Liverpool v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Steve R]

I've studied the penalty incidents in some detail; and reached the conclusion that everyone on the Kop can take turns sucking my balls.

Even the police dogs?

[beness]

Great goalkeeping from Given. Some excellent stopping from Collins. Midfield was always going to be hard to control and I thought Gabby was getting pushed into the corners a bit much for his liking.
 All in all a point that most of us would have wanted before kick off. The second half especially was a hard hard fight and glad that the lads hung on even with the 5 mins injury time.

[Matt Collins]

I was about to eat humble pie after my pre match prediction of between 3 and 5 conceded. Then I watched the highlights and realised we could have easily shipped that many.

Good result tho especially with the results in other games.

[Archie]

Great performance by team, Given and Collins, in particular, have been irreducible in defence of the goal. But also Lichay, Herd and Bannan prove that they are ready for the first team. And I have appreciated even the spirit with which AML knocked his chest saying: with the heart.

[Legion]

Goals, highlights and interviews

[mr woo]

Happy with the point but my god , we were shit.  Again. Can't believe so many people are being deceived by the result alone. If we had to replay that game tomorrow and the dippers scored first we'd have lost by 3 or 4.


And as for those saying we were robbed by the Carruthers penalty shout, get real.

[richard moore]

I think Liverpool are in serious decline. It's an awful pity we didn't kick on the year we finished ahead of them (2010). We should be competing with the likes of them, especially when you look at the crop of youngsters we have coming through. They have wasted so much money on very average players.

Haven't we both

Been saying for ages that they, this season, are us from about 3 or 4 seasons ago. Rich american owner but not quite rich enough to make the leap to top four, therefore having to pay vastly over inflated prices for extremely mediocre English talent. Some days they look as if they could make it and play some great stuff but underneath you know it is never quite going to work for any sustained length of time

[barrysleftfoot]

  I think, with the resources available over the last 2 or 3 weeks, McL has done well.Good team selection, good set up, and good use of substitutions.We had no natural wide players yday, and the reason why we kept giving the ball away was because we had no width.And yet for all their superiority, Given only had to make 2 or 3 proper saves.

  We also saw 2 or 3 young lads grow up.Baker looks comfortable at this level,as does GG.Weimann looks as if he has ability, partic last week, and Erics got a couple of games under his belt as well.Carruthers showed in his brief stint, that hes not overawed.9 out of 16 squad yday, came through the youth set up.

 Good point, beat Stoke and we are safe

[Matt Collins]

Liverpool could have had 3 pens, hit the woodwork 3 times, missed an absolutely unbelievable sitter and forced 3 really good saves from given.

We could have put in exactly the same performance, lost 5-1, and this board would have been full of comments about how the kids just aren't good enough, bannan can't keep the ball, lichaj and baker were pulled all over the place, etc.

A really good result, especially given the side we were able to put out. But we're still a prett shit team and playing too many of the kids still leave us at risk  of relegation, if not this year then next.

[barrysleftfoot]

  3 pens?......Suarez, no more than Carruthers, Kuyt..no, Herd, no.So possibly one pen each.

 Suarez.....£25m striker, hits inside of post, and Gven saves, apart from that don't remember a time when Given was beaten.

 Instead of bemoaning the fact that we got a point, look at their resources in comparrison to ours.They spent £120m in the summer, and to be quite frank did'nt look it.Downing and Henderson look way off the pace, Gerrard has'nt long left, Carroll is one dimensional, and Suarez will be off in the summer.

 Overall, McL used his resources better than KD, and he should be applauded for that.Does'nt matter if they deserved to win, they did'nt, and it was down to a good defensive performance.

[Dave Cooper please]

9 out of 16 squad yday, came through the youth set up.

You cannot understate this. Look at Liverpool's squad and what it cost both in fees and wages and then compare it to what McLeish had to put out.
 This was a very good point.

[dave.woodhall]

Happy with the point but my god , we were shit.  Again. Can't believe so many people are being deceived by the result alone. If we had to replay that game tomorrow and the dippers scored first we'd have lost by 3 or 4.


And as for those saying we were robbed by the Carruthers penalty shout, get real.

If only, eh?

[Dave Clark Five]

I have lost count of the times that we have shipped three goals against Liverpool but the McLeish Minors didn't let us down yesterday.

[PaulWinch again]

Didn't see the game, but I saw the team we put out so I assume it was backs against the walls stuff. Under the current circumstances survival is that matters so fair enough. However we need to actually take teams on in future.

[beness]

Didn't see the game, but I saw the team we put out so I assume it was backs against the walls stuff. Under the current circumstances survival is that matters so fair enough. However we need to actually take teams on in future.

 I hate to make any player a scapegoat, but maybe Hesky should be on the bench. I think that he adds nothing in the current set up.