The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC thread - Arne to Slot right in?

[stew]

The key for Liverpool is for Suarez to go right at the center backs one on one, he is going to score here yet if not get a penalty from the big center half.

Liverpool are playing well right up to the final ball is played in and then things are going to shite.

SG has been a non factor again and that has to worry Liverpool fans.

[Captain Obvious]

Reina gifts another goal.

[Captain Obvious]

Reina gifts another goal.

Bad??

Two years it would have be a routine save for Reina, the Hearts howler was worse.

[stew]

Reina gifts another goal.

He is a hell of a keeper but he has confidence issues, with him playing well off his usual standard and Gerrard doing the same, Liverpool might end up dropping both for a spell.

A complete lack of ability to penetrate play that defense splitting pass is the difference between the teams, well that and the main men showed up for the Arse and Liverpool's main men didn't.

[Tony Baloney]

Reina gifts another goal.

He is a hell of a keeper but he has confidence issues, with him playing well off his usual standard and Gerrard doing the same, Liverpool might end up dropping both for a spell.

A complete lack of ability to penetrate play that defense splitting pass is the difference between the teams, well that and the main men showed up for the Arse and Liverpool's main men didn't.

He hasn't had stiff cometition for his place so maybe a goalkeeper and striker are required in January sales, although they won't be spolit for choice halfway through the season. This season could be about damage limitation at this rate.

[EC Unique]

I would imagine all the PL teams will fancy themselves for a point or 3 against Liverpool home or away this season. It looks as if goals will be hard to come by and not great at keeping them out either. Top half of the table would be a good result for the season.

[Over the Bar]

season going to plan for liverpool.  after the west brom game rodgers did after all tell fans to get used to being beaten. 

[heganboy]

BR not ruling out Michael Owen return apparently. Also keeping an eye on Drogba situation.

[laoislad]

BR not ruling out Michael Owen return apparently.

Don't see why not if he is available.
Throw him for Europa League and Carling Cup games to give Suarez or Borini a rest.

Didn't think we were that bad today, two bad mistakes hurt us, Arsenal were not really a whole ton better than us.

[Armamike]

Depressing stuff i thought myself.  Liverpool didn't create any real chances and lacked a good final ball that could open up Arsenal. Arsenal were very well organised and strong at the back though. Steve Bould's influence seems to be paying off for them.  I was really disappointed in Suarez, Gerard and Borini. They offered very little. Suarez gave the ball away too easily, too often, and things he tried just weren't coming off. I'm worried that he's very much a one trick pony with the odd spectacular effort thrown in, and not enough end product on a regular basis.  He needs 10 decent chances it seems per goal rate. 

The only positive today was Sterling.  He was our only threat going forward which is on the one hand a great endorsement for himself but reflects very badly as well on the others around him.

[onefaircounty]

Suarez on the right of the three and Boroni in the middle would be more profitable in my eyes, because neither are playing well in the reverse positions.

[blewuporstuffed]

Suarez on the right of the three and Boroni in the middle would be more profitable in my eyes, because neither are playing well in the reverse positions.

surely playing gerrard as one of the front 3 would be an option given how poorly he is playing at CM and the lack of firepower they currently have.

drogba on a free available apparently. Liverpool should be moving mountains to try and get him now at this stage.
own available too, but i would hate the thought of the wee p***k back at the club.

[laoislad]

Wouldn't bother me in the least if Owen came back, there is f**k all loyalty in football anyways so the fact he played for United wouldn't bother me.
Liverpool need back up, the owners and Ayre have screwed Rodgers rightly and bringing Owen back will show just how much they fucked up last Friday.

I dont like the little bollix but at the end of the day if he came on and scored the winner against United in a few weeks I doubt anyone would care who he played for in the past!

Anyone else hear the rumours that Ayre is getting the bullet because of what happened ?

[brokencrossbar1]

http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/john-henry-s-open-letter-to-fans

Liverpool Football Club's principal owner John W Henry has written the following open letter to supporters:

I am as disappointed as anyone connected with Liverpool Football Club that we were unable to add further to our strike force in this summer transfer window, but that was not through any lack of desire or effort on the part of all of those involved. They pushed hard in the final days of the transfer window on a number of forward targets and it is unfortunate that on this occasion we were unable to conclude acceptable deals to bring those targets in.

