I hate friendlies in many ways, they always get my hopes up. Lovren looked great last summer, spraying hollywoods left right and center, then the Prem started....
was ok.... when the pitch just was a bog the whole game ended. when the pitch was not waterlooged he and henderson did very well. in general he was a class above what we saw in first half.
yeah RB is well covered with him and gomez. the young lad came out of it very well. origi did ok too. the weather ruined his half but he did enough to suggest he will not be a n'gog at least.
http://www.lfctour.com/news/latest-news/reds-ease-to-opening-win-in-bangkok Challenging weather conditions aside, the contest was an encouraging run-out for Brendan Rodgers' side in their opening game of the summer tour. Lazar Markovic's conversion from a narrow angle in the opening moments set the way for the Reds to assume control and Mamadou Sakho nodded home a second before the break. Shortly after entering the action as a substitute, Adam Lallana planted a memorable finish into the bottom corner from the left and Divock Origi completed the scoring late on. Three new faces made their first appearances from kick-off, with Adam Bogdan, Joe Gomez and Danny Ings lining up following their summer moves to the club. The entire XI was changed at half-time, providing Nathaniel Clyne, James Milner and Origi the same opportunity to debut for Liverpool. Markovic and Joao Carlos Teixeira were the brightest sparks at the start and the former saw a clever attempt saved when he back-heeled a cross from the right by Gomez after 90 seconds. On three minutes, the Serb eliminated the goalkeeper entirely, gliding onto a defence-splitting Teixeira assist and rounding Warut Mekmusik to score into an empty net. In response, Mika Chunuonsee threatened for the hosts midway through the first half when he stepped up to an inviting set-piece and lashed it looping narrowly over Bogdan's bar. Jordan Rossiter seemed to have handed Ings a goal on a plate as he burst beyond the Thai backline and squared, but the forward was thwarted by a solid Mekmusik save. Next it was the officials to deny the 22-year-old. He tapped home a loose ball yards out from a corner but Sakho had been penalised for a foul on the 'keeper. Mekmusik was proving something of a nemesis, calling on his reflexes to palm out Rossiter's header after Rickie Lambert lofted a precise delivery into the six-yard box. He was helpless to prevent Sakho from doubling the lead, however, as the Frenchman leapt to redirect Teixeira's corner with a strong, downward header off the post and in. As well as 11 changes to Rodgers' team, the interval heralded an enormous downpour and the torrential rain ensued for most of the remainder. It didn't stop Lallana from registering a fine effort, though. Collecting a diagonal pass by new Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson, the Englishman drove cleanly into the opposite corner. Henderson himself went close in the 65th minute, seizing on a set-up to dink what he hoped would defeat the 'keeper and find the net. He achieved the first but not the second. Origi was shrugging off the rain to shine with a series of nice touches and the Belgium international was unfortunate when a low, skimming shot from 20 yards clipped the post. He later side-footed onto exactly the same part of the woodwork having controlled the ball brilliantly and composed himself quickly in a one-on-one. It was in the closing moments that Origi deservedly found the target as he met Henderson's corner with a precise header to clock up a fourth and send the Reds off to Brisbane in good spirits.
As i said earlier, Voronin, Aspas, Pacheco and N'Gog all looked like world beaters during pre-season too
Origi is very fast and is a unit too and seems similar in size to Benteke. Blow the cash on Lacazette I say. We need more midgets.
As Gerrez says, can't really read too much in to things. However my immediate impressions would be.. - Dramatically improved down the right in Clyne and potentially Gomez - Mobile forward as opposed to a line leader like Benteke - Milner is an upgrade on Gerrard - Need reinforcements down the left side
fair that. lallana didn't stick out there. in fiarness to Teix he played LCM of a diamond and was ok. coutinho will lock that side down IMO... you know my opinion of moreno.
Sorry buddy, had you blocked him from memory? thinking about it, it was a pre-season, it was early qualifying rounds for CL or EL
Scored like 6 in 4 in the early rounds of the EL and he got a few in pre-season too, remember Aquilani setting up a few
n'gog got 7 goals total and i had to publish a poem. he fialed to get 10 and talksrubbihs wleched on his bet to post a i love mito thread bartard i even let him have league one goals in europa which i could have scored.
To be fair to N'Gog, he wasn't that bad - it's just we played him far too much at an early age. The same thing happened to Insua who was very good when rotated with Aurelio, but as soon as Aurelio got injured, Insua had to play majority of the games and he struggled.
