Vs Chelsea (H): Post Match Thread

[Chazza]

Should have bought Lallana on.

[DannyMan2006]

We don't but you make the best out of what you have. Constantly playing a striker as a lone striker who cannot play up top on his own.. is doing nobody any favours.

Playing two up top when we don't have a decent partnership won't do anyone any favours either.

If we were playing two up top and getting beat like we did against West Ham every week, people would be asking why he didn't make it tighter. No easy answers. Of course, that's why he gets paid the money he does and is manager of Liverpool. He needs to find answers when maybe there are no obvious ones. He hasn't done this, and so I get the criticism as for me he's failed to adapt.

But Rodgers is a bit of a one trick pony, but when he has the right players its a good trick. Key is to giving him the right players and I think it's a lesson learned with regards strikers. We could change manager, but I'd rather a manager with one good way of playing than one with a few average ways and no way of turning bronze to gold. Rodgers is our only hope of winning a title anytime soon IMO.

[ChesterDave]

What Rodgers should have said about the Coutinho substitution was I took him off because he was weak as piss and 100% to blame for the Costa goal.

You're right. Sell the ****ing cunt. He's the ****test right back we have.

[vlahka]

"Lovren was a powerhouse"

Is that a legit Rodgers quote?

words fail me if it is.

I was frustrated and added the last paragraph

[DannyMan2006]

We didnt play the diamond at West Ham

We did. We ended up changing to the 3 at the back because we were getting destroyed.

[DannyMan2006]

£100MILLION =Quantity over Quality

Sadly true. I'd have loved to know who we could have signed instead.

[Chazza]

You're right. Sell the ****ing cunt. He's the ****test right back we have.

He was at fault though.

Let his man get past far too easily.

[G]

I was frustrated and added the last paragraph

Had me worried he had really lost his marbles there!

[rodo]

Should have bought Lallana on.

[kubrickscube]

I'm annoyed Johnson, Gerrard and Lovren waltzed back into the team replacing three players who performed much better in the week. Can't help think that must annoy the players too. is like to see Toure Sakho given a go.

[ChesterDave]

He was at fault though.

Let his man get past far too easily.

He clearly wasn't 100% at fault though. A massive overstatement

Other things that could shoulder blame:

Johnson. Dawdling back and barely making it into shot by the time the ball is in the net.

Mig. Weak hands (very minimal blame to Mig on this one as terrible as he is/has been)

Moreno. Turned his back on it. Look how the Warrington lads defended last night. Threw themselves in front of everything. No fear.

[danperkins]

And of course it's not time to be talking about the managers position but the pressure is only going to build because of it, and understandably so.

yeah wouldn't be calling for his head, but he isn't doing himself or LFC any favours at moment.

[BobTheCharmer]

I'm annoyed Johnson, Gerrard and Lovren waltzed back into the team replacing three players who performed much better in the week. Can't help think that must annoy the players too. is like to see Toure Sakho given a go.

Ffs sakho is injured.

[Lecter]

Playing two up top when we don't have a decent partnership won't do anyone any favours either.

If we were playing two up top and getting beat like we did against West Ham every week, people would be asking why he didn't make it tighter. No easy answers. Of course, that's why he gets paid the money he does and is manager of Liverpool. He needs to find answers when maybe there are no obvious ones. He hasn't done this, and so I get the criticism as for me he's failed to adapt.

But Rodgers is a bit of a one trick pony, but when he has the right players its a good trick. Key is to giving him the right players and I think it's a lesson learned with regards strikers. We could change manager, but I'd rather a manager with one good way of playing than one with a few average ways and no way of turning bronze to gold. Rodgers is our only hope of winning a title anytime soon IMO.

We didnt play 2 up top at West Ham and we didnt play a diamond either

We played 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-1-1. With Gerrard off the front man or pushed furthest forward from the midfield

It bollocks to suggest we have played the diamond system in any game other than Spurs

We have switched to it in latter portions of games and looked better

Anyway how do we know none of the partnerships work. The only time that hes truly tried a partnership was v Spurs rest of the time its been 1 up top which DEFINITELY doesnt work

Sorry Brendan has to shoulder some responsibility for what is happening

[danperkins]

Playing two up top when we don't have a decent partnership won't do anyone any favours either.

If we were playing two up top and getting beat like we did against West Ham every week, people would be asking why he didn't make it tighter. No easy answers. Of course, that's why he gets paid the money he does and is manager of Liverpool. He needs to find answers when maybe there are no obvious ones. He hasn't done this, and so I get the criticism as for me he's failed to adapt.

But Rodgers is a bit of a one trick pony, but when he has the right players its a good trick. Key is to giving him the right players and I think it's a lesson learned with regards strikers. We could change manager, but I'd rather a manager with one good way of playing than one with a few average ways and no way of turning bronze to gold. Rodgers is our only hope of winning a title anytime soon IMO.

I agree that we don't have great forwards to choose from but one up top does not work with Balotelli, Lambert or Borini. It's been tried over and over again. We have been toothless up top & so isolated. He is going to play Balotelli, just as it seems he going to play Johnson, Lovren & Gerrard as the DM. To me it makes sense to get another striker up there to give support to Balotelli & to give more options to the likes of Coutinho & Sterling. How many times have the midfield got the ball, look up andddddd there is nothing to aim for & no movement.

I'm not a huge fan of Borini, average footballer but what he does give is movement & effort, something that Balotelli has never had and never will have. Balotelli looks a horrible player in our current system. I was never a fan of him but he is better than this. Two up top with the diamond IMO is by far our best system.

Rodgers IMO just doesn't know what to do with the players he has at his disposal. But picking the same losing formula time after time, clearly is not working.