Liverpool FC : Football Club? Religion?

Liverpool: Football Club? Religion?

Author : Andryan Dedy 

i believe most of Liverpool fans felt the way i do seeing our beloved Football Club failed to grab their first win against Sunderland. We are all gutted with the result. After 2 weeks off-football and one emotional week about Hillsborough, we are all dying to complete the momentum with a Win, but somehow, again and again, Our Patience is tested it then makes me wonder how much does Liverpool fans around the world loved this football club. it is almost like a Worship of Religion. 

People goes to places of worship every week, whether it is Church, Mosque, or others, so does Liverpool fans goes to watch Liverpool every week. Believer (People who believed in God) follows God's Rule throughout their lives, so does Liverpool fans who follow Shank's philosophy in every single aspects of their lives. A Believer require patience, honesty, and loyalty towards their God, so does Liverpool fans who are loyal, honest, and patience towards this Football club. Believer goes to their places of worship to sing and worship their God, so Does Liverpool fans who always sings and prying for Liverpool win in every match that they played.

for me, As a man of God and Liverpool fans. I even wonder sometimes which one I devoted my Life more. FYI, my religion is a minority in my country, i am struggled but i kept on believing to what i believe. there is not even a second for me thinking to betray my God. That's what i also learned from supporting Liverpool which is also a minority in my country. I kept on supporting Liverpool, i dont care even though we win, draw, or lost. i dont care even if my friends kept on mocking me about my club. I stand to kept on supporting them for the rest of my life. My Devotion to God and Liverpool is my Way of Life. God is for now and afterlife while Liverpool is for my current world living.

They are both the things that makes me the way i am now. i am proud to be different than anybody else. i am proud to what i believed. I also understand that my frustration for Liverpool is more because i want them to Win so badly. we are all wanted that. but there is  much more important things than winning, it is all about devotion and hard work. 

What about all of you guys? how much do you loved this football club?

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Liverpool fc, How Should we fix the problem ?

How We might fix Our Problem??

Current XI:

-------------------------Reina--------------------------

Glenjo--------Skrtel---------------Agger-------Enrique

------------------------Allen---------------------------

------------Gerrard----------------Sahin---------------

Borini------------------Suarez------------------Sterling

There is nothing wrong with the back four, this is the strongest possible line-up that we have. though i doubt Reina capability in GK line, but he is our best choice for now.

The Problem lies in the Midfield and Forward Line.

Only Joe Allen in the midfield that has done a great job: he intercept pass, make a tackle, pass the ball back and forth, and even start the attack from the back-line.

Steven Gerrard and Nuri Sahin did a terrible job to link the midfield to forward. they failed to make a great through ball as well as doing penetration to the opponent defense. they even make a sloppy pass that leads to the opposition counter attack which then leads to goal.

In Forward Line, Borini was a failure in the Right Wing. Such a waste that one of our best finisher are deployed in the Wing and failed to make an impact.

For Suarez, he is not meant to be the Central Forward. He's done terribly, he need support to create his magical performance. even in Ajax and Uruguay, he never be a Lone Striker. He become deadly only when he has partner of front or when he deployed as Wing Forward

Only Sterling that did a great job, he's done his part well though it is not enough to make an impact to the game.

Solution:

-------------------------Reina--------------------------

Glenjo--------Skrtel---------------Agger-------Enrique

------------------------Allen---------------------------

------------Shelvey----------------Sahin---------------

Gerrard----------------Borini-------------------Suarez

There is no other choice in GK, i do hopefully we have another GK equivalent to Reina to create more competition. Reina's performance has decreased and need something to keep him motivated and come back to his best.

Defensive Line, there is no problem, Johnson Skrtel Agger Enrique is our best player.

Allen should start, while Shelvey and Sahin play in the CMF. For me, Shelvey is our best player when he played, the young Steven Gerrard. he play just like Stevie in his prime. He deserved his chance as he can be a player that can make a difference.

Sahin on the other hand, are one of our most expected signing. He might haven't play well, but he deserved to be on starting XI. His pass, movement, and tricks will bring new dimension in our attack option.

