The OFFICIAL Liverpool Supporters thread

[derryexile]

We are crying out for width... teams are crowding the middle and we can't break them down... in our two matches so far we have got out of jail owing to moments of magic from individual players!!

Today was lucky!!

Reina - Quality
Arbeloa - Poor, got turned a few times and offered nothing going forward... he is an average player at best, at least Finnan would get forward and would gaurantee at least three to four good crosses per game...
Carragher - Ok
Skertel - Good defensively but gave too many balls away with 30 - 40 yard hopeful balls at best
Dossena - Good defensively and tried to get forward, has the makings of a good left back
Kuyt - Fed up saying this... great workrate, poor shooting, poor passing
Alonso - Very poor today, uncharacteristically gave away a lot of possession
Gerrard - Was ok, but like Alonso gave away a lot of ball
Benayoun - Crap! Why he persists with this clown I will never know! Manages to take it around 2 players and then mislays a 10 yard pass and always manages to find trouble!!!!
Torres - Always looked dangerous but was starved of good quality ball
Keane - Some good link up play with Torres which was encouraging but he too didn't receive enough quality ball

[The Real Laoislad]

Some good news....
We are Top of the League for 12 hours at least..
And we have a Olympic Gold Medalist coming back to us next week!

[J70]

Some good news....
We are Top of the League for 12 hours at least..
And we have a Olympic Gold Medalist coming back to us next week!

Stop or we'll have the usual muppets coming on telling us we're all deluded and that we supposedly think its "our year".

[The Real Laoislad]

We are crying out for width... teams are crowding the middle and we can't break them down... in our two matches so far we have got out of jail owing to moments of magic from individual players!!

Today was lucky!!

Reina - Quality
Arbeloa - Poor, got turned a few times and offered nothing going forward... he is an average player at best, at least Finnan would get forward and would gaurantee at least three to four good crosses per game...
Carragher - Ok
Skertel - Good defensively but gave too many balls away with 30 - 40 yard hopeful balls at best
Dossena - Good defensively and tried to get forward, has the makings of a good left back
Kuyt - Fed up saying this... great workrate, poor shooting, poor passing
Alonso - Very poor today, uncharacteristically gave away a lot of possession
Gerrard - Was ok, but like Alonso gave away a lot of ball
Benayoun - Crap! Why he persists with this clown I will never know! Manages to take it around 2 players and then mislays a 10 yard pass and always manages to find trouble!!!!
Torres - Always looked dangerous but was starved of good quality ball
Keane - Some good link up play with Torres which was encouraging but he too didn't receive enough quality ball

Would agree with most of that after todays game but  I disagree with you about Benayoun,Fair enough today wasn't a good day on site but he is a good player and has preformed very well for Liverpool in the past

[Minder]

when has benayoun performed well in the past,bar his hat trick against Besiktas? When we have players like him starting we will never win the league

[glens73]

Liverpool could well be 4 points worse off now, so it's good news for me.

I know they are not playing great so far but they will improve and it's better to be playing badly and winning than playing well and drawing or even losing.

They do desperately need some width though, hopefully Babel will start to live up to his potential soon, he needs to do it this season

[corn02]

Downing anyone?

[Mentalman]

Downing anyone?

Is he not just the left wing version of  Pennant?

[corn02]

A much classier player than Pennant. Not first choice but it looks likely at this stage. Could be a good option.

[Carmen Stateside]

He had a decent game saturday.  Would a right sided winger not be priority or would he move Babel across?

[Mentalman]

A much classier player than Pennant. Not first choice but it looks likely at this stage. Could be a good option.

Will take your word for it Corn, always seems to show well against Liverpool, but got the impression he wasn't exactly pulling up trees over the last two seasons. Wouldn't be into just signing someone for the sake of it, or because the targets really wanted are not available, I mean even at 3rd choice he would still garner up around the 15million mark, no?

[corn02]

Babel can play both wings. Preferably we would take in two wingers and I would like a worker like Downing and falir player like Queresma or something - never gooing to happen.

[GalwayBayBoy]

Babel can play both wings. Preferably we would take in two wingers and I would like a worker like Downing and falir player like Queresma or something - never gooing to happen.

I would settle for one half-decent winger at this stage.

Think Downing is a good player. Not flashy and will never be world class but he does all the basics of a good winger well. Keeps wide and delivers decent balls into the box. Far better player than Pennant anyway. I wouldn't exactly be thrilled by his signing but I would take anyone that would give us some width right now. Middlesborough don't seem to want to sell him though and will probably be looking for all the Gareth Barry money off us even to consider it.

[Mentalman]

Babel can play both wings. Preferably we would take in two wingers and I would like a worker like Downing and falir player like Queresma or something - never gooing to happen.

I would settle for one half-decent winger at this stage.

Think Downing is a good player. Not flashy and will never be world class but he does all the basics of a good winger well. Keeps wide and delivers decent balls into the box. Far better player than Pennant anyway. I wouldn't exactly be thrilled by his signing but I would take anyone that would give us some width right now. Middlesborough don't seem to want to sell him though and will probably be looking for all the Gareth Barry money off us even to consider it.

At least one player to provide genuine width is needed. Wouldn't mind if the other wing was taken up with a genuinely crafty, creative player. Currently we have neither, unless Babel develops beyond a spped merchant to a winger, but I think he is more likely to end up playing up front.

[peterquaife]

We are crying out for width... teams are crowding the middle and we can't break them down... in our two matches so far we have got out of jail owing to moments of magic from individual players!!

Today was lucky!!

Reina - Quality
Arbeloa - Poor, got turned a few times and offered nothing going forward... he is an average player at best, at least Finnan would get forward and would gaurantee at least three to four good crosses per game...
Carragher - Ok
Skertel - Good defensively but gave too many balls away with 30 - 40 yard hopeful balls at best
Dossena - Good defensively and tried to get forward, has the makings of a good left back
Kuyt - Fed up saying this... great workrate, poor shooting, poor passing
Alonso - Very poor today, uncharacteristically gave away a lot of possession
Gerrard - Was ok, but like Alonso gave away a lot of ball
Benayoun - Crap! Why he persists with this clown I will never know! Manages to take it around 2 players and then mislays a 10 yard pass and always manages to find trouble!!!!
Torres - Always looked dangerous but was starved of good quality ball
Keane - Some good link up play with Torres which was encouraging but he too didn't receive enough quality ball

Would agree with most of that after todays game but  I disagree with you about Benayoun,Fair enough today wasn't a good day on site but he is a good player and has preformed very well for Liverpool in the past

Would Benayoun get anywhere near the Utd or Chelsea starting 11, no chance...with players of his calibre, the Reds will finish no higher than 4th place..I hope I'm wrong