A year ago Liverpool lost to Swansea, bottom of the league; Southampton and Wolves, we were knocked out of the FA Cup, the league cup and lost to Swansea in the league..all the games were at Anfield!
A year ago before the 3 matches above we had gone 12 months undefeated at Anfield; any of this sound familiar to anyone? Because we have just lost 2 games back to back and been knocked out the FA Cup after going nearly a year undefeated at Anfield!
12 months on, little has changed eh. Should it be a surprise? Well yes and no, we still have the likes of Lovren, Moreno and Mignolet, our back up keeper still looks dodgy and we lack a mf destroyer, same as 12 months ago.
However, we do have a proper LB in Robertson and a proper CB in VVD, a GK remains a must and apparently we have had a bid for the Roma GK knocked back,lets hope we go back in for him. Keita will join in a few months for next season, a season too late for me but nothing we can do.
As much as i like Klopp the decision "not" to jettison Moreno, Lovren and Mignolet and bring in a mf enforcer has resulted in a repeat of 12 months ago; Klopp is culpable and he is in danger of stunting the growth he has achieved lately. If we dont win Vs Huddersfield then even top 4 place could be in danger, when we really should have had a 5 point gap to 5th.
12 months ago feels like a few weeks ago, and thats the real disappointment.
Remains unsolved.
posted on 29/1/18
dnt think keita will make much difference to the types of goal you concede and will continue to do so, Liverpool will always be dangerous and capable of scoring multiple goals but until klopp adjusts his gameplan to deal with opposition strengths the same thing will continue to happen
wenger went on record years ago saying they didn't pay much attention to nullify opposition players/teams and just concentrated on how arsenal set up as he believed with that philosophy he would win, klopp has a similar mindset it seems, not much attention seems to be paid to the opposition and Liverpool seem to play the same way all the time, a few conservative games and the could be a lot closer to city
posted on 29/1/18
Klopp's comments at the weekend have cemented what I have been saying for the last 2 seasons. The managers always say the transfers end with them yet every manager that has left us has said that they had their hands tied.
Klopp said that we tried to get Kieta early but didn't do enough to get him. He also said that when a player leaves you have to replace them. Defo having a dig at the owners here.
Could be trouble ahead!!
posted on 29/1/18
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
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comment by Firmino's Brightest Tooth (U1217)
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comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
Actually can’t believe West Brom scored 5. Basically scored every time they went forward. Disallowed or not
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What a comment.
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But true.
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So they scored three.
posted on 29/1/18
comment by Firmino's Brightest Tooth (U1217)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 47 minutes ago
comment by Firmino's Brightest Tooth (U1217)
posted 37 seconds ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
Actually can’t believe West Brom scored 5. Basically scored every time they went forward. Disallowed or not
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What a comment.
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But true.
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So they scored three.
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And won.
posted on 29/1/18
comment by Arouna Jagielka oooh I wanna take ya, Heitinga Nikica come on pretty mama (U1308)
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comment by Firmino's Brightest Tooth (U1217)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 47 minutes ago
comment by Firmino's Brightest Tooth (U1217)
posted 37 seconds ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
Actually can’t believe West Brom scored 5. Basically scored every time they went forward. Disallowed or not
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What a comment.
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But true.
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So they scored three.
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And won.
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Nothing gets past you does it.
posted on 29/1/18
comment by CFC: FFP Champions (U20729)
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comment by moreinjuredthanowen (U9641)
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comment by CFC: FFP Champions (U20729)
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comment by moreinjuredthanowen (U9641)
posted 37 minutes ago
sorry but the reaction to swansea game was pathetic.
Matip should be dropped just for that last goal never mind anyhting else. to try that rather than swing a big boot and clear it shows where your head is at. you've have what? 3 reasons to wake up and think right no more errors here.
Windy, ox and can should be ashamed the work rate form all 3 to track back was zero.
I saw several occasions two of those stood watching taa up against his man on his own and they didn't bother go back the kid up.
don't get me started on moreno positioning which was awful or mane....
The reality of it is we made a triple substitution and shoved on milner, henderson and ings.. think baout that.
ings sole contribution was to fall over ball and have one bounce off him by accident that salah pounced on. what are we thinking keeping him.
don;t demand a win lads though... stuff can happen. No demand effort and performance.
that was badly lacking in both games.
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Your squad is superb and has depth for first time.
You did not need to sell Couts to cover VV Legend and Keita so you have 140m to strengthen.
Go get Mahrez
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klopp not interested.
Issues were not related to inability to score. we scored first.
Issues were complete disintegration of defensive system.
If you watch that 3rd allowed goal back you will see it comes from which is a long stright ball. A west brom player jogged out wide left for him and TAA went and our whole defensive line crumbled. Should be easy to defend right... wrong.
LFC asleep lose second ball which is played over to right side. we are wide open and then Matip dares to try a silly flick rather than simple clearance.
theres so much wrong with that its untrue.
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Has Klopp got cash to spend this window?
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how can any fan on ja606 really know the answer to that.
We HOPE so. but we can't know til he actually spends it
posted on 29/1/18
Well they scored, 5, should have probably had 4 allowed. Just saying that everytime west brom went forward liverpool were a mess.
posted on 29/1/18
West Brom played well, pains me to praise Pards but they were good
posted on 29/1/18
I think you lads should be investing in Crouchy instead of Chelsea, Klopp seems to love playing 6ft 3 CB’s up front when he’s chasing a result doesn’t he
posted on 29/1/18
In response to the ok, this suggests that we have a record of going unbeaten at home and then losing the odd game. That's a pretty decent record.
You mention that the three defeats last season came at Home, but this season we have lost 5 games and only 1 of them was at home.
It would be nice to cut out a few of the mistakes that lead to goals, but at the end of the day teams don't tend to go unbeaten throughout the season.
I would have liked a cup run, but we might still get one in Europe and if we get top 4 as well then the season has gone well.