Soccer 2013-2014

Wow what is going on this season.

I don't normally follow football but the 10 team relegation battle, title race horse puns and death of Manchester United are really getting me into it. I love Mourinho just trolling everyone with "oh we aren't in the title race" in increasingly bizarre ways while unleashing his plans to destroy everyone else.

Moyes seemed to make sense in United getting a new long term manager, but it was pointed out to me a few weeks ago that he had a really bad record against the top teams - he doesn't actually know how to beat them. If he can't even beat the team with the least points in the league then he must be in trouble?

I keep hearing how of course Moyes is going to turn it around and get United back challenging for the title but...I just don't get what that's based on. There's no evidence to support that assertion.

P.S. Love this photo

Flight_sl said:

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That first gif of Sturridge cuts off before he acknowledges Coutinho's assist - he also did the same vs Everton and made sure the crowd knew who had set him up

Flight_sl said:

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That first gif of Sturridge cuts off before he acknowledges Coutinho's assist - he also did the same vs Everton and made sure the crowd knew who had set him up.

Anyway, great result but will mean nothing if we drop points vs Fulham!

Quineloe_sl said:

Toure wasn't but whoever the guy on the left was, he was still dicking around in the 5 meter box when the shot bounced off the goal post, confusing the keeper - which is pretty much offside now and should have denied a goal if Toure had gotten the ball

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You're wrong. The ball doesn't go near him, he's not moving for the ball, and he's not covering the keeper. Not even close to being offside.


In other news, I'm almost feeling sorry for Man U at this point. They're not playing great, but the last few lost points have been pure robberies.

I don't think they are robberies to be honest, even if it appears that way. Over several games United simply don't look like they can score, nor do they look like they can create many clear cut chances. I don't include crosses in chance creation unlike Moyes does.. The worst thing is that after the match Moyes will just say that United played really well, got unlucky, got to the byline umpteen times, etc. Sure, some luck is bad and sometimes things go against you, but if you are capable of scoring 3 or more goals versus any team then you eliminate the impact of having a bad decision or deflected goal etc.
The defence was pretty leaky last season under SAF but at least everyone was scoring. Talks of how RVP/Rooney/Chica/Welbeck front 4 was the best or in comparison to the Yorke/Cole/Sheringham/Solskjaer, or Suarez/Sturridge etc. Those 4 could paper over any crack. Now? A forgotten thought and who knows what players going to be there next season. Rooney no CL says good bye? Chica shipped off to Spain? RVP happy to stay? Vidic is already on the out, which I'm sad to see also.

Kolo Toure really put on his clown nose today. First that own goal, then he bulldozes the ref. Jesus.

He hasn't had the best couple of weeks.

Holy moses, that might have been the pass of the season by Gerrard.

Fuck Kolo Toure'

That must be the worse OG of the year.

Who said Gerrard is done and needs to be replaced?

Huge game from him today with that sick pass to Sturridge for goal 1 and the pen make.

just gotta hold on a couple mins now.

edit: haha Manu is 11 points off 4th now liverpool 3- Fulham 2

Massive massive result. Just the sort of game you have to scrape through if you hope to be champions

The whole game was just wonky because of those freak goals. It allowed Fulham to sit with 9 men behind the ball most of the game, denying Liverpool any room to play in. At the same time, Fulham obviously didn't get any chances, seeing as they didn't ever go forward.

Without Toure/Skrtel's clowning, the game would have been completely different. Heck, Fulham could even have scored a goal without our help if it played out differently. If we had ever been in the lead though, SSS would have wreaked havoc on Fulham's defense.

Brando_sl said:

Wouldn't have even really been close if not for the comedy show called Skrtel and Toure. Fucking elated right now especially reading how dire Arse/ManUre were.

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Don't understand the Skrtel hate, nothing he could do to stop the 2nd goal. Overall he has prob been one of the better CB in England this season. Surely the best defender on pool. Whoscored has him as the top CB in EPL.

Awful defending for both - if Liverpool continue to play like that away from home there's no chance of a title shot. In fact I wish people would stop saying they're in it and the fans would stop hyping their chances, people forget that inbetween destroying Everton and Arsenal we dropped points vs West Brom and Villa.

When you're 4 points off the top of the table with 12 games to go, and the last three games against the top 3 teams have been one blowaway victory (home), one fair loss (away) and one undeserved loss (away) - you're in it no matter what you say. Sure, Rodgers and the players can say they're not contenders, and they're certainly outsiders, but they're in it.

The defense needs to get their shit together though. Skrtel couldn't do anything about the second goal? Oh PLEASE. He could have hoofed it wide, clearing the danger. Alternatively, he could have let Flanagan handle the first touch and be on standby to clear it if necessary. He chose the worst possible option - playing it back across goal where he knew there was no Liverpool support. It was a fuck-up, clear and simple.

According to Mourinho, there are three horses in the race; Chelsea is the little horse, the two others are the big horses. I'd argue that after this last week, Liverpool have joined the race as a tiny dark horse. With Kolo as jockey. God help us.