Liverpool v Sunderland post match thread

[Nick77]

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Enrique Stats: 70 (76% accurate) passes | 100% aerial duels won | 100% ground duels won | 100% tackles won | 3 Interceptions

Pretty impressive for a first game.

Was MoM by a country mile!

[Mostar]

Very disappointing.

Amazing given all that money we've spent on midfielders and for 45 minutes in the 2nd half we couldn't keep the ball for 10 seconds.

Felt a bit sorry for Henderson. His inclination to drift way infield left huge spaces down our right side. Don't get him yet and I'd expect Kuyt to come back in at Arsenal.

Very impressed with Enrique.

Agger had a fantastic game, Lucas had a marvellous first half before falling away spectacularly - similarly Downing with a good first half and a completely anonymous 2nd.

WTF was all that swapping about in the 2nd half? I can accept him playing down the right sometimes but through the middle? Couldn't work that out.

Adam looks a good player and will fit in, but there were times when we really needed some drive from midfield and he doesn't provide it.

I predicted Maxi would be an outcast this season and him not being able to make the bench suggests I might be right. I can't for the life of me work out how he can't even make the bench for us. We couldn't keep the ball to save our lives and he's nowherre to be seen? His ball retention is excellent, can play left or right and IMO has to be in the matchday squads.

Carroll needs to work on his heading.

His technique is not that great and lot of time he seems to jump few seconds too early and meets the ball on his way down. Really needs to improve in that area.

[Alex]

Aquilani has put all his stuff in storage due to his agent telling him he is going somewhere.

[Muddled]

Glen Chester Johnson with the Bentley.

Top, top stalking.

Aqualani car sharing? Well, petrol prices are high.

[Alex]

Danny Baker had it right.

First day of the season doesnt really set out the stall for the season. At xmas you look back to the first game like its one of the episodes from Season 1 of the simpsons. Just looks odd now.

[malg]

Same old same old,only early I admit but, the players we have bought will only improve us slightly not enough for top 4, top 5 maybe.

[Shaggy]

Saw Glen Johnson pull up yesterday, he had Aquilani in the passenger seat. No idea what type of car this is but it's nice

[anfieldanfield]

We've put pressure on ourselves from the word go in the sense that we really need to take something from The Emirates now.

Kuyt in for Henderson. Kelly in for Flanigan.

[Shaggy]

That programme is unwatchable.

Completely unwatchable.

[Alex]

Maybe it was good thing we only drew. Kenny can now see the problems and hopefully begin to iron some of them out. The pressure is off the players now after the first home game, so now they can play with more freedom.

Also it was nice to watch a game, when the first thought that came into my head was not "Why the **** is that idiot playing again" I am pretty confident in all of our players now. Well, apart from Carroll, but he needs to get scoring to change that, so its not his fault yet.

[Neil Young]

That programme is unwatchable.

[Exiled_red]

They're saying on Sunday Supplement that Suarez pen wasn't a goal scoring opportunity

[Neil Young]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14506129

[Shaggy]

Linda, oh lovely lovely Linda.

[SB]

I would have taken Lucas off second half as his legs had gone and put Spearing on. He would have given us the bite and energy in the middle. Lucas & Adam in a two worry me. Lucas does a lot right and first half there were glimpses of the kind of player he could be for us with the reigns removed, yet he game isn't about energy and harrassing. With Adam the playmaker but not being the quickest about the pitch you need someone to do his running. ponders..........

When I saw Raul getting ready that's who I thought he was replacing