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Home games against Villa, Fulham, Sunderland Louie rested, lucas back away games again QPR and Stoke.
All the teams above us have tough games against each other, with a transfer window coming and with the two best wing backs in the business on form at the moment
Topping our group in Europe, playing some lovely one touch football, playing the youngest team in the Lg, whilst the results may not have reflected we have only had 2 under par performances all season long with us looking more and more solid and more and more dangerous with each game. We are a club on the move
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Form table, last 5 league games. For us that is the game on 17th November when we beat Wigan 3-0. The 6th, FWIW, would be Chelsea 1-1 draw on the 11th
Most recent result on the right
Pos.Team...PT.F...A..GD.
1....MU......12.11..7..4.. LWWWW
2....NOR.....11..9..6..3.. WDDWW
3....STK.....11..5..2..3.. DWWWD
4....STN.....10..7..3..4.. WWDLW
4....SWN....10..6..4..2.. WDWWL
4....LFC.....10..8..4..4.. WDLWW
Equal 4th, I'd be happy with that at the end of the season as we would qualify on goals scored based on that snapshot there.
Last 5 home games (back to stoke on 7th October)
Pos.Team...PT..F..A..GD.
1....STK.....13..1..1..5.. WDWWW
2....MU.....12..12..7..5.. LWWWW
3....NOR....12..7...6..1.. LWWWW
4....LFC.....11...6..1..5.. DWDWW
Man City, Arsenal 10 points.
Everton, Spuds, West Brom 9
Chelsea 5.
Last 5 Away
Well we are 6th in that table along with 3 other teams also on 6 points including Spurs and West Brom. Arsenal only have 5 points from their last 5 away games. Everton only 4 points.
Chelsea leas the pack chasing the two manc clubs with 7 points from the last 5 away.
You can think we are improving or not, doesn't bother me. I am happy we are starting to get some points on the board and at the end of the day I'm not too bothered if CL football comes about because we dick all over the opposition to finish 3rd or if we do it because everyone else is trying to run a three legged race with drunkard. CL football is the target.
Our start to the season has been tough. West Brom game we underestimated them and they are clearly playing well this season (plus 2 men sent off). We had the beating of City but gifted them a draw. Then our next games were Arsenal at home (rolled over) Sunderland away (1 more point this time round compared to last season) and United at home (robbed by the ref).
2 points from our first 5 league games and 20 from the next 11 and a couple of very winnable home games coming up without the threat of a ban hanging over Suarez.
God knows how well we would be doing if those penalty decisions had gone our way too!
So um, screw you half emptyists!Football without Origi is nothingComment
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I'm sure it was not even 1am when I started this. Good job I'm not in work till the afternoon.Football without Origi is nothingComment
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It was obvious 2 months ago that we were improving. The fact that we seem to share the burden of goals (16 different scorers this season) id another good example. The resilience in the side speaks a lot. We just need to keep it up.Are we winning?Comment
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Interesting read... tops up the glass a bit!
WHY LIVERPOOL ARE NOW IN GOOD SHAPE
Tuesday December 11,2012
By Paul Joyce
ONE OF the first points made to Brendan Rodgers when he took charge at Liverpool was that victories such as Sunday’s notable triumph against West Ham would not be possible.
Not because Sam Allardyce’s side was expected to tear it up in the Premier League. Rather that one of the main performers, Glen Johnson, who opened the scoring with a blistering drive in the 3-2 win, would not be available for selection.
Rodgers was told it was highly unlikely Johnson could play three matches in a week, as he has just done.
Steven Gerrard and Daniel Agger would also struggle to make repeat appearances.
Game by game the myth is being dismantled.
The art of management is governed by player availability and as Liverpool display the green shoots of recovery following a difficult start to the campaign, another piece in the jigsaw is being put in place.
Agger is enjoying his best run of Premier League appearances. The only match he has not started this season was due to suspension.
