Pre Season Thread

[danperkins]

Our fullbacks disgust me

[Rigadon]

Gerrard's production was great last season but no doubts that playing him in the DM role.. does leave our backline exposed. We will need other players around him that are mobile & have good engines... in order to not leave gaps.

It is a tough one as regards Stevie & it's hard to criticise the man as he's such a legend.

Doesn't feel right or good criticising him

[danperkins]

Doesn't feel right or good criticising him

not at all

[Roanmore]

I turned this on last night just as City scored their second, we were defo the better team after that, Hart was the busier of the 2 keepers.

What I liked about Sakho was his passing. On a number of occasions we were passing it among ourselves at the back, back to the keeper, etc. When Sakho got it he passed it forward and not just a couple of feet, long enough to put us on the front foot. He found his man most of the time as well.

Also, what did we do to Curbishley, seemed there was only one team playing last night and it wasn't us?

[Chris]

What I liked about Sakho was his passing. On a number of occasions we were passing it among ourselves at the back, back to the keeper, etc. When Sakho got it he passed it forward and not just a couple of feet, long enough to put us on the front foot. He found his man most of the time as well.

Yep, his passing is amazing. Forward most of the time and if the other team is pressing he always takes out the first line of their press. He's great.

[Venton]

I turned this on last night just as City scored their second, we were defo the better team after that, Hart was the busier of the 2 keepers.

What I liked about Sakho was his passing. On a number of occasions we were passing it among ourselves at the back, back to the keeper, etc. When Sakho got it he passed it forward and not just a couple of feet, long enough to put us on the front foot. He found his man most of the time as well.

Also, what did we do to Curbishley, seemed there was only one team playing last night and it wasn't us?

Spot on about Sakho, he wasn't afraid to bring it out a bit before passing as well. Very positive player. In the first half only a couple of our players looked like they fancied actually beating a man instead of constantly laying it off.

[RedRum]

As things are now we have Lucas, Gerrard, Henderson, Can, Coutinho, Allen, Lallana and Suso who can play in midfield. Sterling and Markovic can even play in the hole if needed.

Maybe we have too many players and of those we have I'd say Lucas and Allen are the most vulnerable but we'll be playing more games now and I hope we are not actively trying to offload them. If we get offers for them though, I'd wager they'd be considered, specially for Lucas.

On a side note, I can't make up mind what would be a first choice midfield for us.

Depends on the opposition So good to finally have some squad depth.

[Shaggy]

SportsCenter @SportsCenter
Attendance for Liverpool-Manchester City friendly at Yankee Stadium: 49,653
Largest attendance at Yankees home game this year: 48,572

[The_weatherman]

Seemed like 49,000 of those were Liverpool fans

[Liverpool]

'well what a brilliant piece of friendly arranging'

[BrooklynRed]

Seemed like 49,000 of those were Liverpool fans

Crowd was at least 25 to 1 in favor of LFC. Yankee Stadium is also the new home of Man City's new MLS club NYC FC. Looks like they could have chosen a better parent club in terms of the fan base.... *cough*

[Mostar]

Lambert looks totally lost out there for me and unfortunately not just this game, I've thought the same in every game I've seen this pre season, his lack of pace is certainly a hindrance

Which was my biggest concern when we signed him.

That said, he is not brought in to be a starter and he only has been part of the team for few weeks.

[danperkins]

Lambert will be much better when games are a bit more condensed. He looked so out of place, desperately trying to cover ground & break up and back. The position he was asked to play was completely opposite to his game. When we need a goal against a big awkward sides Lambert is a good option to to bring on.

[Venton]

Yes, he's not a complete slouch and he's clever on the deck. I think he's a good addition.

[BigChief]

So unfair on Allen yet again. He's done a decent job last season and he'll do a decent one again this. Don't fix what's not broke.