Liverpool (H) | Post-Match Thread

[mrtwiceaseason]

So you don't remember Clemence rolling the ball out to Neal.neal 5 yard pass to Hughes.hughes to Thompson Thompson to Kennedy Kennedy back to Clemence..and repeat...like you say you were young.
this often happened in tricky away matches to quieten the home crowd and take the sting out the game.
No one is denying they had good attacking players too in those days,...that's not the point,they bored the pants of many football fans .with negative tactics which involved back pass after back pass to Clemence.
Before the rule change.
And like another poster has said,since the change they struggled to win the league
Funny that.

Puts tin hat on, a bit like watching current Pep City then? :+)

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Just checked. From 1978-1983 it was

0-3
0-5
0-4 x2
1-4

The 1-4 was in 1978, and I’m pretty sure we scored first (remember watching it in MoTD as an eight year old). This was the game I was thinking of when I talked of the odd goal.

Can’t be any other period with relegations and moving grounds meaning we never played five games in five seasons against them at Maine Road ever again.

Another self-correction - we did play them five times (plus) consecutively at Maine Road again - from 1989 to 1996, but that run of results from 1978 to 1983 is undoubtedly the one you were referring to, especially at there was at least one win (1992) and one draw (1996) in that sequence.

 

[how soon is now]

So you don't remember Clemence rolling the ball out to Neal.neal 5 yard pass to Hughes.hughes to Thompson Thompson to Kennedy Kennedy back to Clemence..and repeat...like you say you were young.
this often happened in tricky away matches to quieten the home crowd and take the sting out the game.
No one is denying they had good attacking players too in those days,...that's not the point,they bored the pants of many football fans .with negative tactics which involved back pass after back pass to Clemence.
Before the rule change.
And like another poster has said,since the change they struggled to win the league
Funny that.

I remember that me and our kid used to call it the spider and the fly tactic ! Bore the shit out of whoever they were playing and draw more opposition players further forward to try and stop it then bang ball over the top and before you knew it ball was in the back of your net ! They did have some quality players though.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Well without checking I think I said “It was a long time ago and I was young” Not that I don’t remember. But anyway. I wish they were a bit more negative during that five year spell at Maine Road that I vividly remember where they Played 5, Won 5, For 20, Against 0.

Those were horrible years! and I remember them too,altho we did score at least once at Maine rd. 20-2 would be more accurate iirc

 

[dennishasdoneit]

I remember that me and our kid used to call it the spider and the fly tactic ! Bore the shit out of whoever they were playing and draw more opposition players further forward to try and stop it then bang ball over the top and before you knew it ball was in the back of your net ! They did have some quality players though.

Thats how i remember it too.
The attacking quality of Liverpool during that era is beyond doubt
Some great players,but the back four, keep ball bollocks was also a primary feature ,as I said esp away games to silence the home crowd.

I can fully understand why some don't remember this tactic.
It wasn't just done to draw the oppennent in,..it was done to kill the game dead,waste time and frustrate the oppennent..Ray .Clemence took an age to pick the ball up,roll it a little in front,and then bowl it 5 yards to Neal the right back...

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Puts tin hat on, a bit like watching current Pep City then? :+)

; )

 

[dennishasdoneit]

They used to love coming to Maine Road in that era (except Boxing Day 1985).

Clive Wilson likes this post ; )

 

[Tolmie scores]

Another self-correction - we did play them five times (plus) consecutively at Maine Road again - from 1989 to 1996, but that run of results from 1978 to 1983 is undoubtedly the one you were referring to, especially at there was at least one win (1992) and one draw (1996) in that sequence.

Saw everyone one of that terrible run. My old man was a proper football fan not as partisan as todays crowd tbf (incl me). Got me to justvkeep following Ray Kennedy stroll imperiously round the park and Kenny Dalglish's strange but effective 'arse' technique

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

A little bit further down the line but didn’t likkle Michael Owen not have a habit of pulling his hamstring, being out injured for a few months & his comeback game was against us & he scored a HT, sure it happened more than once

 

[GaudinoMotors]

A little bit further down the line but didn’t likkle Michael Owen not have a habit of pulling his hamstring, being out injured for a few months & his comeback game was against us & he scored a HT, sure it happened more than once

He was certainly one of the many who ended barren spells against us.