On the Forward Line, Stevie G should be put in the Right Wing, though he didn't have the pace, he still has his deadly crossing and decent shooting. He might work well there more than in Attacking Midfield.

Borini on the other hand, should be put back in his original position, Central Forward. He has a good finishing and great movement. he might as well fix our finishing problem.

Suarez also should be put in his best position, Left Wing Forward. It is his best position in Ajax where he could score 49 goals in 48 appearances. he could penetrate the opposition defense from the wing and create a good opportunity for his teammates to score.

Author : Andryan Dedy 

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IN BRENDAN RODGER WE TRUST

IN BRENDAN WE TRUST
Author : Andryan Dedy

Time, Time, TIME.................. 

Yes, it's all been said for over and over, since the era of Gerard Houllier, Rafa Benitez, Roy Hodgson, Kenny Dalglish, and Now Brendan Rodgers. and yet, there is no significant progress that the fans see, we are all tired of hearing excuses, Liverpool need to get their glory back. We have changed five managers and still we haven't won the premier league.

The Problem is not on the manager, we have had a world class manager before. the problem that must be resolve is within the club itself, the culture. We play without direction and philosophy, that's why we become so inconsistent.

For those who think that Brendan should Out, my message is,"Are you kidding me?".  This time for once, I can tolerate the excuse of time by our managers. It is completely insane to think that Brendan's Strategy is not work out. Against West Brom we play wonderful football in the first half and so unlucky at the end. Against City we play superbly and let down by our sloppy mistake. Against Arsenal, we do play wonderful football, but let down by HOWARD WEBB, Yes, Could you imagine that if only he made the decision correctly, we could have at least two penalty that should be awarded which then could changed the entire game?

No disrespect to other manager, but i think that our previous manager has no vision like Brendan did. they don't have any direction to what football that they want to play and how they want to build Liverpool. Brendan has clearly stated the Liverpool way, the Shanks way of Liverpool football is the one that he want to bring back, not tiki-taka, not possession football, it's the Liverpool way.

Before I continue on my view, I look at the people who already worked and is working with Brendan, none of them gave a bad impression to him. they've like him at a person and managers. For Instance:

"It is great to play football for him because you can have fun and you can get results. I could see at Swansea the people loved him because the football was attractive. People like to see football (played) like this." Fabio Borini

"When Brendan is talking, you're so focused on what he's saying, He gets your attention 100 per cent. You can be in a meeting for half an hour with him, but it'll feel like 10 minutes. It's clear for everyone to see the way Brendan wants us to play. He did fantastic at Swansea and he's a fantastic coach." Glen Johnson

"I think a lot of players will enjoy his training methods and his approach towards everything. From the moment he walked through the doors at Swansea, there was a feeling that he was going to take the club onto the next level. And he did." Joe Allen 

 "There are lots of teams here that aren't very well set up tactically. He's a coach that can see that if you can work tactically you can derive a lot of benefit from that; you can be different. If you're well organised, and you can play the ball, you can be successful." Luis Suarez

"Brendan was a young guy when he started working at Chelsea. He had lots of energy, lots of enthusiasm, very good ideas. He was learning but also showing his ideas, sharing things. I enjoyed very much working with Brendan and we keep in touch. I am not saying every day or every week, but we keep in touch a lot because it's the kind of feeling we want to keep forever." Jose Mourinho

I could go on, but those quotes above is already enough to represent Brendan's work to the team. I couldn't think anyone else could managed Liverpool other than Brendan. He is a good tactical managers who loves to play attractive and attacking football. he knows the game well, and most importantly, he knows what he was doing. even the "Only One" itself stated that Brendan is something else, he said that Brendan is a hard working and intelligent guy. He even stated that the one that he believe could be a great manager is Brendan, not AVB.

The Revolution needs time. I believe in Brendan approach, tactically and in man management. for those who are moaning about transfer window, believe me, Brendan and Henry is as well disappointed as us. we should just keep going on. maybe it is a chance for our youngster like Morgan, Suso, Pacheco to prove his worth to the team.

