The Liverpool FC Thread VII

Hope you like it here...the mods aren't as strict

Haha, it's going to take some getting used to

To put it bluntly, no.

I desperately want the lad to succeed here, I'm sure we all do, and when he signed for us and was getting stick from some of our own when he'd barely kicked a ball I was always among the first to defend him. But as time passes I'm just really struggling to see how it's ever going to work out.

I get the slight impression that he doesn't even really want to be here himself, to be honest. I don't know about Newcastle taking him back, but frankly, unless things change drastically in the second half of the season then I can see him being moved on in the summer. It's a shame, because I do think he's got potential and he may well go on to realise that potential at another club, but at the end of the day I think we're just going to have to swallow our pride and accept that we made a massive, massive mistake.

Hope you like it here...the mods aren't as strict

In what way are they strict Whenever I have gone in to their it just seems like a massive ****athon with criticism not allowed.

To put it bluntly, no.

I desperately want the lad to succeed here, I'm sure we all do, and when he signed for us and was getting stick from some of our own when he'd barely kicked a ball I was always among the first to defend him. But as time passes I'm just really struggling to see how it's ever going to work out.

I get the slight impression that he doesn't even really want to be here himself, to be honest. I don't know about Newcastle taking him back, but frankly, unless things change drastically in the second half of the season then I can see him being moved on in the summer. It's a shame, because I do think he's got potential and he may well go on to realise that potential at another club, but at the end of the day I think we're just going to have to swallow our pride and accept that we made a massive, massive mistake.

Hello new poster Hope to see you around for a while Think you might be the first female Liverpool supporter I have seen post in the football forum

I do agree with your points about Andy Carroll. I don't know what is wrong with him, he comes across as incredibly dim when he is on the pitch as well as horrifically weak and easy to push over.

In what way are they strict Whenever I have gone in to there it just seems like a massive ****athon with criticism not allowed.

Whenever he gets the ball, there's always that sharp intake of breath from every Liverpool fan watching him, the pressure is immense and he knows his every move is being scrutinised. It's obvious he just can't cope with that kind of pressure tbh, and until he does something positive consistently (score) that pressure will remain. His confidence is in complete tatters and it's not bringing out his natural game. It's a real downwards spiral which is so hard to get out of, Torres is in the same situation at Chelsea.

Ultimately imo, it's a question of when and not if with Carroll. Sooner or later he'll find form, he's got it in him like we saw at Newcastle. I'm just not sure if it'll be at LFC, for various reasons.

Aye. When we signed him I was worried that the ridiculous price tag would weigh heavily on his mind and unfortunately that appears to have been the case.

Cheers maaate.

I've been told I'll be on crutches for three weeks so hopefully I'm off them tomorrow I'm surprised Lucas still has them though! He must have had his op ages ago?

Hello

I honestly don't know what's happened to him. I watched him when he played for the Toon and honestly, he was a completely different player. Now he spends a third of his time on the pitch on his arse and generally plays football like Bambi on ice.



To be fair to the mods, the main forum (especially after a game and especially if we've drawn or lost) can get inundated with the worst kinds of kneejerk, sensationalist tits imaginable. Unfortunately, there's also a lot of posters whose response to any criticism whatsoever - even when it's valid and reasonable - is to call people "whoppers", without even attempting to address of the points said "whopper" is trying to make. It gets bloody tiresome.

Great, but your not one to judge.

"whopper"?

What on earth is one of those?

Whenever he gets the ball, there's always that sharp intake of breath from every Liverpool fan watching him, the pressure is immense and he knows his every move is being scrutinised. It's obvious he just can't cope with that kind of pressure tbh, and until he does something positive consistently (score) that pressure will remain. His confidence is in complete tatters and it's not bringing out his natural game. It's a real downwards spiral which is so hard to get out of, Torres is in the same situation at Chelsea.

Ultimately imo, it's a question of when and not if with Carroll. Sooner or later he'll find form, he's got it in him like we saw at Newcastle. I'm just not sure if it'll be at LFC, for various reasons.

Hello

I honestly don't know what's happened to him. I watched him when he played for the Toon and honestly, he was a completely different player. Now he spends a third of his time on the pitch on his arse and generally plays football like Bambi on ice.



To be fair to the mods, the main forum (especially after a game and especially if we've drawn or lost) can get inundated with the worst kinds of kneejerk, sensationalist tits imaginable. Unfortunately, there's also a lot of posters whose response to any criticism whatsoever - even when it's valid and reasonable - is to call people "whoppers", without even attempting to address of the points said "whopper" is trying to make. It gets bloody tiresome.

"whopper"?

What on earth is one of those?

"whopper"?

What on earth is one of those?

I always imagine RAWK as being quite similar to the idiot you overhear in the pub shouting down decent ideas and discussions.

Lucas is more important than you, tbf, so he'll get all the time in the world with crutches if he needs it!

Best of luck with it.