But a summer window which brought in three young, but significantly talented starters in Joe Allen, Nuri Sahin and Fabio Borini as well as two exciting young potential stars of the future - Samed Yesil and Oussama Assaidi - could hardly be deemed a failure as we build for the future. 

Nor should anyone minimise the importance of keeping our best players during this window. We successfully retained Daniel Agger, Martin Skrtel and Luis Suarez. We greatly appreciate their faith and belief in the club. And we successfully negotiated new, long-term contracts with Luis and with Martin.

No one should doubt our commitment to the club. In Brendan Rodgers we have a talented young manager and we have valued highly his judgement about the make-up of the squad. This is a work in progress. It will take time for Brendan to instill his philosophy into the squad and build exactly what he needs for the long term.

The transfer policy was not about cutting costs. It was - and will be in the future - about getting maximum value for what is spent so that we can build quality and depth. We are avowed proponents of UEFA's Financial Fair Play agenda that was this week reiterated by Mr Platini - something we heartily applaud. We must comply with Financial Fair Play guidelines that ensure spending is tied to income. We have been successful in improving the commercial side of the club and the monies generated going forward will give us greater spending power in the coming years.

We are still in the process of reversing the errors of previous regimes. It will not happen overnight. It has been compounded by our own mistakes in a difficult first two years of ownership. It has been a harsh education, but make no mistake, the club is healthier today than when we took over.   

Spending is not merely about buying talent. Our ambitions do not lie in cementing a mid-table place with expensive, short-term quick fixes that will only contribute for a couple of years. Our emphasis will be on developing our own players using the skills of an increasingly impressive coaching team. Much thought and investment already have gone into developing a self-sustaining pool of youngsters imbued in the club's traditions.

That ethos is to win. We will invest to succeed. But we will not mortgage the future with risky spending.

After almost two years at Anfield, we are close to having the system we need in place. The transfer window may not have been perfect but we are not just looking at the next 16 weeks until we can buy again: we are looking at the next 16 years and beyond. These are the first steps in restoring one of the world's great clubs to its proper status.

It will not be easy, it will not be perfect, but there is a clear vision at work.

We will build and grow from within, buy prudently and cleverly and never again waste resources on inflated transfer fees and unrealistic wages. We have no fear of spending and competing with the very best but we will not overpay for players.

We will never place this club in the precarious position that we found it in when we took over at Anfield. This club should never again run up debts that threaten its existence.

Most of all, we want to win. That ambition drives every decision. It is the Liverpool way. We can and will generate the revenues to achieve that aim. There will be short-term setbacks from time to time, but we believe we have the right people in place to bring more glory to Anfield.

Finally, I can say with authority that our ownership is not about profit. Contrary to popular opinion, owners rarely get involved in sports in order to generate cash. They generally get involved with a club in order to compete and work for the benefit of their club. It's often difficult. In our case we work every day in order to generate revenues to improve the club. We have only one driving ambition at Liverpool and that is the quest to win the Premier League playing the kind of football our supporters want to see. That will only occur if we do absolutely the right things to build the club in a way that makes sense for supporters, for us and for those who will follow us. We will deliver what every long-term supporter of Liverpool Football Club aches for.

[blewuporstuffed]

Wouldn't bother me in the least if Owen came back, there is f**k all loyalty in football anyways so the fact he played for United wouldn't bother me.
Liverpool need back up, the owners and Ayre have screwed Rodgers rightly and bringing Owen back will show just how much they fucked up last Friday.

I dont like the little bollix but at the end of the day if he came on and scored the winner against United in a few weeks I doubt anyone would care who he played for in the past!

Anyone else hear the rumours that Ayre is getting the bullet because of what happened ?

yeah heard Ayre is getiing returned to his old job of director of comunications or what ever it was.

its not just the fact he played for united, he just seems to have no loyalty to ayone, real mercenary just.
I know you could say the same about alot of footballers, but something about him annoys me more than most!
i would rather have drogba as a player anyway, regardless of owens history