Topic: Liverpool 1-0 Fulham

[Gifted Right Foot]

pretty average but a wins a win 

thought meireles, johnson, agger and reina had good games

[suredross]

gritty win. we looked a bit nervy towards the end but its all good.

[Tepid water]

TWo and a half weeks after the hoof left us....

And we are passing and moving like nothing we've seen for months...

That's what I'm enjoying, im enjoying enjoying watching us play for once

[RigBon1892]

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/dalglish-aiming-higher

Kenny Dalglish insists Liverpool should be aiming much higher than seventh place in the Barclays Premier League following a second successive victory over Fulham on Wednesday night.

What a refreshing difference from the last "manager."

Can we PLEASE get Stevie off corners though, he'd be so much better being in the box waiting to bang them in.

[Mad Men]

It's clear the players are enjoying their football...and the team are playing with confidence and to their strenghts.

I am sure they couldn't care less how we win because 3 points is 3 points.

[blah]

Both Sky Sports and the BBC are painting the win as luck, when if we had any Torres would have scored the opener.

[AlphaDelta]

Good, business-like performance, bit nervy towards the end but thats to be expected in the post-Hodgson era.

Raul gave another great performance and I was also made up with Johnson at LB, see what happens when you get a skinhead!!

[djphal]

Both Sky Sports and the BBC are painting the win as luck, when if we had any Torres would have scored the opener.

who gives a fuck, we won and we have gone from relegation fodder to 7th in a matter of weeks!

we are guided by a force much greater than luck

[rafathegaffa83]

Another three points and a clean sheet.  Exactly what was needed. A seven day rest will help, as the lads can focus more on working on some things in training.

[Stussy]

That shitheap the reds played on at Wolves took its toll on the boys last ten mins. Most were blowing for tugs at the end. KK said he wants to win ugly now and than and boy that was ugly. All adds to the confidence building exercise KK and the back room staff are engaged in. They stuck together against a decent Fulham team that fancied their chances tonight and fair play to Sparky for having a real go. Job done.

Agree with that completely.

[steveeastend]

Both Sky Sports and the BBC are painting the win as luck, when if we had any Torres would have scored the opener.

It was a little bit of luck but that´s not the point. Yesterday´s Manchester victory was for sure well deserved according to them... fuck em.

[Phil M]

Both Sky Sports and the BBC are painting the win as luck

Who gives a toss?

[blah]

It was a little bit of luck but that´s not the point. Yesterday´s Manchester victory was for sure well deserved according to them... fuck em.

Exactly.

[RedRaj]

It was a little bit of luck but that´s not the point. Yesterday´s Manchester victory was for sure well deserved according to them... fuck em.

Did you see Blackpool's penalty shout!  The media have hardly even mentioned it...

[WorldChampions]

Both Sky Sports and the BBC are painting the win as luck, when if we had any Torres would have scored the opener.

Not even luck, if the rules were upheld we would have won 2-0.

[Elysian Fields]

Who called the Torres goal offside?

Get some women referees in there!!!

[GonzalezIsARed]

I loved the Pantsil - Johnson - Gerrard - Agger scurry they had, was funny as hell.

was class, liked the way Johnson stepped in for Stevie too, even though it didnt look like he needed any help.

[blah]

Did you see Blackpool's penalty shout!  The media have hardly even mentioned it...

It wasn't a shout, it was a penalty.

[Crackerjack Sam]

we need quality wingers
No Kuyt..No Maxi
we need QUALITY wingers!!!

THIS


Both were rubbish. Would rather they sit on the bench than hinder our chances of moving up in the ladder. Maxi had a hint of Luis Garcia. Crap in possession and couldn't make a right pass all night. Dirk has regressed.
Hope Kenny can bring some wing talent ni the summer. These two cut cut it.
Glad we won!

[jaffod]

It was onside, but very close and easy for the linesman to call it wrong, evened out with a lucky scrappy goal.

Why did it even itself out?

It was onside. We were on the end of a shit decision. Again. The quality of our goal has fuck all to do with it.

[blah]

I think the entire team should shave their heads as a sign of solidarity and a means of intimidation. Maybe Fernando would focus more on his football and less on his hair as well.

[WorldChampions]

Why did it even itself out?

It was onside. We were on the end of a shit decision. Again. The quality of our goal has fuck all to do with it.

Exactly, they were lucky it came back off the post and not in. If you want to play the luck card it can go on all night.

