18 Aug 2015 07:48:28
Been a looong time since I last posted.

Not great, our 1st 2 games. But that's 6 points in the bag.

I'll take play badly but win over play well but lose.

Like, wouldn't you guys take winning the title 2 seasons ago but playing like crap over playing the champagne football we did but finishing 2nd?

I don't care if Arsenal plays us off the park in our next game. It doesn't matter if they have 70% possession, 30 shots on goal, hit the posts 10 times n we barely touch the ball but score a 1 nil win via a Benteke header by means of an up-and-under.

I'd like us to be like Barca - play beautifully n win. But if not, then let's just win 1st. :)


1.) 18 Aug 2015
18 Aug 2015 08:14:25
thats just silly!its not that lfc where in control and where playing a blinding containment/defensive game,it was because lady luck shone on lfc last night and unless their is an improvement its not only the arsenals in the league lfc will have to worry about,its also the Bournemouths, which is worrying


2.) 18 Aug 2015
18 Aug 2015 08:20:23
Most of us will take results over performance, at least if the results get us somewhere (trophy, top 4 etc). The thing is there is no magic in football, if we will keep on with this performance we will not get results. Yesterday was pure luck. A different referree/assistant and we could have lost the game. And you can get lucky once or twice. Not every game.

I personally cannot see where will the huge improvement that we so urgently need, will come from. Our two main problems are our midfield and passing the ball accurately in the last third, exactly like last season. Our only creative player who can hold the ball, run with it and pass it under pressure is Coutinhou. The others either pass it straight away in the good case (Milner) or dribble and lose it (Ibe, Lallana). We are very easy to defend against. If you close up on Cout and Beneteke, that's it for us. And as we cannot hold the ball in midfield, we let the opposition run on our defence again and again. Yesterday I think we cenceded 5-6 corners in the first 10 minutes. Other teams will make the most of that (even Bournamouth did but the ref took the goal from them). It all just looks so last season that you need to be extremely optimistic to hope for a massive change.

6 points from two games is a good result but the performance doesn't allow us to be optimistic.


3.) 18 Aug 2015
18 Aug 2015 08:50:28
youre arguement is only valid if we continue picking up 3 points like this. just like what word up is saying, performing like this could cost us points rather than gain us points.

chelsea last season weren't particularly playing beautiful football, but they were defensively strong, and assured.


4.) 18 Aug 2015
18 Aug 2015 08:55:42
Benteke hasn't yet scored a header for us. Two goals - both with feet.


5.) 18 Aug 2015
18 Aug 2015 09:07:20
There are bits of truth in all you guys say .

But aww c'mon. Let's just enjoy the 6 points for now.

I wonder if we had played like a dream but had no luck n lost to a goal that deflected in off the shadow of a beach ball, what kinda posts we will have here. Lol

Let's just enjoy the 6 points ok?

It could have been a lot worse. We could've all been Chelski fans. I bet their page is just full of fire and brimstone. Haa


6.) 18 Aug 2015
18 Aug 2015 09:28:27
Fanibop, Firmino and Can would improve things. I really hope they start against Arsenal.


7.) 18 Aug 2015
18 Aug 2015 09:30:59
As others have said before, our luck will run out. If we had won 1-0 through a legitimate goal, and threatened on a number of other occasions, and looked strong in defence, then 1-0 is fine. The reality is that they had a goal chalked off which was dubious, we scored a goal that should have been ruled out, and we weren't creative enough against a side who will be in the bottom half of the table, and are very inexperienced at this top level.


8.) 18 Aug 2015
18 Aug 2015 12:30:38
Probably need to wait until post Arsenal game, but if we play at the same level as we have against Stoke and Bournemouth then expect us to get beaten in a similar manner as happened last season i.e. 4 - 1.

Happy for us to play badly and win, provided on most occasions we play well. Remembering back to 13/14 season, I can only recall a few games where we played badly (Hull away, Villa at home - and a couple of others). Last season I could only recall a few games where we played well - and this season has started off in the same manner! We have no chance of finishing top four unless we up our game.

If we play well against Arsenal next week and end up losing I won't actually worry. I suspect what will happen is that we won't play well and we'll lose.