I recommend All of you to watch the MONEYBALL movie, it's a baseball movie. but you will be amazed by the idea of the movie. it's about how to valued a player based on their ability. i think it is something that Liverpool try to adapt to. by selling their unwanted player and not overpaid when buying a player.

Lastly, We SHOULD now CHEER UP and SUPPORT our team more than ever. Let's make ANFIELD a Bastion of Invinsibility. Let's sing Louder than ever (we are so silent in Anfield vs Arsenal). That's What the Player needed, That's what the manager needed. That's the only thing that we could do as a Supporter of this football club

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Liverpool FC v Hearts: Match Preview Europa League 12/13

Match Preview - Europa League

Liverpool vs Hearts

Next match, Liverpool must pass a final challenge before advancing to the group stage, in the Europa League.

Against Hearts from Scotland Premier League, which is the second consecutive year a team of Scots will face a team from England. This is an opportunity for Liverpool to bounce back after a bad result in past weeks.

For the European League this season, is less clear whether Liverpool concentrating on more important championship or premier league. Looking at the composition of our squad, it is interesting that the most likely Brendan Rodgers will rotate and try some young players, and we will see more young players are often involved in the Brendan first team. Of course, with more young players involved need to realize that the chances of winning this trophy will be smaller opportunities.

Although not the Champions League, like it or not, we are still competing in the European leagues, and of course we will have a chance to create a moment that will be memorable. Even through first stage, however, Liverpool are not likely to be the underdogs, and will be targeted to be removed. Therefore pass vs Hearts, is very important for further progress.

After 2-2 draw against Man City, Liverpool fans and player are wanted to win this match to gain momentum towards the other premier league matches, Against City, Liverpool dominated and should have won the match, but their hope was buried by their own sloppy mistake. they sure want to repeat the performance against Hearts and want to win this match.

Like when your opponent Gomel, there would be little risk if we underestimate them, especially with the absence of Liverpool's famous inconsistencies when against a weaker team. Moreover, the Hearts, which is in position 2nd Scotland Premier Lague , often creating a goal in the last minutes.

Already leading 1-0 in aggregate thanks to the own goal of hearts defender, Andy Webster. Liverpool is more likely to win this match comfortably, especially because they will play in Anfield. Brendan promise to involve more young player in this match to give them experience as well as give some rest to some first team player to be ready ahead for Arsenal match on Sunday. 

5 goals already-created by Hearts, john sutton with 2 goals, andrew heart, novikovas, templeten each 1 goal. With Andy Webster and Zaliukas in the center back, leading the most appearances last season to 40 games. Zaliukas possibility can not play, because he was injured. Their main goalkeeper Mcdonald also likely absent, and will be replaced by Peter Enckelman

For Hearts, they are expected to at least to steal a goal before trying to win the match. with the same formation and line up. they had successfully frustrate Liverpool in the 1st leg of the match. they create more chance and so unlucky to not grab get a goal there. i am sure Hearts are hoping to replicate those performance in Anfield and try to win this.

As for Liverpool:

Reina

Kelly - Coates - Agger - Robinson

Adam Henderson

Shelvey

Downing Carroll Sterling

There's possibility of a lot of changes from last appearance vs Man City, where Gerrard, Suarez, Johnson, Skrtel, will not included, Enrique still injured and Assaidi got cup-tied, making Rodgers will play some young players. He said even earlier to give kids more include to the team, so it is not surprising that there will be many surprises in the formation vs Hearts.

But I think Liverpool would combine some of their 1st team player with some youngster. Shelvey, Henderson, and Adam are expected to fill the midfield, while Carrol would be implemented as lone striker up front along with Downing and Sterling on the side. Sterling is the man to watch here, after impressive performance against City, he sure wanted to repeat the performance and hopefully he could be in the score sheet against Hearts. Some youngster like Flannagan, Pacheco, and Morgan are expected to be on the bench and come up in the 2nd half.

