Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:02 pm  

AaronBull wrote:

The King Kenny dream continues for Liverpool. Three wins in 14 at fortress Anfield. And done over by the man they sacked to install Dalglish.

All this whilst the title race is well and truly back on; be interesting if Mancini still believes its over.

They remind me of the Middleborough team from around 15 years ago; few half decent players, absolutely awful all season but make a couple of cup final appearances. Only way "King Kenny" will be shifted from the job is if he decides to jack it in, they'd never ever sack him!

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:23 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

Pique was on the bench, wasn't he? I'll give you Abidal.

Recently been injured, hasn't he? If Guardiola didn't play him and he was 100%, that's Guardiola's fault but Barca are clearly better with him in defence than Mascherano or Busquets.

When Barcelona don't have Villa playing, or they don't have Pedro on form, or Alexis playing well, then yes, it is about stopping Messi as he's their most potent offensive player by a mile. The contributions of others through the years has shown they aren't a one man side, but they are a side massively dependent on fitness and luck with injuries.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:31 pm  

Told you all on here weeks ago that Utd would drop 4 points before the derby game.

Ironically, if we draw at city we will have a bigger lead than if we'd won today then lost vs city.

Good to see Hodgson getting a win today after the disgraceful way he was hounded out of Anfield by the LFC fans.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:35 pm  

Karlos13 wrote:

Good to see Hodgson getting a win today after the disgraceful way he was hounded out of Anfield by the LFC fans.

In what way was it disgraceful?

He was never wanted, he never done anything to change that opinion and the owners took the easiest decision since they've been at the club.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:43 pm  

Whilst Hodgson deserves credit for what he's done at West Brom, any comment suggesting this result means we were wrong to sack him is laughable and idiotic.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:59 pm  

Nah, you're much better off with Kenny.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:07 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

Nah, you're much better off with Kenny.

Whilst this season we've generally been poor, believe it or not we have actually played well in most games. When Hodgson was in charge, we were 12th and at one point close to relagation, he ran the club into the ground.

We're 7th and have reached both English cup finals. Kenny's signings have been more than questionable, but tactially wise he's got it spot on for the big games. I do agree with Graeme Souness in the fact that Kenny has to stop putting our narrow home defeats down to "bad luck". Our biggest problem this year has been profligacy.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:08 pm  

Dead Man Walking wrote:

Did Ashley Young stay on his feet today ?

Was "rested"
If he'd have played, he'd've fallen over, due to the grass being too slippy, because of the rain.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:21 pm  

To be fair I can't really split Kenny Dalglish and Roy Hodgson. They now both have one Premier League victory each at Anfield in 2012.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:20 pm  

Shame Sky didnt have the decency to cut short Connor's post match interview