Thing vs thingy postmatch

[danperkins]

Balotelli cannot play in a one up top & Lambert can't play in one up top. Flogging a dead horse persisting with something that has not and will not work unless you have Daniel Sturridge..which we don't.

[Lecter]

Borini plus either Balo or Lambo would tho.

I don't like Boring at all frankly but the fact is 1 up top isn't working / hasnt worked at all and at the very least he should be trying combinations to see if he strikes lucky

[Muddled]

Borini plus either Balo or Lambo would tho.

Lambert looks overawed and such is his want to do well, he's putting too much pressure on himself. He's admitted himself that he has played his best football when relaxed and letting it flow naturally. As for Borini, I just don't think he's that good.

Rodgers thinks he can alter Balotelli's game with support from three behind. Unfortunately it's taking longer than he probably anticipated. Possibly from Balotelli's bad habits.

[Lecter]

Balotelli cannot play in a one up top & Lambert can't play in one up top. Flogging a dead horse persisting with something that has not and will not work unless you have Daniel Sturridge..which we don't.

To be honest Mario has looked better even when we've put Lambert up alongside him

[Roboklopp]

I don't like Boring at all frankly but the fact is 1 up top isn't working / hasnt worked at all and at the very least he should be trying combinations to see if he strikes lucky

"Boring" Aye, I had that Freudian autocorrect too.

[The_weatherman]

Lambert looks overawed and such is his want to do well, he's putting too much pressure on himself. He's admitted himself that he has played his best football when relaxed and letting it flow naturally. As for Borini, I just don't think he's that good.

Rodgers thinks he can alter Balotelli's game with support from three behind. Unfortunately it's taking longer than he probably anticipated. Possibly from Balotelli's bad habits.

Then it's bad judgement, he's basically sacrificing our hopes for top four the longer this goes on. Borini offers movement and at least some presence in the box, Balotelli is never in the effing box.

[Lecter]

Lambert looks overawed and such is his want to do well, he's putting too much pressure on himself. He's admitted himself that he has played his best football when relaxed and letting it flow naturally. As for Borini, I just don't think he's that good.

Rodgers thinks he can alter Balotelli's game with support from three behind. Unfortunately it's taking longer than he probably anticipated. Possibly from Balotelli's bad habits.

Still don't get why he would look to sign a striker to play in a 2. Then sign Mario who is adept at playing in a 2 and then plays him as a lone striker and continues to persist with that system when it's clearly not working and doesn't look likely to

It's ****ing madness

It's the perfect example of Einsteins definition of madness

[captainfog]

Other than force a striker to sign, I'm not quite sure what else we could have done.

I refuse to believe that there weren't better options available especially as we had a whole season to sort something out. To say oh well we tried is symptomatic of the small time mentality that has dogged and envoloped our club for far too long.

[captainfog]

Still don't get why he would look to sign a striker to play in a 2. Then sign Mario who is adept at playing in a 2 and then plays him as a lone striker and continues to persist with that system when it's clearly not working and doesn't look likely to

It's ****ing madness

It's the perfect example of Einsteins definition of madness

I totally agree.

[Venton]

I refuse to believe that there weren't better options available especially as we had a whole season to sort something out. To say oh well we tried is symptomatic of the small time mentality that has dogged and envoloped our club for far too long.

To be fair the best quality strikers aren't in our budget. That's just the way it is.

[Lecter]

I refuse to believe that there weren't better options available especially as we had a whole season to sort something out. To say oh well we tried is symptomatic of the small time mentality that has dogged and envoloped our club for far too long.

Even if there were better options would Brendan have then played them as a lone striker?

It's just ****ing insane

[The_weatherman]

To be fair the best quality strikers aren't in our budget. That's just the way it is.

That's not true. Balotelli is on what 150.000 a week? We could easily have spent that and maybe more on a big name, signed fewer players but better. we need to shed that small club thinking, stop thinking about sell-on value and think about on the pitch value. We are constantly trying to be too clever for our own good.

[danperkins]

To be honest Mario has looked better even when we've put Lambert up alongside him

Completely agree if we are going to insist on playing him, it has to be with a parter. Same goes for Lambert.

[Lecter]

To be fair the best quality strikers aren't in our budget. That's just the way it is.

It's not just about quality it's the type of signing as much as anything.

Why attempt to sign strikers who play as part of pairings and then play them as lone strikers

Crazy

[Lecter]

That's not true. Balotelli is on what 150.000 a week? We could easily have spent that and maybe more on a big name, signed fewer players but better. we need to shed that small club thinking, stop thinking about sell-on value and think about on the pitch value. We are constantly trying to be too clever for our own good.

I think your last sentence is a great description of Brendan. Hits the nail on the head

I am not too worried about how many players we bought most of them look ok or will be ok. My biggest worry is Lovren. It's how you integrate them / introduce them to the team

My major worry is bringing in tons of new players in conjunction with changing the system (which **** up the existing players) and then expecting the new players to play roles they never have before (lonestrikers)

I think he's majorly ****ed it up

It's not beyond being salvaged but it means admitting he's got things wrong and changing back to what worked last season