West Brom - Post Match

[Helios Creed]

So Hodgson really did get good reception - though he mst have been deluding himself again. Good job we did - we'd have looked even more stupid when we lost...

[Suarez]

I don't know how are we 18th if we loose against norwich ?

13th I meant, how are we 13th if we lose against Norwich?

[Nicey]

So Hodgson really did get good reception - though he mst have been deluding himself again. Good job we did - we'd have looked even more stupid when we lost...

It looked like 8 people behind the dug out giving him a golf clap, to which he milked .. turned around .. then back again .. yes only 8 Woy ... turned around and then back again ... in his mind Fireworks and the Red Arrows were probably doing a fly by

[Mattshark]

13th I meant, how are we 13th if we lose against Norwich?

I think he means would could potentially be 13th or will be level on points with the team on 13th (goal difference will prevent us actually being that low down).

[Bender]

13th I meant, how are we 13th if we lose against Norwich?

as matt said joint 13th if results don't go our way

[Kinell]

Makes me proper cringe when Roy Hodgson talks about us more capable of a "top 10" finish than West Brom.

[Suarez]

It looked like 8 people behind the dug out giving him a golf clap, to which he milked .. turned around .. then back again .. yes only 8 Woy ... turned around and then back again ... in his mind Fireworks and the Red Arrows were probably doing a fly by

[Suarez]

as matt said joint 13th if results don't go our way

11th I think is the worst case scenario, still awful though, but then we are 8th at the moment. No point worrying about ifs and buts

[Mostar]

Roy's post game interview. Few gems as always but check out his joke attempt (pay attention to his face after he said it) at 4:11 minute


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[Darkon]

There is no way I'm watching 4 min's of Roy unless it's the musical walkabout video!

[danperkins]

Roy gets the last laugh again, i bet he is delighted beating us this and last year.

[Lecter]

David Prentice: This is not misfortune for Liverpool FC - it’s just misfiring

by David Prentice, Liverpool Echo
Apr 23 2012


ONCE could be considered careless, twice unlucky. Heck, three times you could even get away with crying misfortune . . . . but double figures? That hints at a deeper malaise. For a staggering 11th time this season, Liverpool FC dominated a football match at Anfield yesterday, but failed to win.

Actually 12 visiting teams have now come to Anfield in the Premier League and left with something – but the visit of Tottenham was a rare occasion when Liverpool didn’t dominate.

Yesterday their level of superiority was astonishing. Yet they still lost.

So misfortune? Or misfiring?

Evidence now points firmly at the latter.

On yet another bizarre afternoon Liverpool dominated possession, created numerous chances, rattled the woodwork again and again – yet they still lost.

Their level of pressure, in the second half especially, was reminiscent of those great second half powerplays of the 1970s, Red players pouring forward at the Kop goal like a remorseless lava flow.

But while Kevin Keegan, or John Toshack, or Brian Hall, or Steve Heighway would usually cause a stoically defending team to finally buckle, this side doesn’t have that calibre of finisher.

Better players possibly, but certainly not better finishers.

The evidence is there in front of us.

No side has rattled the woodwork more frequently.

No side has scorned more inviting opportunities.

No team has inspired, or should that be allowed, opposition goalkeepers to enjoy match-winning performances.

And that’s because Liverpool don’t finish off their chances.

The statistics were startling even before Wigan came to Anfield and won three weeks ago.

That clash pitted the Premier League’s two great profligates in direct opposition.

The Latics had a conversion ratio for goals/shots on target of 21% (25 goals, 116 shots on target). Liverpool were also at 21% (35 goals, 163 shots on target).

Their ratios for goals to total shots on goal were also remarkably similar – Wigan at 8% (from 297 shots), Liverpool at 9% (from 386 shots).


But after their experiences that afternoon – and since – Liverpool must now be out on their own as the Premier League’s great wasters.

It’s all the more frustrating because finishing apart, Liverpool’s creative approach play was excellent.

It was unfortunate that the otherwise excellent Glen Johnson should commit the mistake which gave Peter Odemwingie his match-pinching opportunity, but otherwise Liverpool were polished and accomplished.

The Reds had a remarkable 28 attempts at goal. That’s almost one every three minutes.




But Ben Foster was rarely called upon to produce anything other than the kind of save which he would expect to make.

Kenny Dalglish spoke of misfortune again afterwards.

But he will be acutely aware that the XI who took to the field yesterday had scored just 22 Premier League goals between them all season – eight of them from the head or boots of Luis Suarez.

But even the sublimely gifted Suarez is part of the problem.

The number seven is undoubtedly a great goalscorer – in that he consistently scores great goals.

But what Liverpool need is a great goalscorer to play alongside him. Someone like John Aldridge who looked on in horror from the Press Box, or – dare we mention his name – a Fernando Torres 2010 vintage?

Even despite his last minute heroics of recent weeks, the man who replaced him, Andy Carroll, is more of a leader of the line than a six-yard box poacher.

Carroll impressed again yesterday, as did most of the Liverpool line-up.

But he’s not a prolific finisher and he finished on the losing side.

A measure of how bizarre the Baggies’ victory was, is that the last man to score for them at Anfield was Garth Crooks in 1985.

That’s right, the Garth Crooks who everybody had even forgotten played for West Brom, then managed by World Cup winner Nobby Stiles, who everybody had forgotten ever managed in the top flight.

Of course everyone will remember who was managing West Brom yesterday.

Roy Hodgson returned to Anfield and in 90 minutes did what he did for his 191-day managerial tenure, and left the home fans screaming in frustration and despair.

Actually, Hodgson had little influence on yesterday’s match.

The greatest influencing factor was what Liverpool didn’t do in front of goal . . . again.

And that’s not just down to bad luck.


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[McDermotX]

Roy coming out of the weekend smelling like ****ing roses.............now is the time for him to seize control in the race for the England job.

[el matador]

I feel really sorry for LFC TV. we have made it so hard for them to do their job.

they've got to create a half an hour show which highlights this seasons goals. You could fit in all the goals we're scored in six minutes and 45 seconds. With one 5 minute breaks that still leaves nearly 20 minutes to fill.

Maybe they could show each goal twice or three times including a slo mo and a reverse angle. That might fill it up

Actually, they should show a compilation of the chances we've missed. They'd have to have two hours to show all that. Maybe a xmas dvd. Liverpools 501 greatest misses 2011-12.

bestseller written all over it.

[BootRoom]

David Prentice: This is not misfortune for Liverpool FC - it’s just misfiring

by David Prentice, Liverpool Echo
Apr 23 2012

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Prentice should mind his own ****ing business, the bluenose tit.