At the back four formation, I eager to see  Agger duet with Coates, with Agger capacity as a leader in the back, also i hope the experience of Sebastian Coates will increase and continued to show his talent as a ball playing central defender. On the right side will most likely remain in the content by Kelly, and when Jack Robinson was full fit, then he should be played from the beginning, Robinson with his talent reminiscent of Emiliano Insua. 

At midfielder, Hope to viewing duet Shelvey - henderson, but it was difficult to determine the third players. Lucas did not seem ready, due to injury, Allen has played more than 180 minutes in last 4 days in a week. although expect Shelvey - henderson - allen in the center, but it could be possible that Adam in pairs to assist Shelvey - henderson.

In the forward position, to keep in mind, the possibility of Suarez and will Borrini at rest (or there may be on the bench), and the option to forward us very little. so that Carroll will likely be the first choice, accompanied by the Sterling on the left and one realistic option Downing on the right side.

Here I really hope, even with  young players, Liverpool could play with better performance, and with a similar score against Gomel. Hearts clearly better than Gomel, and it would be a serious threat to liverpool. But with our squad, it should not be a problem and see his final appearance with a quick pass and move, perhaps hearts should be passed with ease. So let's hope that much progress in the game played by our team.

YNWA !!

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The Way Forward

The Way Forward

The Way Forward is an analysis of how Liverpool Forward would be under Brendan Rodgers; with 4-3-3 formation in which Liverpool would play with 3 forward, there are plenty of option: Luis Suarez, Andy Carroll, Stewart Downing, Fabio Borini, Oussama Assaidi, and surprisingly, the 17th years old Raheem Sterling.

from the first two matches, it can be seen that Liverpool play with unusual option on the front. 

Firstly, Downing and Sterling are implemented as a Forward Winger who has a job to dribble down the defense and provide crossing from the left/right side of the opponent half

Secondly, Suarez is implemented as a lone central forward up front. basically, his jobs is not only for scoring goals, but also he acts as a decoy by dragging the defender to be high up the pitch in which would leave some space for the midfielder to exploit.

Lastly, Borini is implemented as a Left/Right Winger up front of 3 forward. truthfully, his jobs is not to be a winger like Downing/Sterling. but to be a Poacher in the front of the goal. He will come freely from behind to score a goal while Suarez and other forward dragging the other defender.

to sum up there are three different job for each of the three forward upfront. for the alternative player that could fill the 1 forward winger role, it would be Assaidi, Sterling, Downing; for 1 central forward role it could be fill by Suarez, Borini, or Carroll; and lastly, the 1 poacher forward role could be fill by Borini or Suarez.

There are still plenty of combination and option in the attacking forward position to be explore by Brendan Rodgers. we still hasn't seen the skills of Oussama Assaidi and Andy Carroll yet. Brendan would have some role for both of them. For Liverpool fans, one think to be remembered is that this is Liverpool Football Club, No one bigger than the club itself, so there is no guarantee of starting 11 for every player, they need to prove themselves and be ready when the club need them.

Author : Andryan Dedy

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Central Midfield Squad Depth

The "Fat" Central Midfield

This title sum up the fans confusion of why Liverpool brought so many central midfield in the team.  Liverpool bought in Joe Allen and Nuri Sahin to join the the team that already has Steven Gerrard, Lucas Leiva, Jordan Henderson, Jonjo Shelvey, Charlie Adam, and Jay Spearing: Total of 8 player in Central Midfield Position.

For those who think that this amount of player in central midfield position is too much, Let's just first break down the Liverpool Strategy; they used mainly 4-3-3 formation which require ONLY three central midfield. popular choice to fill that position is Lucas, Sahin, and Gerrard. then you might be wonder when and where will Jordan, Jonjo, Joe, Charlie, and Jay would play? the answer is the squad rotation and squad depth. we need this amount of quality midfield to compete on the top level just like United, City, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Tottenham.

