http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/ en Copyright 2012 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:45:12 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss At some point this season we are going to have throw caution to the wind and go for it at home. Yes we dominated a very good Spurs side on Monday night and should have come away with the three points but overall we didn't create enough clear-cut chances as we failed to get men in the box in support of Andy Carroll. The big striker was much better on Monday, his work rate, hold up play and desire to get on the end of crosses was evident, but twice when presented with chances he failed to take them. Early on Dawson made a great tackle on the big man, live I thought it was a penalty, but on the replay it was a great tackle. Late on after a Kelly cross he slashed at the ball with his right foot rather than just taking his time. But it's easy to say that watching from afar. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/02/httpblogsespncricinfocomcgibin.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/02/httpblogsespncricinfocomcgibin.php Match Reports Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:45:12 +0000 The Bolton game was sickening. It was just a poor display from everyone except for Reina and Bellemy, The rest of them might not as well have bothered turning up, the worst being Charlie Adam followed by the surprisingly poor Enrique. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/01/wembley_awaits.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/01/wembley_awaits.php Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:57:13 +0000 I got back late on Friday night after a week in las Vegas. I managed to sneak away for a few hours, leaving the Consumer Electronics Show, to a local pub called the Crown and Anchor who always show the matches. I had a quick pint to settle the nerves and watched Liverpool completely dominate Man City for the opening 20 minutes. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/01/the_week_that_was.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/01/the_week_that_was.php Match Reports Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:58:56 +0000 Liverpool were awful against Oldham for the first 40 minutes and it took a tactical change by Kenny Dalglish to swing the balance of the game our way. Once Bellamy moved out to the right wing, with Gerrard just behind Kuyt, Liverpool took control. Bellamy ran riot and had Liverpool been able to convert the chances from his crosses this game could have been seven or eight. He changed the game completely. It was not a surprise to see Oldham have some chances, and take a shock lead, because our back four had not played in six weeks and Gerrard was not helping out Spearing in defence at all. I thought Martin Kelly had a good game throughout and is really unlucky to find himself on the bench lately. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/01/one_man_speaks_for_us_all.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/01/one_man_speaks_for_us_all.php Match Reports Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:30:48 +0000 Martin Skrtel kept the very good Ba in his pocked for the better part of 90 minutes on Friday night and for this he is man of the match. It would be easy to look at the excellent Craig Bellamy as well but Skrtel made the play of tr game at 2-1 to make one of the best goal line clearances I have ever seen. Went it left Ba's foot I couldn't believe we had let Newcastle back in the game. They had only one shot at this point (on target) at that had gone in. Otherwise it was complete dominance by the men in red. When Skrtel somehow cleared the ball I thought maybe we would do enough to actually get three points at home. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/01/skrtel_the_terminator.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2012/01/skrtel_the_terminator.php Match Reports Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:28:27 +0000 I hate when Liverpool play Wigan. We always expect the 3 points and rarely get them. I was at the match last year, we started well, got an early Torres goal and then went home. Woy never let any of our players into their side of the half and the invetable equalizer came and Wigan should have won it at the end. This year was totally different, but the outcome still as frustrating. . http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/12/jinxed_at_the_dw.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/12/jinxed_at_the_dw.php Match Reports Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:25:25 +0000 I have not had time to put my fingers on the keyboard over the last few games but we did have two nice wins, with two very solid clean sheets. The Aston Villa game was extremely odd because we normally find that a tough ground to go to but it was actually the easiest three points we have had in a good while. Perhaps they got us confused with Man United, as they usually lay down for them. With Darren Bent out of the line up they were devoid of any real attacking threat so I was hopeful we would go at them from the start. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/12/fa_decision_a_complete_joke.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/12/fa_decision_a_complete_joke.php Match Reports Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:33:11 +0000 The game on Monday was very frustrating. I was a bit disappointed to see Maxi on the bench but I was pleased to see that Bellamy had kept his place in the team. I understand why Kenny picked Carroll to lead the line but at some point the temptation to select him must be resisted. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/12/a_corrupt_fa.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/12/a_corrupt_fa.php Match Reports Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:05:40 +0000 These last two games have finished so quickly that I barely had time to even open the computer up to write about City. The City game was a bit of a weird one for me. During the game, I just wanted it to end and I kept saying we would take a point from this game. After the game, and after the anxiety had died down, I was quite disappointed in the result. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/11/anfield_south.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/11/anfield_south.php Match Reports Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:26:21 +0000 Well that was very sweet was it not? I'm not sure which picture of the match was the most enjoyable. The sight of Glenn Johnson looking back at his team-mates after the goal, the sight of big John Terry sliding on his bum as the ball rolled into the side netting or perhaps the sight of Torres smiling to his ex-Liverpool team-mates after the game, which must have incensed the Chelsea faithful. I have to say I was really pleased to see both Maxi and Bells put into the starting 11 at the expense of Downing and Carroll. It seemed Downing knew the chop was coming as he was in the papers a great deal this week talking about how his time had come. Of course, I still think he will be playing more than not, but it was nice to see Kenny go with the players who been playing well when given a chance. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/11/well_that_was_very_sweet.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/11/well_that_was_very_sweet.php Match Reports Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:59:02 +0000 I have read a few match reports after Liverpool's frustrating draw on Saturday and the majority of them say that Andy Carroll did ok besides for missing a sitter in the 7th minute. They said that he put in a decent shift and won some good headers when the ball was in the box, but no one was on hand to score. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/11/carrolls_misery_is_liverpools.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/11/carrolls_misery_is_liverpools.php Match Reports Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:19:55 +0000 Lucas Leiva. Who, besides me and Rafa Benitez, thought that his name would be the first one on the team sheet every week in 2012? Of course, Suarez get the press, and the songs, and rightly so, as he is the kind of player supporters pay to see. At times however, Lucas has me on the edge of my seat, clapping or laughing out loud at his tackling and ability to read the game. He is simply a joy to watch. Lucas was at his best again during Saturday's late kick off against West Brom. Had Lucas been in the side the previous week against Norwich, we would have won... in my opinion. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/11/lucas_leiva.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/11/lucas_leiva.php Reds talk Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:59:38 +0000 I'm not quite sure what happened on Saturday. The commentators were saying that Norwich deserved a share of the spoils and I suppose the 1-1 score-line agrees with them but Liverpool completely dominated that game from start to finish and could and should have scored nine goals. We created chance after chance but our finishing has been woeful this season and this was the case again Saturday. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/10/more_points_dropped_at_home_af.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/10/more_points_dropped_at_home_af.php Match Reports Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:02:28 +0000 Liverpool were very unlucky on Saturday but we need to do a better job of taking the chances that are given to us if we want to climb the table. United had two chances to score, a Phil Jones header and the goal by the Little Pea or whatever nickname that fella has. In typical United fashion they scored from one of those two chances to steal a point at Anfield. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/10/united_park_the_bus_at_anfield.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/10/united_park_the_bus_at_anfield.php Match Reports Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:08:10 +0000 Regular readers of my column will know that I dislike Martin Atkinson, the ref for the derby this weekend. He never gives Liverpool anything. He never protected Torres when he was with us and he's just an accident waiting to happen. So it was no surprise when he got the decision to send off Rodwell totally wrong after a foul on Suarez. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/10/martin_blows_it_big_timeno_sur.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2011/10/martin_blows_it_big_timeno_sur.php Match Reports Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:07:42 +0000