The OFFICIAL Liverpool FC thread - Salah says goodbye

[heganboy]

Liverpool struggling. Joe Allen looks lost. Coates worse. Jones is brutal. Oldham doing great. Matt smith could get himself a move. Real handful.
Stevie g coming in to rescue?

[Captain Obvious]

Gerrard,Downing on now will they make a difference?

[heganboy]

And Shelvey now too. Not optimistic about the finish. SG spending more time shouting at the ref than playing...

[heganboy]

Should have been 4. Coates being spanked.

[Tony Baloney]

Taxi for Coates. Atrocious.

[Two Hands FFS]

Taxi for Coates. Atrocious.

Yep. Shocking. Now I see why he isn't playing much.

[heganboy]

Well done oldham Deserved it

[EC Unique]

Liverpool are some crock of shite.

[rodney trotter]

I can see why Liverpool fans are always on the Utd thread.

[laoislad]

Well done oldham Deserved it

Yeah they totally did fair play to them.

[Captain Obvious]

Last season under Dalglish Liverpool beat Oldham 5-1 is Rodgers the right manager to bring Liverpool forward?

[GalwayBayBoy]

Physically bullied again by a bigger team. Was a bit like the Stoke match before Christmas. Liverpool had no presence at all in midfield until Gerrard came and in fairness he made a big difference and nearly got the equaliser when he hit the bar. Too many lightweight players on the field at the same time in a FA Cup 3rd round tie away from home when you know it's going to be a physical fight, first and foremost. Coates has the size but was very poor and Jones practically gave a free goal away. Oldham were up for it and Liverpool weren't. The game was played on their terms until Gerrard came on and Liverpool were 3-1 down by then. End of story.

[From the Bunker]

I can see why Liverpool fans are always on the Utd thread.

And you're never on this thread?

Physically bullied again by a bigger team. Was a bit like the Stoke match before Christmas. Liverpool had no presence at all in midfield until Gerrard came and in fairness he made a big difference and nearly got the equaliser when he hit the bar. Too many lightweight players on the field at the same time in a FA Cup 3rd round tie away from home when you know it's going to be a physical fight, first and foremost. Coates has the size but was very poor and Jones practically gave a free goal away. Oldham were up for it and Liverpool weren't. The game was played on their terms until Gerrard came on and Liverpool were 3-1 down by then. End of story.

Ah, hard to know what to make of that. Hunger was the key. Well done Oldham. Fixture list will be a little lighter for Brendan and co. So bar a run in the Europa Cup there should be not excuses for fatigue from now on!

[rodney trotter]

I was on twice before before now. Was curious about the Sturridge transfer - ( He has done decent so far) and asked about Suarez, if ye thought he would be there at the end of the season. Other than that I have never been on.

[brokencrossbar1]

The early goal meant that Liverpool never were able to get into their stride.  Oldham bullied them but you would have to think if they hadn't scored early then a lot of that fire would have naturally ebbed away, the early goal gave them confidence and put massive pressure on.  Once it went in the leadership wasn't there and they were very yappy.  Saurez played well in the first half but was anonymous in the second.  There were a few chances that didn't go in from the first half, Sterling's in particular, that if they had gone in then Liverpool would have won with a bit to spare.  Oldham got a few lucky breaks and made the most of them, Sturridge non free followed by Jones mishandling. 

Anyway, no point in worrying about it now.  Done, dusted and history. The have been people questioning why Coates is being hawked about, me included, but today showed that maybe he does not have it.  Young and all that he is perhaps he just isn't showing it in training.  Centre of defence was shocking and Robinson showed his 'greeness' a few times.  Also I could be wrong as I am not an expert lip reader but I thought he told Saurez to "f**k off" after Robinson ballooned a chance instead of crossing it.  As I said it may not have been at Saurez but it was definitely in his general direction.  Not the sort of thing you say to the man who is basically carrying the team for most of the time. 

Onwards to the Gunners and hopefully they can put this behin them.