Let's count how many central midfield that this five top premier league have:

Man Utd: Anderson, Carrick, Scholes, Cleverly, Fletcher, Powell, Giggs = 7 player while they only play with 2 central midfield in 4-4-2 formation

Man City: Milner, Yaya Toure, Rodwell, Barry, De Jong, Nasri, Silva = 7 player while they usually play with 3 or 2 midfield in 4-3-3 or 4-4-2 formation (Nasri, Silva, and Toure as AMF in 4-3-3 formation)

Arsenal: Diaby, Rosicky, Ramsey, Wilshare,Ramsey, Arteta, Coquelin, Frimpong, = 8 player in Central Midfield position to play in 4-3-3 formation

Chelsea: Essien, Romeu, Lampard, Oscar, Mikel, Meireles, Marin, Ramires, Malouda = 9 player in Central Midfield position to play in 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 formation

Tottenham: Livermore, Parker, Bentley, Huddlestone, Jenas, VDV, Gylfii, Rose = 8 player in Central Midfield to play in 4-5-1 in which only require 3 midfield

To Sum up, All those top team has abundance of quality central midfield to compete in BPL.

For Liverpool to have 8 Central Midfield, i think it is enough to compete with the top 4 team. We don't have to worry anymore if one of our player are injured. for example Lucas who injured last season make us struggle to find the replacement that has the same quality as him.

My Analysis of Liverpool 3 Main Midfield.

the 3 midfield consist of 1 Defensive Midfield, 1 Central Midfield, and 1 Attacking Midfield.

Defensive Midfield: Lucas Leiva, Joe Allen, Steven Gerrard, and Jay Spearing

Analysis: the priority for this position is Lucas Leiva, he is the best player in this position, second is Joe Allen (in case of Lucas injured) which proved against city that he is a quality player in that position, Third in case of unavailable Lucas and Allen, Gerrard should fill in that position, he has a decent tackle and has a good vision. Lastly is Jay Spearing in which are a good player but i think is not good enough for Liverpool.

Central Midfield: Nuri Sahin, Joe Allen, Jonjo Shelvey, Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam.

Analysis: There is no need to explain that Nuri Sahin and Joe Allen will compete to grab this position, they both are the best player that Liverpool have to fulfill those responsibility in that position, their backup in that position would be Jonjo and then Jordan. and Last priority is the sloppy Charlie Adam.

Attacking Midfield: Steven Gerrard, Jonjo Shelvey, Charlie Adam.

Analysis: Only three player is capable enough for this role. No doubt about Gerrard Quality in this position. and again Adam is the last favorable player to fill this position

"Whatever it takes to make Liverpool successful again, My Live is devoted, it's all part of the dance" Brendan Rodgers

You Will Never Walk Alone
Author : Andryan Dedy

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Liverpool should fixes their midfielder instead of buying a overrated striker

“Liverpool should fixes their midfielder instead of buying a overrated striker”

Several years ago , Liverpool was a massive power that obviously making some records of trophy, but it feels like long time ago and here we are now , the struggle club that fights for the honored position. Even though Liverpool has rebuilt with different managers and owners but what we have just got just a get down and get more down. If we look back in Hoillier’s era , Benitez’era , Hodgson’era, and Kenny’era there were a massive point that always getting weaker in every their leadership , yes, the midfielder . 

Why Liverpool always thinks if we about on difficult to win a season is all about we hasn’t good poacher? For some reason we always resolve the degenerate position by buying a striker . that’s hilarious in my mind. Let’s just see the midfielder for comparison .

Hoillier : Jamie Redknapp – Dietmer Hamman – Steven Gerrard

Benitez : Xabi Alonso - Mascherano - Steven Gerrard

Hodgson : Lucas – Steven Gerrard

Kenny : Lucas/Spearing – Steven Gerrard

In this way, Hoillier has a young Steven Gerrard that has strong energy to moves liverpool’s way to play , same way in Benitez’era , Steven Gerrard in his great and peak performance to encourages Liverpool’s. the midfielder in Benitez’s and Hoiller’s has a similar business to Liverpool . there are a different job for each midfielder. Dietmer Hamman – Jamie Radknapp focus in center and Steven Gerrard in front to helps striker emile haskey , for the same way Xabi Alonso – Mascherano focus in center and Steven Gerrard in front with Fernando Torres and the result of that similar strategy is a lot of trophies . 

