Good morning
I can’t recall such an unrewarding game having so many grating facets to it.
Kenny Dalglish has taken the siege mentality to new depths. He used to be tight lipped, frequently blunt. He’s deteriorated into an obtuse Magic 8 ball with an increasingly threadbare array of wannabe clever dick comments.
He’s not only allowed the victim culture of Merseyside to permeate the football club, he’s wearing it as a badge of honour. I’d be fascinated to know just who, outside of that city he’s impressing. The twit that was waiving a green laser pointer in Benny’s face probably thinks King Kenny rocks.
Mind you, I’d crack up if I was beginning to look like a fat Paul McCartney.
Suarez trailed his hand to catch PNB in the face and then deliberately kicked him in the gut. Yet again only the watching millions and not one of the match officials managed to spot this.
Martin Tyler’s commentary on this wasn’t biased, it was straightforward bizarre. His reaction to this blatant assault was to scoff that Parker had only just made a ‘miraculous recovery’ in relation to a nasty go Charlie Adam had just on him.
Ratings then.
8 Self assured, brave in fact all the things you look for in a goal keeper. Or a Lollypop Lady in a particularly rough area.
7 He defended far far better than I can recall. His forward moves amounted to zip but we hired him to defend.
7 Coped with Carroll and just about anything else they had in his stride. It was his kind of game.
7 As ever he added an air of certainty to the back four.
6 Not an amazing performance. The lumping it up turns possession into 50/50 balls. If we could lose those kicks and the crappy throw ins/corners from our game, we’d be in clover.
6 We seem to be getting a different player every time he plays. Last night he didn’t actually do cery much. I’m still unconvinced by him. My fear is he goes from being Dozzell 2.0 to being J**** 3.1 let’s jope not.’
9 “Come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs…” He ended up covered in cuts with Bugs Bunny’s footprint for an appendix scar.
7 The FedEX of Spurs. Distributed like a mother.
6 You need to stop diving Gaz and the left wing ought to be your default setting. Naff game all round.
6 Appears to have rediscovered his mojo somewhat but this wasn’t a game he really made a mark upon.
6 He appears have two or three players constantly wrapped round him. Arry needs to shake up our tactic to include him more. Struggling.
4 Word is he won lots of headers.
Martin Tyler wasn’t commentating last night.
When i saw the team and subs bench before the match, plus the fact our leader was absent i would have settled for the draw… thats exactly what we got, we are a very different team these days, solid performance PNB Amazing as was Daws & Leds I thought Walker was superb, he never gave Ballamy a sniff who incidentally is bang in form, when he went off he did the same with Downing 1st class. Special mention to Friedal as well top drawer Great result and well and truly ground out.
It was a shame that Bale didn’t wrap the game up, when he had the chance.
That would have been the icing on the cake, and that would have given Dalgit something to moan about.
I Still think that Adam is dirtest player in the Prem with Skrtel a very close second.
All in all a well earned point and a clean sheet
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Ratings a tad off today I think Harry. Personally I think Kranky had a better game then Modders AND he was even in their tackling!! Walker deserved far more credit from you after your recent posts about him, he continiously made Bellamy look poor all game (and this is a player whos been on fire) and then when Liverpool finally gave in and replaced him with Downing…first thing he did was to try to skin / race Walker (who had a standing start AND had played 70mins) only to be left in the same dead end that Bellamy had found all game. A great defensive performance.
Dawson was a rock but 7 is a fair score, also, dont really remember Livermore giving the ball away, yes good ole Scotty stole the show but Livermore did a great job in the background, a more then capable back up for Sandro on this showing.
A pity Bale couldn’t stick a finger up to the scouse mob right at the end there but I’ll take a point considering.
Lets welcome some attacking flair back and bring on the bin dippers…
Agree with everything, Walker was much better defensively and Livermore was very solid all game, kept it simple and made some important interceptions. Parker was immense and made some vital covering challenges in the second half when it looked like Liverpool might be in on goal. Dawson too won lots in the air and made a great tackle in the first 5 minutes on Carroll that if mistimed could have been penalty, sending off and game over! King was his usual cool assured self and big nod to Brad for his brave punch/fist/hand through the crowd of players near the end of the game.
However, I thought Modric was poor, especially second half. Wasn’t sure where he was supposed to be playing most of the game and he probably weren’t sure either. Adebayor was too isolated and when he did get the ball he didn’t move it quick enough meaning we lost possession. Bale and Krancjar didn’t get involved enough and Bale was particularly disappointing when he kept trying to take on the whole team rather than give it simple and go for the return. Should have scored at the end too. Benny was below par too, he started to panic at the end when we were under pessure.
Overall though, I’m happy with the point and would have taken it before the game. We kept possession well first half without creating too much but started to drop too deep second half and that meant Ade was too isolated. Thought Saha showed a little promise and would have liked to have seen both play up front for last 20 and try and win the game.
Roll on Newcastle at weekend, hopefully have Lennon and/or VDV back to add a bit of pace and link-up play respectively!
COYS!
Can I just apologise for my previous post. A dose of sanity came over me. It will not happen again
Let the stale bread of a man’s upper lip condemn him to beetroot and lilac flavoured talcum powder. May the wind of my bottom sail up the nose of a Suarez
You’re allowed a sane post once in a while Sid!
However that last sentence was pure genius!!
its an ill wind that blows sewez no good.
Genius… with an edge of Goethe like indifference.
So appropriate on this the 200th anniversary of Dickens’ birth that we can celebrate another master of the Queen’s English. It doesn’t get much better than this.
Anyone else notice Gerrard getting incolved a little too much with the Suarez foul on Parker?
England captain my arse. He’s as bad as Terry in a lot of ways. Another who perpetuates this seige mentality and air of persecution.
Obviously worried about Parker’s position in the England set-up.
All this running 70 yards to get involved in getting Bale booked (which he deserved to be)is typical and needs a warning.
The ref did ok apart from not giving a red to Suarez. He’s young and I can imagine Dalglish telling his lot to pressure him.