Liverpool Post Match Thread

[blue ranger]

Walking up Alan Turing way yesterday when I saw the team. My reaction will have been the same as everyone else's. Absolutely staggered that after being more pragmatic in recent weeks (something I have complimented Pellers on) he reverted back to type.

Sagna looked all over the show. Totally understandable after the events in Paris. Tweedle dee and Tweedle dumb at centre back are just an accident waiting to happen and i thought the days of yaya in a midfield 2 in the big games were gone. Clearly not.

We still have time to put things right ". Let's hope Pellers now realises the error of his ways .

The positive for me was the performances of Delph. Thought he gave our midfield pace and lots of energy. Hope to see him and Fernandinho start in midweek.

 

[tonea2003]

I agree they overwhelmed our non-existent midfield, but it was entirely down to high energy. Nothing more sophisticated than that

all their 3 goals first half were down to quick incisive football that we couldn't compete with which were enabled by the high pressing and our complete lack of composure(again) under the high press

 

[inbetween]

That first half an hour was probably the best a team has played against us for some time, it really could of been 5-0 by half time. What worries me and really the worst thing I saw was the reaction, Pellegrini looked completely dejected. There is no way in hell we were going to get back into that game no matter how hard we tried. The substitutions also completely baffled me, Yaya was the only real creative force in midfield as De Bruyne was being forced out wide and he was hauled off. Aguero also was firing for a 2nd and he also got taken off.

The game was crying for us to get Fernandinho into midfield to stem the control Coutinho had but when he did get on it was too late. The entire team selection was just all wrong for me and unbalanced, we were wide open for the entire first half.

I really think after getting the goal back we could of had a chance with our best players on the pitch but that chance was butchered. We were never going to get back into the game without a belief to do so and I think the manager threw the towel in at HT in favour of this weeks game in Turin.

This season is not panning out as it should and unfortunately no matter which way you cut it we pretty much belong in 3rd place the way we are defending and failing to put chances away. The defending was atrocious but the attack at times equally was too. Let's not forget, Leicester have now scored more goals than us.

 

[red 2 hats]

Still not fully calmed down from that non performance yesterday. MP has to shoulder the blame for that, I was hoping he had turned the corner with his stubbornness and inability too change following the Sevilla game where he got it spot on.

Yesterday was the biggest mauling we have had in the league for years. I despise everything about Liverpool, especially their self pitying, victim mentality, snidey gobshite fans, so for them to turn us over like they did made it even worse.

When I seen the team sheet, my heart sank, what the fuck was MP playing at, our two most consistent performers benched, Yaya in a two no longer works, our back four had no cohesion, no pace and no clue how too handle a vibrant, energetic Liverpool attack, and they were getting no help or support from the midfield, it was woeful and painful to watch.

The tittle wasn't lost yesterday, it is wide open, the scum got lucky ( so I'm told, not seen it ) Leicester are playing well and sit proudly on the top, there is a hungry chasing pack, so we can't afford many more fuck ups, its their for the taking, but I have a feeling MP will prevent it happening now he has reverted to type again.

 

[Marvin]

Walking up Alan Turing way yesterday when I saw the team. My reaction will have been the same as everyone else's. Absolutely staggered that after being more pragmatic in recent weeks (something I have complimented Pellers on) he reverted back to type.

Sagna looked all over the show. Totally understandable after the events in Paris. Tweedle dee and Tweedle dumb at centre back are just an accident waiting to happen and i thought the days of yaya in a midfield 2 in the big games were gone. Clearly not.

We still have time to put things right ". Let's hope Pellers now realises the error of his ways .

The positive for me was the performances of Delph. Thought he gave our midfield pace and lots of energy. Hope to see him and Fernandinho start in midweek.

I have that match day app and was gutted when I saw the team. Knew Silva was out but to start Toure and Navas wide, and play Demichelis was just handing them the game.

When Klopp saw that team sheet his heart must have leapt as ours sunk

I hope Pellegrini never makes that mistake again. I don't think he will to be honest. Managers make mistakes. Some are very stubborn and don't learn but Pellegrini's half time subs said it all

 

[Marvin]

Still not fully calmed down from that non performance yesterday. MP has to shoulder the blame for that, I was hoping he had turned the corner with his stubbornness and inability too change following the Sevilla game where he got it spot on.

Yesterday was the biggest mauling we have had in the league for years. I despise everything about Liverpool, especially their self pitying, victim mentality, snidey gobshite fans, so for them to turn us over like they did made it even worse.

When I seen the team sheet, my heart sank, what the fuck was MP playing at, our two most consistent performers benched, Yaya in a two no longer works, our back four had no cohesion, no pace and no clue how too handle a vibrant, energetic Liverpool attack, and they were getting no help or support from the midfield, it was woeful and painful to watch.

The tittle wasn't lost yesterday, it is wide open, the scum got lucky ( so I'm told, not seen it ) Leicester are playing well and sit proudly on the top, there is a hungry chasing pack, so we can't afford many more fuck ups, its their for the taking, but I have a feeling MP will prevent it happening now he has reverted to type again.

Whether we win the title or not is down to the fitness of Aguero, Silva and Kompany. We could possible do without Kompany if Otamendi and Mangala form a partnership, but Silva and Aguero are key.

We've done well results wise since Silva and Aguero got injured but apart from Sevilla, our performances have dropped a lot.

 

[Steve68]

Well to judge by his comments, Pellers didn't think it was a mistake. Neither does he understand what happened. It's not a mistake when you do something that fails repeatedly. He won't learn from this any more than he learned from previous occurences.

 

[come-on-barney]

Maybe he thought they needed resting because of their internationals. There were 2 South American qualifiers in the international break and Delph has had a nightmare with injuries.

I thought that the Derby setup was evidence that Pellegrini had recognised you can't play Toure and our usual attacking open game, but today's starting line up was suicidal against a manager renowned for his pressing game.

Totally disagree about Mangala. When he plays regularly he plays well and has been so at the back end of last season and the start of this season when he was playing week in week out. Now he's lost his place and he comes back and struggles. That is entirely predictable. We have seen it with Dzeko, Jovetic, Bony and more or less every top player who became a fringe player. If you want squad players at their best you must play them regularly. It's difficult

Great point about Mangala

 

[xmusampa]

Joe hart although making two good blocks when game was lost needs to take a look at himself. His judgment coming out of his box is poor and could have cost us dearly. Not sure who is advising him on his kicking if anybody but it is woeful.he seems to put a backspin on it which plays into advantage of opposition rather than leather ing it whereby a flick on would have it up the other end away from our keystone cops defenders.

 

[warringtonblue]

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Great point about Mangala

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So how many games are we to throw away before he comes good?