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[Shaggy]

alantkayll Alan Kayll
Suarez fit for tomorrow.

[Mattshark]

We really need him at the moment.

[pondus]

Anyone know who the ref is?

[Shaggy]

Lee ****ing Mason.

[ChesterDave]

Lee Mason

[pondus]

Lee ****ing Mason.

Couldn't be any worse.... Couldn't be much better either btw

[ChesterDave]

At least Lee Mason doesnt discriminate in teams who are the victim of his ****ness. ****ness is bad enough without favouritism added in.

[pondus]

At least Lee Mason doesnt discriminate in teams who are the victim of his ****ness. ****ness is bad enough without favouritism added in.

When you are colorblind, don't know which way teams play, don't know the rules and have an IQ of a rock, it is hard to discriminate one way or another.

[topscorer]

Fair enough. But take Downing for example, he is an experienced PL player who cost us 20 million, he has started every league game but hasn't got a single goal or assist as of yet. If we want a top 4 finish I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest he needs to contribute more than he has done.

Henderson, fair enough, he is very young, is probably being played in the wrong position and he frankly he looks like a nervous wreck when he's on the pitch.

If you look at shot assists from Opta you'll see that Downing has the most from any midfield player at Liverpool (19). Adam has 14 and Kuyt 11. And if you divide minutes played by shot assists then he is producing more shot assists for the minutes played. It's not really his fault if he's providing the opportunity but none of our players are finishing.

And it's the finishing that's the problem at the moment, we seem to have so many shots at goal every game but our finishing is terrible. 12 goals from 9 games isn't good enough.

I hate it when Downing plays down the right, I think he's done quite well on the left. I don't know if that's his fault for drifting over there in the game or if it's Management telling him to play on the right. I just don't understand why we finally spent so much money buying a left winger and then plonk him on the right .

I didn't know what to think about Henderson when we bought him but on the very rare occasion that he's been in the middle I think he's looked class. To me it's another example of a square peg being put in a round hole, he's at a new club, away from his home town for the first time and just to make things easier for him we play him out of position!

We all love Suarez because he's so unpredictable and exciting to watch but he has a goal conversion rate of 12.1%. Gerrard is 33%, Bellamy is 20%, Henderson 11.1% & Adam 9.1%.

He's got 4 goals but he demands a lot of service to produce them because he's squandering a lot of opportunities at the moment, as is just about every Liverpool player that gets into a shooting position to be fair.

To me the problem isn't the lack of supply from anyone in particular, it's the lack of finishing from anyone.

Opta Data:

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/first-team/statistics

And another thing, I just looked at the Opta goal conversion table and we are 17th in the league for goal conversions (8%), the Mancs and Man City both have 18%. Says it all really!

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/match/league

[Craig_H]

Fair enough. But take Downing for example, he is an experienced PL player who cost us 20 million, he has started every league game but hasn't got a single goal or assist as of yet. If we want a top 4 finish I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest he needs to contribute more than he has done.

Henderson, fair enough, he is very young, is probably being played in the wrong position and he frankly he looks like a nervous wreck when he's on the pitch.

Being established in the PL is obviously helpful, but moving to a big club is a big step and not every player will immediately adjust to it - it's a mentality thing, rather than an 'adjusted to english football' thing.

[donpisci]

Can see Johnson starting if he's fit. With the right midfielder not being a proper wide man the width from the full backs will be important. Glen's attacking game is ahead of Kelly's. At least I think it's, it's that long since he's been fully fit. He's going to join the Agger/Aurellio club at this rate.

I'd put Kelly right- back and Johnson right midfield.

[Norbs]

I'd love to see Suarez right mid for a game with Carroll and Kuyt up front, just for a laugh

[Zapater]

I'd put Kelly right- back and Johnson right midfield.

It's never going to happen and I long for the day people stop suggesting it.

[Kenneth]

I'd love to see Suarez right mid for a game with Carroll and Kuyt up front, just for a laugh

And Bellamy on the left. 4-2-4

[RedReet]

Well hope Stevie can improve his match fitness/sharpness, as he looks still well below it. I'm a fan of Kuyt but he has been dreadful this season, personally i'd much rather have Bellamy or Maxi there, bit more pace and guile. But Kuyt is unpredictable and i'm sure will give 100%.

The one i'm curious about is Johnson vs Kelly, i hope Kenny keeps with kelly, who IMO has been outstanding in a LFC shirt, deserves his place IMO.

It's never going to happen and I long for the day people stop suggesting it.

But when at Portsmouth...

Nah, I totally agree.