The Liverpool FC Thread XII

That's bull****. We beat Chelsea and Man City on the way to winning it in 2012.

That's bull****. We beat Chelsea and Man City on the way to winning it in 2012.

Lol at your win.

Winning at the 94th min. You man are bosses.

What would you call arsenal then?

Funny.

Almost as funny as chelsea.
I didn't watch you guys last night obviously - were you dominant but just unable to score like us?

Yeah pretty much this.

Without Hazard we are very flat in our attacking play. He is our best player make no mistake about it.

I don't doubt that in the slightest - watching Hazard stroll past United players at the weekend was hilarious.
Hoping Sterling aspires to be like him to be honest.

Would very much like a trophy this season - was a real shame o do so well last year and ultimately have nothing to show for it :/

Sterling does have that acceleration, he is more direct than Hazard I feel Hazard is integral to our build up play in big games because Fabregas is usually nullified and closed down, so we end up having to rely on our AMs to build up the play in the final third. It's very important to have Hazard in the team. Schurrle simply isn't creative enough and just takes long shots when he can't get in behind defences. Willian's final ball is very poor and Oscar isn't consistently creative enough.

Sterling is integral to your build up as well, but the way in which you build up(or Rodgers plans to build up) is with more pace than Chelsea's build up against weaker sides.

I think you can get a trophy this season, domestic cup probably. Chelsea simply don't have the squad to challenge on 4 fronts so I think we'll give the domestic cups a miss(bar for League cup as majority of the cup is not during business end of the season) but since you'll get to quarters or R16 in the CL you can afford to get into a good FA cup run during business end.

Sterling can just run at defenders, get past 4 guys but then fluff the shot.
Hazard can just score wonder goals - the difference in shooting ability between the two is immense.

In fairness, schurrle is one of the best substitutes in the premier league.
By the way, how good actually is Willian?
I can't say I've watched him a MASSIVE amount this season but whenever I have he has totally unimpressed me :/

I think we'll go out of the CL in the first knockout round.
League cup might be a good shout if the draw is kind to us in the next round.

Yeah Hazard is a better shooter from distance, Sterling is 19 so will have to train his muscles to the level that he can shoot from range like Hazard is able to(which he's not Bale or Di Maria level yet in striking the ball)

Schurrle is a good sub when a team is tired yeah, does ok when he starts and has around 15 goals in him a season so his goal tally is impressive.

Willian is frustrating, but if he just had a better end product he'd be better than Hazard. He can't make a final pass, he can't cross and he's an average finisher. It's quite frustrating as he has the qualities to make himself a top player. I've made my feelings clear on this by saying we need a right winger.