Comments on: Ups, Downs & Torres – A Week With Liverpool

By: Fateh

Fateh — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:28:51 +0000

Excellent article.

By: BD Condell

BD Condell — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:16:35 +0000

@Twilight: “we lost every game rooney didnt play in and the one he did and when we lost was when he subbed due to injury.”

Good name that…do you live in the twilight zone? With the interent available to you are you incapable of checking anything? Utd won 6 PL games last season with Rooney absent. I haven’t checked cup games but WTF! Cop on!

@Liverpool Fan: Utd have not been poor in creating chances, they’ve just taken fewer chances. If you look at the stats, even when winning 1-0, Utd have dominated most games. That to me has been the difference compared to their rivals.

And I also never said that Liverpool are dependent on Gerrard and Torres. Their 2 best players, no doubt, but it’s not about that.

It’s as I said, they are just not good enough as a team or as a squad to win the title.

By: Bobmagee

Bobmagee — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:25:09 +0000

True, but the way teams sit back against us means that 1 goal is all it takes and normally its all you can get when they defend so well, plus I still think United are playing pretty crap right now and there’s so much more to come from the team, all one nils is not the way to win a league

By: Liverpool_Fan

Liverpool_Fan — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:32:59 +0000

Greg theres no debate Vidic is the best defender in the world, if it was him missing i’d take your point. My point about United’s defence wasnt saying they have no depth but just pointing out that they have been very poor in the creating chances department but the reason they are top is because of their rock solid defence.

By: Bobmagee

Bobmagee — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:15:10 +0000

Come on guys, No one is inferior to anyone here, lets keep this friendly… And Liverpoolfan I think if you took away anyones back four then most teams would probably struggle, Though I have to say that I think we were very reliant on Rooney last season, Less so this season as results are coming without him and since Ronaldo has been playing crap you can’t say we’re all that reliant on him so far this season, he has become more of a defensive liability this season and whenever I see him and Rafael or Fabio on the same wing, I worry.

saying that I do think that Gary Neville has been pretty rubbish so far this season and that Wes Brown was amazing when he came on as a sub for him recently, I forget which game it was, so “GARY OUT WES IN!” is what I say

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:49:24 +0000

@Liverpool_Fan

you say if you take away uniteds defence we would be having a disaster of season. You seem to be forgetting we’ve been missing most of our defense in recent weeks; rio, evra, wes have all missed most of the unbeaten run and of the backups the twins have had injuries, evans is injured and neville isn’t exactly playing well. Thats the difference united have strength in depth we can bring in the reserves for cover and you don’t even notice the difference, we’re just as formidable.

By: Liverpool_Fan

Liverpool_Fan — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:48:28 +0000

BD Condell

I think very few “Liverpool fans” will be wanting a draw at OT, it’s been 18 years and we have been given this opportunity i doubt Liverpool will play for a draw, but that doesn’t mean we wont play a counter attacking system.

Torres was what 3rd in the fifa rankings and Gerrard was 6th? Well when your team is missing the 3rd and 6th best players of 2008 then of course you are going to notice a difference than when we play with them. Take away Uniteds rock solid defence this season and they would be having a disaster of a season, just like we would if you took out Gerrard and Torres.

It’s funny people talk about these two when our best player this season has clearly been Alonso. Fernando Torres DID score his goals we DID WIN them games and we still posses very much a title challenge if we can keep winning.

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:54:28 +0000

well, you’ve got a point Brian. Then again, this is what Rafa said they wanted at the start of the season – better results against United and then the title would be theirs…It’s not the fans’ fault

By: BD Condell

BD Condell — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:21:26 +0000

Ah! There it is! 4 points from 6 against Utd. is all the ambition Liverpool fans have. Sad really.

It’s a 38 game season and you’re not good enough!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:23:10 +0000

Any one would say we REDS are not constant in our winning, no doubt, you may be right. But this i have to say, come old trafford not even vidiculos or vandaliz will be able to stop us. If the worst must happen, we will come out with a draw which is not bad, 4 points from a possible 6!