Media Discussion - 2023/24

The_Maverick said:
The point I was trying to and clearly didn’t make is the love in for Klopp and Liverpool and the way it is reported. It’s very different to the way Pep or any team members face questions in the pressers.

Watched about 5 mins of the Q&A’s after today and with the dippers it was about how good was their defence, what a future talent they have, what a loss Klopp will be.

Move on to JS interview and they were asking about how big was Ake’s mistake for the back pass?

Same match, same teams why thr difference?
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Coz the media and so called pundits fucking hate us…..
 
burning blue soul said:
Yep. It was poor from both teams. Lots of misplaced passes and rugby scrumming in the ctr of the circle.

Media and red fans love the rushing around like lunatics that Liverpool do.

Harks back to the days when they were kids. No cohesion. Due to the reds rabid animal approach a quality game of football couldn't break out. But, maybe, that's klopps point. Stop us playing our game a reduce it down to their level.

How that man gets the reputation he has is extraordinary. Real base level football tactics.

Oh, and swerve the back pages today, peeps. They are all focusing on Dokus kick in the penalty area, rather than the "quality" game. No mention of Mcallister not offering any challenge and just standing there, though.

I can't wait for klopp to be gone. He a fucking throwback to the 70s.
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An awful lot of it was hoofball from Liverpool
 
Perhaps it's me being thick but I'm still processing the MOTD analysis of Van Dijk's 'world class' defending of a situation involving him dealing with Haaland's run and shot in the first half..

Perhaps other Blues might be able to help me understand why it was deserving of such praise?

Haaland picked up the ball and turned on the half-way line to run at goal. Van Dijk backpedalled all the way into his own penalty area, clearly keeping an eye on Haaland but not closing him down. Haaland then gets to the box and takes the shot open to him with his favoured left foot but aims it straight at Kelleher in goal, snatching the strike rather than getting away what you young Blues would call a 'thunderb*st*rd'.

Now, at what point was 'The World's Greatest Defender - Ever' in control of that situation? Or have I missed a masterclass of imperiousness, as outlined by the MOTD pundits?

Pundits.. One of the wooden planks stored in the eaves of my garage could do a more insightful job than the majority of them.

Any thoughts/help would be most appreciated..!
 
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johnevans said:
Perhaps it's me being thick but I'm still processing the MOTD analysis of Van Dyck's 'world class' defending of a situation involving him dealing with Haaland's run and shot in the first half..

Perhaps other Blues might be able to help me understand why it was deserving of such praise?

Haaland picked up the ball and turned on the half!way line to run at goal. Van Dyck backpedalled all the way into his own penalty area, clearly keeping an eye on Haaland but not closing him down. Haaland then gets to the box and takes the shot open to him with his favoured left foot but aims it straight at Kelleher in goal, snatching the strike rather than getting away what you young Blues would call a 'thunderb*st*rd'.

Now, at what point was 'The World's Greatest Defender - Ever' in control of that situation? Or have I missed a masterclass of imperiousness, as outlined by the MOTD pundits?

Pundits.. One of the wooden planks stored in the eaves of my garage could do a more inciteful job than the majority of them.

Any thoughts/help would be most appreciated..!
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If van Dijk is so great at defending and reading the game it doesn’t explain how City’s opener happened where Stones stroked it at the near post. Haaland gets a better shot off when he runs at Van Dijk it’s a different story all together.
 
johnevans said:
Perhaps it's me being thick but I'm still processing the MOTD analysis of Van Dyck's 'world class' defending of a situation involving him dealing with Haaland's run and shot in the first half..

Perhaps other Blues might be able to help me understand why it was deserving of such praise?

Haaland picked up the ball and turned on the half!way line to run at goal. Van Dyck backpedalled all the way into his own penalty area, clearly keeping an eye on Haaland but not closing him down. Haaland then gets to the box and takes the shot open to him with his favoured left foot but aims it straight at Kelleher in goal, snatching the strike rather than getting away what you young Blues would call a 'thunderb*st*rd'.

Now, at what point was 'The World's Greatest Defender - Ever' in control of that situation? Or have I missed a masterclass of imperiousness, as outlined by the MOTD pundits?

Pundits.. One of the wooden planks stored in the eaves of my garage could do a more inciteful job than the majority of them.

Any thoughts/help would be most appreciated..!
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In my eyes, both players did very well in that situation, it was a case of 'great football all round', hoping not too sound too cheesy. Van Dijk showed great composure and Haaland fashioned good space against an experienced centre half.

Haaland starts 10 yards away from Van Dijk and you can see the centre half isn't too sure what to do but is erring on trying to steer him wide. Suddenly Haaland prods it slightly right and Van Dijk starts sprinting, and has a tiny (it's tiny) nibble at the ball and Haaland's feet as he jinks back left.

If Van Dijk had made any more movement toward Haaland at all, he would have either been completely beaten, leaving a one on one, or taken out the man, resulting in red (presumably). The other outcome is that he would have actually won the ball cleanly, but that was less likely b'cos he was trying to pick up pace and, i assume, he (van dijk) made the decision winning the ball cleanly was too unlikely.

So now we're ~25 yds out and they're getting side by side, a full on tackle is completely out of the window now, Haaland's done well to here. Van Dijk decides to go directly onto the body now, which is sensible defending, it's now or never to unsettle the shot, which is becoming inevitable.

it's debatable whether Haaland should have taken a final touch or gone a tad earlier and aimed for a low corner, but i thought it was excellent play from both players. I watched the game with 2 ex semi pros and they were both absolutely loving that tussle.
 
johnevans said:
Perhaps it's me being thick but I'm still processing the MOTD analysis of Van Dyck's 'world class' defending of a situation involving him dealing with Haaland's run and shot in the first half..

Perhaps other Blues might be able to help me understand why it was deserving of such praise?

Haaland picked up the ball and turned on the half!way line to run at goal. Van Dyck backpedalled all the way into his own penalty area, clearly keeping an eye on Haaland but not closing him down. Haaland then gets to the box and takes the shot open to him with his favoured left foot but aims it straight at Kelleher in goal, snatching the strike rather than getting away what you young Blues would call a 'thunderb*st*rd'.

Now, at what point was 'The World's Greatest Defender - Ever' in control of that situation? Or have I missed a masterclass of imperiousness, as outlined by the MOTD pundits?

Pundits.. One of the wooden planks stored in the eaves of my garage could do a more inciteful job than the majority of them.

Any thoughts/help would be most appreciated..!
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My thoughts exactly
 
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