Let’s look midfielder in Hudgson and Kenny , what a pity Gerrard ! he must covers another midfielder player in the field , that’s very difficult . even though we have a great stiker like Fernando Torres , Luis Suarez, Andy Carroll , what should they wanna do if the ball can’t go in front because stop in the middle of field. In my humble opinion , Liverpool should fixes their midfielder instead of buying a overrated striker . 

Rumor that Liverpool wants Allen and Dempsey , I think is the way Liverpool to fixes their lack of midfielder. In the end , I hope Liverpool gets a new great midfielder that improve how Liverpool plays with they own ways.

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Joe Allen: Rodger's Missing Pieces

Joe Allen: Rodger's Missing Pieces 

His Name is Joe Michael Allen, the 22 years old Welsh Midfielder who used to play for Swansea City is now a Liverpool player. After months of speculation, he finally complete his moves to Liverpool just after he finished represent the Great Britain team with a fee around £15,000,000. he was given long-five years contract with 40,000 pounds wages per week. What a bargain for this young talented midfielder !!

Few of you might be wondering what's so special about this so called "Allen".

The answer is that he might be the missing pieces that we need in order to get into the next level. His style of play is the mixture between Xavi and Iniesta. His simple passing is the key to link between the midfielder and forward, not to mention he is also like to penetrate into the opponent penalty box. Allen also has a decent shooting and tackling. If I have to gave him a rate, i would give an A for his short passing, B- for his long passing, B- for his shooting, B for his speed, and lastly B+ for his tackling. 

His position in the Liverpool starting Lineup would be in the midfield of 3 that Brendan would implement along with Stevie and Lucas. the simplest illustration that i could tell is by using Barcelona's sample. Imagine Lucas as Busquets, Gerrard as Iniesta, and Allen as Xavi. those player has their own role in the midfield which would collaborate and compliment each other. While on the bench we still have Jordan, Jonjo, Jay, and Charile (Sahin on the way) it will only then bring good to Liverpool, we would have plenty of option in the midfield in case some of them are injured. Those are needed to be competitive and hopefully we could grab the Champions League position.

My Last message here is not to get carried away with expectation to this young lad, he's still 22 and have a long way to go to prove his worth. But one thing for sure he has the talent. Brendan believe in him and that's what matters. we must support our manager decision. YNWA!!!

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Kenny Dalglish : Mistake for last season ?

A Mistake by Kenny Dalglish Last Season... (was it?)

Last season, Liverpool FC was on the proper track for finishing within the Big four in English Premier League. It had been simply before Lucas suffering an extended scraped on December. There was no Lucas until the tip of last season, Liverpool FC midfield was suffering and so weak. Even we had Gerrard, Shelvey, Spearing, Adams, and Henderson in the depth of squad, But, they all couldn’t amendment Lucas’s role. Questioning in my head, its was wrong player position, or maybe wrong strategy ? (sorry, perhaps i ought to blaming on Kenny Dalglish)

In my opinion, it was Kenny Dalglish mistake as a manager, that he couldn’t get some improvisation for Liverpool FC midfield last season. He accustomed like Henderson compete as a right jock than a central midfielder, or attacking midfielder. He additionally accustomed like Jay Spearing than Jonjo Shelvey for the start up. Seems like, Liverpool FC had no player who might play still as Lucas for defensive midfielder position. Even Spearing wasn’t good enough for this.

 As we tend to might see in Europe ’12, there was Steven Gerrard who compete his role still as Lucas for European nation. He was compete as a defensive midfielder. 2 worn up for him who compete well along side Parker there.

So, perhaps if “King” Kenny Dalglish did some improvisation, I don’t suppose that LFC simply finished in eigth position within the finish of season. The improvisation may well be like 3 midfielders along, wherever Gerrard would play as a ball breaker, Henderson / Adams would play as a ball holder, then Shelvey as a second striker/attacking midfield. Then landscapist may well be compete as a wing striker along side Suarez with massive Andy as a target man.

