Rival watch

[The Mighty Thor]

I've been feeling the same way for a while vim but I still keep coming back. I've seen players dive and have seen the same players get angry when others dive when they are tackled by them, VERY ignorant and two faced.

CNN were saying last night that even though Utd have won their last five their football doesn't reflect the results or their position in the table which makes today's match very difficult to predict. It was said that they were lucky against Saints but they lost yesterday so maybe not, perhaps the real football of Southampton is now being shown. Maybe CNN is wrong.

 

[NSIS]

More dire officiating! Mata at least a yard offside, nothing given 2-0...

 

[No Kane No Gain]

More dire officiating! Mata at least a yard offside, nothing given 2-0...

Yeah, Neville ignored it in the first 2 replays where it was obvious to anyone watching and then used it as his excuse, saying it wasn't an easy call to make. It was an easy call to make if the officials spoke to eachother, from Atkinson's position he'd have known Van Persie headed it. No sympathy with Liverpool though, they got away with a handball at OT last season and got a penalty which Sturridge dived for getting Vidic sent off.

Thought Liverpool were marginally the better side in the first half. Two sides playing some pretty average football and the one in form took their chances, to be expected I guess.

 

[Moorpheus19]

Gary Neville keeps saying Morenio instead of Moreno - getting annoying...

 

[O.Spurcat]

We're going to play a technical game said Brendan. At 3-0 down, yet another of his strategies gone down the pan.

 

[Moorpheus19]

We're going to play a technical game said Brendan. At 3-0 down, yet another of his strategies gone down the pan.

It should be 4-3 to Liverpool though. Not really Brendans fault that Sterling is making Soldado look clinical

 

[humanbeingincroydon]

It should be 4-3 to Liverpool though. Not really Brendans fault that Sterling is making Soldado look clinical

It's obviously because of those three England games he played last week...

 

[O.Spurcat]

It should be 4-3 to Liverpool though. Not really Brendans fault that Sterling is making Soldado look clinical

Some very good goalkeeping from De Gea as well.

 

[Moorpheus19]

De Gea is having a stormer.

His form may help us keep Lloris if Real come sniffing again

 

[No Kane No Gain]

Gary Neville keeps saying Morenio instead of Moreno - getting annoying...

Yeah, he's been annoying in general though.

Like the Southampton game they've been more clinical and their 'keeper's done very well. Still not great and still beatable, in my opinion.

 

[The Mighty Thor]

I thought CNN were wrong, curtains for Brendan soon. Yet more proof if any were needed that a season or two with fair positions in the PL isn't good enough for the top teams. Ok so BR did well with Swansea but it's hardly Liverpool is it? I'll say it again we should have gone for de Boer.

 

[littleDinosaurLuke]

De Gea is having a stormer.

His form may help us keep Lloris if Real come sniffing again

When Messi scores a hat-trick, he gets all the plaudits and his team's win is richly deserved.

When a goalkeeper saves everything thrown at him, it's luck and his team does not deserve credit for its win - because apparently a goalkeeper is not part of the team and it's how the rest of the team have performed that counts.

 

[District Line]

It should be 4-3 to Liverpool though. Not really Brendans fault that Sterling is making Soldado look clinical

Why should it be 4-3 to Liverpool?

 

[The Mighty Thor]

No Luke, I've always said that it's not luck if a goalie does his job.

 

[paultheplug]

Luke

As we know only too well a great goalkeeper can cover up a lot of deficiencies in a team but if he has a slightly off week it all goes wrong.

 

[NSIS]

Luke

As we know only too well a great goalkeeper can cover up a lot of deficiencies in a team but if he has a slightly off week it all goes wrong.

Yes. One great player at either end of the field can cover up a myriad of deficiencies. As we and L'pool know.

 

[littleDinosaurLuke]

Luke

As we know only too well a great goalkeeper can cover up a lot of deficiencies in a team but if he has a slightly off week it all goes wrong.

Utd's defence has plenty of deficiences, but the goalkeeper isn't one and he deserves the same credit as Costa or Matic or Aguero or Suarez last season or any other player who plays out of his skin and contributes in such a big way to a win.

Rodgers has been moaning that Liverpool were "unlucky" - they weren't - and that he was encouraged that they were "doing the right things". If letting in three goals and missing chances is doing the right thing, then long may it continue.

 

[The Mighty Thor]

Burnley and Leicester in the PL coming and I'm not crowing yet. Both of these teams have given us problems before.

 

[bigsmithy9]

Luke

As we know only too well a great goalkeeper can cover up a lot of deficiencies in a team but if he has a slightly off week it all goes wrong.

At Least a goalie is allowed to dive.I've not laughed so much for a long time when Steve Bruce suggested the Chelsea players were performing Swan Lake on the pitch during the game.......

 

[NSIS]

Utd's defence has plenty of deficiences, but the goalkeeper isn't one and he deserves the same credit as Costa or Matic or Aguero or Suarez last season or any other player who plays out of his skin and contributes in such a big way to a win.

Rodgers has been moaning that Liverpool were "unlucky" - they weren't - and that he was encouraged that they were "doing the right things". If letting in three goals and missing chances is doing the right thing, then long may it continue.

L'pool's problems are clear to see. As with last season, their defence is highly suspect. This season it's not being covered up by Suarez & Sturridge banging them in at the other end. So yes, whilst De Gea played exceptionally well, you still have to believe that any one of those two strikers would have stuck at least a couple past him. After all, your defence ain't exactly secure, is it?