Liverpool News & Reports

Backdated Liverpool News and Reports, Comments and Reviews on some matches would also be placed here. It's not really good, but it's my opinion.

Liverpool Vs Southampton (Aug 16)
But a win is a win!!!!!!Liverpool won Southampton 2-1. Goals by Riedle and Owen.Their need for a central defender and a better goalkeeper is clearly seen in the match against Southampton. Southampton had a couple of chances but luck was not on their side. At times, we see Liverpool scrambling at the back line. Not all teams are as luckless as Southampton.

Liverpool vs Arsenal (Aug 22)
Liverpool and Arsenal both their chances but both failed to find the net. Honestly, i have not seen liverpool play with so much life in them. They were just going for the ball, trying to win the ball back when they lost possession of it. It was just wonderful seeing them play that way. And the defenders were playing rather okie, so much better than how they usually play. Although there are lapse of concentration from them at times.Perhaps Liverpool were lucky. But they were also playing better. We see Liverpool losing concentration especially during the last 5-10 minutes of the game. Think they probably think that the opponent can't score during that time or whatever is their reason. They tend to switch off during that time and let the opponents get the better of them. Anyway, Jamie Carragher played well and if given the experience and exposure, he would be able to equal Tony Adams and play a part in England's contention of whatever trophies it may be.

Liverpool Vs West Ham (Sept 12)
What happened to them, i really wonder. They should have stuck with the original line-up which saw them draw 1 game and won 3! Maybe Houiller was trying to prove a point, that Riedle must be in the line-up and that Evans previous tactics were wrong, as seen in this match. This match makes it seem like it's Evans tactics working all wrong again! Guess it's not Liverpool's day.
And the yucky part is that Redknapp missed a couple of shots which would have been really perfect had it gone in! I don't feel like saying anymore, what with the first lost..........

Liverpool Vs Charlton (Sept 19)
Another question again. What happened to them? Just as i was thinking that maybe the game against West ham was wrong. Guess i'm wrong. They are now to same old liverpool squad as before, so shaky in defence. Charlton shouldn't have scored the second goal. It was a bad mistake by the defence. The left so much space for the Charlton player. Two players "guarded" one Charlton player but left the other unattended. And Charlton would have won the game had not the referee stop the game at the crucial moment to book Carragher.

Liverpool Vs Chelsea (4 Oct)
A pretty freaky game i call it. It was a bad, bad mistake by David James. What was he doing out there? He was so far away from the goalpost. What was he thinking? He wanted to leave the goalkeeping to his defenders?????!!!! Okie so perhaps it's his first game after a long time , so perhaps he wasn't used to it.....or is he changing his goalkeeping style to come off his line more often? He was caught more than once, twice or even thrice off his line! ( way off his line!). The first goal should not have happened! But it was pretty heartening(i can't find the right word to use) to see defenders like Phil Babb going all out to prevent the opponent from scoring. Babb was like dashing to prevent the goal, not seeing where he was heading. (OUCHHHHH!) But i don't mean heartening to see them getting injured okie.
Where was Owen? Ever since his hat-trick against Newcastle, he has not scored for Liverpool........sigh........defenders tend to mark him more closely. That's sucky. But luckily, Liverpool can rely on other players like Redknapp, Berger to score. Redknapp did pretty well......missed a couple of chances........but the goal he scored wasn't much to look at. But anyway, Liverpool did manage a draw and that's way better losing! Heaps better than losing. Though i would prefer them to win. Liverpool's recent matches have not been up to expectations. They managed only 2 points out of a possible 12 from 4 outings. That's way way terrible. If they wanna win the league, they better do something. With shaky defence, blunder-prone Friedel, erractic James, closely marked strikers, hot-tempered midfielders.............wonder what they can do.....

                                                                           
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