Topic: CUP FINAL - Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool: Full time

[shelovesyou]

What a load of fucking bollocks. When was that rule brought in? Tactically, sometimes the way to win is to let a team come on to you and then make subs to take advantage of a tiring team. Not saying that's what we did but being outplayed for two-thirds of the match doesn't mean you deserve to lose. We should have won it in the second half and were well on top when that shithouse Drogba did his usual audition for Casualty.

I told the two Chelsea fans in front of me that he was a fucking shithouse and they had to agree. Expect the same in Munich if Chelsea are winning and Bayern look like getting any rhythm going.

I despise the prick. 

He was very clever when he went down for 5 minutes, he broke up our momentum a tad, I said to the Mrs he knew what he was doing, and as much as I despise all that shite, I wouldnt be critical if the tables were turned.

[progress]

Tactically Kenny got it all wrong for me, it seemed as if we were playing for a draw and penalties, too afraid to attack. For 50 minutes we had nothing going for us, Suarez was isolated up top chasing nothing balls and our wide men were ineffective. Pepe was poor for the first goal. It was only when we conceded the second goal that changes were forced upon us and Carroll came on, then we looked like a side who wanted to win.

Returning to the age old, tried and tested "Liverpool way" of hoofball got us back into the match. It wasn't pretty, it wasn't good on the eye, but launching it onto Carroll's head at every opportunity did make us look the more menacing of sides in the second half. Chelsea were unable to cope with the hoof, Chelsea hung on.

As for the non-goal? It wasn't a goal, let's be honest lads. We can open paint up, draw white lines across the goalmouth and erase Cech/the crossbar as much as we like, but the ball did not 100% cross the line.

[the good half]

Garcia wasn't in

Andy's was

Neither were in.

But that doesnt matter a jot when you read the mornin papers.

Liverpool deserved to win that game in 2005.

They didnt do enough to win this one today.

Players who are worth their salt will learn more from the heartbreak today than they would from a season of mediocrity.

Those who do not...were never meant to be at Liverpool in the first place.

[Cream147]

And a pretty shit song at that. Not inspirational just boring and monotone

Yep, that's true as well. I've always preferred Land of Hope and Glory...of course that portrays the imperalistic nature of Britain nicely as well, but it also has a more inspirational melody, because it builds up to a big finish. Our national anthem is rubbish, and just sort of stays rubbish...

The quality of the song You'll Never Walk Alone can never be questioned. I know pretty much nobody who doesn't like the song, even if they don't like the football connotations. As I said, You'll Never Walk Alone is a way of life. It tells you everything you need to know about Liverpool Football Club, that's for sure. Listening to the fans sing it in the injury time of that game tells you why today's defeat is just a blip. We will come back. You'll Never Walk Alone separates the true Liverpool fans from the fake ones. The fake ones were slagging off the players and the manager all through the game, slighting Andy Carroll at every opportunity. The real ones were always behind the team until the final whistle blew (and even after). That is what You'll Never Walk Alone means to me.

[Hazell]

This shit possess me off, grow up Liverpool is in England FACT, get over it.

Source?

[-Q-]

Less than a third of our transfer expenditure. The rest went on British players.

I can see how "we spent 2/3 of our budget of British players" doesn't quite have the same ring to it...

Of the money we spent, I'd only really question the £20m on Downing.

£8m for Adam was fine, he was meant to be a squad player.
£13m + add ons for Henderson is fine as he is a young player, still learning and maturing.
£35m on Carroll was under exceptional circumstances and I fully believe he will come good.

[The G in Gerrard]

Prior to the game there were a lot of worries about our midfield in comparison to Chelsea's but there wasn't that much between them in all fairness. Spearing made a bad mistake for the first and Ramires was too quick and strong for Enrique and Lampard got past our midfield for the second far to easily. Aside from that, they didn't really dominate, though in fairness, they didn't need to, we didn't do much until Carroll came on and we were 2-0 down.

I think it's clear it's an area we need to improve in next season as none of our players bar Lucas can play well in that position. Some may with other players beside them but in absolute terms, we need to improve that area. That'll go a long way to making us a better side.

And Carroll - we should be using him more and today showed what he's capable of. More of that from him please and more of us using him please.

Thought we started off badly and the game was in danger of drifting away.

Surprised Downing stayed on for so long and Bellamy didn't play well. Has our poor form contributed to today? Will never know.

[payback]

Gerrard was shocking today! End of

he was busy covering the deficiencies of others. he's only got two legs ffs!

[TALBERT]

Game needed Lucas, Henderson and Spearing were all over the place

[redandred]

gutted beyond words..

[Shauno]

Anyone that posts a poorly edited picture to prove or disprove Andy Carroll's header did or didn't cross the line should be banned.

Like this?

[Redric1970]

Who cares?

Far to many.

[scoresagain]

This shit possess me off, grow up Liverpool is in England FACT, get over it.

Can you back that up?

[mikeb58]

Excellent and classy response from Kenny in that interview.Great to read a professional take on it, stands head and shoulders amongst the knee jerk bollocks you hear/read elsewhere.

[RedinExeter]

For my money, Spearing is another Lucas. We wanted Lucas gone a few years back and now we all love him. Give the lad another year.

When Lucas was Spearing's age he was bossing Chelsea off the park at Anfield when we beat them 2-0. Spearing isn't, not all young players who are initially criticised will turn out like Lucas has unfortunately.

