Liverpool 1 - 2 Reading: Post-match ... whatever

Didn't saw the match becasue I had to get ready to school. Thought I would check the result in the morning, get a boost for the day. God I was wrong...

The sad fact is we needed the FA Cup, so Rafa had to put out the strongest side, they just let him and the fans down, but as I said last night, at 1-0 we were looking at a very winnable 4th round tie, and there was no problems.

We just have this habbit of conceeding late goals of late, and that is a real issue that Liverpool very rarely suffer from, it is us usually scoring the late goals like last season.

Thought Agger was the only player who actually played half decent.

The sad fact is we needed the FA Cup, so Rafa had to put out the strongest side, they just let him and the fans down, but as I said last night, at 1-0 we were looking at a very winnable 4th round tie, and there was no problems.

But didn't you see how many chances Reading had last night, the were problems all night Reading deserved to win and comfatably

Thought Agger was the only player who actually played half decent.

Agreed.

But didn't you see how many chances Reading had last night, the were problems all night Reading deserved to win and comfatably

But all that would have been forgotten had we won, as I said, workmanlike.

30 seconds from the 4th Round and a run of 3 wins and a draw since the Pompey disaster.

Then 30 minutes later, dumped out of the Cup, manager's head being called for and thousands of fans absoutely gutted.

There's a fine line in football and we paid the price for that for not creating chances and scoring any when we were dominating a bit at the start of the second half.

For the first time, even after the dust has settled, i don't know where to start to give analysis of a Red's performance or where it went wrong.

What i witnessed last night was; pure, unadulterated sh*te!

I turned the tv off as soon as torres came off cos there was going to be no fight in this game. Reading squandered two good chances in 10 minutes, gerrard is clearly needing a rest and the team's overall performance was s**t. I just cant understand how people can fork out 40 pounds to watch that crap.

I turned the tv off as soon as torres came off cos there was going to be no fight in this game. Reading squandered two good chances in 10 minutes, gerrard is clearly needing a rest and the team's overall performance was s**t. I just cant understand how people can fork out 40 pounds to watch that crap.

I don't think you understand the concept of "unconditional support".

Did anyone else get onto Phil Dowd when he booked Degen in the second half?

"Not on my watch" was what he mouthed after booking Degen.

Knew the Tv cameras were on him at the time, the jumped up gobs***e!

Kuyt - not creative enough.

Yossi - playing on the wrong side. Put him in the hole behind Torres or play him on the right.  When he is on the left we have no width down there.

Gerrard - f**king embarrasing the way he is playing. Bet you he perks up for England. Not only playing way below what he can but a piss poor captain at the moment.

Carragher - slow. Thinks too long about a pass then ends up passing it back to the keeper anyway. No vision whatsover to start our build up.

Insua - joke. Sick of his mediocre performances. Rather have Aurelio or even Johnson there when he is fit.

Torres - looks like he is still struggling although to be fair the service is pretty sh*te.

Aquilani - being played in the wrong position. Should be higher up the pitch possibly in Gerrard's role now he is out injured. His brain seems to quick for the clowns around him.

Cavalieri - shouldn't have been playing last night.  Distribution poor.

Degen - got a small amount of ability going forward. Can't defend.

Lucas - still the whipping boy for the fans. Didn't do much wrong but didn't do a lot right either.

I don't expect to see Insua or Kuyt in the team at the weekend. The pair of them should be throughly ashamed of their performance.

Well, since you have put it that way....

I thought kuyt fought hard yesterday.

Your comment about Aquilani was spot-on!

There was a pass A Lucas that had vision would have made to Babel and it would have resulted in a goal, the Lucas on the pitch chose to pass to benayoun and that killed it all.

Did anyone else get onto Phil Dowd when he booked Degen in the second half?

"Not on my watch" was what he mouthed after booking Degen.

Knew the Tv cameras were on him at the time, the jumped up gobs***e!

I swear he's never, ever happy. He always looks like someones fu**ed his wife.

I swear he's never, ever happy. He always looks like someones fu**ed his wife.

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Don't say anything.

