Liverpool Banter Archive December 23 2013

23 Dec 2013 22:13:35
great result for us tonight lads on top while level on games with our main rivals can't remember the last time tbh.happy christmas to all the eds and reds hope you all have 1 to remember, to all the guys who never moaned about rodgers or fsg or suarez, lads you guys deserve this great feeling the most.because you have played your part as fans.to the moaners luv yis all the same but try remember when your team is down they need you the most (istanbul comes to mind) ynwa

23 Dec 2013 22:08:00
Alright Liverpool fans, we have two days to act as stuck up as Arsenal fans have been all season. We're top!

Bit harsh that Zaki
But hope you get a fantastic result boxing day, be a real test but do it there and all will sit up and more than take notice

I agree Gunner62. Zaki is getting a wee bit carried away there. More like a Manchester United fan. A bit more class would be better.

Totally agree, that was not nice Zaki but its xmas so bless you lol.

We don't want anyone to take notice, we want to go about our business quietly

I wish Arsenal all the best. They are a classy club with a great team.

Ken, you Sir are a gentleman.

Sorry for being mean but I have so many friends that are Arsenal fans and they've been teasing me about being top of the lwague. You guys are good people and well done for being calm about being at the top

23 Dec 2013 21:56:28
Top of the table at Christmas, you can't ask for much better really.

23 Dec 2013 21:24:19
As it stands were top and I just realised suarez coutinho and sturridge only started a small amount of games together not enough time to all click we were missing suarez for 6games then coutinho for roughly the same now sturrdige our squad is better than most think I for one am impressed can't wait for january signings and hopefully a injury free spell

When the lads return it will be like new signings :)

23 Dec 2013 20:39:34
Merry Xmas to all my fellow reds and the eds. have a good one and hopefully we will all be waking up to the best present we could all wish for and seeing us sat on the top of the pile. My question is, just for a bit of fun, if you could swap any Liverpool player from the starting squad against cardiff for any other premierleague player, who would it be? I personally would change Johnson and replace him with Azpilicueta who seems more defensively sound. Also looking to go to my first match at anfield towards the end of the season so any advice on how to get tickets would be very much appreciated.

Sure Coleman is better than him any player would be hazard for sterling I think he will be good I like sterling but any player would be crazy to turn up a higher class player

Johnson for aguero.

Ok then I'll say it. Barkley for Gerrard. Even carragher mentioned them in the same sentence tonight! Don't get me wrong - I would be happy with 4th this season but I WANT 1st for gerrard's sake alone. But we got to look to the future dudes. Peace. Happy yuletide everyone.

ChiefScout is on to me.

23 Dec 2013 17:10:46
just like to wish fellow reds posters and the Eds a Merry Xmas and Happy new Year, and a special one for DaveyBootle don't get arrested m8!

Merry Christmas & happy new year. Have a blast!

Merry xmas :-)

23 Dec 2013 16:08:24
Just to say Merry Xmas to all the ED's, posters and readers - stay safe and.

If you have not seen the new Kolo interview - it is a must - what a signing and on a free as well - I think he may be at the club long after his playing days are over

If we do get in the top 4 - what a transfer window we could have next summer - I think it is obvious as good as the squad has been performing this year it is quite thin and to even enter in to the CL we will have to buy - the amount of names we will be linked with will be great fun for us to read and it is going to drive the Ed's mad

23 Dec 2013 15:26:37
Merry Christmas Ed001, Ed002 and all posters

{Ed002's Note - You have a great holiday season Chris. You have won poster of the year again but sadly #WonderDogSparky got to your hamper first.}

Merry Christmas Chris

Yes, I've heard all about it Ed, I don't mind that he ate all the food but I was shocked to hear what he'd done with the award! Dirty little dog

He's me thinking the award was going to Harry scouser as well. Lol

Merry Christmas Chris in Tamworth.

23 Dec 2013 15:02:15
Hey Eds.

Merry Christmas to you all.

How much does a prospective player value a teams league position when considering a move to the club?

The reason I ask is that I wonder if players like Salah will consider Liverpool's possibility of Champions league Football next season before a move in comparison to other clubs that may have shown interest that may not be able to offer the same prospect?

