http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/ en Copyright 2009 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:23 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I'm not sure again how Liverpool failed to beat Birmingham last Monday. Rarely does a team have so much of the ball, have so many clear chances, score two goals but really fail to test a keeper. Liverpool dominated this game from start to finish but again ended up not on the winning side. Not only did we not win but Torres injury didn't see him in the squad and we lost arguably our best player of the season for 3-4 weeks in yossi Benyou. The lively Albert Rierra also limped off with a hamstring injury just seconds before B'ham took an unbelievable lead. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/11/two_draws_on_the_trot.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/11/two_draws_on_the_trot.php Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:23 +0000 This is getting old. I'm not sure what Liverpool did to upset off the soccer gods but whatever it was it must have been bad. I couldn't' believe the team sheet on Saturday morning. Missing from the squad was Skrtel, Agger, Rierra, Gerrard, Auerilo and Ngog. I just couldn't believe how many forced changes we had. Everyone knows that I'm a huge Rafa supporter. We need Rafa more then he needs us but this was not one of his better games. I have no problem with him taking off Torres after 60 minutes but his decision to remove Yossi was a surprise. Surely Kuyt was the better option, Kuyt had a very poor game and looked tired. The other beef I have with this team was that Vornonin was in it. He was terrible and is simply not good enough to start an away league match. I would have rather seen Yossi behind Torres and even Babel out left. Babel was awful again by the way. Liverpool actually dominated the first 25 minutes of this match. Fulham barely got out of their own half. For all possession we didn't have that many clear chances at goal. Although Degen was finding some joy down the right, his final ball was not great. Finally an opening did arrive as Yossi took the ball down well but his shot hit the post. Of course, the way the games are going for us we found ourselves a goal behind from Fulhams first attack. Poor marketing from our Greek center back and a lazy Insua allowed Zamora to tap it in. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/11/this_losing_is_getting_old.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/11/this_losing_is_getting_old.php Match Reports Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:13:30 +0000 The Liverpool players seemed to play with a real belief from the first whistle to the last, although the last 15 minutes of normal time and the 5 minutes of injury time(not sure where the ref got 5 minutes from,) was very nerve racking. Every time a United player went to ground the decision seemed to go for them. They had quite free kicks in dangerous positions and I was happy that certain number #7 was playing in Spain. Liverpool seemed to have a balance in the team that was missing in recent weeks and our Brazilian left sided midfielder really helped the side. His dead balls and work rate were very good all day long. Yossi was popping up everywhere and really running at the United defense. Of course, Kuyt worked so hard but the battle was won the middle of the park. Our pair of Lucas and Masch dominated their central midfielders. Glen Johnson was a solid right back with Agger and Carragher doing a job on Rooney and Berbatov http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/10/liverpool_2_united_0.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/10/liverpool_2_united_0.php Match Reports Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:42:10 +0000 Liverpool played much better against Lyon than they did against Sunderland on Saturday but the outcome was still the same as it was been in the last four games; ending in defeat. This is the first time in 22 years that we have lost four games on the trot. As the song goes, this is the wind and the rain portion of following our club. It is amazing to me how many emails I get from you so called supporters criticizing Rafa. People have short memories, or perhaps they have only started supporting Liverpool after those six minutes in 2005, but we were a very poor side and didn't expect to qualify for the knock out stages of the Champions League every season. Rafa has raised expectations so greatly it is difficult to match them. He has made some decisions in the transfer market that have not worked out, see Ryan Babel and Dossena but in my opinion he is still the main man. If we can just stick behind him and this crop of players I think we can turn it around. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/10/im_a_saddo.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/10/im_a_saddo.php Reds talk Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:00:18 +0000 That was a great week of football wasn’t it. Liverpool were completely played off the park in Italy and deserved to go down 2-0 defeat . As Rafa said it was one of the worst displays I had seen in a long time from Liverpool and the worst display I had seen in the Champions League under Rafa (and yes that does include the game at home when Leto played for us, believe that was Marsalle) http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/10/liverpool_out_of_the_title_rac.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/10/liverpool_out_of_the_title_rac.php Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:29:25 +0000 Liverpool’s game was a thriller for the neutral supporter but as a Liverpool fan I felt it was taking time off of my life. A team that was so comfortable at the back last year looks ragged at times this year. Both of our centre-backs were guility of poor play in the first half. Carragher almost gifting West Ham the lead inside of the first few minutes. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/09/west_ham_2_liverpool_3.