Football Focus

[Jah Lush]

Aaaah! Back to inner-city bitchiness. I may be a Spud but I also think Woolwich Wanderers will do well this season though it pains me to say so if not cup success then they will certainly once again finish in the top three. Other than that I certainly will not be making any predictions this early apart from West Ham will stay up and finish mid-table, only a few points below Spurs. It's good to have the Irons back and some regular ribbing from Quids et al. I can't wait for MOTD tomorrow night.

[Alan Medic]

Undisputedtruth Wrote:

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> I'm not really taking an active interest in this

> thread, RD. Too much playground football talk and

> not enough real understanding of the game. I'm

> more interested in the tactical side fo the game

> so I go elsewhere for that.

>

God help us (if there is one)if you do start taking an active interest in the thread UDT. Noone will get a word in.

[Alan Medic]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Alan Medic Wrote:

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> -----

> > "Do I think Arsenal will finish above Utd this

> > year? Yes"

> >

> > SJ, I don't believe you wrote that. I'd like to

> > bet you several glasses of liquid turf you are

> > wrong.I never saw you wearing rose tinted

> glasses

> > before!

> >

> >

> > That reminds me. That Mick Mac still owes me.

> With

> > interest at this stage.

>

>

> You ran out of time on that one Declan, you can't

> just keep me in your back pocket forever.

Always suspected you had some Welsh in you Mick Mad.

[Otta]

Oh dear, Brendan Rogers must be wishing he'd stayed at Swansea. New striker doesn't look up to much.

Gutted for Joe Cole, his luck stinks.

Surprised to see QPR so battered, thought they made some good signings.

[Jah Lush]

Hoorah! It's back at last. COYS!

[????]

IRONS :)

[red devil]

Chippy Minton Wrote:

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> Liverpool to win away at West Brom AND score

> twice?

>

> There's surprising and just plain ludicrous!

You're right Chippy, what was I thinking...can't say I'm disappointed though :)

[maxxi]

After the holier-than-thou brow-beating by Olympophile journalists in the past week it was a day of:

- players fined for Twittering,

- and going on strike for a move to a richer bigger club'

- managers sniping at each other,

- and the dawning reminder that TV's dominance of the game means that three of the four clubs most people think will contest the premiership don't even play today...

...all paling into insignificance the moment Nolan scores a hotly disputed (by Villa) goal and gives the Irons an opening day victory... aaah, it's good to have it back and to be back in it! B)

[El Pibe]

And spurs losing mwah hah hah.

[Jah Lush]

Oh, shush El Pibe.

[Undisputedtruth]

Brendan Rodgers for the sack!

[Otta]

To be fair, I think 3-0 isn't a real reflection of that match.

That said, I can't deny that Liverpool need a lot of work. They also need a goal scorer!!! Carroll should have been given much more time today.

[Otta]

And a back line obviously.

[????]

had a chat with a couple of mates who said Diame looked the dogs bollox, we were very solid and Villa pretty poor. Roll on Swansea.

[Mick Mac]

I think if we finish above Rangers, we should win the league.

On Brendan Rogers.... I think his style of play may take a bit of time to show results but he will I think bring something special back to Liverpool.

[maxxi]

Otta Wrote:

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> To be fair, I think 3-0 isn't a real reflection of

> that match.

>

> That said, I can't deny that Liverpool need a lot

> of work. They also need a goal scorer!!!

If Suarez hadn't forced himself into the early running for the 'Torres' or 'Cow's Arse/Banjo' stakes things might have been different but Rodgers' refusal to use Carroll until he had to was a fault.

Good news re Diame and nice to see Maiga has confidence to try and round gk when only on for last 9 minutes - Villa looked poor though.

[SCSB79]

Another world record set by Rangers today.

WATP.

[Alan Medic]

Is this to go with the one of dropping 3 divisions in one season?

[Chippy Minton]

"I thought the players showed they have coped very well with the ideas we have given them" - Rodgers.

God help Liverpool if the players don't grasp the defensive/sideways ideas he's bound to ridgidly stick to!

[red devil]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Is this to go with the one of dropping 3 divisions

> in one season?

Sky have had to issue an apology to Rangers.

Rangers games this season will not be shown in 3D as suggested, instead it should have read D3.

[Otta]

Chippy, I'm not necessarily disagreeing with anything you say, but you do seem to have a bit of a gripe with Rogers. Is there a particular reason, or does he just rub you up the wrong way?

[Chippy Minton]

I just think he's massively overated.

He has a massive ego, is completely inflexible and what he has achieved has been more by luck than judgement.

A club like Liverpool should be making better appointments than him.

[Otta]

Well I hope you're wrong, but early signs (waiting for 80 minutes before playing Carroll) suggest otherwise.

[Alan Medic]

Chippy Minton Wrote:

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> A club like Liverpool should be making better

> appointments than him.

Martinez got Swansea playing the way they do. Why didn't they pick him I wonder?

[Chippy Minton]

Indeed. Martinez (or Lambert) - who don't have any blots on their records - would have been far, far better choices.

Rogers track record is very mediocore - saved Watford from relegation with Boothroyd's team; took Reading from 4th to 21st whilst alienating senior players and spending more money than any other manager on players he then didn't even play; and he then got Swansea promoted with Martinez and Sousa's team.