Stronger middle might build a stronger team. That’s what Rafa did by shopping for Xabi Alonso and Macherano (but, it had been terrible mistake once he bought Aquilani). And that’s additionally a contemporary soccer plan of action (even Manchester United recalled their retiring player to be played).I feel it may well be a higher ending if “King” might see this.

Once again I still same not blaming on Kenny Dalglish. I simply wish to share concerning my opinion. Kenny was a living legend for LFC. Past, now, future, and forever....

#YNWA

author: Yudho Krismanto

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Brendan Rodgers Defense

The Defense for Brendan Rodgers

written by : Andryan Dedy

In the past few weeks, Liverpool fans are fused about Brendan Rodgers and FSG. They are starting to panic and angry about Brendan who had get rid of few players like Kuyt, Aquilani, Maxi, and possibly Agger, Carroll and Bellamy. while on the other side, Liverpool only have signed one player, Fabio Borini, an unproven young striker. His act became unpopular to the eye of few Liverpool fans, they even labeled him as "mediocre manager" and said that FSG is about "Money" and no different with their previous owner. Does it really work that way?

FSG came to save Liverpool from H&G with 300 million, they even paid all the Liverpool debt. Their vision is to bring stability to Liverpool for long term. "The Liverpool way" is the way that they want to do it. There is no doubt that if they want, Liverpool can go with Chelsea and City way, to bring as many world class player as they can with ridiculous fees and wages; at the end it will only bring chaos, for short term you can see that Chelsea and City are successful, but it is not for long (huge debt, expenses,etc), something instant will never came good, it just like a time bomb which we don't know when but it will explode.

I just want people to try to look at the bigger picture and try to look at it at different perspective. the reason why they offload Kuyt, Aquilani, and Maxi is their wages, the trio is not the regular first XI of Brendan and for them to get those wages despite their role to the team, it is better to sold them, not to mention that their age is almost at the peak(old), those are the reason also why Liverpool try to sold Bellamy back to his hometown,Cardiff. The recent rumors about Agger might be for different reason, if City/Barca/PSG offer huge amount of fee to offshore Agger, why wouldn't Liverpool accept it? his position is Ball Playing Central Defender, in which is not irreplaceable; we still have Coates, Coady, Sama, Wisdom, and even Wilson to fill the gap, it can even become a chance for them to prove their worth of the team. and again Liverpool will get benefit as Agger is injury prone, and also if they became "too dependent" with the injury player, what happen if Agger is injured again? the other doesn't have a capability to replace him because of their lack of chance to prove themselves in the first team. for me Agger selling is 50-50. There is nothing wrong if Liverpool try to keep or sell him.

Lastly is the lack of signing. it is better to keep in mind that Liverpool is not Champions Leauge club. it is difficult for them to attract star player. the only thing that they could do is to look at more promising talent rather than buying a star player, in fact Liverpool never buy star player, they buy decent player and make them a star, that is the Liverpool Way. Example: Who was Alonso, Garcia, Torres, Mascherano, Skrtel, Agger, Johnson, and even Suarez before Liverpool bought them? They are ALL still consider as Good or OK player, the labeled of "WORLD CLASS" or "STAR" player came after they play for Liverpool. It is just a matter of time before we could see another signing or selling by Brendan Rodgers, the man knows what he is doing, he loves and knows football as well as everything about Liverpool Football Club. We should put trust to him, for me he is a BRAVE man, he is dare to become unpopular with his decision to help Liverpool competitive again.

"You have to have the sense a past, the sense of present, and the sense of future; and whatever it takes to make Liverpool successful, then my life is devoted" Brendan Rodgers

At the end of the storm there is a golden sky. YNWA Brendan Rodgers!!!!

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Daniel Agger : Liverpool FC Transfer SAGA

Should LFC Let Agger Go???

