floyd the barber

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how can people critizise the henderson sub?..thought he did excellent when he came on...nearly scored 2 We made chances a plenty that last 15 minutes....suarez chance, skrtel, kuyt and the 2 of course for Henderson. Kenny definetly got it right i reckon by not changing anything else......any of those chances go in and kenny looks like a genius

suprised at the lack of votes for downing..thought he had a good game 1. kelly 2. downing 3. enrique

Carras an interesting one, have i warmed to him...of course 100%...fantastic servant, loves the city,the club,etc...so yeah i love the guy and would never say anything bad about him.. BUT, has he been a massive reason why we havent won the title since hes been a regular first 11....possibly?!?. For me hes a great "cup" player..those one off games he steps up and can always be counted on,over an entire season he has struggled for me...his lack of quality when on the ball is a must..and carra`s distrubtion is..lets be honest..pub quality...combine this with the lack of pace, and no player can rely on those last ditch tackles,passion,etc over an entire season.. Carra has been a good player...with great matches.. would he be in my top 10 defenders to play for liverpool?? no......

with Gerrard coming back and hopefully doesnt suffer any more set backs, its time for us to have a steady line up with players who are ready now...its vital we push for a champions league spot, we cant spend the next 6-8 months trying to bed in players ie..henderson and especially carroll, carroll for one blatently needs more work done on the training field and should be used sparingly, for when he does start...he look lethargic and devoid of ideas and that isnt soley the fault of him. Im not even worried about our back 4, any 4 of johnson,kelly,coats,carra,agger,skrtel,enrique,flanno,robinson will be fine....as long as we show more ideas,ability and pace in the midfield and attack.. ------------------lucas--adam---------------- kuyt--------------gerrard----------downing- --------------------suarez-------------------- the above is how i would start the midfield and attack... With Carroll in the team , and we go to a straight 4-4-2 with us throwing hopeless balls into the box (well i say hopeless but some of the crossing has been good, just carroll has been too slow of the mark to react to them)

Adam??? he was fking abysmal!!! Downing Suarez Enrique

Training before the game....AND im guessing that is the back of shelveys bald head?? and what is that black "splodge"?????? strange!

With us not being in europe, i think its gonna be a huge benefit for us come January...IF we can be still in the race, i reckon we have a fantastic chance...injuries are of course gonna be a massive factor we have to keep our important players fit...and i count agger as one of those, he really makes such a difference not just for being solid in defence, but in attack where we can push forward an extra 10 yards due to his pace...saying all of that, Man city look astonishingly good to me and with their squad i think they can cope with the extra games in europe, the scum however dont have a great squad. if they get a couple of injuries or players tired after the champs leagues games...they might struggle.. sooooo.. 1. man city 2. us 3. chelsea 4. man utd 5. a***

has to be related to the sturridge rumours....well hopefully Bellers and Sturridge in, raul out...id be fairly happy with that honestly.

so just joined this thread, cant be assed to travel through the numerous pages.. anyway..whats all this im reading about Daniel Sturridge?? sky sports reckons hes gone from 9/1 to even money after a flood of bets....anyone heard anything?

and how far we`ve come... konchesky,poulson,cole,jova, 12 months later and.... suarez,carroll,enrique,coats,downing,adam,henderson

it was there and his facebook..definetly him, but yeah hes taken it down

As a club,I like arsenal and they have decent fans...but wenger!?!!)! I hate the tool

like a training match at times, very comfortable... Henderson excellent, suarez excellent...also lucas again showed how much improvement he has made...first name on the team sheet now.

After spending massive amounts of money, plus adding players to support and supply him with the kinda crosses he thrives on....we really do look a far better team with Carroll not in the side. Last season when yes we was injured, we looked awesome with a front 3 with either kuyt and maxi either side..when Carroll did appear we looked slow in attack with a lack of movement.....this season and again we look better with Suarez with kuyt ,henderson and downing assisting. Now yes early days still for Carroll but he doesnt look anywhere close to be being match fit. He came off the bench today and really was dissapointing, lack of movement..slow with the ball at feet and no real desire to get in on the end of some fantastic balls by Downing. Right now, hes gotta work harder on his fitness and slowly get him integrated into the side, theres definete talent there...he just has to buckle down and start working in training, cos my right now our best 11 doesnt include him.(at least in my opinion..obviously )

Best we`ve seen of him so far...excellent performance!!

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Honestly though we were excellent first half..... 2nd and we looled knackered... Flanno will be dissapointed, he had a terrible 2nd half,he'll learn from this though....just felt it was a strange decision by Kenny to start him ahead of Kelly Unless of course Kelly had a knock

i reckon it`ll be the team that started in the week....with possibly enrique in at left bk, or kelly right bk and johnson left.

thoughts - i still dont understand what henderson is?!?! he doesnt seem to have any pace..doesnt really get his foot stuck im, maybe for the future but i havent seen anything yet to suggest hes worth that money.. Shelvey - seems a class act to me, seriously reminds me of Gerrard...same running style,aggression, has a decent shot and good range of passing. Aqua - class act agger - class if only he`d stay fit downing - gonna be quality for us that first 11 tonight, very likely will be starting against sunderland, though id change johnson to left bk and kelly to right

well same again today, yes pre-season but for me johnson seems better as a left back....for me, with who we have...id start kelly right back, johnson left.

cant we just delete this thread...hes completely pointless and i hate seeing his name everytime i come to the forum! Awful player

Theres no doubt we can into this season with lots of optimism. With a number of quality signings since january its pretty likely we are gonna see some entertaining football. With players such as Gerrard,downing,carroll,suarez,henderson,adam - all matchwinners who all weigh in with a number of goals..im not worried about that part. I am worried about our defence, regardless of the opposition our pre-season has been littered with a ton of goals conceded mostly due to our errors. At this stage i couldnt for the life of me tell you what our first 4 in defence will be and that is a huge worry..the options dont really give me confidence. Carra - 99% hes gonna be first defender on the team sheet, but should this be the case? Agger - cannot be relied on due to his horrible track record with injuries Skrtel - to his credit he had a decent last 6 months...but isnt the level we need the greek - not good enough wilson - hasnt shown anything in the brief times we`ve seen him..needs another 12 months Kelly - hasnt really had a chance as a center back Full backs and kelly - should be first choice for me as a right back johnson - still questions marks regarding his defending, though like skrtel had a decent last 6 months...he also showed himself to be decent as a left bacl flanno - excelled when in the side...though is he ready for consistent first team action? Robinson - like flanno he did a great job, but isnt ready yet aurellio - permanently injured insua - not good enough Tons of options and good potential for the future but now? so for me, we go into the season without a clue who our back 4 will be...not good With Agger and Aurellio fit it becomes easy...but this aint gonna happen With what we have now, id go with --kelly-----carra--skrtel----johnson we played that a few times last season and it worked out well.....IF we dont bring anyone else in, it really is our best option Basically right now i can see excting games with us......but for us to challenge for the title, we have to bring in a couple of defenders before the end of the window.

EVEN without lucas and suzarez -----------------reina---------------- johnson-agger-carra---------?? henderson-gerr-adam--downing ------------kuyt-----carroll------------ is potentially a bloody good side and more than enough to beat sunderland....would rather give lucas and luis a bit of a rest then risk injury... Regarding Doni, well again if Reina is not 100% then Doni should play....end of story, no point risking a long term injury