Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Yes.

Sloppy performance though. In the last 20 minutes, we were so poor, getting caught up the field, conceding possession needlessly, absolutely no control or game management. As said Rangers were sh1te, so we weren't punished, but very slack and poor at closing the game out.

But, we move on.

I find him quite dull. Sticks to the script. Mr Vanilla.

Apart from the long hair, he's nothing like Big Andy. He makes good runs and tries hard. I'd imagine he can stay balanced on a barstool and might even convert the odd cross. Plus I'd doubt you'd see him at a Boyzone concert with King Kenny!

1st half was good, we should have had at least 2 coming in at half time. Once we scored the peno the intensity dropped somewhat and we got very sloppy. I wouldn't be worried about that as even in our peak we had phases like that in games once we went a couple clear....what is worrying tho is the complete lack of confidence we seem to have in ourselves defensively. Rangers were very poor and offered very little threat until the last 10 minutes, but for the brief period they kept the ball on the deck and strung more than 3 forward passes together we seem to lose all composure! We don't seem to be comfortable at all when they opposition gets the ball facing our goals, it all gets very rash and erratic from us..

I totally understand playing the 4 lads up top all of them are searching for form & a good game to get the going but its very rarely works out,

Too many body's , lads trying to make the same runs & that,

On top of the forwards needing game time Fab needed to be rest so it was the obvious formation ,

I'd imagine it'll be back to 4 3 3 the weekend,

Matip is brilliant probably our best CB last season but with the issues at RB Konate pace & power to get out there & help is missed right now the sooner we get him back the better,

One aspect that pi56ed me off last night, and more and more of late, is our inability or unwillingness to just kill the game when needed.

In the league winning team, when we went ahead we would often just sit in and kill the game with possession. We'd often do it for 5 or 10 minutes in games to almost rest, but we'd maintain control before going again.

For example, both last night and against Brighton, when we were ahead late on, we were taking men on in the opposite half and trying fancy flicks (I'm looking at you Bobby!) that coughed up possession and allowed the opposition to counter. One in particular springs to mind, Milner carried the ball to the corner flag, dropped it back to Diaz, who instead of protecting the ball sprinted back toward the centre circle and took on the defender-of course he was beaten in the tackle, allowing Rangers to attack from almost halfway with our defence not set up at all (but I'm sure that was 100% Trent's fault).

I'm picking him out, but there are numerous examples of this this season, it's just plain fvckin dumb!

I do like the idea of an old fashioned 442.

Two solid midfielders, two wingers and two strikers.

Was Klopp asked about Arhtur at all ?

Any insight into why he was left out of the squad,

It can't be temporary we have to change how we setup, we just don't have the players anymore and many aging bodies.

It's also Carvalho's strongest position.

Great options so, it didn't suit Jota last night, he's a runner not someone who links play.

We have to keep playing Nunez, he needs the run to get going. He's a handful you can see it, showing for the ball everywhere, movement good, comparisons to Carroll/Benteke are nonsense. He will bag alot of goals if the service to him improves, he was living off scraps last night.

Bobby has been playing very poorly in general play this season. The ball is bouncing off him, flicks not working, losing the ball, ineffective in the press, not being in the correct position at the right time which is leaving him on the periphery of games and not really creating much.

But he has scored 5 goals, Liverpool's joint top scorer.

It's like the anti-Bobby of a few years ago when he was heavily involved, pressing hard, creating chances through passing or space creation, and not scoring.

Bobby’s been like that for much longer than just a month or two, to be fair. The difference is that he’s scoring a much higher proportion of his chances now, or it seems like it anyway, despite his shooting technique being pretty average for a forward.

The song is ringing very true these days though, just give the ball to Bobby and he will score. 😁

One of my favourite Liverpool players ever, so glad he stayed for another season.

Diaz is a better " footballer " no question but a lot of his work is done further from goal

Jota arrives & shoots better, Jota finds space in the box better,

In a way Diaz is what Mane was & Jota is what Mane became , Although Mane is better than both

For me if both played regularly Jota would get more goals but i do think Diaz is a great player ,

I don't think its that mad is it ? Horse's for courses,

Jota is great at getting goals, started away to United over Mane last year in the 5-0 win, He also nearly always scores against Arsenal , I think Ben White deals better with Diaz dribbles than he will with Jota's off the ball movement,

As for Bobby & Nunez , I,

Arsenal have held the highest line on average of any team in the Prem this season so plenty of space in behind which would suit Nunez more than Bobby ,

I can totally see the argument that Diaz has been very good this year & Firmino is in better form than Nunez, I just don't think they suit the Arsenal game

A sacking and an announcement in one go, lol...

Best of luck Xabi 👍

A good testing ground for Alonso in fledgling, managerial career.

If it's true he wanted guarantees about playing time then he needs to be moved on. The club stood by him during all his injuries and once he was available he played in the majority of games so it's not like he was actually sidelined.

Are you sure ? Firmino started so i presume he was CF & Gordon was left wing ,