Written by : Yudo Nugroho

There’re so many reasons why LFC should let Agger go. But, in my opinion, Agger’s football carrier hasn’t over yet.

I know, he has something called prone injury. But, when he’s fit and plays together with his Slovakian partner as center back, there always be a different defence in LFC’s defending area.

We must remember about the mistake that LFC did to Xabi Alonso. The management wanted some cash urgently. So, they sold Xabi to Real Madrid for about just £ 30.000.000. Then, they try to bid Gareth Barry, the only man who we found him move to the Citizen that time. For those who want to get some cash by selling him, they can learn about this.

In the other case, let’s talk about Shevchenko, who was sold by AC Milan to Chelsea when his ability as a world-class striker was almost finished. Yes, AC Milan was smart when they decided to sell Il Tsar to Chelsea. They could see that his performance was not good during his last season in Milan. So, they decided to sell him, while there’s a club who made a £ 30.000.000 bid for him.

In the cases above, we can conclude that a great player like Agger, who can get his prone injury any time but can still give so many contributions to LFC when he plays, is still needed by LFC. It’s not about how many times he has been played in since he came to Anfield. It’s all about his performance and effort when he plays. What a class center back!

You’ll Never Walk Alone, Agger!!!

By: Yudo Nugroho

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Jordan Henderson : The Rises Of Henderson

The Rises Of Jordan Henderson

Written by : Andryan Dedy

     Who is the most underrated Liverpool Player Last Season? There could be any answer but without a doubt, Jordan name is echoed up there. Labeled with 20 Millions Pounds Transfer fee from Sunderland to Liverpool, People expect something big from the 22 years old midfielder. "The Next Xabi Alonso" is the standard that they expect. However, He failed to managed the big expectation from the Liverpool fans and also "British" media. 

     Deployed mostly as a Right Midfielder by Kenny Dalglish, People already labeled Jordan failed to flourish in that position in his 22 years of age and OUT OF POSITION. Winger should have a good dribbling, good crossing, and must be brave enough to move forward. On contrary, Jordan has a poor dribbling, decent crossing, decent shooting, and sometimes he is too "afraid" to push forward with the ball in him. But People DO forget that "Jordan Brian Henderson" Natural Position is Central Midfield, His main attribute is actually his good vision and his pass on the ball.  

     To backup my opinion, last season, Kenny sometimes tried to play him in CMF while Lucas is injured, and Jordan managed to done superbly in that position, to give an illustration, he played just like young Frank Lampard.  But unfortunately, The manager are too stubborn to put him in the Right Midfielder even though he could see that Jordan has more potential to play in center more than in right. (I don't blame Kenny's decision, he might think that there is something that Jordan can do/learn from that).  

     This article consist of my defense of one of the footballer that I admire, Jordan Henderson. the unfair critics of him should be diminish, the reason is just simply because Jordan style is just doesn't fit with the Kenny's football. in the right midfield, he "must" dribble and cross while his real style is a "pass and move" style. he loved to do pass and movement as well as giving the deadly through ball/cross to the forward. Jordan lacked of contribution last season is just simply because the manager failed to see/use his talent. How could you expect Jordan to play like Xabi while he was playing in Kuyt position? He had all the quality to be the next Xabi IF he was given the chance to play in "Xabi's position". So all the criticism and expectation is rather unfair for this young lad.

     The New Liverpool Manager, Brendan Rodgers has footballing philosophy that with fit with Jordan style. Playing with 4-3-3. The style of 3 midfield that consist of 1 ball winning midfielder (Lucas, Spearing) that has a job to get the ball and pass it to the teammates, 1 deep lying playmaker (Jordan, Adam) that has a job to control the game with passes and gave a through ball to the forward. , and 1 Attacking Midfield (Gerrard, Shelvey) that has a job to move forward with the ball, shooting on goal, and gave through passes to the forward. Jordan can fit the 3 midfield slot as the "deep lying playmaker" directly as his attribute is matched with that role and hopefully, Next Season will be the Season for Jordan Henderson to prove his worth to the team and silence the critics towards him. 

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