Liverpool (H) - Post-Match Thread

[blueinsa]

That’s myopic. The missed penalty was one fleeting moment in a match that Pep couldn’t control. But the rest of the match is heavily influenced by his decision making pre and during the match. If Pep performed better the penalty miss could have been a total irrelevance to the result. By saying what you are saying, you are implying the entire match is set in stone, managers might as well not be there. That’s absurd.

We win 10-0 and you moan and call Pep out.

Forgive me for not giving a shit if you think what I said was myopic and absurd.

 

[ancoats]

Positives: defensively we have 100% improved. Cancelo is turning into a tidy player. Going forward we just don’t have it this season.

spot on matey

we need a spark or something just to get us going again ? i did not think we would miss david silva so much
phil foden promise of game time to fill david boots would shine ? well its not happened yet and foden if anything has gone backwards in the pecking order ? maybe the carry on on international duty has flagged up doubt and trust with pep and city

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

For me it just feels like we're missing a sharpness.

The players look like they're at about 85% and quickly run out of gas.

We definitely have a few that need to sit out a few games.

 

[hilts]

He did mate but header was a sitter for someone of his quality but I will say something about him though I have always said he is not good enough to lead our line but I’m starting to think I may have it wrong as that finish today was ours class .

He was just a bit too far toward the near post it makes the finish more difficult. The ref and kdb did for us really. That and pep flogging certain players to death. 2 crabs in midfield is at least 1 crab too many which doesn't help. Game was crying out for foden and sterling should have been switched to the right he was just running into players all game.

 

[Bovril]

Had to listen to 5Live coz I'm stuck in a hotel with a shit internet grrr, Cancelo seemed to have a good game from what I heard, he is improving massively.

 

[ID70]

And he would have said "I can't use 3 substitutes because there's so many fucking injuries this season id probably be left with 10 men on the pitch by the end of they game you stupid excuse for a journalist. If I had 5, I'd use them, like I showed during the 3 months we had 5 subs".

So just as well the journalist didn ask stupid follow up questions.

Could have brought Foden on, Ake can play midfield

 

[Double R]

Happy enough with a point I suppose, but a big opportunity missed that. Defence looked good, but we badly miss the control and creativity of Silva in midfield. Great to see Jesus back, I think his close control and passing is excellent, but we cant get the ball to him enough without better creativity.
Were showing a bit more resiliance this season, drawing games instead of loosing, but need to go that one step further and turn them into wins.
And to hell with it, il just say it, theres a Messi shaped hole on the right of our front 3. What could have been.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Have you and the rest of the brains trust not considered that Pep is reluctant to use more substitutions because he knows there's 50% more injuries this season and most have happened towards the end of games?

Its not hard to work out. He doesn't want to get exposed and get left with 10 men.


When he had 5 subs he usually used them.

I was suggesting that his point is undermined somewhat by him not making use of 3 subs, let alone 5.

How many players have we actually had go off injured this season?

 

[sir baconface]

Nice to have a solid base to build on, but we need to start playing Bernardo in midfield every game to get us that energy and tempo, otherwise it will be a long old season

Not as easy as that. Bernardo produces nothing of note these days. He just runs around. Sterling is in shit form while KDB’s semi-fit and erratic.

Agree the defence looks much sounder though.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

they're not better than us, we just continually shit the bed whenever we're presented the opportunity to take a big club mentality and dismantle rivals when it matters. The mentality of the club has declined rapidly in the last year and a bit. It started with the coach attack but since Vinnie left we've really nose dived.