vs Spurs - Sunday 31st Aug 13:30 ko
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in his Sunday ECHO column, Mark Lawrenson says communication is the biggest thing lacking from the Liverpool defence.
"As a centre-back, if you are in position then you can’t go far wrong. The opposing player will have to beat you, but you will largely have control over the situation," writes Lawrenson. "If you’re out of position, though, you need help from your centre-back colleague. And here’s where Martin Skrtel can do better.
"When Skrtel played alongside Mamadou Sakho towards the end of last season, they had a couple of blemishes and you could see there wasn’t any great communication between the pair. "Skrtel is the common denominator. He doesn’t strike me as a great communicator."
"As a centre-back, if you are in position then you can’t go far wrong. The opposing player will have to beat you, but you will largely have control over the situation," writes Lawrenson. "If you’re out of position, though, you need help from your centre-back colleague. And here’s where Martin Skrtel can do better.
"When Skrtel played alongside Mamadou Sakho towards the end of last season, they had a couple of blemishes and you could see there wasn’t any great communication between the pair. "Skrtel is the common denominator. He doesn’t strike me as a great communicator."
Liverpool team in full: Mignolet, Manquillo, Moreno, Lovren, Sakho, Gerrard, Allen, Henderson, Sterling, Sturridge, Balotelli.
Substitutes: Jones, Enrique, Toure, Lambert, Coutinho, Can, Markovic.
Substitutes: Jones, Enrique, Toure, Lambert, Coutinho, Can, Markovic.
I thought Toure was sold?
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60 - Liverpool have scored 60 Premier League goals in 2014, seven more than any other side.
60 - Liverpool have scored 60 Premier League goals in 2014, seven more than any other side.
Happy enough with the selection. I'd have liked to see Markovic get a start for that extra creativity and the unknown / unpredictability factor, but Allen offers good workrate in the centre, which is useful here.
Some serious game-changing potential off the bench with Coutinho and Markovic.
Some serious game-changing potential off the bench with Coutinho and Markovic.
Oh Fuck! No Paulinho for them. That's a blow...
Can't believe that, considering how fucking brilliant he is.
We'd best not be loaning out these fuckers that are going, the lucas, assaidi, borini crew
I expect a word for word narrative from you Macca !
He's just said when he spoke to Rodgers about england after the world cup, Rodgers told him if he didn't retire, then he'd start cutting back his starts for Liverpool this season.
Gah!
Thinks we've got a long way to go to get up to last season's form.
Still down and disappointed about the world cup.
Surprised about Suarez leaving. Only after the incident did he realise what would happen. Saw the bite and then knew he'd go.
Laughs about Balotelli. Says he's got everything but he says we'll have to wait and see if he behaves.
It'll take time for new signings to bed in. Confident they'll eventually click as a team.
Looking forward to the break during international periods.
Rodgers said if he kept on playing for England he'd rest him more for Liverpool, so that decided it for him.
Champions League: feels ambitious about the campaign. Recalls being terrible the last time he played Basel.
Thinks today v Spurs will be very tight.
Boss interview with Stevie by Carra that.
Hasn't exactly hard hitting, but it still provided some insight, perhaps uniquely given he & Carra relationship, into how he thinks.
He also mention as soon as he saw that bite that he knew Luis would 'engineer a way out'.
Suggested he & the club really did expect at least one more season.
Hasn't exactly hard hitting, but it still provided some insight, perhaps uniquely given he & Carra relationship, into how he thinks.
He also mention as soon as he saw that bite that he knew Luis would 'engineer a way out'.
Suggested he & the club really did expect at least one more season.
Ta for that. Was better than the PSV game.
Fuck me, Balotelli has lost weight in a week.
The picture sky keep showing of him in the Liverpool top clearly shows a stomach. Not a beer belly, but a high rising bump, like Stevie has sometimes. Watching him train now & it's not there.
We've been hammering the lad on cardio clearly.
The picture sky keep showing of him in the Liverpool top clearly shows a stomach. Not a beer belly, but a high rising bump, like Stevie has sometimes. Watching him train now & it's not there.
We've been hammering the lad on cardio clearly.
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