Match Day Thread Pre-season

When he had one saved which the keeper deserves credit and markovic played it 5 yards behind him on other.

 

Again SOMEONE has to.

At barca Yaya Toure was considered that player. At city he is indulged. I'd rather a top player told to sit than a journeyman which Lucas is getting towards now playing

 

That went well.

 

Enjoyed that game. If we can get Sturridge back then we have some good strength in all areas.

Reckon we have some really good attacking players and with competition for places im hoping, Benteke, Firminho, Coutinho, Ibe, Mark O'Vich, Sturridge, Ings and Teixeira can all push each other and give us a continuous high performance level. Midfield of Can, Hendo and Milner picks it self and I really hope we see some effort from youngsters, Chirivella, Allan de Sousa, Brannaghan to push these guys as I dont see the same level of performance happenning with Allen/Lucas in the team.

Back four has to be Skrtel, Sakho, Clyne, Gomez at the moment, But really hoping Moreno ups his game, and that Ilori can stay injury free and push for the CB positions.

All that Said, i imagine Sturridge will spend the whole year injured or return a different player. We will only see Hendo/Milner/Can togetther in Midfield in about 5 games. Lovren will play a head of Sakho. Some of the forwards will under perform. Living in hope anyway though

 

Wow.

The league will tremble because bentko scored a goal against Swindon

 

With respect the league knows all about Benteke and nobody will enjoy playing against him

 

Not sure many defenders will lose sleep over a goal against Swindon

 

As I said with slightly less respect this time is that every cb in the leagues been on the sharp end of his game over the last 3 games.

I'm fairly sure Ryan shawcross is getting himself ready for a physical battle.

Nobody will be looking forward to an easy outing against him unlike balotelli who spends his time when he had any out on the right side hiding from cbs and plays kicked him to get him sent off.

So if you want to keep ignoring that fine

 

Best you can do?

 

Thanks - you've proven me wrong because Benteke scored a great goal against Swindon in a preseason match. Guessing you didn't watch the rest of the game where he was pretty anonymous?

 

Agreed someone has to - but that's why I'm against playing Milner and Hendo together because they're too similar. We need a good mix of midfielders - one disciplined DM, a box to box, and a creative one.

 

Benteke proved you wrong not me

 

I'm glad you have come to that conclusion already.

 

MiTO

Again, a goal against Swindon counts for nothing

Let's see how he get on against big, strong and quick CB's in the big boys league

 

He's done alright in the last three seasons

 

Agreed.. I don't get excited or pissed off at Pre-season results.. its all about fitness and finding a bit of form..
That said, such a strike won't do his confidence any harm!

 

You mean the league he has played in for the last 3 seasons with a 1 in 2 record?..............

 

Trying to decide which quote is the most cringeworthy here...

"“Joe Allen is one of the most courageous players I’ve seen." (Rodgers on Allen after he cut his Sunday roast for him)

"We are seeing now the player we all know Liverpool had – which is one of the best full-backs in the world.” (on Glen Johnson and that's all that needs to be said there)

"Benteke proved you wrong not me." (after a goal against a league 1 side in pre-season)

 

Agreed... in a team that wasn't the most creative either... not sure Villa had many games in those years where they'd create 10+ chances a game!

 

1 in 2 was the same record as Andy Carroll's at Newcastle in the 2 seasons before he joined Liverpool