29 Jan 2015 09:39:52
Looking for your opinions on our coaching (coaches and their tactics).
1. Why in nearly three years can we still not defend on set pieces no matter which selection of defenders we put out.
2. Why do we (especially our defenders) look so poor at attacking the ball when we have a set piece.
3. Why is Sterlings and Coutinhos shooting so so poor. Please let's not do the "he's only 20 years old" thing again. They are long enough with the first team that they should be improving this critical activity.
4. Why is our goalkeeper so poor at distributing the ball (a great shot stopper but there's more to go than just that).

I'm just interested in people's opinions of whether we don't have the quality of players, or quality of coaches, or is it our coaching methods or is it something else.
Thanks.

1.) 29 Jan 2015
29 Jan 2015 09:47:21
I feel this is a post just to complain at nothing like 90% of all your posts on the site.

2.) 29 Jan 2015
29 Jan 2015 10:21:10
I actually thought it was a good post. making a very good point.

Rex

3.) 29 Jan 2015
Red Ramsis, so you don't feel these are genuine issues with us?

4.) 29 Jan 2015
29 Jan 2015 11:34:34
1. Why in nearly three years can we still not defend on set pieces no matter which selection of defenders we put out.

A combination of the wrong players being out there and poor training.

2. Why do we (especially our defenders) look so poor at attacking the ball when we have a set piece.

In attack - considering the numbers we scored from set plays (and not just directly) last season, I'd actually be looking at the deteriorating quality of the balls in. If you meant whilst defending, you've just asked the same question twice

3. Why is Sterlings and Coutinhos shooting so so poor. Please let's not do the "he's only 20 years old" thing again. They are long enough with the first team that they should be improving this critical activity.

Because neither of them are strikers or natural finishers, and being in a team whilst developing so far with 2 exceptional finishers in front of them has meant that they had other much more important priorities to work on such as positional sense, passing, holding the ball under pressure, dropping in perfectly weighted through balls etc. The fact that Sturridge has been injured and Suarez hasn't been replaced in the past 4 months doesn't mean these two should suddenly become something that they aren't - the longer we're without depth up front, the more they'll work on it but for their day to day specialist training it won't have been the top priority at any point so far. So you might not like the fact that the reason is they are young but it's the truth - they are young, they haven't had time to work on every one of their weaknesses and so the other that was the biggest strength of the squad at large until recently will not have been a priority.

4. Why is our goalkeeper so poor at distributing the ball (a great shot stopper but there's more to go than just that).

Partly bad coaching, but he was never great and never will be. The better question is why don't we make ourselves more available in less risky areas when he's trying? Does every ball need to be a perfectly weighted one to someone on the line, on to a CB being closed down by 3 players with no room for error?

5.) 29 Jan 2015
Thanks Hijackle, point 2 was when we have a corner or a free kick, I watch how aggressive Terry, Cahill, Ivanovic are but don't see the same when our guys are in the oppositions box. Skertle and Sakho are real big guys but don't seem to attack the oppositions goal in the way that other CB's do. Maybe it's an art that is starting to disappear from the modern game.

As for Couts and Sterling I still think that their finishing is below par for players of their quality regardless of whether we had good strikers last season but again that's just my opinion.

6.) 29 Jan 2015
29 Jan 2015 11:59:55
1. We have been defending much better latley conceding 8 in the last 11.

2. We scored the most from set pieces last season so its a pointless point. its rather the deliveries of Gerrard that has been very weak this season. He was the assist leader because of his set pieces last season but this season that is not the case.

3. Why should we not have he is 20? what is he 30 in disguise? He is 20 and the other is 22 and they have immense pressure on their shoulders. Just cast your memory back to the pre season game vs City where sterling scored 2 world class finishes you haven't seen before or since. Why? because it was a friendly, no pressure! He is carrying this club and is the top scorer if you take away Gerrards penalties. Once others more experienced around them and in form the presurre on them will be less and they will score more. Specially as the coaching staff has been giving both coutinho and sterling extra finishing sessions.

4. Anyone who critisizes mignolet of late needs to give there head a wobble. he has been excellent in the last 5 games and not only his shot stopping but also his command of the area has been very good compared to before and he has been improving his handling as well so he flaps a lot less. his kicking is weak but that is a weak argument to judge a GK by anyways. Pass pass pass is nonsense and has got us no where so i don't mind him kicking it in the stands under pressure instead of inviting more pressure.

As i said your post was a moan about nothing. and it doesn't worry me one bit because i have serious worries. LOL

7.) 29 Jan 2015
29 Jan 2015 14:05:56
Red if you think this seasons football as a whole, the managers mouthing to the press and the lack of passion in players like Balotelli is acceptable then that's fine for you, I personally don't accept where we are in the league regardless of the half a season left to play especially when we went out of the champions league with nothing but a whimper and by playing most of the games without a proper striker, we also took so long to get back in it i don't see how Rodgers could then say we weren't going to challenge this season on any front when he had the funds and chance to put us in a stronger position after Luis left and make us more than capable of at least having a go, If your happy that's fine, me, and lots like me are fed up of the constant players bought to go out on loan never to be seen again, the non playing of promising youth who go on loan never to be seen again when to be quite frank a lot of them are better than the players we've signed to play in their respective positions, and the always signing players with so called promise instead of the one or two world class additions that would make all the difference, the clubs a shambles let's not sugar coat the whole thing due to a small handful of performances lately that to be fair weren't actually that good, goals make results, and good defending helps too, we have neither end of

8.) 29 Jan 2015
In regard to the defensive problems.
Every formation has it's plus and minus points.
The key to it is to work out what the weakness's are for a particular formation and work on them in training.
It means that you know what the opposition are going to try to do in terms of stopping you and that in turn gives a better understanding of the formation to the players because they know the weak points.

9.) 29 Jan 2015
29 Jan 2015 14:45:29
the meeoaners! your sight needs checking! i never said i was happy with BR and didn't even talk about the excuse of a footballer called mario. if BR gets top 4 he won't get the boot end of. Oh and please understand that what you said only proves how fickle you are. END OF

10.) 29 Jan 2015
Fickle to feel he has thrown away our season through nonsensical decisions and presided over the most embarrassing champions league showing in the history of the club. My names john barnez and I'm a fickle.

11.) 29 Jan 2015
29 Jan 2015 17:57:06
Answer to all the above:

We're just not that good really mate.