Gerrard is the only player to feature for every minute of every league game and Johnson, in the form of his life, is now playing midweek matches, as was the case against Udinese in the Europa League last Thursday.
The improvement is not down to luck. Liverpool’s medical team, which includes Glen Driscoll as head of performance, have improved how they protect and condition players.
Instead of pulling players out of games, the idea is to manage their recovery better which is achieved, in one instance, by modifying training sessions using small spaces rather than full-scale pitches.
“You can easily prevent injury by wrapping your players in cotton wool and not letting them play games, but that isn’t the point,” said Driscoll, who first worked with Rodgers at Reading before joining him at Chelsea, Swansea and now Anfield.
“For Steven, Dan and Glen it was a simple process of looking back at every soft tissue injury, hamstring and calf strains are examples] that they had over the past two seasons and going through the process of analysing their training and recovery between matches and before each injury.
“Steven, for example, covers 120metres a minute in a game and in training previously he was hitting 90m a minute.
He is currently performing to 30 per cent of his average speed and only 10 per cent of his highintensity distance in the training sessions before matches, compared to when he got those previous injuries, which aids his recovery and reduces fatigue in preparation.
“In pre-season, we did say with confidence to Steven that we could keep him fit and recover him better, so that he could have another three or four years playing at a high level if he wanted.”
It may seem that Liverpool are divulging some of their secrets.
Another area looked at has been the removal of gym work on certain days because it does not aid recovery.
Yet the reality is that without Rodgers’ own understanding of the process, and willingness to embrace it, the facts and figures would be largely redundant.
“Controlling the extrinsic causes of injuries means controlling the training on the football pitch and understanding that it is all down to space, numbers of players and duration,” said Driscoll, who is aided by physio Chris Morgan and Ryland Morgans, another recruit from Swansea who is head of fi tness and conditioning.
“In football drills these decisions allow you to either protect or condition footballers. When to place these sessions in context to your next or previous match is the key.
“Many sport scientists don’t understand this, let alone managers. Some do but don’t have the influence to affect the management and their training.
“The beauty here is we have a manager who not only gets it but manipulates it as part of his own methods to achieve success and protect players from injury.
“The manager is aware that each player has a threshold level and if he goes above that threshold then the probability of injury in the next match rises.”
Players such as Luis Suarez, whoonly ever seems to miss games due to suspension, are regarded as being “relatively unbreakable”.
Others need more careful handling. The fact both groups are playing together shows the progress being made.What do you mean it could've been anyone? Name me one person who's got a grudge against penguins
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Really interesting. Just before the time that Diame went off During West Ham game I was thinking we are in trouble because we were playing in midweek and west ham had good rest and on top of that after Chelse game Fat Sam was boasting in the interview that his team was excellent physically and that was main factor in WHU beating Chelsea.
But then last 15 minutes we really didn`t give them a chance to score which was great to see.Comment
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Top up anyone ..
We have Arguably one of the best Keepers in the LG if not the best, currently coming back to form
We have Arguably the best Center Back partnership in the LG
We have Arguably the best holding mid fielder in the Lg
We have Arguably the best Right Back in the Lg
We have lets not Argue the best player / striker in the entire lg
We have the best youngster in the Lg
We have the best young manager in the Lg
and less the goals which will come, we are playing some of the best football in the Lg
The future is truly bright ... I am loving the Journey right now and I am loving the fact we are starting the take the high ground again but this time its because of the football we are playing and not distant memories ... the Modern LFC is coming to life right before our eyes, hiring Rodgers was a guttsy bold move by FSG and so far it has proven inspired, he is doing things rightAnybody who criticizes Klopp ever is a James Blunt. Nov 2015
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I was just thinking about Agger's run in the team earlier. Feels like having a new player. Long may it continue and so glad we didn't sell him.Comment
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Man he is some player ... when he is in the team we tend to win ... statistically over the years ... brings the ball out so wellAnybody who criticizes Klopp ever is a James Blunt. Nov 2015
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