First of all, this isn't a huge analysis on the match today.
I'd like to put things in perspective. Today we knew we were weakened, Kelly, Johnson and Gerrard amongst the absentees.
The line up consisted of a 4-4-2, that was the first problem, why 4-4-2? We needed to deal with their strong midfield and hit them on the counter really, we should have played a 4-2-3-1, the four in defence, the two midfielders to drop back and secure the gap on the right of the defence (Likely to be exposed by Gareth Bale). We needed a strong attack but players who can still come back and deal with any potential threats. We needed hard working, experienced players who can also help our new players settle and link up with the regulars.
We should have had Kuyt over Henderson, why? Kuyt is a hard working player who could have easily contributed to the front line whilst still maintaining a strong performance in our own half, he could have helped Charlie Adam and Lucas when we were being overrun in midfield and could have even help deal with the threat of Gareth Bale. Skrtel on the right wasn't the problem in my opinion, Flanagan isn't ready, which he proved against Sunderland and he just lacks the experience to deal in the situations where it would otherwise require a young player a few seconds to decide what to do. Kuyt on the right would have not only helped Suarez in the attack but given Skrtel a bit of of a breather in defence.
With Carroll upfront, Suarez just behind him (Possibly interchangable if we were struggling defensively further), Kuyt on the right and Downing on the left we would have been more than threatning in attack. Charlie Adam's passing has recently been poor but with those players in front he wouldn't be required to try and plough one through 4 players in order to form some sort of an attack.
The match began and we were all over the place, no cover, no player to win the ball and keep it, no player to instigate an attack or build on possesion. We lacked urgency in defence and generally had a poor performance. This was not helped by poor refereeing decisions which also resulted in Suarez recieving a yellow card for clapping his hands sarcastically at the linesman (What has the world come to?). Spurs were great, well worked goals and a strong performance. May I also take this chance to congratulate Ledley King on his first consecutive start/appearance in God knows how long, and on Adebayor's first goals at White Hart Lane aswell as congratulating them for such a good performance and well deserved victory.
Overall we had some problems, we had tactics which were outdone, we had players who didn't fit in their roles properly, we never had players that would compliment each other's strengths and just had a bad day. There is no need to come and be like 'OMG KK needs to be sacked, WTF is he playing at' etc etc.
Let's accept the result, accept the performance, try to improve, get a good run starting from Wednesday and continue to do what we do best, back not only our team and managerl, but back our club.
And you've probably seen this from what I've posted before, but for those who haven't..
"A bad day at the office. But some so-called fans need to look up the words 'loyalty' and 'legend' in their dictionaries. If they can actually read that is. You'll never walk alone, King Kenny. Anfield was not rebuilt in a day!"" (From JZ, Liverpool Supporter)
Upwards and onwards, keep your head up and You'll never walk alone!
Side note: We've had some problems concerning the board on match days, WUM's seem to be loving our 'OMG Downfall, no more KK honeymoon' defeats, but I urge all true Liverpool FC supporters to not involve themselves in any relatiations or anything that might make the situation worse. (Including creating your own WUM threads). I'm going to contact a Super+ moderator to get some stricter guidelines on WUMming on match days, until then, sit tight.
I'd like to put things in perspective. Today we knew we were weakened, Kelly, Johnson and Gerrard amongst the absentees.
The line up consisted of a 4-4-2, that was the first problem, why 4-4-2? We needed to deal with their strong midfield and hit them on the counter really, we should have played a 4-2-3-1, the four in defence, the two midfielders to drop back and secure the gap on the right of the defence (Likely to be exposed by Gareth Bale). We needed a strong attack but players who can still come back and deal with any potential threats. We needed hard working, experienced players who can also help our new players settle and link up with the regulars.
We should have had Kuyt over Henderson, why? Kuyt is a hard working player who could have easily contributed to the front line whilst still maintaining a strong performance in our own half, he could have helped Charlie Adam and Lucas when we were being overrun in midfield and could have even help deal with the threat of Gareth Bale. Skrtel on the right wasn't the problem in my opinion, Flanagan isn't ready, which he proved against Sunderland and he just lacks the experience to deal in the situations where it would otherwise require a young player a few seconds to decide what to do. Kuyt on the right would have not only helped Suarez in the attack but given Skrtel a bit of of a breather in defence.
With Carroll upfront, Suarez just behind him (Possibly interchangable if we were struggling defensively further), Kuyt on the right and Downing on the left we would have been more than threatning in attack. Charlie Adam's passing has recently been poor but with those players in front he wouldn't be required to try and plough one through 4 players in order to form some sort of an attack.
The match began and we were all over the place, no cover, no player to win the ball and keep it, no player to instigate an attack or build on possesion. We lacked urgency in defence and generally had a poor performance. This was not helped by poor refereeing decisions which also resulted in Suarez recieving a yellow card for clapping his hands sarcastically at the linesman (What has the world come to?). Spurs were great, well worked goals and a strong performance. May I also take this chance to congratulate Ledley King on his first consecutive start/appearance in God knows how long, and on Adebayor's first goals at White Hart Lane aswell as congratulating them for such a good performance and well deserved victory.
Overall we had some problems, we had tactics which were outdone, we had players who didn't fit in their roles properly, we never had players that would compliment each other's strengths and just had a bad day. There is no need to come and be like 'OMG KK needs to be sacked, WTF is he playing at' etc etc.
Let's accept the result, accept the performance, try to improve, get a good run starting from Wednesday and continue to do what we do best, back not only our team and managerl, but back our club.
And you've probably seen this from what I've posted before, but for those who haven't..
"A bad day at the office. But some so-called fans need to look up the words 'loyalty' and 'legend' in their dictionaries. If they can actually read that is. You'll never walk alone, King Kenny. Anfield was not rebuilt in a day!"" (From JZ, Liverpool Supporter)
Upwards and onwards, keep your head up and You'll never walk alone!
Side note: We've had some problems concerning the board on match days, WUM's seem to be loving our 'OMG Downfall, no more KK honeymoon' defeats, but I urge all true Liverpool FC supporters to not involve themselves in any relatiations or anything that might make the situation worse. (Including creating your own WUM threads). I'm going to contact a Super+ moderator to get some stricter guidelines on WUMming on match days, until then, sit tight.
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Perhaps we are just gonna concentrate on the cups?
We got it wrong tactically but we live and learn. We desperately need Kelly or Johnson back fit soon and with the impending suspension of Adam (hopefully only for one game) we must be grateful at least that Stevie G is on the way back. 
u ok ? I remember u from 606 ... Carrol ain't the man for me really.. I honestly think he loves his booze to much so won't set anfield alight.. We have played bloody well so far though