Stoke v Liverpool - 16:00 Sun 9th Aug

[Stevencc]

What's with that starry background?

 

[Stevencc]

That should have been 1-0 to Stoke there, shame it fell to Johnson of all players.

 

[Bilo]

I think this is going really well

 

[JimJams]

Liverpool players (presently*) can't cross for shit.


*Disclaimer for inevitable second half goal from a cross.

 

[Stevencc]

I think Souness is right with what he just said there. Milner and Henderson are both good, hard-working midfielders but they don't really offer the passing range or creativity that you would like to have from at least one of your centre mids. It is a strange midfield pairing, particularly in a 4231.

 

[Bilo]

Lovren could have been sent off for that. Looked deliberate.

 

[Bilo]

Another one of those good saves from Mignolet every person and their grandmother will forget.

 

[JimJams]

Henderson fucks up wit that effort. Good opening too!

 

[snortingfrogs]

We have been a lot better in the second half so far imho.
It would be great to for Benteke to score a winner, but I think the match will end 0-0 sadly.

 

[JimJams]

Game needs Firmbeanyo.

 

[SamScfc]

What an absolute shite game. I didn't think it was possible to be worse than Preston v Boro

 

[Blitzballer]

Benteke looks 1/4 of the player he was at Villa

 

[JimJams]

Coutinho doing what he does!

 

[JoeJoeJoeJoe]

pls coutinho

 

[Stevencc]

Butland will be disappointed there - the shot had a lot of power on it but it wasn't in the corner and he got a good hand to it.

 

[snortingfrogs]

What a lovely goal by Coutinho, excellent to be honest.

 

[Nath]

Lovely strike from Coutinho.

How bad has this game been though. Pub team standard at times.

 

[Jamie_SFC]

He won't be a Liverpool player next season.

 

[Master D]

Stoke have been shit on a stick and deserve nothing. Diouf has zero qualities up front except nuisance value.

 

[Avatar]

Coutinhos goals all look the same. What a strike.

 

[Super_horns]

Stunning goal!

Worthy of winning any game.

 

[The Iron]

Brilliant result for Liverpool and they get revenge for last season.

 

[Stevencc]

Low quality match. Stoke had the better of the chances, with three or four decent ones, but Liverpool sneak a late winner. Stoke really only have themselves to blame for wasting the chances they did get though - Liverpool were efficient enough to take the one they did get - and even then it was more of a half chance.

 

[Bilo]

Well that was ok. Three points. We were really shit.

 

[G-Dragon]

Great win for us, 3 points is all that matters. Not many teams will go to stoke and get all 3 points this season.

 

[johnnytodd]

Liverpool will win the league now i fink

 

[JimJams]

3 points isn't all that matters though. It's clear from watching that that Rodgers hasn't identified a way to get Benteke in the game properly. He was feeding off of scraps. Crap scraps. Lallana was shite. Firminho should start. Gomez played well but had a few shaky moments, Clyne played well. Can should start. Although Milner isn't really a winger, you probably need to start using him as one because the crossing was abysmal from others. Ibe disappointed too.

 

[Nath]

"I thought Christian was outstanding today"

Brendan, giz' a smoke of that after you.

 

[Gilly?]

Horrible game saved by Coutinho doing a good.

I don't like Milner and Henderson as a partnership, we were much better once Can came on. Firmino runs funny.

 

[danbylfc]

Ole ole ole ole