Liverpool - post match thread.

[jrb]

Holstic football.
Sending us to sleep

 

[GuardiolaIsHere]

bunch of shite players

 

[bluemoon32]

Fcuk knows how much more we have to spend, we were a shambles and offered very very little yet again

 

[vmsuhail]

Fuck me, have I got to remind you what post you were replying to now?

I'm confused why I should come back to you if you were proven right. I didn't necessarily contradict you, just felt it's a bit too early to make judgement on our CL superiority.

 

[super_city_si]

Ah sorry I thought you were blaming pep/tactics/system for it.

No need to apologize. I was referring to someone being called out for describing our football as tippy tappy which in fairness it is.

 

[mancunianpear]

If we'd have given Mancini what we have given Pellegrini and pep to piss up the wall I am absolutely sure that there would be at least another league trophy in the cabinet and another couple of domestic cups. Champions league would still be out of reach IMO.

He came into that team mid November when they'd already started shit. He took them to 2 cup finals. He didn't have 1 player who he could say he had input into the transfer of when he arrived.

Pep had a full preseason. He seemingly (from comments around the media and on here) had some kind of influence or input on last years transfers for us, then had his input and time this summer. He then preceded to get it all right, then the one time he didn't, he failed to adapt and our run of form speaks for itself now.

It does take time, but barring us turning over a load of dross through a period of 2 months at the start, I haven't seen that much that makes me think "yeah this will be worth the shit were putting up with again".

We've been in transition for the past two/three years.

Everything was in place to dominate and improve after the first title win, players coming into their prime, rivals inferior and now we don't look as if we can't get close to challenging.

Serious issues need to be addressed, first is Txiki.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

remind me how did Liverpool do last season with KLOPP? It takes time to go through a transition we have a lot of players who are coming to end of their time with us.

Totally understand that - but explain Kolarov and the subs.

 

[bugsyblue]

It is subjective on what is good football. I wouldn't call their style of play pleasing either on the eye either.

Me too. Counter attacking football is very successful in the prem but I don't find it particularly entertaining either.

 

[kaz7]

PEP: We started really good. The first chance they have they score so it was always difficult. Second half we were a little better

PEP: It is what it is. There were not too many clear chances. In these kind of games the little details make the difference.

 

[the plasterer]

I thought we played OK. Extremely difficult to break Liverpool down once they had their noses ahead. We always knew we were defensively vulnerable. Zabaleta has gone whilst Toure was struggling

you are kidding me??. difficult to break down?? their defence is almost as bad as ours, utter shite, maybe if we decided to perhaps attack them then we would have scored

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

Some of you clearly watched a different game to me.

A moment of sloppiness cost us the goal and we lost because we had no cutting edge. However we dominated the game and Liverpool struggled to build anything.

We need some more physicality and a striker. Aguero was the worst player on the pitch

Well, you might be right and we "dominated" the game but if so, there's a huge issue there in that we still lost to a poor side, created absolutely zip all in 94 minutes....you don't think that's anything to worry about...doing nothing and losing to a team who "struggled" to create anything?

 

[superdoopercooper]

Worse night scenario. The scum winning and we getting stuffed thank god Tenerife is giving me a 3 week break Pep is not going to have as good a time as me and you know what he does not deserve it

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

I'm confused why I should come back to you if you were proven right. I didn't necessarily contradict you, just felt it's a bit too early to make judgement on our CL superiority.

Fair enough. It came across as we're likely to do shite in the chumps as well. If not, I apologise.

 

[Feed the Elk]

Not really.
Thought we played well for the first 30 mins of the second half but lacked penetration.
It's not good enough but we could have easily got a draw.
Liverpool were no great shakes.

Some of those players playing tonight were playing like they know they're out the door soon - reminded me of the first 6 months after the Sheikh took over.

There was a huge lack of collective desire. Liverpool were great compared to us - they scored early on and easily contained us. We were weak, especially up front.

I really thought Pep would be able to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (bit harsh but you know what i mean) so am disappointed he hasn't got the going players more

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

More knicker wetting from some of our so called fans. Honestly some of you are an embarrassment as City fans. My opinion of course.
Onwards and upwards, Anfield never easy and they put 10 men behind the ball for the entire 2nd half.
Just not enough in front of goal today. Thought we deserved a point tbh. We have obvious weaknesses which I hope Pep will address in good time.
Hope we worked them that hard they cough up points in 2 days whilst we pick 3 up at home all being well.
It will be as you were then.
Cant see us winning the league as were not good enough currently.
Have they presented the trophy yet?

 

[jayblue]

We are not getting any better.

Correct. That team is no better than under pellegrini. At least under him we had a decent goalkeeper.

 

[vmsuhail]

Why didn't he address at least one of those areas in the summer?? Every one knew it.

He was busy replacing Joe Hart, lost out to Laporte and Stones transfer dragged on a bit. I remember we were interested in a fullback from Torino, but not much else.

 

[Marvin]

you are kidding me??. difficult to break down?? their defence is almost as bad as ours, utter shite, maybe if we decided to perhaps attack them then we would have scored

we spent almost the entire game trying to break them down. Liverpool got a good goal from their point of view and that was it. Zero attacking They played this game entirely differently to how they have played this season. Surely you can see that

 

[Don Karleone]

We started really good.

We got better but we didn't start good at all

 

[93.20]

One criticism of the latter stages of the Pellegrini era was that team performances somehow reflected the manager's dull, conservative personality. By that reasoning we should now be seeing performances full of energy and vitality, sharp and incisive. Everything you associate with Pep. Today and Spurs away were 'Pellegrini' performances. The spirit of Pep was stuck on the touchline. Occasionally it surfaces, Rags first half Arsenal second half, Barcelona second half. But we're not regularly seeing performances imbued with the manager's spirit. That's the conundrum for me.