Glen Johnson did quite well today, and Allafay too. Disappointing result of course but I thought they looked ready for the season. More impressive than last year's opening day defeat.
Thanks for that Zoz, it was a disappointing result especially with the goal coming so late in the game but it seems like there were many positives from the game
We should take it as a compliment that the Liverpool squad employed judo tactics on anyone breaking forward with the ball.
Quite; that elbow was pretty impressive! Also, I commented that on the first game last season the crowd were a little flat, not so this year. We made some lovely noise.
I just hope Hughes finds his best eleven quickly and lets them settle. Bojan is allegedly 2-3 weeks away and I still think we need to strengthen at the back and ideally a striker.
Yeh, he actually surprised me to be honest because whilst he's a tidy player he's hardly a Huth/Shawx clone.
He does not need to be like the trad. c/half because he sees what is going to happen before it does , and is ready to deal with it. He and Shallcross together should work well , if Shallcross can return that is ? Muniesa seems to have some of the attributes of Neil Franklin.
KKB & Smithers I presume that was Hughes's thinking, a footballing CB like Ferdinand = Marc a d stopper CB like Vidic = Shaw X Just wondering what category theb mysterious Txeria (sp) fits in tp?
To be fair Huth didn't feature for us last season (which for me is a travesty) and Nzonzi said he wanted out prior to this season. But I think that the Shawcross injury should have been sorted in the close season as he seems to have been suffering at home with the kids
