The main weakness in Agger's game was highlighted today, loses his man in the 6 yard box far too often. Worrying times when :carra is the most on-form CB.
:sturridge Brilliant goal and I love how it's just so fucking hard to get the ball off him. LOL Dzeko's bitching after the goal.
Vintage Gerrard :cole3 His goal against Norwich and now this goal are just classic Gerrard, he hasn't been trying them specials in the last couple of years, just sidefooting them probably because he didn't trust his groin but that seems to have changed this season. Great to see him and Lampard in Vintage Mode this year.
As sure as night follows day, so too is it sure that Reina is gonna Reina. Fucking Christ in heaven he's such a liability these days. It's like he has just given up trying to be a goalkeeper and wants to go to the one destination where the tea lady could fill in as keeper and still get a clean sheet in most games: Barcelona. LOL if he thinks Barca will buy him in this form, he'll sooner play for Torquay United.
Having said that, Aguero's goal was pure sex and he was fantastic all match.
Our defense which is roughly on par with the top teams in the league? Our defense hasn't been a problem, or rather its a few key mistakes from defenders costing us points. We can generally defend pretty well but we have a nasty habit of gifting goals this season. We do need a shake up in our defense though. Skrtel and Agger have been below par this season, Coates is garbage at this stage and i wish we could stick Carra's brain into a younger body because he's still a good defender, great anticipation but he's too slow to keep up properly.
Need to loan out Coates, give Wilson a go in some FA Cup games, but the biggest thing i want from next season is having Kelly back and possibly moving him into the centre. Then we'd have
RB: Johnson, Wisdom, (Flanagan needs more time)
CB: Agger, Skrtel, Kelly, Wilson
LB: Enrique, Robinson
Now looking at that, its a good CB short. Wisdom, Wilson are too green, as is Robinson.
FA Cup debacle aside Jones has outperformed Reina this season. Reina has been utterly wank. Wonder if ter stegen is interested in moving to us. Wouldn't be likely but he'd be a gun.
Liverpool is back! such a great performance today, was a lot of fun watching the game. Shame on Reina though, acted like a dog chasing the ball. Mindless goalkeeper.
As does reins plus he would be good for the long term. I love reins and he was one of the best of the keepers in the prem but lately he has become error prone and costs is numerous points when in the past he would win us points on his own. If barca want him lmao at that rumour) they can have him.
Yeah I know Reina is gash these days, was saying as much in the chatbox before, but is signing a rookie keeper really the way to go forward? At least with United you can say they have a lot of quality to compensate for De Gea's inexperience. I don't think that Liverpool have that luxury, especially if Butland just ends up becoming the next Green, Foster, Carson, etc.
True but tbh it is the kind of player we would go for. Young, usually English players who can re sold at a later date. We need a new keeper no matter what though.
That pissed me off. Didn't see the touch in real time but on the replay watching it live it was pretty obvious he tipped it away from the goal and onto the post. As a shot stopper he's amazing. The rest will develop.
That is a fucking good save, I must have missed that one.
To be fair to the MOTD commentator he did give De Gea loads of praise for a routine long distance save that was heading towards the middle of his goal just above head height.
I also noticed that he got away with parrying out another shot into a dangerous area but got lucky with the scuffed rebound. There's no doubt that his reflexes are the best in the league, but his handling needs to improve. I guess that will come with time. One thing that he might struggle to develop is his command of the eighteen yard area. He's not massively tall for a keeper so he can't really get away with having such a wirey frame.
Good points: Reflexes, distribution, agility.
Bad points: Handling, command of area.
Average points: Positioning, judgement/reading of the game.
I think that he can become great in most of these categories but I'm not so sure about the command of his area one. Obviously personal confidence will play a part.
I do think he gets an overly bad rap from the press for the most part though, this for example from the Daily Mail (I know it prints horseshit all the time but it's an example of the narrative in the place).
Uncertain: David de Gea (left) remains uncertain under the high ball
I mean yesterday he took high balls with no fuss at all and clearly caught that one with ease, but they still feel the need to run with a caption just because that's the done thing. It's ok to criticize when he is making errors, but to criticize him when he's catching high balls with ease is just stupid.
Great save from de Gea. I don't think Andre nor myself thinks he is a shit goalkeeper. He quite clearly is very good and has a bucket load of potential. But the problem is that his weaknesses are always glaringly obvious, because he makes the same errors over and over again. Does it need to be brought up all the time? Probably not. But you guys fap to any save he makes, so all is fair game
When it comes to footy the press should generally be ignored. Form opinions for yourself (obviously you guys do) and ignore that horseshit. According to the media Joe Hart is error free and Reina is still world class :lol
I also remember The Scum having a massive campaign for Rob Green to be England No.1 (think he wrote articles for them at one point) from around the time Carson fucked up against Croatia until he finally got a run in the side during late 2009. Then he made that mistake against USA and they started a hate campaign. That says it all where the tabloids are concerned.
Man City play the wrong system, in my opinion. Silva should always have a free floating role behind the striker instead of playing out wide where he is wasted. Of course, that would mean not playing two defensive midfielders which Mancini is obssesed with doing. Mancini is playing some Italian tactics or what? Nobody plays with two Dms, he should of let Barry anchor the midfield with Garcia (or another player) supporting Silva further up with Aguero the focal point. Dzeko is exactly the type of player Carragher would rather face as opposed to a tricky player like Aguero. Wrong tactics for me and wrong manager.
Today was worrying, Liverpool looked good, better than Chelsea are most of the time. Might be a bit late this year but next year they might be back to their coveted top 4.
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