Is it a big consideration or does it generally just come down to the money being offered in the contract for most players?

Will our current position in the league make us more attractive to players during the upcoming window?

I'm just interested to find out what is normally important to the players upon making the decision to move.

Thanks in advance Eds.

{Ed002's Note - Players will want to be playing in the CL so it will be a consideration.}

23 Dec 2013 14:37:32
Hi all.

Regarding the January Transfer window. I feel BR should rather go for loans or buy under 21 yr old players than try to secure any so called "big signings" for Starting places in the team
The reason for this is that the amount of "world class" players willing to make a transfer to us is not as many as there would be in the summer after we have Champions League qualification.
So instead of blowing a huge amount on a 3 or 4 star player in January rather hold off and sign a 5 star player at the same price in the summer.
Unless we can find top top player players in jan to buy, we should not waste money and settle for less quality. Rather invest in a bit of depth that can pull us through the season so we have a huge pot to spend then.

{Ed002's Note - That's not going to happen. Sorry.}

Whats not going to happen?

{Ed002's Note - The loans.}

Adding to what Ed has said, a club can only have 2 players on loan. We have cissokho and Moses, unless either of them is sent back, we cannot have any more loan players unless it is a loan to buy.

23 Dec 2013 13:48:25
Hi everyone, goodwill to all my fellow reds

If we get decent results against city and chelsea, should Gerrard sit on the bench when fit or automatically be selected. It's giving me grief, Stevie G is a king among footballers and men. I don't envy BR the decision.

Happy Holidays, and true goodwill to all of us, whatever color/team/creed or country we are from. and also m not that any of us needs reminding. Remember the 96. YNWA

Gerrard should only play when one of ll ja or jh get injured. Then it's down to him to cement a place. Just as skrtle has done, as well as Allen and sterling.

Benny,
Injuries? Surely must, for example, day form, or Melwood progress, or opposition matter? So far, I think Mr Rodgers show some skill in selecting the match day team and squad. As opposed to having players firmly unchallenged in their position.

Stick Gerrard at right back, and leave Allen & Henderson in the middle. Johnson plays better on the left so let him fight it out with Flannagan. Merry Crimbo!

Camborne, Cornwall

Gerrard right back randon!?!?!?

The only time Gerrard should be on the bench is against Spurs, Southampton, Hull, West Brom and Arsenal as we need dynamic players in the team for those games.

23 Dec 2013 12:13:53
Merry Christmas you shower of egg-heads!

Stay out of trouble.

Stay off the ale.

Don't eat too much s***e.

. and don't spend it alone!

Many of you do my head in to be fair, as I do you ;-), but I love you all really, and I'm proud to be a fellow red and proud to be part of a passionate group of supporters.

Right, I'm off to have a festive argument with a load of blue-noses.

Let there be blood!

Well done Ed's.

Take care everyone.x

{Ed002's Note - Enjoy Davey.}

23 Dec 2013 11:25:03
Merry Xmas Ed001, Ed 002 and all my fellow reds(too many regulars to name lol). Keep safe wherever in the world you might be. Really looking forward to the jan window and the rest of the season for a change ha ha. Raising a glass to a successful 2014 for us all, keep the faith, we are in good hands. A big shout out to the families of the 96 at this time of year too, I hope they have the best Xmas they can possibly have in the circumstances. They may be gone but they will never be forgotten.
JFT 96

{Ed002's Note - Enjoy Simon.}

Well said ynwa

23 Dec 2013 08:35:19
Rip jamie skinner and david paul.ynwa

23 Dec 2013 02:55:22
Expectations:

Few weeks ago I posted time to step up! and Henderson, Allen, Lucas & Sterling who I had picked out specifically as my biggest concerns but wow they have delivered.
Without Stevie we have more fluidity and play at a higher tempo, Lucas and Henderson are not being overworked chasing back and have more defined roles. I am not bagging Stevie he is still one of the best players in the EPL but clearly without him we are currently playing with much more creativity.

Our current injuries have been more of a blessing than a hinderance enabling Flanno and Allen to shine, on current performance only Sturridge would be put back in to the squad. My point is that at times out bench has looked pretty thin and only our first team regulars can mount any serious threat for top 4 but now that our fringe players have had time to shine we certainly have more depth than first thought.

