1, we'd had a spell of about 10 mins or so were it was wave after wave and we battered them - then we just stopped - bit of panic set in, the shape was lost, we got sloppy and we couldn't keep possesion - lucky blackburn were ****e - their best player was easy the pantomine villian El-Hadji Diouf.....which says everything about the rest of the team to be honest....if they had just one decent threat or quality player on the pitch it would have been a struggle - plus, they had zero pace in the side - somehting which causes us nightmares.

Player ratings -

Reina - 8 - not that much for him to do, but he's clas, and as always every time he got the ball looekd to start an attack

carra - 7 - out of position, tried to get forward and support - worryingly - he seemed evenly matched with diouf at times - a quicker/stronger winger would have really troubled him

kyriakos - 9 - man of the match for me - passionate, got the fans going, he looks like he loves playing for liverpool and deserved his goal

skrtel - 7 - did his job

konchesky - 5 - thats being generous - not making a scapegoat of him, but he is ****ing terrible - just ****ing ****e - can't pass, can't even tackle - i wouldn't mind so much about him being ****e, if he snapped someone every now and then....he is so poor it's untrue - he was the main culprit in giving away possesion, every time the ball came near him, whatevr way he was facing he just put his foot through it. - We had a lad like this on a Sunday morning - we nicknamed him Bombscare. - i think i will adopt this for the konk

lucas - 7 - looked like he had a point to prove - 100x better than poulsen - he worked his little socks off - he got stuck in, he looked more mobile, he isn't the dynamic, box to box midfielder we need but surely thats him in the starting XI ahead of poulsen everytime.

Meirieles - 7 - was involved, is a good footballer something we lack, keeps possesion, keeps things ticking, can strike it and it won't be long before he smashes in a screamer - much better in the middle

maxi - 7 - he turned up, he was involved in every attack, linked in well with others around

gerrard - 7 - seemed to drift in and out the game

cole - 7 - for effort, worked hard, and put some great balls in, it was an improvement and a couple of more performances like that will hopefully get the confidence back and he will push on

torres - 7 - still looked isolated, still looked off the pace at times and lacking confidence, still something not right with him - either physically or mentally, maybe a bit of both - took his goal well though


Overall - it was better, but i don't want to get too carried away - it was blackburn, at home, who were ****ing dreadful and offered no real threat or suprisingly fight. - We were allowed to knock it about a bit, and once we got some confidence, as mentioned, gerrard/maxi/meireles started to open them up a bit. - We still lack any direct pace jsut from one player would be nice, width, and torres looked isolated again and one glance at those on the bench didn't inspire too much - we also maybe down to nerves or lack of confidence went through some dire spells were a better team would have punished us. Tho to be fair - Robinson made two or three great saves that would have put the game to bed in the first half.

Hopefully we will build from it - but Bolton away will be a much tougher game, and if we don't win there, then I fully expect us to get ****ted by chelsea at home - so in two games to time - the relief, almost europhia of winning, will soon disappear

It showed that, we do have some decent footballers at the club, and with a bit of confindence, those players, regardless of who is manager - should be beating teams outside the top 10 easily - It also showed that we a desperate for a good left back, some pace/width, and another option up front - but we knew that already. If we get those three positions sorted in January we will do ok....

Yeah great post mate. Agree with everything.

We did play some great stuff at times defo, first half some of our approach play was a delight to watch. We moved the ball quickly and got at the Blackburn defence, if the final ball was right we could very easily have been out of reach by half-time. Robinson made some blinding saves in fairness.

The Greek was ****ing brilliant and seems to be a great team-mate too, before kick off he went over to all the Liverpool trying to get them fired up and during the match he was always encouraging and getting everyone focused.

Lucas was also very good i thought, like you say it looked as tho he had a point to prove. Thought he had a quiet opening 10 mins but after that he came into the game, tackled hard, passed it and put himself about. I'm forever writing Lucas off, then he puts in a good performance and i think maybe he is worth his place in the squad. Does my head in.haha

Hate to be negative but have to agree with you regarding Konchesky, i **** a brick every time he was on the ball and most of the fans around me seemed to as well. He's a good pro and all that but he's just a disaster waiting to happen - doesn't close down his opponent, gives the ball away cheaply and really shouldn't be in a Liverpool starting line up. A squad player at the very most.

All in all though, it was a good Liverpool performance, yes Blackburn were **** but then again we've played worse teams this season and been beaten by them so we daren't complain too much. Need to build on this now.

[Lecter]

yes Blackburn were **** but then again we've played worse teams this season and been beaten by them so we daren't complain too much.

I disagree Blackburn are definitely the worst team we have played this season

All the other teams (including Northampton) worked their socks off to get men behind the ball and close us down

Blackburn didnt do that at all

[RedReet]

I disagree Blackburn are definitely the worst team we have played this season

All the other teams (including Northampton) worked their socks off to get men behind the ball and close us down

Blackburn didnt do that at all

Napoli weren’t much better. Roy’s fortunate in that on paper in looks like two half decent results back to back, but realistically both teams were terrible against us and we still made hard work out of it.

[danperkins]

The sooner the better Aurelio come back into the team. And maybe if we all say a united pray he actually might be able to get a run of games. A fully fit Aurelio adds so much more to our starting 11 than The Konch or Agger at LB.

[danperkins]

I disagree Blackburn are definitely the worst team we have played this season

All the other teams (including Northampton) worked their socks off to get men behind the ball and close us down

Blackburn didnt do that at all

Blackburn were gank but i suppose you can only play who is put in front of you. I was just chuffed with 3 point regardless of the opposition.