Football: WORLD CUP 06 and close season/transfer discussion.

merman · Post by **merman** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:36 am 0

Rio Ferdinand was AWFUL last night, and it's a real shame for Wayne Bridge if he is badly injured. Benty did a lot of running off the ball and was a bit unlucky with the chances he had. Still, we actually played two halves of football in this match (even with multiple subs) and got the result we deserved.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:38 pm 0

What's our left-back options without Bridge and Cole? Is Gareth Batty still in the running?

mac monkey · Post by **mac monkey** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:28 pm 0

Dio wrote:What's our left-back options without Bridge and Cole? Is Gareth Batty still in the running?

Hmmm, i dunno suppose Carra can drop in there like last night, even if Cole gets fit he's only played a handfull of games this season anyway

With only Robinson as a decent keep it worries me if he get injured who will step in there Green or James, not a great choice!!

What concerns me also is the numerical dyslexia in the kit camp....

merman · Post by **merman** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:43 pm 0

Dio wrote:What's our left-back options without Bridge and Cole? Is Gareth Batty still in the running?

Carragher. Owen Hargreaves (not my choice, but seems to be a Sven favourite). Possibly Jamie Clapham, although he lacks international experience.

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:47 pm 0

Yep, Carragher at left back seems the obvious choice if Cole and Bridge are unavailable - although Sven will probably go and pick that plank Phil Neville.

Geenius · Post by **Geenius** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:08 pm 0

TFO wrote:Yep, Carragher at left back seems the obvious choice if Cole and Bridge are unavailable - although Sven will probably go and pick that plank Phil Neville.

In the past, I'd have agreed with you, but Neville's been great for us this season, in a variety of positions (Christ, I never thought those words would come from me

). Although, as he now plays for Everton, he has 0 to nil chance of playing for England

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:12 pm 0

I almost feel like having a Glenn Roeder avatar.

Sickboy · Post by **Sickboy** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:33 pm 0

Played, the Toon. Always nice to see Bolton beaten.

We were dogshit, today. Charlton came to defend, and credit to 'em, 'cos their defending was way better than our attacking. Couple of great saves by the keeper, too.

We have *got* to get rid of Cisse. Are there any Liverpool fans around here who're still willing to stick with him? Morientes, too. The sorry truth is that our two best strikers are Fowler and Crouch.

Mat T · Post by **Mat T** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:40 pm 0

Sickboy wrote:Played, the Toon. Always nice to see Bolton beaten.

We were dogshit, today. Charlton came to defend, and credit to 'em, 'cos their defending was way better than our attacking. Couple of great saves by the keeper, too.

We have *got* to get rid of Cisse. Are there any Liverpool fans around here who're still willing to stick with him? Morientes, too. The sorry truth is that our two best strikers are Fowler and Crouch.

I think Liverpool played reasonable, I just think that Charlton defended very well, with Myhre having a great game. As for the striker situation, I think it is a tough one. Cisse seems to need far too many chances to get a goal, while Crouch seems to feed off a fast paced midfield and crosses. He certainly cannot conjure anything up on his own.

Fowler looked off today - tried way too hard with fancy flicks and first time passes, and more often than not was not in the box at the right time. I think he feels the need to go out and get the ball rather than depend on his midfield to create. Morientes just doesn't get much of a game so hard to pin down.

I think the most frustrating player to watch is Kewell. I saw him beat Spector twice down the wing, only to come back onto his right and try to beat him again, instead of whipping in a cross. It is partly due to his lack of a right foot (even though he tries all the time with it) and his desire to always run with the ball. It makes you want to pull your hair out. I think the best time Kewell had at Leeds was when he played up front with Viduka. I used to enjoy him playing on the wing, but he seemed more deadly in the cente. I would be interested to see Liverpool move Riise out on the wing again, and try Kewell up front.

P.S. Leeds won again today. Get in. Sheffield United, we are about to steal that automatic spot off you.

Munky · Post by **Munky** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:54 pm 0

Sickboy wrote:We have *got* to get rid of Cisse. Are there any Liverpool fans around here who're still willing to stick with him? Morientes, too. The sorry truth is that our two best strikers are Fowler and Crouch.

Baros on the scoresheet again today. Looks like you sold the wrong one.

It's just a shame he doesn't seem to wake up until half three on a Saturday.

We were a bit ropey at times today - Pompey were thankfully worse. But we're 3 points further away from the 1st Division this evening, which is what really matters.

Sickboy · Post by **Sickboy** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:01 pm 0

Mat T wrote:I think the best time Kewell had at Leeds was when he played up front with Viduka. I used to enjoy him playing on the wing, but he seemed more deadly in the cente. I would be interested to see Liverpool move Riise out on the wing again, and try Kewell up front.

Good shout. At the moment, though, Liverpool fans are just happy to see him playing with heart again.

Frustrating game. Fowler goal was onside at the end, too.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:35 pm 0

Sickboy wrote:Played, the Toon. Always nice to see Bolton beaten.

Cheers. Up until this week I've been dreading playing 'better teams' because despite picking up some good results it's been against teams that have looked very, very average.

Today Bolton also looked very, very average. But I know they're a decent team. Despite that, we played probably the best football I've seen in three or four years - last time we played like that I was sat at the other end of the ground.

Back to 4-4-2 and the whole team were lively and attacking - so it wasn't just the 4-5-1 that was giving us decent control of the ball. In fact so much so that probably cost us the goal against; after we went 3-0 up the crowd and the team were so pumped up that they went for everything and lost the complete control we displayed for an hour.

It's a different team. No danger Roeder will get replaced before the end of the season; if we carry on like this we'll nick a UEFA cup place for sure and then he'll have the job next season too!

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:02 am 0

Crikey, Liverpool were well unlucky there. 10 shots on target, 11 off, vs. 1 and 2 for Charlton? And the last goal was well onside too.

But then again the Arsenal game could have been about 37-0.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:08 am 0

Dio wrote:But then again the Arsenal game could have been about 37-0.

There's one-sided and then there's backs against the wall so much your arse is getting a brick enema.

Frightening today from the Arse... let's see if they can keep that up for the return of Real.

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:30 am 0

Mayhem wrote:
Dio wrote:But then again the Arsenal game could have been about 37-0.
There's one-sided and then there's backs against the wall so much your arse is getting a brick enema.

Frightening today from the Arse... let's see if they can keep that up for the return of Real.

They're still easily the best team in the country on their day. It's just their day doesn't come quite as often as it used to. But my God, going forward they've still got it. The Real game could be amazing.