Manfrombelmonty ... Apologies

None of our midfielders provide any real drive and Henderson is being wasted out on the right really. This team looks a shadow of last season. I don't even think we had a shot on target the whole half but then again neither did Stoke. Poor sort of a game in general with all the play being condensed in the middle but all our games this season seems to be like that. Coutinho is the only one providing any sort of directness and even his touch has been poor. I think Can needs to come on.

Shocking stuff. I think most of us would like to see Can on the pitch. Marko maybe?

Rodgers wasn't kidding, when he said he was favourite for the sack

It's not as bad as you're all making out we are up for the fight, stoke are kicking, fouling and stopping us having any flow to our game

our best performance in months

clean sheet

comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted less than a minute ago
It's not as bad as you're all making out we are up for the fight, stoke are kicking, fouling and stopping us having any flow to our game
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We've had less possession than stoke and no shots on target. It's pretty dire stuff

It's not great but we are doing ok look the more likely to score a goal and stoke are causing us very few problems, kolo doing well in the air

comment by The Verbal Jouster (U11370)
posted 9 minutes ago
I say it how it is, I haven't once not backed BR but I will not allow him to say wonderful and fantastic and it should be a huge boost for us after we drew 2-2 with Ludogrets!!!!!!!! Please at least come out and be honest and say what every fan knows , " we're pathetic"
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Yeah, you really told us how it was last season, when you had us nailed on for a bottom half finish. You really know your stuff TVJ

comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted less than a minute ago
It's not great but we are doing ok look the more likely to score a goal and stoke are causing us very few problems, kolo doing well in the air
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nobody looks likely to score, this has 0-0 written all over it at the moment, and that is a good result.. for them.

We NEED wins

Miserable stuff.

Brendan has to grab Tour and Skrtel and tell them to shift the defensive line 10 yrds up the pitch.

It happened in the last 10 minutes where we looked a little better, but I cannot understand why we let Stoke have the ball without closing down. It was Hodgsonesque.

Lucas and Allen need to be able to push up but they can't because the back four are way to deep. The manager has to get it into them tell them to push up.

A complete lack of b'llocks being shown from our players so far this afternoon. They have been nervy and hesitant. I can see Gerrard coming on to calm things down and give some structure.

who does gerrard replace though?

---------Lambo-----------
Sterling--Cout--Hendo
-----Lucas----Allen-----

Is how we are lined up. You cant play lucas and gerrard together, they are always dire, and lucas has been the better of the two CMs so far today.

Can for allen
Marko for hendo

Might give us more incision

It happened in the last 10 minutes where we looked a little better, but I cannot understand why we let Stoke have the ball without closing down. It was Hodgsonesque.
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Lambert is too slow and doesn't have the energy to press. We're trying to press, but you can clearly see that the players can't..

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What formation have we started with?
Is it 4231? Cos hendo on the right is stupid!
Surely a tweak of the formation to 4dianond 2
With sterling up with lambo as his pace will scare the life out of shawcross et al

comment by Poolmyfinger - Nunca Caminaras Solo! (U12438)
posted less than a minute ago
Burnley scored twice against Stoke last week...

If we don't score today...
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Football doesn't work that way..

My confidence is low right now and can see a 1-0 stoke. God knows how low the players confidence is considering the way they've played

I have supported Liverpool since 1981 and for me this is the worst team and the worst captain I have seen. Lucas and Toure have improved us defensively but apart from Coutinho the rest are chamionship standard.

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as the personnel/ formation is, we wont score,

Hendo doesnt have the physical attributes (pace) to play the wing behind a hold up striker. and like dalglish season, hes getting sucked inside, leaving no one wide to cut in.

when lambo fired a ball across the 6 yard box, a proper wide forward would have been on the far edge of the 6 yard line, hendo (right winger) was on the 18 yard line, central!!

No striker on the bench, lamberts gonna be knackered after 3 games in a week

comment by (U18537)
posted less than a minute ago
I have supported Liverpool since 1981 and for me this is the worst team and the worst captain I have seen. Lucas and Toure have improved us defensively but apart from Coutinho the rest are chamionship standard.
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Oh shut up

comment by (U18537)
posted about a minute ago
I have supported Liverpool since 1981 and for me this is the worst team and the worst captain I have seen. Lucas and Toure have improved us defensively but apart from Coutinho the rest are chamionship standard.
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I agree.

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Hendos not playing as a winger. There's a difference between playing right midfield and being a winger