£12M for Long. Easy to laugh at him right now, but he was never worth that. Props to Liverpool for actually winning this game. Southampton looking fine, albeit a bit better than I expected. Thought they'd be rolled today.

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

August 17 2014 14:26 GMT

#2104

Yeah Southampton looking much better than I expected. A hard thought win for Liverpool. Liverpool’s season could go either way for me. There still a lot of quality there but losing Suaez is such a big loss.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

August 17 2014 14:26 GMT

#2105

Said to scouse friends at half time that they would win 2-1. It's same old Liverpool but with less goals. Suarez playing that is 3-1 or 4-2 game.
They bought Lovren in to help secure up the back 4 but it hasn't do much yet in game 1.

Still, ANYONE would take any kind of win game 1 of a season lol, it's always hard so they will feel they did enough.

smr

Germany4808 Posts

August 17 2014 14:32 GMT

#2106

So happy for Liverpool. Only a Burnley victory needed to make a fantastic weekend even better : )

kyllinghest

Norway1607 Posts

August 17 2014 14:55 GMT

#2107

On August 17 2014 23:26 Pandemona wrote:
Said to scouse friends at half time that they would win 2-1. It's same old Liverpool but with less goals. Suarez playing that is 3-1 or 4-2 game.
They bought Lovren in to help secure up the back 4 but it hasn't do much yet in game 1.

Still, ANYONE would take any kind of win game 1 of a season lol, it's always hard so they will feel they did enough.

I think Lovren, Skrtel and Manquillo looked like a solid defence in the making, they were let down heavily by Johnson though. Lucas failed hard a few times aswell.

So glad to finally get the season going, and as you said, it doesn´t really matter how you get those first three points. Very good second half performance by Southampton, but the game changed totally when Lambert entered the field. His presence occupied the defenders and suddenly them redmen found their passes and link ups offensively. Plus Sturridge is so frickin good at scoring clutch goals.

bObaZ

Portugal862 Posts

August 17 2014 15:14 GMT

#2108

Wait until Markovic is Fit! Liverpool With Coutinho, Markovic and Sterling behind Sturidge with henderson and gerard backing them up.

It will be awesome!

All in All, the ideal Liverpool team is the team that played today but with Markovic instead of Lucas, and Moreno Instead of Johnson. And i'm still missing Lallana

NuclearJudas

6546 Posts

August 17 2014 15:37 GMT

#2109

So you'll play with Gerrard and Henderson alone in midfield when defending? Worked out so good in the World Cup, so you're welcome to try it. Since I assume it'd look something like this: http://lineupbuilder.com/?sk=43mx6

Mensol

14536 Posts

August 17 2014 15:40 GMT

#2110

Manchester City is still extremely scary.

They have so much creativy with Silva, Nasri and Jovetic in front.

kyllinghest

Norway1607 Posts

August 17 2014 15:45 GMT

#2111

On August 18 2014 00:37 NuclearJudas wrote:
So you'll play with Gerrard and Henderson alone in midfield when defending? Worked out so good in the World Cup, so you're welcome to try it. Since I assume it'd look something like this: http://lineupbuilder.com/?sk=43mx6

I think Coutinho will play as the more offensive player in a three man midfield when all players are available.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

August 17 2014 16:08 GMT

#2112

On August 17 2014 23:32 smr wrote:
So happy for Liverpool. Only a Burnley victory needed to make a fantastic weekend even better : )

Wow this guy t.t

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

August 17 2014 16:45 GMT

#2113

Really liking some of these players from Newcastle, Aarons and Cabella really are sparks of life with the way they play the game. Ayoze Perez had a nice chance but not seen much of him and Rivierie looks like he might need a bit of time. But still, Newcastle look like it might be a tough game again.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

August 17 2014 16:53 GMT

#2114

Yeah odd seeing Man City so out of sync though, first game rust I guess.

EDIT:

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

August 17 2014 16:58 GMT

#2115

Newcastle have been playing with so much passion and commitment that was lacking from the entire second half of last season last year. That should please their fans a bit. I don't like seeing Alan Pardew getting grief from the Newcastle fans. I think he does a good job and the truth is probably just that Newcastle aren't as bigger club as their fans want them to be any more. Though saying that they had a disastrous second half the season last year, so the hate wasn't entirely un-justified.

A packed St James park is always going to have atmosphere.

^ Thats a ridiculous attempt at a story from the Mirror and fair play to Luke Shaw for calling them on it.

Liquid`Drone

Norway28700 Posts

August 17 2014 17:17 GMT

#2116

the end of last season was atrocious but overall I think pardew has done a decent job with the players and transfer funds he's had available to him. maybe a bit crazy on the french but oh well.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

August 17 2014 17:48 GMT

#2117

Rokomish

United States68 Posts

August 17 2014 18:04 GMT

#2118

Kempin is going to be a stud. Wonder how long he'll stay at SKC.

Ferrose

United States11378 Posts

August 17 2014 20:22 GMT

#2119

http://gfycat.com/NeighboringSlipperyGrebe

Fabian Klos, Arminia Bielefeld in the DFB-Pokal. One of the best goals you'll ever see.

Micro_Jackson

Germany2002 Posts

August 17 2014 20:30 GMT

#2120

On August 18 2014 05:22 Ferrose wrote:
http://gfycat.com/NeighboringSlipperyGrebe

Fabian Klos, Arminia Bielefeld in the DFB-Pokal. One of the best goals you'll ever see.

Ha! Take that stupid TL Premier League thread.