ENRIQUE THE NEW RAY KENNEDY

ENRIQUE

KENNEDY 

Was having a tweeted conversation with our kid at half time of yesterdays game with Swansea . We were talking about how Enrique has turned into the new Ray Kennedy. He had mentioned this the week before at the Wigan game to a mutual friend . His new role helps us come to this conclusion in a very positive way . It is noticeable  for more reasons . The fact that Kennedy was bought from Arsenal  as an active center forward . But he was played by Shankley as an all round midfield player . Classic by Shankley letting a player play to his own strengths.  So Rodgers is taken on the great mans ideals, Giving an attacking defender an attacking midfielder role .  not a bad blue print to take on board.   

Shankley

But I have noticed a few things over the last 2 months that has reminded me of Shankleys teams . I recall Shankley saying more than once"let the ball do the work" "Why touch the ball when you don,t have too" I have watched a few Liverpool players doing this lately letting the ball run other than giving it unnecessary touches . But for me unlike Shankley teams we are taking far to many  passes . One of the main culprits of this in the Swansea game was surprisingly Gerrard, it was not one of his most memorable games . So Rodgers is always saying how he respects Liverpool's history . That has got to be a good thing . It looks like he is taken that respect to an other level  Incorporating it in today's team.  Well he gets the thumbs up from me on that one . YNWA JF96 

CYBER MANAGERS ARE HERE

COULD BRING YOU YOUR DREAM JOB

Vugar Huseynzade, a 21 year old student from Sweden, has successfully gained employment as the manager of the Azerbaijani Premier League club FK Baku's 'A' side, with his only experience being Football Manager on PC.

Vugar Huseynzade has never managed a real football club, but he does have a Business Management degree from Boston University, spent some time doing work experience at a US based sports agency, and played plenty of Football Manager.

Huseynzade told the Scandinavian newspaper, Aftonbladet, that he "has always wanted to work in football, and [has] played Football Manager since 2002."

Huseynzade was initially hired earlier this year by FK Baku in an assistant role, where his knowledge and the way he managed his team in Football Manager impressed the club.

It seems that was all he needed to land his dream job - ESPN reports he even beat big names like Jean-Pierre Papin to the position.

Well it was only a matter of time before this sort of thing happened . I think you are going to see a lot more of this going on . It will certainly knock the wages of mangers and coaches down . If cyber  managers become successful , but surly they will have a problem getting the respect  of the players .

DO YOU THINK I SHOULD PUT IN FOR THE QPR JOB????

IN 4 YEARS I HAVE TAKEN ACCRINGTON STANLEY TO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GLORY ,

CANCELED I THINK

NOT TONIGHT TOTTENHAM
STRAIGHT TO THE AIRPORT I THINK!!!!

LOOKED LIKE GOOD PLACE TO GO AFTER THE GAME
WILL THE DJ GET HIS/HERS MONEY.....Dont think so artists always get the shit

PASSING FOR PASSING SAKE

Liverpool's first half display was woeful yesterday .It defiantly fell in to the passing for passing sake cat-agree . But I was pleasantly surprised when Rodgers agreed with this . Blaming him self for getting it wrong. The team passing to much and not getting the ball forward quickly enough.  Great... at last the main problem is being addressed .
The second half was a different story . We were more direct with Enrique leading the charge man of the match awarded rightfully so . Gerrard showing he was a man of steel not like Terry  But I was worried for a while . The more the game went on it like we were not only going to snatch a goal if not win the game.

So on to Suarez he gets better and better wot a player . He was that Uruguayan Werewolf in London  Terrifying the Chelsea defense . I am counting the days of to the trans fare window so we can get him a striking partner. I am sticking my neck out to say.... still after a year going on about it ......That Cavani is the best choice I am sure we can pries him away from Napoli . What a Christmas prezzie that would be for every Liverpool supporter . Fingers and every think else crossed for that one .

We now have a run of very winnable, games but we have been there before . We can not afford to blow this one . Even more so if we want to attract the likes of Cavani to Anfield.... A top four finish is still well in our reach . YNWA JF96  

NO PLAN B AGAIN

MIX IT UP 

It was a descent performance last night, as always commitment from our young side . But as I am probably not the only one the one pass to many side ways or backwards was frustrating .  That game last night would of been a walk in the crowd but for that fact . The inability to get the ball forward quickly was playing in to the opposition hands . One pass to many in those tight little triangles made it easy for Anzhi to fall back and let us have the ball with no penetration.   Then one long ball just before half time one defensive mistake their striker was in we were one down . The rest of the game Anzhi again were content to let us have the possession and sit deep . You always had the feeling they would do the same again to score a second .

Which brings me to the problem with Rogers tactics NO PLAN B . Surly he must give the green light to play a more direct form of play when the score line is against us . Yes we played some good stuff at times, But with no teeth what so ever , I don't want to watch Liverpool have 70% possession game in game out and lose or at the best draw . Its not the time to copy Barcelona they have been sussed as it was shown earlier in the week .

I like Rogers and sticking to his guns is one of the reasons I like him, but not when it is costing us games . He talks a lot about variety . Well variety there is NOT . Possession is fine , possession for possessions sake , is not . We need variety getting the ball forward quicker is variety . Our game plan is to predicable it shows every week, mix it Brendan before its to late YNWA

DOES THIS GO TO THE TOP

THE TRUTH

After the news that there will be an inquiry into a cover up at Hillsborough. How far up the ladder does this go?. After reading the 400 page report in full .it brings back one thing that through the emotion of the terrible event that I had forgot.

