Liverpool (H) | PL | Post Match Thread

[ninjamonkey]

Poor result that. Make no mistake thats 2 points dropped. In isolation its not a disaster but given how many points we've already dropped its a lot poorer a result.

You have to win your home games against titlw challengers, that's what wins you titles. Played okay overall just didn't have the high intensity to the play which is needed in these games. too slow in build up and poor final balls.

We were always going to fade second half as they had subs to even it up so had to make it count first half. Lack of options from the bench cost us the 3 points. Squad is too thin, need reinforcements in January.

As of now, we've wiped out our unusually good start. Failed to beat any title challengers and dropped points in games we shouldnt be. However, stay in the hunt until January then 1 or 2 signings and get kdb back and we will instantly be in a much stronger position.

Have to beat spurs now and villa. No more dropped points until christmas.

 

[Tolmie scores]

2 points dropped for the 2nd time in 2 games, while having the lead 4 times in these 2 games. Simply not good enough. I expect more from us.

We were the better side by some way... I was expecting more from Liverpool...but there you go. First time this season that I think we are the best team in the league...its great that they have Nunez up front, he lacks the composure to be top draw...has the technique but without composure he will only score half of what Erling does.... I would be more worried as a Liverpool fan as they have gone backwards compared to the Liverpool that really challenged us.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Bent

As

Fuck

All this conspiracy garbage is just tiresome.

We didn't take our chances and paid for it. It's on us.

Still top of the league.

 

[normskih]

OK for 60 mins then look knackered. 4 points dropped in 2 games.
Need to strengthen badly in Jan.

We did that in the summer with panic buys;)
Let’s hope we get the right one(s) this time:)

 

[nellyonthewing]

what aftermath? we drew a game of football ...big deal....we cant and dont win them all and it was a decent game where we played pretty well (not at our full best but still reasonably well)...nothing contentious about the game at all, decent chances for both teams, two good goals....oh and still top of he league with evrything to play for and KDB still to return.....we are probably better off than we should be when you consider we have lost the bet midfielder in world football and also Stones who is being acknowledged as now one of the best DM's along with Rodri.

I presume as you have been on here a long time that you also remember watching us play the likes of Grimsby stood on a freeing cold Kippax and watching us struggle...hoping for an exciting FA cup draw where we could welcome a Division 1 team and by some weird fluke or just a one off great performance get some sort of result and go on a cup run....with it innevitably and usually ending up in disappointment!

If it had been a bad performance Id understand it but it wasnt...

Yes I yearn for the smell of woodbines and piss .

 

[Stoned Rose]

Disappointing result, hate dropping points against this lot but it isn't the end of the world.
In fairness, can't quite believe where we are in the league considering, imo, we haven't really been on it for much of the season.
Keep in touch, then watch us fly 2nd half of the season

Get Kev and Stones back and we’ll piss it.

 

[simon23]

Yes I yearn for the smell of woodbines and piss .

My grandads mate who we used to go with who was around 60 odd at the time used to smoke a pipe....dont think Ive seen a pipe in about 3 decades now

 

[danielwood5]

All this conspiracy garbage is just tiresome.

We didn't take our chances and paid for it. It's on us.

Still top of the league.

We scored two legal goals they scored one, what more do you want from us?
How many more goals do we need to score than Liverpool to win, 3? 4? 5?

 

[Tolmie scores]

Poor result that. Make no mistake thats 2 points dropped. In isolation its not a disaster but given how many points we've already dropped its a lot poorer a result.

You have to win your home games against titlw challengers, that's what wins you titles. Played okay overall just didn't have the high intensity to the play which is needed in these games. too slow in build up and poor final balls.

We were always going to fade second half as they had subs to even it up so had to make it count first half. Lack of options from the bench cost us the 3 points. Squad is too thin, need reinforcements in January.

As of now, we've wiped out our unusually good start. Failed to beat any title challengers and dropped points in games we shouldnt be. However, stay in the hunt until January then 1 or 2 signings and get kdb back and we will instantly be in a much stronger position.

Have to beat spurs now and villa. No more dropped points until christmas.

Thats a big ask..Villa on fire...Spuds have Son.. our nemises .. pts dropped in both i suspect even if we are still the best side. I mean today - very soft goal disallowed we had umpteen chances blah blah

 

[Rochdale Blue]

The more you look at the disallowed goal the more annoying it is. The other one he carried over the line also showed Erling being clearly held in the box preventing him from getting to the ball. This is where VAR should work but it doesn't

I'm sure there will be unified mass outrage in the media.
Then again....perhaps not.

 

[bulldogblue]

If only we could learn to see games out. Five points dropped this season after conceding late goals.
The game wasn't the best but we should have won.

 

[Tolmie scores]

I thought Alvarez was out weak link today. You can’t see how much work he’s doing off the ball from an armchair though. Why we thought long corners would work I don’t know. Surely a combination of doku/Bernie/Foden on short corners would be way more effective.

Alvarez is like a Jesus, really hard worker but lacks finesse tbf

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Not a fan of the 12:30 KO for games like this. Crowd was so flat but then the players didn’t give them much to cheer about. Big drop off from last season in the final 3rd without KDB, Gundo and Mahrez. Doku has huge potential but needs to work on his end product as he actually should have done more today with the amount of the ball he had in great positions.

Not playing in Alvarez earlier on that 3 on 2 in the first half . . . Ugh. But broadly he terrorized them. He’s 19. He’s just getting started. And tough as nails too. Couldn’t believe he could walk after that foul.

 

[abu13]

Seem to be on my own but i think Akanji did foul Alison, better team today but not getting the rub of the green.

 

[handsofstone]

Lack of prolifcancy is costing us massively

Had more than enough chances to put the game to bed

We look slow and physically weaker this season, guess to be expected in some capacity after winning the treble

 

[roubaixtuesday]

We scored two legal goals they scored one, what more do you want from us?
How many more goals do we need to score than Liverpool to win, 3? 4? 5?

Turning marginal decisions into an imagined conspiracy is just embarrassing. I didn't agree with the decision, but I can see why it was made.

 

[nellyonthewing]

My grandads mate who we used to go with who was around 60 odd at the time used to smoke a pipe....dont think Ive seen a pipe in about 3 decades now

Seen plenty of crack pipes in de hood

 

[malg]

1-1 you say.......wweellll.....I wonder who called that!!

 

[Tolmie scores]

I'm sure there will be unified mass outrage in the media.
Then again....perhaps not.

we are quite meek as a club, pretty quiet today i know its 12.30 but a huge roar for the 'goal' would have meant a proper VAR check needed. A grumble as we look down at our feet...easy to 'move along, nothing to check here'...own worst enemy we are at times

 

[paulchapo]

I definitely agree about Foden. I think how you’ve described him couldn’t have put it better. I agree about Kovacic and Nunez too, no idea how Nunez will improve us. I like Alvarez though.
Sometimes, I wish Pep would make a sub, especially when we were under a bit of pressure and they were building a bit of momentum. Alvarez would have been knackered all the travelling so him off and Lewis on to help out could have made that difference.

I think we get disappointed in Foden because we all thought he would be world class, a real standout, plus he's one of us. He's a very good player with flashes of brilliance but he needs to be turning in 7+ out of 10 performances in more games. Instead he probably has four of those games in ten, the rest are average.

I fear Nunez is going to be another Phillips and Kovacic is a downgrade on Gundo. They have time to make me eat my words though.

I get why he didn't make subs today looking at our bench, I think we may have lost the game if he had.