[LiamG]

We didnt play as well as against Wolves but a win is a win

[neutron]

I am happy enough with that performance. It is a million miles away from Roy even though it was a bit hairy at times (mind you, I'm not sure how much of that is a hangover from those tewwible few months). We are showing signs of getting forward in numbers too, and getting bodies back quickly which reminds me a little of Chelsea back in the Maureen days - Clarke's influence no doubt. It's also not bad to get some bringing back down to earth after all the heady 31-pass stuff. Another week now to clear out the leftover poison still in our system from the last regime and we'll be getting back to being at the level we should be. What a fucking relief! 

[RigBon1892]

I think the entire team should shave their heads as a sign of solidarity and a means of intimidation. Maybe Fernando would focus more on his football and less on his hair as well.

I think he was a bit crap when he had a shaved head.

[Garstonite]

Won't bother doing a match report as it's getting late.

Though, I do a few spanners to throw into the mix:

Kuyt should be relegated to the bench, pronto.
Johnson is the most improved player of the Dalglish regime to date.
Our side desperately lacks pace.
Skrtel needs replacing.
Anyone who can't see how Adam could fit in this team needs their head testing.

And finally...

Gerrard ruins the equilibrium of our team and we desperately miss Lucas when he's not playing.

[steveeastend]

Did you see Blackpool's penalty shout!  The media have hardly even mentioned it...

This has to change and I am sure it will. This media bias just cannot go on that way...

[blah]

I think he was a bit crap when he had a shaved head.

Remember Shaved Head Stevie? He was the kind of player that would take the ball, the man, and the guy standing next to him in a single tackle.

[Will7]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L8SaQLRZYc

YOU SURE???  ;-)

definitely offside!!!  Just as I thought

[adamski29]

Well done Redmen.

We're a work in progress, and we're making progress.

Form and confidence hinge on games like this when you hang on and the ball falls your way, Two back to back wins now, the fighting spirit to dig in was there despite our inability to calm things at the end, and we played some good football too.

Three wins in a row if we beat Stoke. Belief comes together as results come together they rely on each other.

Back to where we ended last season, seventh. Forward, Reds.

Well said, we've been through a really traumatic one and a half season, it will take a string of good results to completley banish those nerves, gerrard is not and never will be a central midfield player he looks lost when played there

[robgomm]

Tough night, Fulham played well. Didn't see as much fluency and movement in the midfield tonight, I thought the system was rather more rigid than against Wolves. But a good win against a team picking up form and we showed good resilience!

[RedRaj]

definitely offside!!!  Just as I thought

You can't tell from the clip Will7 because the ball has left the boot of Raul when Nando's leg looks like it may be in front... Tenner please

[smicer07]

Just got back. Good performance overall although we were a bit lucky at times. Thought Gerrard was our worst player- tried to do too much and play every position on the pitch bar keeper. Needs to try to stick to one role.

[Dr. Venkman]

Maxi and Kuyt's problem is neither of them are ball carriers, once they are closed down that's it, unless their is an easy pass forward it goes back or sideways.
I lost count of the number of times it happened tonight

Need at least one option out wide who can take on a man, why isn't Johnson on the wing when Aurelio is fit?

[Ryan M]

Was decent to go the match for a while and see us win, playing some good football at times and a clean sheet.

However why the crowd think I know how to help the team, scream my head off and give them abuse. I understand being upset some times, however I hear people screaming like it's the end of the world!

Players looked tired near the end. Meireles impressing again.

Greatest point of defending for an hour, especially for Hodgson. Positional play is important but so is pressing! Attacking football has produced better defending.

Anyways thanks for everything Kenny!

[walshys_mullet]

Love how Hughes forgets to mention the offside goal in his lucky interview...

[RigBon1892]

Remember Shaved Head Stevie? He was the kind of player that would take the ball, the man, and the guy standing next to him in a single tackle.

Right, well who's gonna be the one to tell Soto to shave his head?

[Stussy]

Also felt, up to a point, like we made our own luck today. Although it was uncomfortably close at times there was a sense of unity in the team. Pulling together and a genuine belief we would win this and the players pulled together to make it happen.

That is exactly the right attitude and exactly the right thing to take from a game like this.

Its things like this that confidence and form spring from. You take a win when you have not played coherently for all the game, when you had your backs against the wall, all of a sudden you have two clean sheets and two back to back wins, you have a home game next with a week to prepare, you can look to be putting some form together.

We are making progress, even though its uneven. Three weeks and the difference Kenny is making is apparent.

[bigbear]

Just got back. Good performance overall although we were a bit lucky at times. Thought Gerrard was our worst player- tried to do too much and play every position on the pitch bar keeper. Needs to try to stick to one role.

He wasn't our worst player but he was very ordinary by his own standards.

[Beninger]

I'll take it.  Very nervy at the end, but I'm glad we found a way to win when we weren't playing all that well.  As they say, good teams find a way to win...