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.....and a response....


Accrington Stanley ‏@ASFCofficial27m
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Buying a young keeper is like doing the lottery, you just gotta keep doingt it. Work out the odds... you can play 4-5 midfielders in a game but only one keeper at a time. Its such a niche position, its not just talent, its about mentality and maturity to the extent that you need to be so mentally strong.
 
However when you hit the jackpot you are laughing.

He's probably using the move to show other clubs what he's capable of if given a chance at this level.

Blimey if Phil Neville qualifies as legendary status then maybe there needs to be a new category for the likes of:-
 
Dean, Southall, Ratcliffe, Ball, Kendall, Harvey, Labone, Hickson, Sagar, plus many more "worthy" of an accolade higher than that of an average player who made it clear who his club was...

The lad could have the touch of an elephant, but if he averages a goal every other game that puts him in an elite category in the Premier league. Not many players have that record, or the time to keep improving. Players who score one in three are well into the £15m bracket, he is better than that.
 
I cant believe I'm seeing him compared to Suarez because they got him for £20m. He wasn't the player then that he is now. He is up there with the worlds best now. It's crazy talk to compare them.

Decided to go full masochism and watch the match on replay. Watched it with a different eye obviously.
 
First 15 minutes I think we looked fine. True, attempts were 6-1 in favor of Liverpool at that point, but Barkley's was at least as dangerous as anything they manufactured to that point.
 
Sterling's chance on 19 minutes was the first sign that our back four might be in trouble. No one picked up the run and Sturridge had all the time in the world to pick him out. Took 3 touches without a tackle coming in. Very good save on that attempt by Howard.
 
1st Liverpool goal: Stones did well to block Suarez's first attempt, but from the corner it was a clusterfucktastrophe. Barkley and Barry get in each others way and Gerrard runs away from him, Barry slips and wrecks Lukaku. Don't think you can blame Alcaraz, he was marking his man. McCarthy on the line got a touch, but nothing else he could do.
 
Sturridge had his first opportunity when he struck the curler from outside the box. McCarthy at fault there for not closing him down.
 
We then played quite well for the next 10 minutes and had several good chances. 29th minute Jags had a good opportunity when he slipped in the box, but got off a good shot that was well saved by Mignolet. On the rebound the angle was against Barry but he picked the wrong option and missed everything.
 
31st minute Mirallas had a very good effort go inches wide.
 
To be fair to us, either of those could have gone in and the whole game would have completely changed, but straight from Mirallas' attempt Liverpool went and scored number 2
 
2nd goal: This was the turning point in the game where we fell apart. We had managed to recover from the 1st goal and loss of Lukaku, but lost the plot after this. Watched this a couple times and have to say this one rests pretty much with Barry who played a terrible ball towards Baines who never had a chance of getting there. Liverpool broke immediately, Stones had been pushing up, true, but I don't think you can say he was out of position. Alcaraz and Jagielka didn't see Sturridge running off them and allowed him in. Could Howard have done better to close the angle? Maybe, but don't think you can blame him. Calamitous defending in front of him.
 
3rd goal: We hadn't even registered the second before we were 3 behind. Jags and Alcaraz completely caught out, not sure what they were watching but it wasn't the ball and it wasn't the man. Sturridge just jogged past them to play the lob. What was Howard doing rushing out for that, got nowhere near it. If he'd stayed on his line the D would have been back and Sturridge still had plenty to do.
 
4th goal:Stones played ball back to Jags who just miscontrolled then lost the chance to stop Suarez. Needed to foul him immediately, but let him run away.
 
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After the 4th goal we actually started to get a foothold back in the game, of course, by then Liverpool were simply holding the lead and looking to run through gaps.
 
Pretty clear that we had a few players that weren't match fit. Gerrard was able to match Barkley throughout the match and I counted at least 3 blocks he put in. Pienaar was a mixed bag, certainly gave the ball away more than he should have, but once he came off we lost all attacking intent on the left side.
 
Neither of our CBs were fit, but 1 on 1 I actually think Stones did really well and to me he looked a good deal quick than Jags or Alacaraz. Hindsight of course, but I think maybe he should have been in the middle alongside whichever of the two CBs was more fit.
 
Did Barkley make a few poor choices, no question, but he still looked miles better than anyone else on the ball save Mirallas.
 
Mirallas, apart from his rash challenge on Toure, was MotM again.
 
Don't think Naismith did anything positive of note, might have had his goal, but I think that's the only time he even displayed attacking intent. His 1 touch passing is especially horrendous, always playing hospital balls and into touch unnecessarily. Vellios must be completely fucking the dog not to get a look in ahead of him. Hindsight again, but should have been Osman or McGeady on for Lukaku with Mirallas through the middle.
 
