mcbendy

Can we just play football in their half please? When the ball is in our half we look utter ****e. Sloppy, paniccy. Cedric needs to learn how to defend.

Told you ;-)

TSN1 HD working for me on SportsMania

Fantastic to see Jay starting

Ah - just got help from their chat thing. It will be on "CTH 1 / NBC ET / TSN 1+5"

Am I right in thinking that the Saints game today wont be on SportsMania today? If so, where will the best 'place' to watch it be? I need a browser-based stream. Thanks.

Wikipedia says he played 6 games for us on loan in 2011... Can anyone remember him?

Couldn't help noticing that Forest had three ex Saints in their team tonight. Fox, Antonio and Blackstock. Got me thinking - what is the most ex-saints that have simultaneously been on the field? For instance if Forest played Liverpool. Any statos out there? MLG?

the fags on the seat are a nice touch!

+1 for this - great shout

Shout out to Yoshida. Caulker didn't have a dreadful game, but on several occasions I was reassured to see Maya in the defensive mix. He is a hugely improved player. Not a LB, but a decent CB. Ahead of Caulker IMO.

Nope, but Arsenal were supposedly interested in signing Morgan/Wanyama and didn't/haven't.

Injured, again http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33801783 WhoScored.com @WhoScored Jack Wilshere: Arsenal won just 22.2% of the PL matches which Wilshere started last season compared to 69% of the games he did not start Seems to me to be massively over-rated, even when he is occasionally fit to play. Can't believe that Wenger can't see it. A Schneiderlin or Wanyama could turn them into genuine title contenders. Trying to play Wilshire in defensive midfield is laughable. He's a ming vase.

http://www.lfcactive.com/08/5-reasons-i-hate-brendan-rodgers/ Interesting...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/11549333/Liverpools-signings-during-the-Brendan-Rodgers-era-rated-by-Chris-Bascombe.html All of the signings during the Brendan Rodgers era rated Twenty-three players have been brought to Anfield since Rodgers was appointed in 2012, with the transfer committee of Rodgers, Michael Edwards, Ian Ayre, Michael Gordon, Dave Fallows and Barry Hunter overseeing new signings. In a withering assessment of Liverpool's recruitment policy over the last three years, Chris Bascombe deems just five of the buys successes, but will this summer's signings be any better?

http://www.lfchistory.net/Transfers/ByManager/25-1 Brendan Rodgers has bought 31 players for £289,050,000 so far Player Club Fee Date Fabio Borini Roma £10,400,000 13 July 2012 Joe Allen Swansea City £15,000,000 10 August 2012 Oussama Assaidi Heerenveen £3,000,000 17 August 2012 Nuri Sahin Real Madrid On Loan 25 August 2012 Samed Yesil Bayer Leverkusen £1,000,000 30 August 2012 Daniel Sturridge Chelsea £12,000,000 2 January 2013 Philippe Coutinho Inter Milan £8,500,000 30 January 2013 Luis Alberto Sevilla £6,800,000 22 June 2013 Iago Aspas Celta Vigo £7,000,000 23 June 2013 Simon Mignolet Sunderland £9,000,000 25 June 2013 Kolo Touré Free Transfer Free 2 July 2013 Aly Cissokho Valencia On Loan * 20 August 2013 Mamadou Sakho Paris St Germain £15,000,000 2 September 2013 Tiago Ilori Sporting Lisbon £7,000,000 2 September 2013 Victor Moses Chelsea On Loan * 2 September 2013 Rickie Lambert Southampton £4,500,000 2 June 2014 Adam Lallana Southampton £25,000,000 * 1 July 2014 Emre Can Bayer Leverkusen £9,750,000 3 July 2014 Lazar Markovic Benfica £19,800,000 15 July 2014 Dejan Lovren Southampton £20,000,000 * 27 July 2014 Divick Origi Lille £9,800,000 * 29 July 2014 Javier Manquillo Atletico Madrid On Loan 6 August 2014 Alberto Moreno Sevilla £12,000,000 * 16 August 2014 Mario Balotelli AC Milan £16,000,000 25 August 2014 Joe Gomez Charlton Athletic £3,500,000 * 20 June 2015 Adam Bogdan Free Transfer Free 1 July 2015 Danny Ings Free Transfer Free 1 July 2015 James Milner Free Transfer Free 1 July 2015 Nathaniel Clyne Southampton £12,500,000 1 July 2015 Roberto Firmino Hoffenheim £29,000,000 * 6 July 2015 Christian Benteke Aston Villa £32,500,000 22 July 2015

I note with some satisfaction that Brenda is the bookies favourite to be sacked. I REALLY hope that he is sacked this season. The man is so obviously an arrogant bell-end. It amazes me that the media love-in continues in many quarters, despite how poorly (obviously, surely?!) he invested the Suarez money. Have any of his signings been anything other than flops? Hopefully we'll be ahead of them in November and he'll have been sacked before Christmas.

Yes, I'm sure you're right. It's a system that he is a big fan of. Explains why we have been practising it throughout pre-season.

Ross is about add small as Jordy Clasie - neither would look out of place in the curios sideshow of a circus

Here is 24 seconds from the Vitesse game in three screen grabs. 15:50 - that's Davis next to Pelle in the box 16:05 - Davis back in central midfield exchanging passes with Clasie (who loses it in a dangerous position) 16:14 - Davis overtakes Clasie and leaves him for dead, chases down the Vitesse player and helps Yoshida push him wide and out of play Also worth taking a look at the first (Pelle) goal in this game. Note Davis's starting position and where he ends up. If the shot comes back off the post or the keeper, he gets a tap-in. Makes you wonder why he doesn't score more...

The caption underneath reads "Nivea - official men's grooming supplier for Liverpool Football Club" So it is NIVEA (not Roy Hodgson) who have been grooming all of our players for LFC...

Steven Davis is a fantastic player for us. He is terrifically fit, technically excellent, passes well, tackles well. It would be brilliant if he scored lots too, but let's not lose sight of what he does do for the team. I can see it, and so can a succession of Saints managers...

I've just been watching the full 90 of the Vitesse first leg again. Lots of things to ponder, but one of the things that struck me is how much pace we now have in the squad. In JRod, Mane, Long, Juanmi and Soares we have five seriously rapid players. I'm trying, and failing, to recall a time when we had such a threat in behind. Is this unique in my lifetime (I was born in 1979)? I suppose the question is, do we have the players to play that perfect through ball (Tadic, Clasie?), and what happens when teams keep a deep back line and don't leave space in behind? IIRC there were lots of times last season when we passed it backwards and forwards across the edge of their box before floating a hopeful cross into the box which opposing defenders cleared. We certainly seem more of a threat when we build up a head of steam. Will our opponents cotton on and just drop deep? What is Plan B?