My opinion mate, don’t see the big fuss at all with him. Going to be a superstar apparently
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John Oliver
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It was a poor performance, but what to learn for the future.
Even in the brilliant year we have had, main issues have been the need to convert possession into more chances and goals and the need to defend better when we lose possession. And so in this game, 66% possession but couldn’t make it pay and were overrun for half an hour.
In terms of personnel, that probably means we need one more attacker and two more defence/defensive midfield. And use those additions to add a little more ‘steel’ to the squad.
Even in the brilliant year we have had, main issues have been the need to convert possession into more chances and goals and the need to defend better when we lose possession. And so in this game, 66% possession but couldn’t make it pay and were overrun for half an hour.
In terms of personnel, that probably means we need one more attacker and two more defence/defensive midfield. And use those additions to add a little more ‘steel’ to the squad.
FUcking gutted! We froze
Always next year
Not over yet. Score 1/2 goals in the first half and keep it tight, we can throw the kitchen sink in the second half and see what happens. Even if we go out of the competition, it's important to win the second leg and put a masterclass performance.
I’ve just read a selection of the Player Performance threads... and my god, the reactionary posts are out in force.
All of sudden every single player has always been awful, a weak link, or a liability, and tonight was just an example of it.
I despair.
If we judge a player based on performance at Anfield, then Aguero must be the one of our worst players having scored zero goals.
solley attwell
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Let's have the spirit of Hamburg and we can make them crumble
Gordyola
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PMSL.
Yeah that was the reason we lost three fucking nil!
Are your trousers dry yet?
Chippy_boy
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Sure, who knows what will happen next week. But the priority now must be Saturday because in all likelihood the CL is gone. I'd rather stuff the rags on Saturday than focus on the CL and lose both games. Which will be the very likely outcome if we don't direct our full focus and energy (and players) on beating the rags. Put out a weakened, rotated side missing key players and we'll lose.How the f##k are we out? If we get ahead early next week, or 2-0 up at half time are you still gonna say that? We needed 2 in injury time against Gillingham and QPR. Its not done til its done
So let's get the league won and then worry about the Liverpool leg after that.
ChicagoBlue
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Pep appears to think that the CL is NOT the PL.
Almost all day, every day, I would agree with him. However, when you are playing the second strongest attack in the PL IN the CL, you have to wake the fuck up and realize what you are up against.
Maybe, throwing in Gundogan as a second central midfielder was supposed to make us stronger, but what it did in actuality was show up just how UNDERPOWERED we are in the middle of the park when Fernandinho is the only player who can tackle, and you lose one of your two main outlets.
This was the PERFECT game for a back 3/5, with Danilo told to not let Salah touch the ball and follow him all over the park. It was the height of arrogance to try to play the same way we always play, without the tools on the field to do it!
In this half of the tie, it was important to not concede and to play on the counterattack when we had the ball. Is Pep too good for this? I only ask because no-one else in the world appears to think that way. Maybe Bayern, Real Madrid and Barca feel like they can do that, but even Barca shut up shop in the back tonight against Roma, and they were at home!
What is clear is that we have too many small, weak in the challenge, creative players who are easily overrun by a strong, determined opponent. We have seen it against CONSIDERABLY lower quality teams than Liverpool this season, as evidenced by the troubles in the League Cup and going out to Wigan in the FA Cup, not to mention how much trouble we had early doors against chancers who were willing to give all 100% and go at us.
Sometimes, we need two strong central midfielders to shore up the middle of the park and to simply stop advancers. Fernandinho has been Herculean this season, but is being asked to do too much. We need two of them this summer, and they need to fill some big shoes, and we need another, bigger, stronger, mobile forward.
This game is not the end of the world, but if, as it looks, we lose a two legged tie against fucking Liverpool, it will be an indictment of our inability to address the real challenge in front of us. Hopefully, it will be taken with humility and Pep will have learned a valuable lesson. Yes, Europe is Europe, but British teams don’t play that way. Tonight, we were playing a strong British team that did EXACTLY what they did last time we played them.
Learn the lesson, Pep, because it has been staring you in the face...and tonight it gave you a good slap.
Almost all day, every day, I would agree with him. However, when you are playing the second strongest attack in the PL IN the CL, you have to wake the fuck up and realize what you are up against.
Maybe, throwing in Gundogan as a second central midfielder was supposed to make us stronger, but what it did in actuality was show up just how UNDERPOWERED we are in the middle of the park when Fernandinho is the only player who can tackle, and you lose one of your two main outlets.
This was the PERFECT game for a back 3/5, with Danilo told to not let Salah touch the ball and follow him all over the park. It was the height of arrogance to try to play the same way we always play, without the tools on the field to do it!
In this half of the tie, it was important to not concede and to play on the counterattack when we had the ball. Is Pep too good for this? I only ask because no-one else in the world appears to think that way. Maybe Bayern, Real Madrid and Barca feel like they can do that, but even Barca shut up shop in the back tonight against Roma, and they were at home!
What is clear is that we have too many small, weak in the challenge, creative players who are easily overrun by a strong, determined opponent. We have seen it against CONSIDERABLY lower quality teams than Liverpool this season, as evidenced by the troubles in the League Cup and going out to Wigan in the FA Cup, not to mention how much trouble we had early doors against chancers who were willing to give all 100% and go at us.
Sometimes, we need two strong central midfielders to shore up the middle of the park and to simply stop advancers. Fernandinho has been Herculean this season, but is being asked to do too much. We need two of them this summer, and they need to fill some big shoes, and we need another, bigger, stronger, mobile forward.
This game is not the end of the world, but if, as it looks, we lose a two legged tie against fucking Liverpool, it will be an indictment of our inability to address the real challenge in front of us. Hopefully, it will be taken with humility and Pep will have learned a valuable lesson. Yes, Europe is Europe, but British teams don’t play that way. Tonight, we were playing a strong British team that did EXACTLY what they did last time we played them.
Learn the lesson, Pep, because it has been staring you in the face...and tonight it gave you a good slap.
GaudinoMotors
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Well that was a fitful sleep.