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/09/west_ham_2_liverpool_3.php Match Reports Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:28:19 +0000 Liverpool won two games on the trot, the Burnley game was a stroll in the park after a shaky first 10 minutes. Once Liverpool got going Gerrard excelled in a center midfield role and dictated the game well. Of course, Yossi will get all the headlines and deservedly so. He was fantastic and deserved all of the plaudits after completing his hat trick. Liverpool scored four, even though Torres looked well of the pace. How we did not make it more is a surprise but Voronin should have done much better when he was put clear through on goal. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/09/burnley_and_the_champions_leag.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/09/burnley_and_the_champions_leag.php Match Reports Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:44:30 +0000 Well thank you to Sean Davies for getting sent off in this match after two avoidable incidents. Had he not been sent off I’m afraid Liverpool might be in looking at a very different international break. Liverpool dominated the game but found themselves behind twice. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/09/an_easy_win_just_kidding.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/09/an_easy_win_just_kidding.php Match Reports Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:51:28 +0000 Liverpool's performance against Villa was awful. We had a good twenty minutes but after that we seemed to lose our way and I just felt things might go against us as the game started to settle. Villa were working hard to get us out of our rhythm and it was working well as many of our steady performers were having a hard time keeping hold of the ball. Torres was given a torrid time by the defence and how the ref missed three clear fouls on him is beyond understanding. One of these was a clear elbow to the back of the head which was missed. These things change football matches and we have not been on the receiving end of much luck so far this season. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/08/nightmare_at_anfield_street.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/08/nightmare_at_anfield_street.php Match Reports Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:00:26 +0000 Start of the season. Sorry about the delay in posting. As many of you know I went back to Liverpool with the wife, and two kids for a two week holiday. While I had a great time with family and friends I think most of you are more interested in the football that was on offer. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/08/the_start_of_the_season.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/08/the_start_of_the_season.php Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:58:12 +0000 Hello Readers, sorry that it has been such a quiet summer for me. It has also been a quiet summer for Liverpool on the transfer front. Only one name of note has come into the fray with Glen Johnson to start the season at right back. At the time of writing Liverpool have sold our right-back of two years to Madrid but no one of note has moved on. The stories are that Alonso will be gone in a few days and that Dossena looks to be on his way out as well. Liverpool's off season should have been easy for Rafa. He should've had a squad of happy players. He should have been looking making to look to make a couple of minor tweaks/improvements. The summer has turned to be anything but easy for Rafa and Liverpool. Both Alonso and to some extent Mascherano have been ruining the summer for Liverpool. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/08/why_alonso.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/08/why_alonso.php Reds talk Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:37:42 +0000 Liverpool captured an English player in Glenn Johnson, at a fee reported to be around £17m. He should give us some nice options at the back and I have to say he had a good season last year. He likes to attack and is English, both of which are nice. I'm not sure where this leaves Arebola for us. Perhaps he will go to Spain - Real Madrid are interested - and if we can get £10m for him I suppose that is a good bit of business.]]> http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/06/silly_season.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/06/silly_season.php Reds talk Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:31:52 +0000 This was the first time in a long time that I can remember a Liverpool league game not being on the TV. On the final day of the season all of the Premier league games start at the same time so Setanta and Fox Sports had some deciding to do. I can understand showing the relegation struggles first, Hull v United, Villa v Newcastle and Boro v West Ham but how Stoke v Arsenal, Everton v Fulham, even Blackburn v West Brom was shown over Liverpool. I resorted to watching it on a streaming feed and for what I could see of the match Liverpool dominated from start to finish. The only blemish on the match was that Robbie Keane prevented Reina from claiming his third golden glove awards with a late goal. To Keane's credit he did not celebrate on bit. It's to bad that it didnt' work out for Keane, but we were clearly a better team after he went back to Spurs. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/05/liverpool_3_spurs_1.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/05/liverpool_3_spurs_1.php Match Reports Wed, 27 May 2009 16:34:04 +0000 Gerrard and Torres combined well for Liverpool to ease the nerves of the traveling supporters (and those watching on TV). Gerrard took his goal so well but his movement to create the space is what created the goal. Give West Ham credit, they actually played much better in this game then the previous game at Anfield where they took a point from us. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/05/west_ham_0_liverpool_3.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/05/west_ham_0_liverpool_3.php Match Reports Mon, 11 May 2009 21:48:07 +0000 Football is a funny game. Arsenal had 6 shots last week, only 4 of which I actually remember, and those 4 all went in. 3 were directly the result of defensive errors. People say it was a classic. I say it is only a classic if we had won 5-4, other then that it was a game we should have won. http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/04/arsenal_and_hull.php http://blogs.soccernet.com/liverpool/archives/2009/04/arsenal_and_hull.php Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:37:03 +0000