Liverpool 2010/11 Season Thread

[Kongster]

Right, I'm outta here... lol

[ezee ryder]

**** man, what is it with you lot not sensing my banter tone? Must be the symptoms of the running scared

Glad you acknowledge just how much we are an amazing team.

Your banter tone is fine, I think mine is hard to sense though especially when it comes to certain people

I shall say what I have said all along, Liverpool have played well this season especially during the latter half of it.

[Matt]

I shall say what I have said all along, Liverpool have played well this season especially during the latter half of it.

But not as well as United, which is why they are CHAMPIONS

[SharkSkin-Man]

Slightly o/t, did Keane get a good reception at Anfield today?

Standing ovation when he scored and clapped off the pitch at full time.

[hudson]

The season in numbers. The stats below are from The Guardian. You can read their much larger list featuring other clubs here.



22 – Liverpool have recouped the most points from losing positions this season.

5 - Danny Murphy has scored five goals this season – all penalties.

100 – Nicolas Anelka, Frank Lampard and Emile Heskey all scored their 100th Premier League goals this season to make it 16 players to reach this landmark.

7 – Peter Crouch scored more headed goals than any other player.

9 – Spurs, Manchester United and Liverpool all had nine goals scored by substitutes – a joint-league high.

109 – Hull, Stoke and Liverpool made the most substitutions.

3 – Liverpool have the most players who have accrued 10 or more goals this season.

7 –Liverpool had more opponents sent -off than any other side in the top division.

8 – Eight different Liverpool players scored with shots from outside the box.

0 – Liverpool were the only team not to suffer a home defeat in the Premier League.

30 – Liverpool garnered 30 points against their north west rivals.

77 – Liverpool were the league's top scorers with 77 goals.

6 – Jamie Carragher and Richard Dunne now hold the Premier League record for own goals with six apiece.

86 – Liverpool's total of 86 points is their best ever haul in Premier League history.

2 – Liverpool became the first team in top-flight history to lose only two games and not win the title.

86 – Liverpool's tally of 86 points is the highest of any team not winning the league in a 38-game Premier League season.

110 – Liverpool allowed their opponents fewer shots on target than any other team.

61 – Djibril Cisse was caught offside more than any other player.

[EJG1980]

Standing ovation when he scored and clapped off the pitch at full time.

Nice one, top quality fans up there.

[SharkSkin-Man]

I think everyone bar Diouf gets a decent reception when they return to Anfield, even if they were fringe players. Brad Friedel always looks a bit embarrassed by the pretty significant applause he gets

Plenty of Spurs fans stayed well after the game had finished and clapped Sami Hyypia off, which was nice to see.

[abigsmurf]

http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/dailypoke/archive/2009/05/21/what-can-you-do-to-spark-a-little-location-based-rivalry.aspx

I lolled

[saif]

Everton two, Liverpool One eh?

That is actually pretty funny, if they move though, won't that be their only presence in Liverpool?

[SharkSkin-Man]

Yeah, that about sums the blues up.

In other news: The Rafa shake up has started this week, Gary Ablett and a sizeable chunk of the academy coaching staff have been binned.

[abigsmurf]

Is that a sign of them cutting back or are they putting a stronger focus onto their youth side?

[SharkSkin-Man]

Well up until now, Rafa has had very little/no say in how the youth set-up is run, it's basically been run by Rick Parry (who leaves this week). So it looks like he's bringing in some of his own guys.

He's brought in Jose Segura already and there have been rumours for ages about Kenny Dalglish coming in to take some kind of role.

[saif]

Could Ryan be on his way out? I am not a great believer in Guardian coverage for Liverpool (their foreign coverage is really good though) so not sure how believable it is - they said a few times last season that Juve had confirmed purchase of Xabi.
He just has not really worked out - post Olympics he has not looked with it and seems too unreliable.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/may/27/ryan-babel-agent-liverpool-departure

The youth team got hammered in the Youth Cup Final, home and away, though they have won it a few times recently. I think the change required is actually above the youth team - we have not had a first teamer coming through in a while (except Insua). Before that, it was left back Warnock and the most accomplished atm looks to be present left back Buchtmann....
Impressive YT prospects I have seen are Amoo, Buchtmann and Pachecho (in reserves). I just dunno if they will make it though. Need to see how Nemeth works out too.

[SharkSkin-Man]

I think the change required is actually above the youth team - we have not had a first teamer coming through in a while (except Insua).

Well, Gary Ablett has been let go too, so a new reserve coach will be coming in.

And Babel has been a 100% definite sale for a while, Rafa will happily take a £2-3m loss as well I reckon.

[hudson]

It's a larf, innit?