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*Official* English Football Season 2014-15
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Nate
You'll Never Walk Alone
Lots of 'experts' in here when it comes to Liverpool's team composition I see. 
Was completely baffled by the backlash against Rodgers actually showing stones and resting players when necessary, particularly the ones who have been sub-par this season. Henderson and Sterling needed a rest, Lucas is our only genuine defensive midfielder (crucial in breaking up RM's attacks), and while anyone would have been better than Johnson and Lovren, Manquillo was solid, and Kolo had an absolute freaking blinder.
Just hope this wasn't a one-off - they were all positive changes, and need to keep occurring.
Was completely baffled by the backlash against Rodgers actually showing stones and resting players when necessary, particularly the ones who have been sub-par this season. Henderson and Sterling needed a rest, Lucas is our only genuine defensive midfielder (crucial in breaking up RM's attacks), and while anyone would have been better than Johnson and Lovren, Manquillo was solid, and Kolo had an absolute freaking blinder.
Just hope this wasn't a one-off - they were all positive changes, and need to keep occurring.
Cabinet96
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Bet Adrian Durham lays into them tomorrow on Talk****e.
You can't win or shut them up unless you win the League or Champions League. If not the press will say Wenger is under pressure.
Ikki
Hall of Fame Member
It's not just that, it's that even 1 point from the Real game could've been huge. He has basically gone all in on beating Basel and at least tieing with Ludagorets and that's no guarantee. I'm disappointed he didn't at least play Coutinho, Sterling and Gerrard for the first 45, tried to get something and then subbed them off if they didn't.
People are okay with it now because we didn't get thrashed at least on the scoreline but we were outplayed even worse than the first game.
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Ikki
Hall of Fame Member
I think the only reason he has suggested as such is to escape UEFA's regulations per having to play a strong team. He clearly rested most of the 1st team players - some of who were even good against Newcastle and played some who weren't that good (Moreno). This was a pure throwaway game to him - which pisses me off frankly - as it was a Jordan Rossiter away from being the league cup team.
A lot of Liverpool fans are happy with it but I think it was abysmal. It took 55 minutes for us to register a shot on their goal and in the first half alone they had 13 (27 in total). Kolo had a big game, as did Lucas and Mignolet but we barely got out of our half so I'm not sure what some fans are on about. I think they expected worse seeing the line-up and are happy the team fought to not make it worse, but in terms of actual quality football we were barely in the match until the last 10 minutes and even then they still looked more likely to score.
Onto the Chelsea game, which I'm not looking forward to. At least we'll have fresh starters.
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sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Haha yeah, I saw that. Other Spanish publications have accused Rodgers of disrespecting the competition and the Liverpool fans. I must say, if I were a Liverpool fan and I had traveled all the way to Madrid to watch the game (that was by no means a dead rubber) I'd be pretty PO'd to see a 4-5 key players all left out of the side.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Anderlecht first was about three feet offside, ftr.
Liverpool's team was disappointing for what it represented, mainly. Which was pretty much running up the white flag. Easy to forget now, but until the Anfield game yer Scousers had a 100% record versus Real and hadn't even conceded a goal.
Phil Thompson and Alan Hansen turning in their graves as we speak. Were they dead, obvz.
Liverpool's team was disappointing for what it represented, mainly. Which was pretty much running up the white flag. Easy to forget now, but until the Anfield game yer Scousers had a 100% record versus Real and hadn't even conceded a goal.
Phil Thompson and Alan Hansen turning in their graves as we speak. Were they dead, obvz.
Cabinet96
Hall of Fame Member
Who would you be angry about them leaving out though? Sterling? Fair enough, I'd want to see him play. Coutinho? I like him but he's been pretty inconsistent this season. Gerrard, Balotelli, Johnson and Lovren have all been poor. People like Platini saying Rodgers should have to give an explanation is just stupid. I mean the only people who can genuinely feel ripped off about not getting to see Dejan Lovren play would be the home support.
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Like I said yesterday, in such a match I would expect to see him play the strongest XI possible. I'm willing to accept the argument that the strongest XI for yesterday's game might not have included some of the players that were benched, but the team that was put out was no way the strongest XI that could have been selected.
Ikki
Hall of Fame Member
Bro, we fielded a weaker team on purpose, it's obvious. I'd kind of agree with Balotelli and Lovren; Johnson has also been hit and miss but Gerrard has been our best player in the last few games that featured him. He was class last time we played Real, the only player that looked like he could play in the Real team.
Simply put though a team without Gerrard (captain), Henderson (vice-captain), Sterling (best player) and to a lesser extent Coutinho, Johnson, Balotelli and Lovren is more or less our B team. The line-up you saw at the Bernabeu has basically been our Carling Cup team.
I don't think there is much difference between the defenders, but the midfielders and attacking midfielders especially are just a different class for us. Rodgers set up a midfield that, Lallana aside, doesn't usually create anything. Lucas, Can and Allen are all more or less holding midfielders. It was as if he set them up to get nothing out of the game. Every time either Borini or Markovic broke forward it was like 1 v 4; while the rest of the team camped in our own half.
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How does he still play for them?