Even Barcelona, Real or any great team of any era can't thrash teams every week and have had to rely on their defenses in close thought battles..
We don't have that in our armoury at present and its quite frightening that we don't IMO
Klopp & Co have had a few transfer windows to solve the problems at the back, but haven't and instead have let good players go??
The Ox is a good player and I am reserving judgement, but surely could that money have been spent on a better alternative to Klavan??
The thing that scares me is Klopps playing down of things and silly comments about writing a book in 2 hours about defending etc...
I'm not Klopp out at present, I still like him.. But I'm certainly raising my eyebrows at him again, but there is a long season to go and he has time to get things right, but i certainly will be judging him on this season
How often do we win 1-0 ?
posted on 27/9/17
comment by 1maneontherun (U4291)
posted 13 minutes ago
Yeah pretty bad ain't it..
IMO Sturridge should've started last night in place of Firmino
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I didn't think so before the game as I thought it was going to be more difficult that it was. I suppose with their man threat out they were happy to be defensive.
posted on 27/9/17
comment by montleeds (U18330)
posted 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
and i think salah is your most dangerous player but he should have 10 goals by now.
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Salah gets into great positions and his speed is a major asset to our team. Hez also got a very impressive first touch and is technically very sound. His weakness imo is that hez not a clinical finisher and seems to lack composure when he gets a goal scoring opportunity. At this point he needs about 5+ scoring opportunities per game to put it in the back of the net
posted on 27/9/17
comment by Wessie Road (The Stalinist Scousification of s... (U10652)
posted 3 hours, 13 minutes ago
Does my head in, but at least I don't get bored watching us.
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Yes, I look forward to the games.
Still optimistic that it will settle down.
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I sincerely hope it settles down sooner rather than later. After 4 transfer windows I wud like to believe that this is the season Kopp has us challenging for the title, CL last 16 and a good run in the FA cup. I don't think it's unreasonable for us to expect that Klopp starts delivering on our expectations
posted on 27/9/17
TOOR he should of least come on earlier and for Firmino, not one of the most dangerous players on the picth
posted on 28/9/17
My minimum expectations for this season are top 4 and CL knockouts.
We have a big problem in defence but I'm not worried long term, nowhere near worried and I won't judge Klopp on this season alone.
posted on 28/9/17
comment by 1maneontherun (U4291)
posted 11 hours, 1 minute ago
TOOR he should of least come on earlier and for Firmino, not one of the most dangerous players on the picth
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I completely agree. I was shocked at the time. Mane's face coming off showed he was shocked too.
posted on 28/9/17
comment by Firmino's Brightest Tooth (U1217)
posted 18 hours, 32 minutes ago
I think people are being a bit harsh on Karius. He saw the ball late and it was a very powerful shot, I'm not blaming him too much for that.
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I suspect any of the GK’s from the Top 4 challengers would have likely tipped it over or round the right of the goal.
Karius is an accident waiting to happen, he needs experience but this has to be when it can’t be in games which we are relying on.
Klopp’s bottle spin approach to keeper rotation has most of the football commentators mystified.
posted on 28/9/17
One thing we don't do is overrate our team. You lot should try it some time
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Ah, well that’s because you’re ethnically superior to us, as ought to be apparent to you from the amount of time you spend trying to “prove” it on a messageboard
And why would we want to try that, anyway?
If it makes us as miserable as it makes you, no thanks.
Psychologists tell us that optimism is good for you. Self-delusion is an evolutionary characteristic of the human race, and any failure to possess it turns you into a depressive, as evidenced by the air of depression that hangs over Stamford Bridge even when you’re winning things.
posted on 28/9/17
Wrong thread. What a numpty.
posted on 28/9/17