Liverpool FA Cup s/f (N) | Post Match Thread

MarsLlama said:
He's 22 and we don't think he's good enough for our first team yet- he can't be that highly rated.
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I'll be very surprised if he gets much game time outside of cup games, if that.

Coming from the Brazilian league at age 22 to the Premier League will be a huge step up to what he's faced before.
 
Damanino said:
I wish we had this guy at his prime now playing for City. the pressing, the way he was keeping the ball, was very hard to tackle him or nick the ball from him. pressed for 90 minutes if it was needed, and did score fair share of goals, many of long shot goals included. was a good pen taker as well. and was dropping deep a lot probably would have fit this false 9 stuff like a glove for Pep.

I miss the days a bit when we had him and Kun and Dzeko and Balo at the same time. Even mental Balotelli was a killer finisher compared to when Jesus or Sterling comes across a big chance.

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Free agent. Sign him up!
 
scousemanc said:
Everything about that match; selection, energy levels, commitment, has to be seen in the context of Wednesday night. It was a bruising exhausting battle and evey player will have been suffering the after effects.The very last thing they would want a few days later is a semi final against Liverpool.

By way of contrast, Liverpool players had a rest and a stroll in the park.

The other thing weighing on the team is priorities. At this stage in the season, pragmatism is required. The FA cup is NOT top priority.

IF City go on to win the league and maybe the champs league it was absolutely the correct approach to this game

Looking forward to Brighton and Real Madrid with a fit, refreshed squad already. And one less distraction
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Most sensible post I've read all day. Mind you, there haven't been many...
 
Damanino said:
I wish we had this guy at his prime now playing for City. the pressing, the way he was keeping the ball, was very hard to tackle him or nick the ball from him. pressed for 90 minutes if it was needed, and did score fair share of goals, many of long shot goals included. was a good pen taker as well. and was dropping deep a lot probably would have fit this false 9 stuff like a glove for Pep.

I miss the days a bit when we had him and Kun and Dzeko and Balo at the same time. Even mental Balotelli was a killer finisher compared to when Jesus or Sterling comes across a big chance.

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In his prime he would have been immense in this Pep side.
 
Fuck me, fans are being bastardised for "spoiling" the minute's silence. Imagine paying £200 plus for the pleasure, entering the arena chanting city not knowing there's a minute's silence and then all of a sudden you are given pelters.

Always happens with minute's silences, just put an end to them.
 
Kelleher, gomez, konate, matip, tsimikas, milner, Thiago, Jones, minamino, Salah, mane. that's about their equivalent of the team we sent out against their best 11. Imagine that against something like ederson walker cancelo stones laporte Rodri Bernardo kdb foden mahrez jesus. That game doesn't end up 3-2.

The "Pep throws away the FA cup every year" comments can fuck right off. He has to manage the schedule he has as it comes. he's not responsible for giving us the dippers twice either side of atletico twice in the space of about 10 days. He's set this as the lowest priority, surely nobody would disagree with that. If we had the benfica games the dippers had, we put out a much stronger team, we didn't, so he does what he has to and accepts the consequences of putting it bottom of the priorities list. Pep plays it right every year, he gets us into strong positions come the end of the season, circumstances just means we have to prioritise sometimes.
 
I'm amazed at some of the responses defending pep and the team selection today, trying to spin positives on a complete and utter shitshow. The fact is he's monumentally messed up yet another game of huge magnitude and in doing so has given Liverpool an extra step towards a quadruple.. something that sickens me to say. Seen someone say it 'was a respectable scoreline' are we Norwich or something? Another saying 'one less distraction' distraction to what exactly? Win today and its one more game? Why not just play u18s at Cheltenham back in January? Really dont get why pep is always immune to criticism, especially in these one off high pressure games in which there seems to be a recurring theme of him going against what has made his city teams tick and being stubborn and this costing city time and time again.
 
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