Baines was anonymous, maybe one good cross, his corners were poor for me and while he wasn't exposed defensively we certainly needed him attacking with the defensive minded Stones on the other side.
 
McCarthy for me was decent, had a chance or two that he could have done better with, but he was the only one in the middle of the park with energy.

I love Roberto but I think he got it horribly wrong tonight. He opted to play his favourites when some of them clearly were not fit enough
Hibbo should have played ahead of Stones and a fit Hietinga is surely a better bet than an unfit Alcaraz and an unfit Jags
 
Osman should have started ahead of a clearly unfit Piennar
 
Rodgers did his homework and they had us sussed before a ball was kicked
 
We were way to gung-ho and should have been trying to get a foothold in the game instead of playing straight into their hands and leaving Sturridge and Suarez the freedom of the park
 

Went with Howard because I felt sorry for him having to mark Sturridge all game because our outfielders were too wank to do the job themselves.

Well that was a bad day at the office and typically it had to be against them lot....
 
All went wrong from the start the selection wasn't great but obviously due to injuries there was not much more choice but the one player right from the off that looked woeful was Pienaar.
 
He just seemed to be lost and completely off the pace lost the ball countless times in the first 15 minutes I'd have started McGeady over him all day long.
 
We can harp on about injuries which fair enough have obviously had a big effect on what went on today but excuses aside we got a spanking and from how we played the first half a fully deserved one at that.
 
We'll move on dust ourselves down and hopefully come back with a few players fit and ready and give Villa a good spanking.

Mirallas, Barkley, Deulofeu, Coleman & Baines. They are real talent. The rest can't change a game with magic.

I don't think it's depth we lack, it's quality: actual, game-changing talent. Like Liverpool do have with Suarez and Sturridge and Coutinho to a lesser extent perhaps. A centre forward and a winger at least. After this game I'd say an upgrade on Barry might be a good idea too, though that might be a bit of a knee-jerk reaction given his fine season so far.

just fuck off you wumming cunt..seriously..now is not the fucking time

Probably applies to about half the RBs in the league.
 
We knew he wasn't going to bomb up and down the wing. We don't know why he was pushing up; presumably the 19 year old makeshift RB wasn't doing that on his own, which leaves RMs instructions. If he's done what he was told and is caught out by teammates poor decisions/passing that's hardly his fault. I suspect RM wanted him to stretch the pitch and try to drag a Liverpool midfielder over. It didn't work, but not much we did today worked. Think Stones is the wrong target for our frustration.

You call that having a go? Seriously? Yeah we had lots of the ball but we did fuck all with it. We weren't sharp in attack, we were slow and lethargic (unless Mirallas had it) so all the shite had to do was sit in. They barely had to do a thing.

Sometimes you can't look at positives.
 
This has highlighted a few things. Liverpool have a much better strike force than us. Clinical.
 
Jagielka is very suspect without a centre half with pace next to him. (Always been the same)
 
Steven Pienaar has bottled yet another Anfield derby. I have yet to see him play half decent in one.
 
In the world of current football. You need attacking Fullbacks and John Stones is very limited in that area. Along with Tony Hibbert. Needs to be assessed.

Well we only lost the second half 1-0

Happy we're using garbutt as cover and not a rash signing. He can go out on loan again next year if needed when Oviedo is better.

Needless to mention we are devastated here in CR, the images are raw enough to make you feel sick, he's a good lad and didn't deserve that all (who deserves it anyway).
 
He does feel grateful for all the support received both from evertonians and costa ricans, and overall the world including players like Radamel Falcao and Hugo Rodallega. WC is indeed a huge doubt now, but he's positive and although the chances are minimum there's a light of hope, let's see what happens.
 
Strangely this wouldn't be the first WC he misses, he already missed U-17 South Korea 2007. Such a bad luck.

I think it's usually spelt Efin or Hefin.

Barry can also play LB if times are desperate, let's hope Baines stays injury free though

Shite!!! Anelka meltdown, the man's a prick but as a footballer he has pace, control, finishing, intelligence, he can play across the front three. A very good player.
 
As for Adam Johnson, he's a quality player.

Anelka has played for massive clubs, has won a lot of trophys including the Premier League (twice), FA Cup (3times) Champions League, Turkish League and the Euros with France.
 
The guy doesn't belong in a list with Adu and Chamakh who aren't even in his league.

Adam Johnson is a brilliant talent on his day. Chalk on his boots and tries to hit the by line. His inconsistency is the problem, with the right manager he will realise his potential.

Sebastian Larsson? That must be a wind up. He's shocking. I'd take Johnson any day of the week over him.

fkin A - never understood the fuss...