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LFCMarshall said:
It's a tough balancing act... There is a chance to blood the youngsters, but then there is a chance that in return we continue to fall down the table

We are already on the cusp of our worst ever finish in the Premier League - A record I am sure Klopp would not want to oversee.

Despite it not being his squad, he will have to take some blame because it has been terrible this season
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Not saying put them all in at once but the opportunity's there to be playing them without much rebuke if it went the other way from many fans. It just seems the best opportunity any Liverpool manager has had in years to experiment and see if these boys are good enough to be part of the first team squad going forward.

I'll reserve judgement on how good or bad this year has been. The league's been terrible. But then he could be winning a trophy in three weeks time after a little over 4 months with someone else's team and a horrendous injury list to boot which would be a marvellous start.

And IF Sturridge is finally on the comeback trail, and we start scoring goals, everything flips again.

I very much doubt we finish any lower than our worst PL 8th. (We were in a worse position under Souness one early Premier League year and suddenly bounced from 14th to 5th I think it was the last month of the season. And this leagues that poor and tight a few consecutive results could see a similar jump for anyone.). But even if we did the point is he'd still get pretty much a pass from most supporters because of the circumstances. And if there's silverware too even more of one.

The media would spout their bollocks and other fans would mock without the context but who cares about them?
 
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At least give Ward and Smith a chance, Mignolet may have caused us to drop 15 points but Moreno hasn't helped, not defensively anyway. Poor from Mignolet for their free kick but it was another reckless challenge from Moreno on the edge of our box!

Would also like to see Teixeira and Ojo given a run out. Too many hard working runners in midfield, that seemingly don't have the intelligence off the ball to make runs, along with a real lack of creativity atm.
 
Tuitfio said:
At least give Ward and Smith a chance, Mignolet may have caused us to drop 15 points but Moreno hasn't helped, not defensively anyway. Poor from Mignolet for their free kick but it was another reckless challenge from Moreno on the edge of our box!

Would also like to see Teixeira and Ojo given a run out. Too many hard working runners in midfield, that seemingly don't have the intelligence off the ball to make runs, along with a real lack of creativity atm.
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Agreed, those would be the four I would be tempted to try out.

Ojo more than any I think can give us something a little different in attack
 
PatrickLFC said:
Not Liverpool but still relevant in general, particularly given the offhanded way some people were dismissing Leicester a few days ago, saying they were "average" and that we should be beating them. They are better than us. Fact. They deserve to be challenging for the title, and I hope they win it!

As usual, Carra hits the nail on the head

Leicester City can win the Premier League this season... so show them more respect | Daily Mail Online
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I'll pass as I don't like giving that rag clicks if I can help it, but the bolded struck me.

Not that anyone specifically said that, but you don't think we should be beating teams like Leicester irrespective of the marvellous season they're having and the poor one we are?
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
I'll pass as I don't like giving that rag clicks if I can help it, but the bolded struck me.

Not that anyone specifically said that, but you don't think we should be beating teams like Leicester irrespective of the marvellous season they're having and the poor one we are?
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Surely the team in 1st is favourite over the team in 9th in February irrespective of where people thought that they would finish
 
As good as Leicester have been, a lot of their side is mid-table and even lower standard... The emergence of Mahrez and Vardy has built on the solid base they already had, and the purchase of N'golo Kante has helped them even further.

This season Leciester have been better than us - but would I swap teams? Absolutely not.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
I'll pass as I don't like giving that rag clicks if I can help it, but the bolded struck me.

Not that anyone specifically said that, but you don't think we should be beating teams like Leicester irrespective of the marvellous season they're having and the poor one we are?
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No idea what the paper is like, sorry, it was just Carragher's article so I read it

A draw against Leicester would have been an excellent result. I think that we should be in a position where we can expect to beat them, but we're not in that position right now.

