The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC thread - #DankeJürgen

[JoG2]

Senegal in penalties here

Get the jet started

Hopefully he's listening to the pre flight talk right now

[laoislad]

There's a bit of banter and then there's the type of bile you've come out with.  There's a couple of you Man u guys on here who have the mentality of 16 year olds in the school playground. Catch yourself on.

Maybe you're just a bit sensitive in 2017 for some reason?

Don't like that type of stuff, any time.

St Galls and Over the Bar and the like are the type of lads who would be singing Hillsborough songs at matches and thinking it was great craic.. If they ever actually went to a game that is.

[5 Sams]

Senegal in penalties here

Get the jet started

Hopefully he's listening to the pre flight talk right now

Its like us when we were U16...Paddy the big midfielder worked in Dunnes every Thurs night...we had a championship game against Hilltown and we needed Paddy to mark Ross Carr ....for no other reason than he was the same size as him....Paddy had to work and couldnt get off...last minute some wee girl from Kilcoo agreed to cover for Paddy....the game was in Derrylecka...the word came through Paddy would be there...Paddy arrived with 5 minutes to go to throw in...boots in a Dunnes bag...Ross Carr scored 2-09...Paddy was shite.

[Substandard]

Brilliant, 5 Sams.  Love it!!

[on the sideline]

You are right there J70. We will prob only see the same 14 or 15 players for the rest of the season injuries permitted. Sturridge is finished at Liverpool. I really think Sakho should be given another chance.

I'd have Sahko in the starting team as the left sided centre back every time. Wish Koop would bring him back in and forget about whatever happened.  He's miles ahead of the other options in a position that we've struggled all season. Think him and Matip would be a good enough pair - though Matip was poor the other night in all fairness. 

[Milltown Row2]

It's your year

[The Stallion]

Plenty of Liverpool fans genuinely thought it was Liverpool's year, showing how massively they overestimated Klopp's managerial ability, and the abilities of the likes of Henderson and Milner

[The Stallion]

Look at the state of this for example:

https://twitter.com/IanRSalmon/status/795577606569598976

[The Stallion]

Or this lol:

https://twitter.com/SachinNakrani/status/795595763673874432

[BennyHarp]

Wow, fans in "we think it's going to be our year" shocker!

[The Stallion]

I know but those two in particular made me chuckle. And they are fairly representative of the prevailing mood among Liverpool fans only a month or two ago.

I was actually being ridiculed for daring to suggest Klopp is not a good manager. Suddenly a few people have gone very quiet on the matter....

[AZOffaly]

You are right there J70. We will prob only see the same 14 or 15 players for the rest of the season injuries permitted. Sturridge is finished at Liverpool. I really think Sakho should be given another chance.

I'd have Sahko in the starting team as the left sided centre back every time. Wish Koop would bring him back in and forget about whatever happened.  He's miles ahead of the other options in a position that we've struggled all season. Think him and Matip would be a good enough pair - though Matip was poor the other night in all fairness.

The situation with Sakho is a strange one alright. I'm not convinced he is better option than Lovern though.  Sakho is capable of the odd brainfart also.  I do agree though he should have at least been brought back into the squad when Matip was out.

He's a better option than Lucas at centre back though. Whatever happened there though is gone and I don't think sahko is any solution to the current slump. Nobody was calling for sahko when liverpool were playing great stuff and winning games. He played very well in that run to the Europa cup final but he's not exactly a steadying influence.

[Minus15]

No we weren't calling for Sakho AZ because the team was doing fine without him. I do rate Lovren but Klavan and Lucas as back up options are not enough. Sakho would challenge Lovren and Matip for a place whereas at the moment Lovren and Matip know they are first choice.

When things start looking thin and Klavan obviously not goof enough, with the manager admitting there are no options in the transfer market, I feel that Sakho should have been brought back in for rest of the season anyway.

[manfromdelmonte]

Long Ball tactics have been found out

teams just let Liverpool have the ball, they cannot break down a well drilled team, they don't have a target man to get crosses into, then hit the pool on the break

[Minus15]

Liverpool were well fit to break down teams that sat back earlier in the season, teams like West Brom, Watford, Hull and Swansea and Sunderland all tried their best to frustrate but Liverpool were able to come up with the answers. The problem is that they could not cope without Coutinho and Mane or with Firmino being forced to the left in Coutinho's absence, stifling his influence. Lallana has suffered a similar situation leaving an ordinary, safe midfield of Henderson, Wijnaldum and Liverpool Can, who has been very disappointing this season. Losing key players has led to players playing out of position, unable to replicate the duties of the person they replaced. If Liverpool can keep their first 11 fit, they will find their rhythm again.

Team for rest of season should be:

Mignolet
Clyne
Matip
Lovren
Milner
Henderson
Wijnaldum
Lallana
Mane
Firmino
Coutinho

The good news is that they are now in a position to field that team for the first time in maybe 15 games.

With one game a week from next week onwards, keeping that 11 fit and regaining confidence is key. Start with a win on Tuesday and things could change for the better again.

Moreno, Sturridge, Lucas will all be gone in the summer as they are clearly not trusted to perform the job that their positions require in the system.

Others such as Can, Origi and Klavan have had chances but just aren't good enough to play at the moment. Can and Origi have the potential to come good though.

The kids are not ready at all. I would doubt Ejaria will do anything at the club. Easy on the eye but not much else. Stewart is not up to it. Woodburn and Trent look good prospects and have started well.