Match Day Thread PL: Liverpool v AFC Bournemouth

Very picky he may well have made that header if he wan't fouled and it then becomes good defending.

 

Oh wow a whole preseason?

They had years to understand the old offside rule and still gave Raheem off and Mata on.

 

Again you simply don't understand the game lad.

It's really tough to judge an offside like the Sterling one you chose to highlight (why?) due to the pace he was moving and the distance the ball had travelled.

For the one yesterday, it's a set piece. The lino is stood watching along the line, he can see the player is offisde, he can then see he moves for the ball and the keeper reacts, it's a new rule so should have been at the forefront of his mind - but he's a ****ing dobbin of an official and he's ****ed it up.

 

It's not a setpiece. The ball had gone in, come out again, been moved around, and then crossed in a second time from open play.

 

The lino made a howler but why did Coutinho go for the ball - he must have surely known he was clearly offside? He snatched at another chance in the box which leads me to believe he lacks composure in the box.

Personally, this ties into my theory of playing deeper than as a number 10 where he;s not too close to goal.

 

FFS Has he run 50 yards down the line chasing the play or is the useless **** stood looking along the line having moved about 2 steps?

It was a blatant offside and a ****ing crap call, but it made me £180 profit, so it's all gravy

 

I like him wider left as i said where that shower of ****e lallan likes to hide out. I would play him there and open up his ability to shoot from distance or pass.

I think cotinho has a lot of development to do to find the through balls a no 10 needs to be able to like silva for instance. great dribbler, quick feet but passing is at best inconsistent.

 

nice... 3/1 plus the anytime bet too... £50 quid you bet on lfc... knew you loved us.

 

Nope. £20 on the first goalscorer (iffy market) and £180 on the anytime (felt like a dead cert)

As it turned out I was lucky, I expected you to batter them as I said yesterday.

 

ok... fair enough you just love benteke then.

 

But we've seen the throughballs he played to the likes of Suarez and Sturridge - this is when he was deeper and the Sturridge played off the shoulder. Playing those throughballs into large spaces is his forte IMO.

Agree that when he's closer to the goal, the passing doesn't always come off. But I suppose when you're higher up, you have more defenders around you, less space combined with always looking to make attacking, riskier forward passes, not all will come off.

 

put up a right shower of much this season so far perhaps actually passing to a team mate would help.

if he's closer he's quick feet and shot come into play.. his best assets.

 

MOTD analysis that pal

 

Knew someone would say this eventually. If no other Liverpool player had attacked it and the Bournemouth LB had been slow getting out (ie behind Coutinho so he couldn't see him), would you have been happy about him leaving it?

He had a split second to make a decision and he did the right thing in going for it. He didn't know others were there and the want enough time for a spot either.

It's easy to say a player should do x or y when watching.

 

Yep.
It takes time to bed in a lot of new players. I'm happy that we haven't played particularly well yet but have 6 points

Nobody says it is.
However supporting a controversial decision that goes your way is not bias either. It was a foul, clear as day- the fact that similar, or worse, get missed all the time doesn't stop it being a foul. Referees don't see most of them, but when they do they should give them, shouldn't they?
He got that one right. The less said about Benteke's goal the better.

 

There is no way Lovren was fouled, he was just weak in the challenge, poor at marking and disinterested in heading the ball. A simple hand on his shoulder wouldn't stop him jumping (I play CB and manage to jump/challenge when held much more than that!)

He was lucky to get at with it really. Otherwise, I think Lovren as been decent in the two games so far.

PS...Not everyone is bias but there is clearly some that are.

 

#betterthanapro

 

This

This goal gets given 90% of the time. Lovren did some play acting which seems to have fooled the ref but this was a fair challenge.