And Mahrez has been the most effective player in the league this season, though a fit Aguero is still the best
 
PatrickLFC said:
No idea what the paper is like, sorry, it was just Carragher's article so I read it

A draw against Leicester would have been an excellent result. I think that we should be in a position where we can expect to beat them, but we're not in that position right now.

And Mahrez has been the most effective player in the league this season, though a fit Aguero is still the best
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Funny thing is, we dominated against them at home - and they have the best away record in the league.

Even at the King Power, we were in control for large periods and it was an almost wondergoal that separated the sides in the end. Leicester have been fantastic, but I do think it highlights more the drop off in standard in the Premier League
 
PatrickLFC said:
No idea what the paper is like, sorry, it was just Carragher's article so I read it

A draw against Leicester would have been an excellent result. I think that we should be in a position where we can expect to beat them, but we're not in that position right now.

And Mahrez has been the most effective player in the league this season, though a fit Aguero is still the best
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Appreciated ta. Just curious on your views.

And don't sweat it on the Mail. I can't be bothered with it because it's general agenda is so far right it's not even funny. A completely Nationalistic, xenophobic and racist line often masked by playing on the 'poor little hard done to Englander' card to grab peoples emotions. Commonly known as 'The Daily Third Reich' ..... you get the picture.

But no need to apologise for putting up a sporting link mate. That's just the reason why I tend to personally swerve it.
 
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LFCMarshall said:
Funny thing is, we dominated against them at home - and they have the best away record in the league.

Even at the King Power, we were in control for large periods and it was an almost wondergoal that separated the sides in the end. Leicester have been fantastic, but I do think it highlights more the drop off in standard in the Premier League
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Surprised more teams haven't used that simple blue print from boxing day to try nullify them.

Match up formation wise. Put then under immense pressure at the back. Drop off to nullify the space when they launch it to Vardy. Even Kante looked distinctly average that game against our woeful midfield as they just couldn't cope with the same amount of work rate as theirselves.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
Surprised more teams haven't used that simple blue print from boxing day to try nullify them.

Match up formation wise. Put then under immense pressure at the back. Drop off to nullify the space when they launch it to Vardy. Even Kante looked distinctly average that game against our woeful midfield as they just couldn't cope with the same amount of work rate as theirselves.
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I remember Craig Bellamy saying how different it is playing for a mid-table side and then making the jump up to a supposed bigger club.

Teams play differently against you and that is the same with 'smaller' sides playing above expectations. Was Leicester to maintain this over next season, teams would set-up differently to counteract that just like they do against the likes of City, Arsenal etc.

He said all of a sudden teams are in two banks of four with little or no space for you to operate, where as playing for a smaller club you had alot more space.

Just look at the City game - they played perfectly into the hands of City because their biggest strength is the counter attack
 
How's this to add to awesome success of yesterday and a World wide showing of Red solidarity?

Fans in San Diego walked out the bar! Lol. Brilliant.

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Great news found a better goalkeeper than Mingolet that you can sign, also he can bite opposing players
 
Liverpool considering a review of elements of their new ticket price structure in light of Saturday's protests at Anfield.RETWEETS


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Discussions between FSG & senior Liverpool management took place today & are set to continue this week.


Liverpool FC to consider urgent review of ticket costs after fans' Anfield protest - Liverpool Echo


WOW! SO soon. Anyone want to tell us again that the walkout was a bad idea?
 
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Scouseinthehouse said:
Appreciated ta. Just curious on your views.

And don't sweat it on the Mail. I can't be bothered with it because it's general agenda is so far right it's not even funny. A completely Nationalistic, xenophobic and racist line often masked by playing on the 'poor little hard done to Englander' card to grab peoples emotions. Commonly known as 'The Daily Third Reich' ..... you get the picture.

But no need to apologise for putting up a sporting link mate. That's just the reason why I tend to personally swerve it.
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If I'd known that I would have avoided it too, can't stand right wing supremacists. It's like with the S*n, I had no idea until I read about it on here. Don't really know too much about English papers over here in Australia :P
 
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