Did anyone else get onto Phil Dowd when he booked Degen in the second half?

"Not on my watch" was what he mouthed after booking Degen.

Yeah i saw that HR. I'm not bemoaning the penalty decision, sh*t happens and if we couldn't beat that shower of sh*te in 90 minutes well... However Dowd really made a c**t out of himself by playing to the cameras when he mouthed that then rewarded a blatant dive with a penalty. w**ker.

Yeah i saw that HR. I'm not bemoaning the penalty decision, sh*t happens and if we couldn't beat that shower of sh*te in 90 minutes well... However Dowd really made a c**t out of himself by playing to the cameras when he mouthed that then rewarded a blatant dive with a penalty. w**ker.

Agree didn't think it was ever a pen, just thought Dowd's reaction was well over the top.

For the first time, even after the dust has settled, i don't know where to start to give analysis of a Red's performance or where it went wrong.

What i witnessed last night was; pure, unadulterated sh*te!

After a long hard days graft, working on my own with nothing else to think about - actually, not being able to think of anything else - but the match last night, all I am still getting is what you posted there.

But I'll say this. I've seen some sh*te football from the reds over the years. And this game was on par with the lowest. I've seen more endeavour in a F***ing Sunday league game when all the lads were out on the ale all Saturday night.

Overpaid, underperforming, bunch of shithouses. That's the only way I see ALL the players after last night. And it'll stay the same if they don't get their bollocks out of their arses and have a proper go at Stoke on Saturday.

If we'd have gone out fighting last night, then I wouldn't be so hurt. But the Liverbird doesn't deserve to be paraded on such a show of weakness, cluelessness and caution.

I turned the tv off as soon as torres came off cos there was going to be no fight in this game. Reading squandered two good chances in 10 minutes, gerrard is clearly needing a rest and the team's overall performance was s**t. I just cant understand how people can fork out 40 pounds to watch that crap.

They didnt, they forked out 24 quid! You turned the tv off? the knee jerk thread is around somewhere. Even if i wanted to i couldnt just turn the tv off because one of our best players went off, there wasnt fight before he went off anyway so that opinion is somewhat flawed

It's not the fact we were beaten by a championship side that worries me.  sh*t happens and you might say every dog has it's day.  It's the alarming honesty that we were comprehensively OUT PLAYED in both matches. Where do we go from here ? who knows. With our current injuries added to our dismal form the last thing we need is all fighting against each other. As for booing the team or the manager, that certaily isn't the answer. We need to get behind whoever is available for selection against Stoke and give them our full support. Stick together, 'divided we fall'  We are different because we are Liverpool, If that is undermined we are fu**ed. Just concentrate on the next game, it will turn around sooner or later. If we don't make the top 4, so what, we'll be back next season. If we were releated, would you still be a red supporter? If not, you have no right on here.

Ladies !

Can we all stop bitching.

Our team is at the lowest point its been for many a year and to bring things to focus ten of thousands of men women and kiddies have been killed out in the Caribbean.

Lets channel our anger where it is supposed to be.

my opiinion on some players is this
gerrad is past his best to many games for his age burnt out
carragher same thing
kuyt worse than the gerrad and carragher put together. think once players get a good contract then there enthusiasm wanes dramatically. the players dont want to play for rafa he has lost control of his squad. they no longer resect him. this club has turned into a soacil club for millionaires

Something I've only just remembered.

Good to see Aquilani last the whole 120 minutes.  To be fair he finished the game still with a bit in his engine.  Maybe all the moddycoddling over him was, in hindsight, worth it.  Out of a bad bunch, he was probably one of the marginally better performers. 

Coming from a slow league in Italy it was always going to take time but I certainly think he is getting to grips with the pace of English football.

Well this is F***ing embarassing..

Apparently Sky News is saying that the Liverpool FC.tv web site had Burnley tickets on sale two hours before the Reading match was about to start!

Someone on high in the Black Pearl decided we would thrash Reading and it was OK to chase the Yankee Dollar.

Positive thinking perhaps. Egotistical out of touch greedy owners.

Wheres the Montreal Canadien money George,  you liar.