Liverpool FC Team Talk, Gossip, Rumours 2024/25

Didn't think we could be worse than last season,but we are. Absolutely ran off the pitch by a very average Chelsea team,1 shot on target all game

Alisson is so good at that.

Made Mudryk rush. Timed his rush to perfection.

This has been bad - second half particularly - but we had much much worse performances last season in fairness.

Chelsea the better team.

Not sure what this system with TAA is.

Szobo and Mac look like great purchases.

Point against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge is fine.

1-1 not a bad result away to Chelsea but I found the performance a bit disappointing. We weren’t great after the first 35 minutes. Thought we would go there and win given how many new players Chelsea are bedding in. Some old problems still evident. Bit too easy to play through us at times.

I thought he was off the pitch when the pass was the made. Unless off that pitch counts as offside? Maybe he just crossed the line to count as on the pitch.

This was more of the same, except our personal have objectively less pedigree and we don’t have a complete squad.

You were looking at a mid table side today. Your ability to control the game is the main determinant of how many points you will attain over the course of the season.

Positives, Szobo and Macalister are ballers. Negatives, we are still horrific at the back, jasus we made one of the most average looking Chelsea teams in a long time look like peak Barca the way they picked us apart...

Off the pitch counts as offside. Otherwise you'd have a striker standing off the pitch all game just waiting for a long ball to run back on to collect 😅

A proper DM that allows Mac Allister to float around midfield with Szoboslai gives a lot more ball and game control.

There's no ball control without a defensive midfielder though, absolutely has to be resolved asap.

Just sign a proven DM, get back to the 4-3-3 and ditch this dysfunctional box midfield sh*te.

That’s literally the key to not having another crap season.

And when it's typed like that, I realize how stupid it is to ask the question originally. Been a long day!

All I heard in the second half was Chilwell . Midfield was absent and the defence was all over the place. DM is aa must. Adds shape to the team.

That was frustrating as hell. Zero change from last season, the same problems remain. If we don't sign a top DM we can kiss the CL next season goodbye as well.

Trent speaking here on Sky doesn’t give me the impression of a lad who believes in this team an awful lot. I know that’s reaching for something that might not be there, but he didn’t sound confident at all.

And the other two lads played their first competitive game it's hardly expected that things would be without issue.

I was surprised that the 3-box-3 was not used as much today as it had been in previous games.

I wonder was it because Chelsea sprung the surprise of playing 3/5 at the back and the wide areas became more critical so couldn't be vacated as much.

It's the defence that I'm more worried about. I stated it a few times but VVD seems well past his best ala Fabinho style and Konate does not look comfortable at all in this defence. He's great going forward and taking the ball on when we're on the front foot, but he struggles badly when things break down and last dash quick decisions and tackles are required defending the high line.

Definitely the first 30/45 mins he was great. I thought he tired as the game pevwent on though, but tbh the midfield struggles and lack of a DM will have contributed towards this as lads like Gakpo filled in,meaning Alexis had to do more covering / running.