Liverpool (N) | Community Shield | Post-Match

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Personally, I have always classed the "Charity Shield" as a trophy simply because in order to be in it you have had to win either the League or the FA Cup and they aren't easy to win. It's easier to get into the CL than it is into the Charity Shield! I really don't know why it's not regarded at all.

I watched it yesterday and to be honest, I thought that they deserved the win overall. We looked pretty rusty and that surprised me as I thought we'd be well into our preparations for the new season. I'm not reading too much into it and wondered if part of it was not to show our hand to Klopp.

Ake was unlucky for the goal, but he didn't look entirely comfortable did he? I wasn't too surprised when he had the right-footed Cancelo next to him. Cancelo isn't great defensively and never will be so I hope Pep did it to show the board how much we need a left back. I really hope that we get Cucurella in this week. We can't go into the season without one.

Haaland didn't have much to do and looked slightly off the pace, but you can tell with the touches he had he's going to be a legend. I thought he was trying a bit too hard maybe. Alvarez looked decent too and the finish was good, great anticipation.

At the end of the day, it didn't tell us very much apart from that it will be us and them going for the title again. I expect it to be close, but over a season we will win the title - again.
 
Dodge said:
A car load of the cheeky scamps, grown men, 40+, shouted to my Mrs something along the lines of "oi, manc woman, you want some of what Fodens slag mum got?".

Grown men, windows open, pumping out euro-trash trance music, in a beat up Volvo estate.

Comical.
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You should have asked if they wanted a fire extinguisher wrapped around their chops!
 
citytill1die84 said:
Great day and so happy to have football back.

KDB was shocking he didn't find a pass all game.

Haaland hasn't done much training with the other lads and you could tell. He's going to be an handful though and he will score shit loads.

We had our chances and didn't take them whilst they did.

It was our 3rd pre season game the dippers 5th and they play again tonight we'll be absolutely fine :)
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Jeez great day losing 3 1 to them? Really?
I thought it was bloody awful and we were terrible in most pants to be honest.
It was an opportunity to lay down a marker for the season and flex our muscles to Klopp.
Instead we got the usual half arsed undercooked charity Shield performance that short changes the fans just like the semi final.
Maybe it's me but I really detest this nonchalant attitude we have at times for some games, the FA Cup semis have been the same over recent years.
It was very disappointing and for me it was a shit day.
 
Dodge said:
I've lived in Leicester for too long, having left the leafy suburbs of Sale decades ago.

I thought the whole organisation of yesterday was a fucking shambles. The Leicester branch had our annual Blue party in Aylestone, never any trouble, good natured and at least 2 publicans have credited City fans for literally saving their pubs after Covid left them nearly bankrupt. The landlord of the Union is doing up his beer garden from yesterday's takings. He'll never tolerate a bad word about City fans, neither will the locals.

The normal match day commander was changed for this game and he wasn't "briefed" that approx 2000 Blues would be meeting in Aylestone, despite us advising Leics Constabulary through the normal channels, as we had for the previous 10 meets we'd arranged. He had already planned on routing the scouse coaches through Aylestone, sending them to the Gasworks end of the KP. His solution? We want all "your lot" out of the pubs and in their coaches by 1pm. This, despite the fact that some weren't arriving until 1:30pm. We refused, they has a strategy meeting and he changed it to 3-4pm...and left the scouse route the same, with an increased police presence. When their coaches went through? Not one brick, bottle, flare or kebab was chucked. Plenty of verbals, NO incidents. Not fucking one. One copper said to me "imagine if that was in Liverpool? Good lads your lot". Class act.

The rest of the organisation was shite. From the struggle to get through the turnstiles, then off the concourse, to moving the coaches to somewhere no-one knew about.

The ground was ours, outsung the vermin throughout. Keep that going at the Etihad? We'll see.

Prouder than ever to be a blue yesterday. We'll be welcoming all comers again at the end of October.

Bringing a little bit of Manchester to our dull ex-pat existence.

Salutations Blues.
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No offence Dodge but I wasn’t impressed with Leicester City centre. It looked like a proper s**t hole unless I missed the decent part. Albeit we had a few decent beers in the Globe. Still had a cracking day. Hotel (Holiday Inn) was right near our allocated boozers and it was a 25 min walk to the stadium with a cheeky pint in the Soar boozer en route as well.
 
Cricket Blue said:
Jeez great day losing 3 1 to them? Really?
I thought it was bloody awful and we were terrible in most pants to be honest.
It was an opportunity to lay down a marker for the season and flex our muscles to Klopp.
Instead we got the usual half arsed undercooked charity Shield performance that short changes the fans just like the semi final.
Maybe it's me but I really detest this nonchalant attitude we have at times for some games, the FA Cup semis have been the same over recent years.
It was very disappointing and for me it was a shit day.
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Can still have a great day out even if u lose you know.

I never said we played well or anything.

The Charity Shield is a glorified friendly and has absolutely no bearing on what the coming season brings don't know why so many people are crying over it, we hardly ever win it and always seem to do ok.
 
Some observations-

- Liverpool's team were much sharper, physically. That's obviously down to them having a 'proper' preseason.

- Alvarez is legit. Haaland just seemed slightly off. He will score a ton once properly fit.

- The team is so much easier to press when without Stones and Laporte. Both are essential to our buildup.

- KDB's our talisman. When he's in sync so is our team.

- There is a noticable lack of pace in the squad.
 
Our wide players are going to have to get used to crossing balls in early ( especially Mahrez). Harland too up some good positions but the ball never arrived.
 
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