The Soccer Blog: Matchday: Liverpool v. Blackpool

Sunday, 3 October 2010

Matchday: Liverpool v. Blackpool

By: Ed | October 3rd, 2010
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Kickoff from Anfield at 15:00 GMT, 10:00 EST.

Ways to Watch:

Match televised on FSC delay in the US.

MyP2P.eu
Atdhe.net
ChannelSurfing.net

Liverpool:

Reina
Johnson Skrtel Kyrgiakos Carragher
Meireles Poulsen Gerrard Cole
Kuyt
Torres

Bench: Jones, Maxi, Jovanovic, Lucas, Spearing, Ngog, Kelly

Looks like Noel still has plenty to be thankful for—Christian Poulsen once again starts in central midfield, likely alongside Steven Gerrard. It’ll be Raul Meireles and Joe Cole wide (but not as wingers, of course), with Dirk Kuyt providing support to Fernando Torres.

Big news at the back is that Jamie Carragher deputizes at on the left due to injury/farcical transfer dealings. He’s serviceable enough at full back, but I think this compounds the organizational problems we saw on the left midweek. Most of the attacking emphasis will obviously fall to Joe Cole on that side, but it’ll be interesting to see how it’s worked out.

Blackpool:

Gilks
Cathcart Evatt Eardley Crainey
Varney Vaughan Grandin Taylor-Fletcher
Campbell Adam

Bench: Halstead, Southern, Harewood, Ormerod, Phillips, Sylvestre, Keinan

In the run-up:

This is too much to ignore, so in its entirety:

“Unbelievable. How many clubs have I had in 35 years? What do you mean, do my methods translate? They translated from Halmstads to Malmo to Orebro to Neuchâtel Xamax to the Swiss national team.

“The question is quite frankly insulting, I suppose. That question is suggesting something. To suggest that suddenly because you move from one club to another, the methods that have stood you in good stead for 35 years and made you one of the most respected coaches in the Europe suddenly do not work. I find it very, very hard to believe that someone has even asked me that question.”

“What do you mean, ‘a different type of player?’

“At the moment arguably one or two of the players that you are suggesting are very different to the Fulham players maybe are not playing any better than the Fulham players played. Journalists work on names and not on performances. You watch people play and you base your judgment on their name and not necessarily what they have actually done on the day of the game.”

“I could not give a monkey’s whether we are 16th or 18th. What bothers me is that we have only got six points and I would have liked a few more. But then I knew Manchester United and Manchester City were going to be tough, and I knew Arsenal with 10 men was going to be tough, so maybe six points is not so bad.

“[But] when you have six points from six games, you understand people are going to be making negative judgments. That is the way it is. Those things do not bother me. I have had two and a half wonderful years where nothing negative was ever said about me and my team. Now maybe people are saying negative things. It does not change anything.”

“Expectations are very high. You cannot live in a dream world of how wonderful it would be if every time one of our players got the ball, he raced past four defenders and smashed it into the net. That would be living in a fantasy world. That is not going to happen in plenty of games in Europe and the Premier League.

“I would accuse you of being unrealistic if you are suggesting we should doing what Arsenal, who have had the same team for the last six years, and Chelsea, who have just won the league, are doing. We finished seventh last season. I don’t understand why you are suggesting we should be comparing ourselves every day with Chelsea or Manchester United at this early stage of the season.”

Passing the buck, my favorite pastime!

The players, the board, the previous manager, the expectations, the press. Yes, they’re all f*cked. There also needs to be accountability on his end. I guess we’re all missing the point; things are going to plan, and you’re letting your fantasies run wild if you expect to see Liverpool play an attractive brand of football. Too much to expect to see Liverpool compete as though Chelsea and Arsenal are their peers.

So let’s join together in welcoming one of the club’s more appropriate peers for today’s match.

Some Related Liverpool Posts:Matchday: Liverpool v. Manchester UnitedMatchday: Liverpool v. SunderlandMatchday: Liverpool v. West BromMatchday: Liverpool v. SteauaSquad Announced; Fernando Torres Has Been Paying Attention

Category: Matchday Posts, Miscellaneous, Premier League

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Red2deathI'm just waiting for Hodgson to congratulate Blackpool on a fantastic effort, and then say his team did well too. Almost there, just a bit unlucky eh, Roy?

