Re: Sunderland v Liverpool

by mr-r34 Sun Sep 29, 2013 5:54 pm

Happy with the result but not the performance.

by Helmer Sun Sep 29, 2013 5:59 pm

it seems performance and result can not go hand in hand together this season

by mr-r34 Sun Sep 29, 2013 6:08 pm

HEIL MEIN REDS wrote:it seems performance and result can not go hand in hand together this season

TBH this season i haven't seen a performance yet from us, still trying to figure out how we've managed to get a great start.

by Art Morte Sun Sep 29, 2013 6:31 pm

It wasn't a bad performance, but Sturridge pretty much single-handedly won us a game - again. Deserves the most credit on each of the three goals.

It was an even encounter, but we had much more class up front and that decided it. But it's a real worry that we struggled so much to get the ball up there. Yeah, so if Lucas will miss the next game, I do welcome a different kind of set up in midfield.

by ExtremistEnigma Sun Sep 29, 2013 6:45 pm

One of the satisfying wins of the season so far.. didn't get completely outplayed by the opponents.

by Helmer Sun Sep 29, 2013 6:52 pm

actually the most satisfying thing is we scored a goal in the 2nd half, i hate such stats

by DeletedUser#1 Sun Sep 29, 2013 6:56 pm

Kolo Toure man :bow:

**waits for something-red to come in and say Kolo ain't good enough**

by McAgger Sun Sep 29, 2013 6:58 pm

Saying Sturridge singlehandedly won us the game is a very unfair thing to say. Touro was boss. Mignolet had 3/4 saves that really could've been goals. Sakho/Skrtel were both great. Suarez, while not as sharp, popped up with two goals. Moses had a very decent game.

My only criticism would be Enrique and Hendo. Neither had a great game. Let's hope Glen backs back sooner rather than later, he will fit in perfectly at that RWB spot. Hendo is very centrally but as a RWB he doens't have the skill set, which is not surprising since that is not his position.

by McAgger Sun Sep 29, 2013 7:00 pm

Atm I'm f*cking in love with Kolo Touro. He's a breath of fresh air. Such a beast. Plays subtly dirty enough that oozes experience and class. Has got a warriors winning mentality. and literally never puts a foot wrong.

by El Jefe Sun Sep 29, 2013 7:20 pm

Good result, great to be 2nd. Performances still worrying though. A really convincing win next week would be nice.

by Red Alert Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:10 am

Natalie Portman wrote:Kolo Toure man

**waits for something-red to come in and say Kolo ain't good enough**

As a starting CB? Yeah, he's not. Sooner we ditch the 3 man CB thing and go back to our normal style of play, the better we'll play. We could of easily dropped points from SUNDERLAND, they were all over us in the first half. 352 is not the way forward. Luckily we scored from a handball and settled after that...

Kolo was lucky he didn't give a penalty yesterday on three different occasions. All from set pieces, so I'm not talking about that foul that happened outside the box.

Glad to get the 3 points. Performance was shit. Again. Thank god for individual performances from Sturridge / Suarez / Gerrard / Mignolet. >.>"

by Red Alert Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:18 am

We need to go back to a 2 man defence.

Skrtel - Sakho should be our defensive duo away.
Skrtel / Sakho - Agger at home.

Toure / Ilori as the back up.

by Art Morte Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:31 am

I didn't think we played a 3-CB system there. I thought Toure was RB, though maybe I didn't pay enough attention.

Defensive systems haven't been our problem, however, it's been the midfield and getting the ball up and having some possession up there that's not dribbling.

by Red Alert Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:43 am

We played a 352 with Henderson and Enrique yesterday as the full backs.

It was something like:

Mignolet
Kolo Skrtel Sakho
Henderson --------------- Enrique
Lucas Gerrard
Moses
Suarez Sturridge

And it did not work. Individual performances won us the game yesterday.

by sportsczy Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:06 pm

New system doesn't really get to work until 5-6 games into it at least... probably closer to 10.

by McAgger Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:15 pm

something-red wrote:We played a 352 with Henderson and Enrique yesterday as the full backs.

It was something like:

Mignolet
Kolo Skrtel Sakho
Henderson --------------- Enrique
Lucas Gerrard
Moses
Suarez Sturridge

And it did not work. Individual performances won us the game yesterday.

What do you mean it did not work, we won the game. We also outperformed United comfortably with the same system. Sadly defending set pieces hurt us.

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