Will we win the league? probably not as BR has stated MC have more depth and deeper pockets as do Chelsea but better players and more money does not guarantee success. On current form I believe we could beat anyone in the EPL, as with all fans at the start of the campaign I would settle for top 4 but their is no harm in dreaming of winning the league.

What will we achieve over the next few games? will we win against MC and Chelsea, I don't know but we are certainly in better form and have more team solidarity now than at any time in the last few seasons.

I have always been a fan of BR and believe as performance shows we are moving in the right direction, were by far not the finished article but were at last moving in the right direction. If we add players of the quality of Sturridge and Countinho like we did last January you maybe can start dreaming of the league! the next couple of games will not decide the season we are only half way through, but if we come out of the festive season with the upper hand we will be ideally placed.

Gday Jules, good to find an Australian who does not want to talk Cricket these days. I'm also dreaming of winning the premier league, will be one hell of a party in Liverpool the day they parade that cup through the streets. But for the moment there's only 8 points between 1st and 8th place and enough games to turn everything upside down. I happy for now Liverpool are marching forward.

23 Dec 2013 00:36:56
Eds, how much attention is paid by referees to replays of games? I'm asking as Skrtel's penchant for shirt swapping is drawing a fair bit of attention. Would Mike Riley or someone be pointing out issues for refs to watch out for? Or is this just one of many things that goes on week in week out and refs are too busy just trying to keep up? That said, I'd punt on Sakho's aggression paired with Agger's ball ability for City, though can see why BR would stick with Skrtel's current form.

{Ed002's Note - They try and go in to games with an open mind. However pushing and pulling shirts in the penalty area is an area clubs are warned about when they are briefed by referees every few months.}

Skirtle's shirt tugging in the penalty area was very concerning but even more worrying for me was that even with this he was still second to the ball.

It would be better if he concentrates more on winning the header/clearing the ball. That is another way of defending which Sakho does well.

23 Dec 2013 00:03:33
Banter please Ed,

Evening Gents,
Ok, I have had enough about me praising Suarez, you can bloody keep him(smiles).

Another of your boys who has really impressed me is Courtinho. When we turned you over at the Emirates we pretty much dominated the first half but when he came on in the 2nd half, wow, what a difference.

Very very good player IMO. Brilliant passer of the ball and i'm going to assume Suarez must love playing in front of him?

Any chance of him coming to Arsenal? lol

This is how I remember . we started better than you and the goal was against the run of play

We got a lesson in football in that game in Emerites, I think that's been the turning point in our current form. Now we are moving the ball much quicker in midfield and from last third to final third since that game. What would you say to a rematch?

You have Ozil and Carzorla who play in the roles that Coutinho plays at Liverpool(LW and CAM to put it in FIFA terms). So why would you want to sacrifice one of them in order to have Coutinho? Alright Coutinho's got age on his side, but Ozil and Carzorla are top play makers.

Perhaps you should concentrate on your own players, rather than drooling over others.
I can understand you drooling over strikers though, Giroud on his own is not enough, even if he is performing well.

"Perhaps you should concenrate on your own players"? Wow, chill out HSF.

Yes I know Puzzled, I posted last week what a wonderful player Suarez is and HSF threw his toys out of the pram and said "why are Arsenal supporters coming onto our site and mentioning our players".
HSF, chill buddy, do you not know what banter is? there's nothing wrong with me coming on here and praising your players, its not as if i'm saying stupid things about your boys is it?
I find all the Liverpool posters on here fair and very level headed. You on the other hand are very much full of yourself and think that Liverpool are way way ahead of Arsenal. Sorry my friend, but there's very little difference between Liverpool and Arsenal, the only obvious difference is you have the best striker in world football, apart from that, there's not a lot in it.

Apologies if this post offends any of you other Liverpool supporters, that's not my intention, this is just directed at HSF.
Mate, grow up and look up the word banter.

Don't get discouraged with these stuff, you are more than welcome around here, Good banter is always welcome.

Thanks Chaki

Dagenham I seem to remember you getting mardy with me when I threw banter at you. I spoke of your annual crumble and you acted as if it was an act of treason.