(08-25-2014 08:32 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  Just watched the Man City-Pool game. Liverpool looked great until that first goal. After that it was Man City's game. Hard to judge Liverpool from this game. You weren't coming away with 3 pts there anyway. The only things that might cause concern are the lack of killer instinct when dominating that 1st 40 minutes and shrinking a bit after the 1st goal. If Mario keeps his head straight the first issue should be solved.

Still, y'all should be fine. Maybe not title contenders yet but solidly in the hunt for the top 4. After losing someone like Suarez that's a good place to be.


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(08-25-2014 08:27 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  Giroud getting hurt now might be a godsend for them if they spend some money this week. They needed one more striker anyway


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(08-25-2014 08:53 PM)Kronke Wrote:  

(08-25-2014 08:27 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  Giroud getting hurt now might be a godsend for them if they spend some money this week. They needed one more striker anyway


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Yeah, but who's out there? Remy? Is he better than Giroud? No, and they needed someone else on top of Giroud. Falcao? Get real. Cavani? Same. They (their fans, at least) wanted Balotelli bad. Jackson Martinez maybe?

(08-25-2014 08:52 PM)Kronke Wrote:  

(08-25-2014 08:32 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  Just watched the Man City-Pool game. Liverpool looked great until that first goal. After that it was Man City's game. Hard to judge Liverpool from this game. You weren't coming away with 3 pts there anyway. The only things that might cause concern are the lack of killer instinct when dominating that 1st 40 minutes and shrinking a bit after the 1st goal. If Mario keeps his head straight the first issue should be solved.

Still, y'all should be fine. Maybe not title contenders yet but solidly in the hunt for the top 4. After losing someone like Suarez that's a good place to be.


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Agreed. We're obviously not as good as Chelsea or City, and will drop points in the first few months as the new players settle. So, despite all the money spent, I don't think the title is a realistic goal this season. I'd take top 4 and a respectable CL campaign.

The battle for top 4 will be awesome. Everton and Spurs are closer than they were last year. Man Utd is still a LOLfest, but you know they'll keep spending until they get it right.

(08-26-2014 08:27 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  My general point was as good as Liverpool looked before the first goal and even at times after they had really solid build up in the mid field, they had very few real scoring opportunities. I'm not saying they don't figure it out, but to me that was the clear area where they missed Suarez. Suarez missed 5 games and still had 361 more touches in the final third than any other forward (over 1400 touches). He more than doubled Sturridge's final 3rd touches. His passing created 87 scoring chances, 31 more than any other forward in the league (Sturridge by comparison created 29). I just don't see how you could watch the first two games and believe they are not missing Suarez in the final third. The buildup is there, but the scoring opportunities have not been.

That does not mean Liverpool won't compete for top 4 and cannot be a top flight team by the end. They need the back end (generously a work in progress right now) to play at a high level and will need to figure out how to create scoring chances without Suarez. From the way they can control the ball and move it around you can see a lot of what made Liverpool so dynamic last season, but the scoring chances are not there. I hope Ballotelli can add that extra dynamic and that some of the other guys figure out what it takes to create real scoring chances.

(08-26-2014 01:32 PM)Tigerfan21 Wrote:  Michael Dawson sold to Hull City. Rumor is that Spurs are after Federico Fazio from Sevilla, and had to sell Dawson to make room.

Also read some rumors that Andros Townsend, and Holtby, and Soldado could be sold before the deadline. Only one I would miss would be Townsend, but the midfield Spurs have, he might not be playing much.