Liverpool (N) | Community Shield | Post-Match

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Tbf, they aren't that stupid. But you are right, the loss may work for us because it raises the expectations. Klopp hates Liverpool to be seen as favourites for a reason. The underdogs position is well more comfortable.

Your correct , i was mainly referring to their rancid fan base , but they think it is "our year" every year , apologies for stating the bleeding obvious :)

 

[warringtonblue]

I also think everyone is forgetting about the World Cup in the middle of the season. A very competitive competition in the middle of another competitive competition. No one knows what effect that is going to have. Playing in a hot climate then coming back to potential freezing conditions. Might see some weird results in January

That’s why I believe we need to get off to a fast start, get the points on the board

 

[bert38]

I can’t remember the last time I saw Rodri give the ball away that much. I think that sums up our readiness. Next week we’ll be fine.

Him chugging after Firminio and then giving up showed where we are fitness wise.

Players had prob had a really hard few days training-and will do again this week. We will strip much fitter as a result.

 

[Jam Tomorrow]

I was surprised Pep took KDB off just after we equalised, KDB always comes into his own in the last half an hour especially when the murderers asthma meds start to wear off, I guess Pep just wasn’t that arsed. Other takeaways, Cancelo isn’t a great defender, Grealish doesn’t do enough to stop shots coming in, we missed Jesus and Sterling supporting the full backs, not sure why Silva was played so deep. Ederson was very good, Foden looked good when he came on.
city fans were great.

 

[paulchapo]

We all know it's a glorified friendly but the reason I didn't want to lose to the cult is for the overreaction we're seeing today, the vile vermin are everywhere gloating. I see we're also getting hammered for refusing our runners up medals. Why the fuck there are runners up medals for this is beyond me.

 

[alexmcity]

It's far from clear that the WC would benefit more our rivals than us.

Liverpool will have fewer players at the WC than us, but 5-6 weeks without footbal...How would that help them? If there's a team that relies heavily on rhythm, it's Liverpool.

Also, we'll have many players in Qatar but how many will reach the final 4 or 8 is anyone's guess. The WC may help us, may hinder us, nobody knows.

 

[bert38]

I was surprised Pep took KDB off just after we equalised, KDB always comes into his own in the last half an hour especially when the murderers asthma meds start to wear off, I guess Pep just wasn’t that arsed. Other takeaways, Cancelo isn’t a great defender, Grealish doesn’t do enough to stop shots coming in, we missed Jesus and Sterling supporting the full backs, not sure why Silva was played so deep. Ederson was very good, Foden looked good when he came on.
city fans were great.

Silva always plays there against Liverpool to help stop their press on Rodri.

Interesting that he also played there in the limited amount of pre season games prior-so may be a tactical change to get KDB closer to Haaland.

 

[Mcfc-Carlos]

I’m not overly concerned based on yesterday.
Bit frustrating and brought us back down with a bump after what seemed like a good summer but some positive signs

overall we looked short of fitness compared to them which is to be expected, you could see we hadn’t properly gelled yet upfront which is to be expected.

Liverpool came in with a full pre season, playing a line up of with no new faces so obviously looked the better side.

Liverpool and city games are always settled by small margins the the rustyness would obviously play a part in the result. We held our own though for long periods.

Haaland had 3 big chances, for me the fact he had 3 chances against a strong Liverpool back line suggests he will be fine, I think the pace of the game took him by surprise and he was nowhere near fit enough to deal with it. He looked like he was blowing after 30 minutes. A fitter and more settled Haaland probably walks away from yesterday with a couple of goals.
I also suspect we may need to more pace around him as the Grealish and mahrez plan didn’t really work. Slowed it all down so killed the space for him to run in to.

One last thing is Ake is our 4th choice centre back for a reason, he’s solid enough but not world class. He is useful to have in the squad and I don’t think we could get a better player to be 4th choice but when ever he plays I feel we look more vulnerable and less composed.

 

[razman]

September return date I think as per Pep

 

[Corky]

Just a money making sham by the clubs and the FA.