The "positives from the last match" thread

As per usual when things dont go our way everyone logs on to have a pop. "hes sh*te" "why did we buy him" "why did we sell him" "were crap" etc. I dont mind reading a sesnsible post stating where people think it went wrong in a game or what they think might have changed things. But quite frankly some of the over reaction stuff on here every time we dont win is getting boring.

So Im starting this thread where we can take positive aspects out of every match we play this season. Yes even when we lsoe there can be positives from the performance! If we lose and generally there was nothing good to talk about then stay out of this topic..simple!

So positives from a 3-1 loss? Who wants to go first?

N.B: Glen Johnsons injury does not count!!

We scored one

We scored one

Thats the spirit

For 40 minutes we play a great pressing game.
Had them with 9 men behind the ball.

I agree, too many people over react to this, an away loss against last years champions.

Positive: Allen was impressive first half!

- 1st 40 minutes we contained city with ease.
- Lovren was solid in the air, a real leader.
- Markovic and Moreno's raw pace down the left side was immense in the short time we saw them together, great things to come.
- Allen looked great and found great pockets of space.

Team needs time to gel but with Brendan at the helm of things we will gel in enough time to mount a strong tittle challenge.

Onto the next one.

in all seriousness imo its all positive bar the result. I really liked the look of Moreno, Lovren seems to be a great addition to the defence. Sterling keeps getting better and better, Markovic looked very exciting.

The only slight worries are Stevie who has not been good so far, Coutinio who is a bit off the pace and of course the walking calamity that is Johnson. Now of these I expect Johnson to be warming the bench more and more goign forwards, Can to start taking over from Stevie, slowly but surely, and Coutinio to show us just why we all love him.

In summary it's looking very good and we still haven't even seen Lallana or super Mario.

Yes the first 40 we looked liek the home team. Dont think anyone picked up on the last 15. Lambert could have had a second if he had have been more selfish and that would have stirred it right up.

Moreno was caughtfor the goal but overall looked good. What impressed me most was for his size he is fearless he buried Dzecko with a shoulder in the second half and there was a huge difference in size. Looks like a battler with speed and ability

Markovic I knew would impress those only seeing him now for the first time. He will become a lot of peoples favourite player very quickly

Markovic looked dangerous when he came on.

We defended set pieces a lot better.

Lambert caused problems for the second game running and showed he has a role to play this season.

We've got Balotelli and Lallana still to come in.

Only Chelsea had a good record against the top four away from home last year, losing at the champions is no disaster.

I didn't get to see the game to witness how 'sh*te' we were.

Even if we also lose against spurs, providing we beat Villa we ll still be 2 points better off than the equivalents last year.

Plus, we now have the fullbacks to play 352 if we need to in the Spanish M&Ms providing Moreno's injury isn't too bad

Plus Lambert is a very good plan B

I didn't get to see the game to witness how 'sh*te' we were.

If you had seen the game you still wouldn't have witnessed how sh*te we were Si because we were anything but sh*te.

Positives for me, all the new signings looked good.  We could have scored a few.  We're going to be great in all competitions.

If you had seen the game you still wouldn't have witnessed how sh*te we were Si because we were anything but sh*te.

Positives for me, all the new signings looked good.  We could have scored a few.  We're going to be great in all competitions.

Pretty much debs.
Thought we should have made more of the pressure during the opening 40 minutes.
Definitely the better team early on.

I said it at the time, felt like the Chelsea game all over.

Pretty much debs.
Thought we should have made more of the pressure during the opening 40 minutes.
Definitely the better team early on.

I said it at the time, felt like the Chelsea game all over.

Trying too hard is how I saw it mate.  We knew it was a big game that probably came too early for us but it's out the way now and I see only gravy from now on.

Trying too hard is how I saw it mate.  We knew it was a big game that probably came too early for us but it's out the way now and I see only gravy from now on.

Definitely you could see Sturridge was trying to hard.
No flow to his normal game. I could of sworn I saw him looking at Balotelli.
Manquillo dropped. Compromise for against City. Thought it was harsh on the lad.

Team just needs to settle.

If you had seen the game you still wouldn't have witnessed how sh*te we were Si because we were anything but sh*te.

I know Debs. It's why I wrote 'sh*te'.

Typical overreaction from some I'd guess.

Felt like 2 goals difference was too much. We did a good match until the first goal and, after Markovic and Lambert got in, the team got better. So we have some positive aspects.

And I do hope that Manquillo will start and Balotelli(Lambert). No completely sold on Markovic being a starter yet. I'd give one more chance to Coutinho.

Definitely you could see Sturridge was trying to hard.
No flow to his normal game. I could of sworn I saw him looking at Balotelli.
Manquillo dropped. Compromise for against City. Thought it was harsh on the lad.

Team just needs to settle.

Probably was harsh mate but not too surprising in hindsight.  To have changed 3 of the back 4 for a big game so early in the season Brendan would have been slaughtered on these boards with that result.

The joy of having a strong squad is that we have choices and the players have competition for their places, something that has been lacking for far too long.

I know Debs. It's why I wrote 'sh*te'.

Typical overreaction from some I'd guess.

Absolutely mate.

+'ves

We were the much better team for first 40, City took their opportunities well, other teams wont be as clinical IMO
Lambert made another impact from the bench, offering us something different, which is exactly what he was bought for
Markovic looked like he could be a real handful - him on sterling on both wings would have defences heads up their arses
Moreno looked good, but for a couple - one costly - lapse in concentration
Allen looked decent


-'ves

Mig out of position for the last goal - shouldve done a lot better
Does Gerrard have the legs for sitting alone? - does seem to leave space
Glen johnson
Coutinho looked poor for the second game in a row - would prefer Markovic or Lallana if fit to play next game


EDIT - wasn't overly disheartened. We were away to last years champions and had the beating of them for a large portion of the game. Thought 3-1 flattered them a little bit and we could have easily pulled one back late in the game

Balotelli didn't start a riot

- We more than matched the champions of England for 40 mins on their own patch

- In this time we looked very organised as a defensive/team unit (IMO).

- Even though he wasn't quick enough to hoof the ball out for their first, I thought Moreno looked very very promising.

I was only abe to watch the first half, was at work,  and some bits of 2nd.

Thought we were playing a solid away game for first 40 mins. But just couldnt' make that final pass. Let's face facts, Luis could create goals from nothing , so it'll take some time for our attack to gel without him.

Lazar looked really promising, so thats a plus.

That was probably going to be our hardest game of the year, away at defending champions in their first home game. Remember all our rivals still have to go there, and City drop very few points at home. So that's out of the way now. Plus

Rickie looks effective of the bench.. Plus

Lallana hasnt played yet, he can only help going forward. I'd put him over Cout. especially on away matches for now.

Mario will free up Studge and vice versa, hope we see them both vs Spurs

It's only the 2nd game, and we're still ahead of the scum, even with their easy fixtures. I dont even bother looking at the table until at least the end of Sept.

Onwards and upwards , put this behind us and move on. Spurs away will be a big test, after we trounced them at WHL last year. So expect their 'A' game