Liverpool (A) - Sun 1st Dec, 16:00 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[Micky Blue]

An under used tactic

It worked well when we did it against Arsenal a couple of seasons back.

 

[alexmcity]

How can more or less every player's form have dropped off a cliff simultaneously?

Due to many injuries, some players have played a lot recently, lost several games and confidence. It's like a downward spiral. We'll come back, though. We've got a lot of quality not to.

 

[heslops barnet]

Seems to be every players form has dropped off not just one or two ……..

 

[paulchapo]

Seems to be every players form has dropped off not just one or two ……..

True it's throughout the team. I'm just watching Sky now and Keane said a couple of interesting things. He said given the huge efforts we've put in over the last few years he isn't surprised with the drop off and actually expected it earlier. He also said Ederson is getting away with it and going under the radar regarding criticism. Looking at the goals he conceded in midweek I agree.

 

[Bellamy's Caddy]

The state of this place. It's like fordyboy has hacked the majority of posters accounts with this doom.

Got a good feeling about Erl the Pearl today.

The players will be desperate to put things right and prove a few people wrong. It looks like we should have some key players back for this and hopefully others closer to full fitness. I'm confident we'll see a much improved performance today, whether it'll be enough against a team that is flying at the moment remains to be seen. But our forward players (Haaland aside) have to start scoring at some point and today would be a great time to start.

 

[chickaroon]

We've had Pep for the last 6 games and against lesser opposition than the dippers, it's been anything but okay.

We have had Pep as you say but, we have not had fit or fully fit players. Hopefully some are fit now.

 

[johnny crossan]

as far as the league goes

 

[alexmcity]

A more defensive formation:

------Walker, Dias and Ake---

Akanji RB/DM---Gundo DM---Gvardiol LB/WB

-----Bernardo-----------------Nunes

----‐-----------------Foden

-‐---------------------Haaland

 

[roach3]

Some of you lot don’t deserve to have experienced this wonderful team in the last few years, throwing the fucking towel in at the first sign of real adversity.

Fuck knows how insufferable you’re going to be when we actually turn to shit.

Do I think we’re likely to win today? Absolutely not, but I’m certainly not ever going to predict a City team under Pep Guardiola losing by three and four goal margins ffs.

No offence but haven’t we already done this

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Surely professional pride will kick in? How can more or less every player's form have dropped off a cliff simultaneously? Even a defeat with a spirited display would be something to build on but another abject shambles would be impossible to come back from.

This is what worries me, we've not been the same since Pep called a few out for being injured.

We were always a solid unit on & off the pitch (one for all etc) that doesn't seem to be happening now.

Onwards and upwards.