Liverpool 2010/11 Season Thread

[hudson]

All over and all over in my opinion. The meffs aren't going to drop many points. Certainly not as many silly ones as us.

[Tetsuo]

Final glimmer of hope gone now Really missed Alonso in midfield today. Lacklustre display from the Reds this afternoon.

Focus has got to be on Europe now, no point putting ourselves through another game like that again this season.

[MonkeySteve]

Yet more dropped points at home

We need to win every game now, fo sho. I don't think we've got the depth of quality this season, but it ain't over 'til it's over.

[saif]

We HAD the quality but a number of players seem to have gone backwards. What has happened to Ryan Babel? Why is Lucas unable to make a game?
Why is Dunne playing as goalkeeper? Why do we concede goals on about 50% of the chances we give away?
It is so frustrating and with what has happened in other games and teams playing weakened sides against Man U (wtf Fulham?) the gap seems unassailable. So did 3-0 at Istanbul but when decisions will not go for us, it is so hard.

[Supergoal]

Who ever says the league is over is right actually. Apparently there have only been two other occasions when a team who was top of the league at this stage with a 7 or so point lead has ever gone on to NOT win it, and lets be frank about it, we're in no good form to start saying hope this or can do that..

[ezee ryder]

It is so frustrating and with what has happened in other games and teams playing weakened sides against Man U (wtf Fulham?)

abigsmurf, is that you?!

[MonkeySteve]

Who ever says the league is over is right actually. Apparently there have only been two other occasions when a team who was top of the league at this stage with a 7 or so point lead has ever gone on to NOT win it, and lets be frank about it, we're in no good form to start saying hope this or can do that..

...I remember Man Utd once losing a fairly big lead to Arsenal, but I don't think it's going to happen again. I can see them having a little wobble between now and the end, but not enough of one, especially with the comfortable run-in they have. Let's face it, they have a stronger squad, a stronger mentality and they've been in this position countless times before and know what it's all about

Can't stop believing though

[abigsmurf]

Liverpool have too tough of a schedule to realistically get the points back. That said though, Man U have a tough line up too. They could realistically lose to liverpool and Villa and draw against Arsenal.

I think realistically, it's a fight for the second automatic CL qualification spot.

[C']

I honestly think the Arsenal match is going to come too late to matter now. It's the penultimate game of the season.

[MonkeySteve]

I honestly think the Arsenal match is going to come too late to matter now. It's the penultimate game of the season.

I agree. Let's not forget, we also need to win all our games, which on yesterdays form, is not going to happen.

I hope we at least take maximum points from Boro & Sunderland so that we can go into the Man U game still in touch. A win at Old Trafford, even though we'd still be 4 points behind, would turn up the heat a little.

[Supergoal]

As much as it pains me to say, and yes, football is a funny old game and anything can happen BUT.. There is no way Man Utd will squander a 7 point lead in the next 12 games. The facts and figures point out that, they have won their last 12 or so games in a row, so why would they not win their next 12? .. Everyone goes on about the law of averages, but it's the same as saying, if you flip a coin 10 times and each time it lands on heads, the 11th toss of the coin will still be a 50 - 50 chance. So what I'm trying to say is, because they have won lots of games in a row, it doesn't necessarily mean they are due a bad patch now till the end of the season.

Speaking from my own view on our own team, can you really say we deserve to win the league after the times we've been awful this season anyway?.. I can't

[bowser123]

abigsmurf, is that you?!

The complaint works a little better if his team hadn't rested players against Fulham and upset Warnock over it the other year.

[Steakman]

No we don't deserve the league in any sense, our home record is abysmal compared to what we're used to. However i still think we have made alot of progress this year and i'm just hoping we get the behind-the-scenes stuff sorted out asap because it's hurting us bigtime. That and a mini clearout in the summer, you all know who you are, then hopefully, hopefully we can get some squad depth and quality to stop these silly dropped points at home ( man city game not included, we didnt deserve to draw let alone win!).

[SharkSkin-Man]

Although it could/should be better, our home record is still better than Chelsea, Villa or Arsenal and we are still undefeated there.

Yesterday was a good illustration of the problem that exists which will (probably, it's not over yet!) keep us from winning the league. We were missing two of our best/most creative players in Xabi Alonso and Gerrard. Our options for direct replacements in the midfield were Lucas, who has about 15 starts in English football to his name and Jay Spearing, who has never even kicked a ball in the premier league. Both might turn out to be cracking players in the future, but at the moment you wouldn't want to have to rely on either of them.

I'm happy with the progress made this season though, we've become an incredibly difficult team to beat with lots of fight and character, just missing a little bit of spark/magic outside of Gerrard and Torres and a little bit of depth in the squad.
Unfortunately that last little bit is the really hard part...we'll either need 2 or 3 of the kids coming through to be real top/international quality (and only Insua looks likely at the moment) or we'll need to invest in players in the same fashion as United (i.e supporting the manager by paying what is required to get his first choice targets).

[Supergoal]

Unfortunately that last little bit is the really hard part...we'll either need 2 or 3 of the kids coming through to be real top/international quality (and only Insua looks likely at the moment) or we'll need to invest in players in the same fashion as United (i.e supporting the manager by paying what is required to get his first choice targets).

Then we're buggered, because we can't compete financially to buy in the first choice players.