[The G in Gerrard]

He was very clever when he went down for 5 minutes, he broke up our momentum a tad, I said to the Mrs he knew what he was doing

Yep deffo, think he even waved to the bench not to bother coming on

[Aido LFC]

Just stating facts...you don't think it is respectful to support a club no matter the manager?

Last time I checked Kenny was still manager so keep it shut and show respect.

[-Q-]

This shit possess me off, grow up Liverpool is in England FACT, get over it.

And what?  Because I was born in the geographic jurisdiction of Britain, I have to bow to the will of the collective and get all teary eyed at the national anthem (of Britain btw, not England)?

Nah.

[Alan_X]

And as for the booing of the national anthem, that was beyond disgraceful!

Haha - what the fuck? In what way is it disgraceful? Sorry beyond disgraceful...

[NOTBORNIN1982]

Just stating facts...you don't think it is respectful to support a club no matter the manager?

But what's the fucking piont pal?

Two hours after we lose a cup final is hardly the appropriate time to question whether or not Kenny will be in charge next season, do you think? What point should we deduce from your comment apart from the fact you want Kenny gone? your a disgrace to be honest.

[shelovesyou]

We may finished 7th, the same as the last 2 seasons, we've played teams off the park this season with no reward.

I'm convinced Kenny will put it right next season, with the addition of 2 or 3 new players.

Agreed.
Worth remembering that Yes Kenny brought the likes of Downing in but they, as players, have a responsibility to work hard and make intelligent choices.
This season will be invaluable for the players and management, in terms of learning and progressing.

[JLFC]

Like this?

what a fuckin effort

[jack witham]

What has England ever done for Liverpool?

[dave 5516]

This shit possess me off, grow up Liverpool is in England FACT, get over it.

Still doesn't make us feel English though.

[ThisisAnfield96]

I'm sure its been mentioned but Torres spent 20 minutes in LFC changing room after game. Exchanged jerseys w Reina

[Shirley.]

Fuck that anthem of imperialism off forever. It was the English that enslaved half the fucking world.

 This. I was glad 10/11 players kept their mouths firmly fucking shut.

[Cream147]

Neither were in.

Carroll's still was. Every Liverpool fan at least deserves the right to know this fact.



Last time I'm posting this image, I promise!

[Redric1970]

Source?

My sons geography homework.

[Aido LFC]

Somebody is more pissed of at the fact that the fans booed the national anthem instead of us losing a cup final, sort your self out ffs.

[payback]

we just lost a cup final here. what the fuck does the national anthem matter? fuck it.

[BCCC]

Like this?

Buy yourself a joke book, its easier.

[lfc786]

people having a go because we booed the national anthem. Fuck.

[NOTBORNIN1982]

I can see how "we spent 2/3 of our budget of British players" doesn't quite have the same ring to it...

Of the money we spent, I'd only really question the £20m on Downing.

£8m for Adam was fine, he was meant to be a squad player.
£13m + add ons for Henderson is fine as he is a young player, still learning and maturing.
£35m on Carroll was under exceptional circumstances and I fully believe he will come good.

"CUP FINAL - Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool: Full time" The clue is in the title. 

[Nin]

Don't think you can fault the starting line up. Think most would have been happy with it. But in hindsight I feel like we could have done with Shelvey in the middle. With Gerrard playing so deep there was too much of a gap between our midfield and Suarez. Either Maxi or Shelvey to bridge that gap would have worked better imo.

[SportBilly]

Fuck that anthem of imperialism off forever. It was the English that enslaved half the fucking world.

Excuse me but why the fuck is that relevant here? Once again a Rawk thread turns into fucking nonsense. And we wonder why we can't be grown up enough to have our own in-match commentary threads.

[artanis]

What the actual fuck does Hodgson have to do with it? Hodgson is not one of us for innumerable reasons, some of which where not his fault and many more of which he subsequently demonstrated. Kenny is. Kenny, for all he's done for us in the past, deserves support, respect and time—if he wants to go, fair enough—but if we boot him, we're no longer any different from any other plastic club, and any notion that we're any longer somehow special is gone. I can't believe some of our Bulls fans still can't get their head around this.

I cannot get my head around us getting less than 58 points this season. You can? I support Liverpool FC not the manager or any individual player. Fortunately the owners share my opinion and not yours. Noone is beyond criticism. Get over the plastic club BS. We need to make decisions that move us forward. We tried with Kenny and I supported it at the time. I'd did not work out.
Yes I support the Chicago Bulls too, so what's your point?

[Hazell]

Thought we started off badly and the game was in danger of drifting away.

Surprised Downing stayed on for so long and Bellamy didn't play well. Has our poor form contributed to today? Will never know.

Don't think they were that good to be honest. We were just worse up until 60 mins. Anyway, a lot of the concerns this season were again apparent today. I hope we address them in the summer.

[ThisisAnfield96]

LOL at some of the responses about the National Anthem in this thread.
WHO GIVES A FUCK

[mtpeters]

Last time I checked Kenny was still manager so keep it shut and show respect.

The only one showing disrespect is you, what with the garbage coming out of your mouth and such.  Last time I checked, Kenny said no one person is greater than the club.  I will always support and respect for everything he has done and continues to do.  Go rub one out and go to sleep, fella. 

[lfcmaster]

our squad is too small to cope with the number of games we have had this season

enrique has been pooor for a few weeks

next season we need to manage the squad better so that players are not playing to many games

i would play shelvey now for the next 2 games

i think we have missed a trick not playing shelvey today