Tricky start to the season, fair enough. But then losses against Blackpool and Northampton, draw against Sunderland. What's the excuse now Hodgson?

For this man, at the end of his tenure there'll be videos on Youtube to showcase his cluelessness. Right up there with George Bush. The Best of Roy Hodgson, 2010-2010.Ed"MISSION ACCOMPLISHED"NoelBe more passive in defense, Liverpool. Really, it's working brilliantly.NoelLucky... that was probably a second yellow.NoelApparently Kuyt can do a job as a wide attacking mid and his heavy touch becomes less of a hindrance there. Interesting...EdHow seductive is football? Twenty minutes ago I was at the nadir of interest, and now I'm all over the place with excitement.Red2deathPoulsen's off! We have 11 players now!FootymixVery interesting Jova on for Poulsencarloscan any1 help me out with a link to watch online.. i cant belive this.... if theres going to be a comebak i need to watch...... surely hodg is o his way outEdAtdhe.net, link halfway down that page.Noelatdhe.net is fairly reliable and a good first place to lookjustin[sarcasm]Seems like Hodgson's winning mentality has been the only thing that has rubbed off the players being translated into results on the field. [/sarcasm]NoelKuyt's done more in three minutes on the left than Cole did in 45. Now if Cole could just move to the bench while Gerrard moved into the hole, we might be on to something.Billim taking a look at the bench to see who can come on and help us and i realize there is no one to do thatiFCUKINhateMANU28/1 on liverpool to be relegated......DNACome now. Even chronic pessimists like myself don't think that Liverpool will get relegated. They'll finish a respectable (in Roy's opinion) 16th.GalahadThreepwoodBrief moments of hope followed by soul-crushing despair. This is what it means to be a Liverpool fan in 2010.ChrisLFCThis is they type of game we thought it would be - up and down with chances for both sides. We simply haven't converted are chances and they have. Amazingly frustrating that we can't do more.NoelWe haven't been nearly as sharp or cutting with our chance creation, either. We'll pass to open space, but mostly our moves are built around breaking quickly--ie., countering. Their attacking, though up-tempo, is built around using movement and passing to create opportunities.

We're trying to capitalize on opportunities. They're trying to create them.Red2deathI wanna sue Hicks, Gillett and Hodgson for making me an alcoholic.EdNothing worth saying at the half. Totally fucked.Footymixreally a load of pathetic crap,Poulsen is not a liverpool player period.ChrisLFCI don't know football worth crap....and even I know Poulsen sucks.GalahadThreepwoodGotta love the shots of Roy on the sideline, looking progressively more bewildered as the game goes on. And Glen Johnson just had a beautiful, wide-open shot at goal which he proceeded to put in the 6th row of the stands. This is after he committed the foul that gave Blackpool a penalty kick, and their first goal.

I can't stand it. I just can't stand it.ChrisLFCIs it OK for a grown man to cry?Footymixi cried half time istanbul,and this just somehow feels the same
GalahadThreepwoodCrap. Crap crap crap crap crap.

NoelThat pass to spring him and leading to the penalty was absolutely magnificent. Shame I can't remember anything as cutting from Liverpool since the Europa qualifier.EdEverything's the worst.HaterIMHO liverpool should join leads and s'mptonNoelFiddlesticks.NoelThat interview is just too damn depressing. I guess if it's all the fault of others and he's doing nothing wrong and his tactics are sound then there's nothing broken to be fixed. Good times.

Then I'm faced with the idea of something like a 4-2-2-2 with Carragher responsible for providing width. From the left no less. I think I'm just going to find a nice corner and whimper quietly for a little while.DNAWell said Ed. At last, we have found our fit. We will, in future english sentences, be considered as the "Fulhams and Liverpools of the world". Soon thats going to be the "Fulhams and Liverpools (sans Torres and Gerrard and Reina" of the world".

The fact that Woy thinks that 16th place is fine and that grabbing a point of the Arsenal game and putting up a fight against Utd is great, peeves me. Soon enough we will have shrunk into ignominy, either fighting a relegation battle or finishing mid-table. I hope I am wrong and god do I hope that! But it looks bad.

I wouldn't read too much into a win today against Blackpool. I think Liverpool are on the way to getting completely fucked.blog comments powered by Disqus

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