 (Q) The reason why I never went to the game.
 It was my first reaction to the events unfolding after 6 minutes past 3 on that fateful day. The crushing in and outside of the ground at the Leppings Lane end of the ground was so bad in 1988, It put me right off going to the 1989 semi-final. It jogged my memory about the crush at the turnstiles. But more so the crush going through the tunnel, to the central pen behind the goal.

 I remember two thirds through the tunnel how bad the crush had been with people starting to panic. As we came out of the tunnel we moved left. I can now recall a message over the tannoy to step backward to avoid unnecessary crowd congestion or words to that effect. Within 10 minutes the crush had gone. I had looked up the tunnel 30 minutes into the game. The tunnel was completely empty. As I realized through reading the report the Police had shut the gates to the tunnel. Then emptying the tunnel, sending people to the side pens. It was all pretty scary stuff cementing my decision not to go the following year.
As the events of 1989 unfolded being young these memories were erased by frantic phone calls trying to get information about families and friends.
But reading the report I get the feeling how could anyone let this happen, more so with the events of the previous year.  Which the report goes into in detail. 

The conspiracy theorist round the world could jump on the band wagon saying that 1988 was a dry run.  If you wanted to inflict great harm on a group of people, Hillsborough would be the perfect place.
I hear you say that is going too far the Yorkshire Police planned the disaster. Well it is not as far-fetched as a Police force being so incompetent. Followed by the mother of all cover ups, secret meeting in pubs, altering statements the list goes on.

So planned attack aside how far up the chain of command did this cover up go?. The rift between Liverpool the city and Thatcher was no secret. The city’s socialist roots Derrick Hatton held her to ransom nearly bringing her to yield. The city’s backing of the Miners going up against her on picket lines. Along with OH YES the SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE.  Her uniformed thugs deployed all over the country including the poll tax riots . Also I think they were involved in the Battle of the Bean field.

So the City of Liverpool was not on the top of her Christmas card list.  But let us not forget Heysel where 39 mostly Italian fans lost their lives. I was at Heysel it was a cigarette paper thin chance that it was not Liverpool fans that lost their lives in Brussels. But Thatcher had no ears for the failing in the authority’s to stage the final in a death trap stadium. Or the fact that two thirds of the stadium was allocated to Italian fans. Considering that Liverpool FC were the reigning champions. The fact that Liverpool fans in Rome the year before had been on the wrong end of countless viscous attacks and stabbings. Her barging powers in Europe must have taken a nose dive after Heysel. After all Brussels is the home of the European Parliament who knows what deals she was planning when Heysel happened.

So was Hillsborough pay back, it seems so far-fetched  But was behavior of the South Yorkshire Police/South Yorkshire Ambulance Service on that day far-fetched  The neutral before the report thought it was.  The fact that the Police/ Ambulance Service had a call sign to use for a major incident, it was never used. But the list of injustice is endless. So who is going to take the wrap, how high is it going to go? All we can do is watch this space and support the families for justice at last. YNWA JF96


 

STOKE BORE DRAW

KNOB HEAD

I was going to give the Stoke game a miss. But I was thinking that it was the perfect game for Liverpool to start my wished run of  hard fought 1 or 2 nil wins . Which is what Rogers hinted the team really needed. But as I predicted in my blog on Friday that it was going to be a 1 nil win. I gave up and headed to Anfield.

 The game was as predicted Stoke playing like Stoke.  If ever a team had come for a draw it was Stoke. So it was no surprise, as it was no surprise to their Woolly Back supporter’s. With constant chants of songs like!!!!WE PLAY LIKE WE WANT!!!!. .But as Liverpool knew how Stoke we’re going to play the game.... Stoke knew how Liverpool would play the game. Stoke got away with it, all very predictable.
 That is all very well but we are despite for a plan B, Stoke don't need one .Liverpool have a pedigree to look after. “We can look on the bright side we don't support Stoke”.  I said to a group of mouthy Stoke supporters in town after the game. We are going through a frustrated period. But I felt sorry for Stoke supporters. As soon as Stoke try to play any sort of descent football they will be in a relegation fight not a future I would want.
 So the game could have been so much of a lift. It was never going to be a Liverpool high scoring win.  But one of those rare 1 nil wins was on the cards. Which as I keep going on about it is what Liverpool need at the moment , a string of them  That is where the plan B comes in ….we don't have one . With Liverpool pressing as the clock passed 80mins a scrambled goal. Could have started a run of hard fought narrow wins.
 But not to be…. it is Reading next. Will Reading be like Stoke? It is a huge a possibility. Do they know how Liverpool will play? Well at the moment they will. So until we show some variety in our game plan it could be a repeat of Stokes visit.
 So I can take some comfort and look on the bright side we are not a Stoke.  But Liverpool must find ways of breaking such teams down.
  As for Suarez diving the thing is he gives his all. It’s just something that prick Pulis can jump on the band wagon for a moan. Too friendly with whiskey nose for my liking. Over half Pulis’s team on yellow cards it speaks for its self. Let’s hope the suspensions add up and he will be forced to play some players that are not yard dogs. You never know they might try and play football. Something your average Stoke fan has not seen for a while. YNWA JF96