Manure 1 Liverpool FC 0 Sunday 9th January 2011
Let’s start with the positives from this game:
1. We played better than we have done for quite a long time.
2. We seemed much more together than we have for quite a while.
3. The players seemed to want to play for the manager and to win the game.
4. We played a system that actually works. 5. We used our subs
quite judiciously.
I thought that we started well under our new (former) manager and this bodes well for the future league and
Europa game this season. However the end result was typical of our season so far, but was not necessarily all of our making this time.
Manure weren’t great, they were definitely beatable today and they didn’t really control the game the way that they can do. Having
said that, they did have more shots on goal than we did, and they did have the ref in their back pocket, which always helps so the
end result was almost inevitable.
There were two decisions given against us that pretty much lost the game for us. The first was the penalty decision given against Daniel Agger after just 30 seconds of the whistle being blown. Now whilst Agger did tackle Berbatov in the penalty box, and Berbatov did fall to the ground, there was actually minimal contact between Agger and Berbatov and the Bulgarian, in clear view of everyone watching, performed a
perfectly executed dive, no doubt practiced on the training ground. I half expected a row of cards marked with the number six to be
raised by a panel on the Manure bench. Of course with Manure being at home at Old Toilet, there was never any doubt that this wouldn’t
be given up and up stepped old man River and Manure were 1-0 up with less than a minute gone.
The next decision really did kill the game stone dead with Steven Gerrard being sent off for a tackle on Michael Carrick. Carrick milked the challenge for all he was worth, knowing full well that Gerrard would be sent off and the result sewn up for the cheating scum. Now whilst I will admit that it was a bit of a reckless tackle by Gerrard, it could easily have been given a yellow card by the ref rather than a straight red, but predictably Howard Webb sent Gerrard off and handed the result to Manure. To make matters worse Rafael had done a two footed challenge earlier and that didn’t even merit a foul being
given, so it’s a case of one rule for them and another rule for us.
Despite Howard Webb doing his best for his favourite team we did play some good football today, and it looks like we might undergo
some sort of resurgence starting next week at Bloomfield Road, as long as the players want it, that is.
Berbatov got the man of the match award as well. That says it all really!
LOL!! *Hands Adam some sour grapes*
Come on mate, talk with your head rather than your heart.
Do you really think that any player would attempt simulation 30
seconds into the game and expect to get away with it? As you
admitted “there was actually minimal contact between Agger and
Berbatov” Well let me tell you, whether there’s excessive or
minimal contact, a foul is a foul and referees have no option than
to call it.
but benny u blinkered fuck the nearest official never gave
the penalty but webb did fro 3 times distance away
Benny Boys you are wrong. Minimal contact doesn’t mean it
was a foul. He touched Berbatov who clearly at first didn’t go to
ground, but he knew he could go no where so he dived. He’s a cheat
and whilst I know any other player would have done the same, it
doesn’t chnage that fact that it shouldn’t have been a
penalty.
No contact or minimal contact at Old Trafford and its a
penalty Berbatov is scum and we know it. Even United fans cant
stand him! Gerrard was reckless and Meirales did the right thing by
pulling out of his challenge with Rafael. Carrick and Rio are just
sc*m bags tryin to get gerrard the real england captain sent off.
Dont care anyways, that game is over, We can concentrate on
improving our position in the league.
It was a very stupid tackle, or attempted tackle, from
Agger, to be honest. I would expect better from a Liverpool player,
but getting used to hapless defending. Berbatov wasn’t much of a
danger in that position. Agger should have just kept besides him.
Really silly. And Aurelio should try not to give the ball to the
opposition so often or he’ll lose his spot to Konchesky of all
people.
now you know how it feels to a) have a cheating ref against
you (a la Clattenburg) b) to have a two footed reckless challenge
go unpunished (a la Kuyt) who then rubbed salt in our wounds and c)
to have a penalty given against you for a challenge that seems to
have been fair (a la Hibbert/Gerrard when Gerrard actually tripped
himself up, dived and won the penalty!) they say what goes around
comes around, and after having one of the dirtiest cheating players
in the prem getting away with his own form of bullying both on and
off the pitch for far too long, it really does seem as if it is
coming true. The only thing bad about Liverpool being relegated
would be the impact on the City of Liverpool, other than that there
is not a more deserving team in the prem who 19 other sets of fans
would love to see happen!!! publish this if you like to see fiar
debate on your site!! I’m not bitter, just Blue ;-))
correction…fair debate!!
There was contact on Berbaflop, but contact DOES NOT
necessarily mean a foul had been commited. Berbaflop fell to ground
well after contact, he even had the audacity to take another step
before dramatically falling. So you ask if you expect any player to
attempt simulation 30 seconds in? Of course you do expect this,
this is old trafford and this is Howard Webb. I wouldn’t expect
anything less than cheating and injustice towards the away
team.
Huge_Blue_Chip, you sound a bit bitter.
Also what has this got to do with blue noses?? Do you not
have you own forum or websites to comment on? I assume as most of
you can’t spell you probably won’t. I would concentrate on your own
awful team before criticising and spouting lie about ours. You sit
one place above us on the same points, we have a game in hand too,
so don’t get carried away with yourself.
Getting a red card for that you would want to watch the
world cup final that idiot Webb didn’t know what a red was. He is a
cheat and we all know it.
Daboy totally spot on. Yeah there was a slight touch but
nothing that would have caused berba to go down as he did. Hats off
to Babel for his Twitter, also totally spot on.
come on lfc fans!! Your saviour has arrived, you were never
going to win anything this year anyway! anyone who doesnt think it
was a sending off is deluded. The REAL mighty reds roll on!!
Jealous LFC fans…..still you could scrape into the uefa league or
whatever its called.
webb is a full;watch 08/09 webb man utd penalty home and
away what a cheat infact howard is a mad man to award a penalty at
the being of the game even the red card to gerrard he no he can
turn things around the Same thing rafeal did no card.babel is right
to dress him with man utd jersey webb1-0liverpool.but if ar may ask
why english fa normally feature man utd important match to webb he
alway officiate my man*utd and help them to win or draw premiership
FA should something fast becos he is worsting the league.
As you might have guessed I am a bit of a bad loser when we lose to a team like Manure, especially when they are game changing decisions that are obviously wrong!
But things are looking up and Kenny seems to have settled the team down already, so bring on Blackpool on Saturday and lets see what we are really made of.
Will somebody please help me? When was the last time United
beat Liverpool at Old Trafford that in the eyes of Liverpool fans
the referee – whoever it happened to be, was NOT to blame? Be
honest now.
Now I know this is pretty much a open and public website
here, but what business do mancs and bitters have here on
criticizing what we think. The truth is we most probably keep our
business to ourselves and some of these mancs and bitters just like
to nose into other team supporters’ websites and cause flame. Get a
life. I only have one thing to say about Howard Webb – Mr. Webb,
did they give you a stall in your name in Oil (Old) Toilet with
Fergie’s whiskey in there before the game?
debito, the flame is burning bright!
fair play to the moderator for allowing posts that don’t agree with the rose tinted views of Liverpool supporters…if you are a Scouser posting on here, you know that we all give and take and if you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen…if you aint a Scouser, go and support your local team from Stavanger/Oslo/Bergen/Dublin/wherever
I don’t care what any deluded bitter has to say or any
filthy manure scum bags look after your own team we will look after
ares only interested in Liverpool FC kenny is already making a
positive start and in a few weeks we will see a big difference to
are team.