Comments on: Liverpool preview: At least they don’t counter attack at speed

By: mutiu jimoh

mutiu jimoh — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:50:38 +0000

we can be better than BARCA If sign needed players where we are weak on the field. Arsenal 3_ liverpool 0. Lets keep the faith

By: opivy

opivy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:33:47 +0000

Please take up the bandits and sherrifs again!

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:56:37 +0000

Dave, we are not Barcelona, you are right, but what is wrong with aspirations?

Gooner4Life, who do Liverpool have that can counter attack? Babel is out of favour, Torres is injured, and Alonso and his accurate passing have gone. When they countered United, it was largely the latter pair that made the impact.

Gerrard is always the danger, but while he is a fantastic player he lacks speed. He is dangerous when they apply pressure, less so when they counter attack.

Put simply, our back five, plus midfield, are quicker than their front players. So it becomes a matter of discipline, not speed.

Liverpool have discipline at the back, no doubt about it. But if they were a strong attacking force, they would have a better record than this : they have not scored more than twice in 28 games.

That is their weakness. We need to exploit it.

I’m not saying we don’t have weaknesses. But while United and Chelsea are perfectly positioned to take advantage, Liverpool are not.

By: trond

trond — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:45:17 +0000

dave: what has the diving boys of diverpool won since 2005 – apart from tons of dubious penalties? crawl back under the rock where you belong

By: Gooner4Life

Gooner4Life — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:38:39 +0000

That’s the dumbest headline of the day, week, and maybe year!

I think you don’t watch the same games that I do. One of Liverpool’s biggest strength is the counter attack. They have been doing to United what United does to us.

And if Pienaar can score against us then so can Kuyt or Gerrard or Maxi. They don’t need Torres for that.

By: Dave Moore

Dave Moore — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:27:40 +0000

Pity you didn’t spout the same arrogance against Utd or Chelski. We may hoof it, we may not be pretty, but what have fancy boys Arsenal won since 2005??? Your players, manager and brand of football is fatally flawed – you are no Barca and never will be.