Cup talk - Spurs at home

[Raz]

Nobody shining really. Bar maybe Grujic.

 

[Raz]

Thoughts:
Mign - too many dangerous passes. Too much of Bravo/City stupidity it seems.
Lucas - has been really good - reading the game well, cleaning everything up. Captain's performance.
K-Stew - really happy with his performance too. Cleans everything up nicely. A really solid DM.
Studge - should have had a hat trick really but cannot fault the effort and the desire to show he belongs every minute of the game. He's playing for his career here, and it shows ... but with that hunger, and the obvious talent, he may still be able to show he has a future here.

Really happy with the kids too - they all seem to be quite able to play at a very good level (though need experience to adjust to the speed of this level):
TAA - solid debut
Ovvie - technically solid player, moves on the pitch well.
Grujic - has put himself in some really good positions. Needs game time.

Sounds like a good game!

 

[FoxForceFive]

As a Liverpool fan of some years, have you not grown to love them?

Incidentally, as well as being utterly inept at defending set pieces, we are also the worst in the league at scoring from them

25 years. Two & a half decades of being utterly incompetent at taking & defending corners.

That said, the last five years or so we've been much much worse.

As for short corners, it amazes me. You spend the entire game trying to get an opportunity to chuck the ball in the box, & when you get the chance to do just that, you opt to pass it sideways where it's invariably blocked instead. Completely baffling.

 

[Hansern]

Thought Lucas was crap Hansern

He's awful but a decent half today. Thank God its his last season. Cant take much more of this.

 

[manwithnoname]

It's not a great game. Pretty even really. We have the best striker on the pitch though.

I like Terence Trent Darby or whatever his name is. Looks the part

 

[dantes]

Wijnaldum is probably getting torn apart in the dressing room as I type. Poor guy.

 

[Raz]

25 years. Two & a half decades of being utterly incompetent at taking & defending corners.

That said, the last five years or so we've been much much worse.

As for short corners, it amazes me. You spend the entire game trying to get an opportunity to chuck the ball in the box, & when you get the chance to do just that, you opt to pass it sideways where it's invariably blocked instead. Completely baffling.

It's to confuse the opposition.

 

[Raz]

The usual ex footballer on the panel in Qatar.. Clive Allen and Craig Bellamy look like fucking Tomatoes.

 

[manwithnoname]

Redknapp praising Trent and Souness saying nice things about Stewart

 

[dantes]

He fucked his name up worse than you.

 

[nealmac]

Is souness watching the same game? 1 instance where Stewart gave it away?

 

[Modo]

Thoughts:
Mign - too many dangerous passes. Too much of Bravo/City stupidity it seems.
Lucas - has been really good - reading the game well, cleaning everything up. Captain's performance.
K-Stew - really happy with his performance too. Cleans everything up nicely. A really solid DM.
Studge - should have had a hat trick really but cannot fault the effort and the desire to show he belongs every minute of the game. He's playing for his career here, and it shows ... but with that hunger, and the obvious talent, he may still be able to show he has a future here.

Really happy with the kids too - they all seem to be quite able to play at a very good level (though need experience to adjust to the speed of this level):
TAA - solid debut
Ovvie - technically solid player, moves on the pitch well.
Grujic - has put himself in some really good positions. Needs game time.

My only problem with the midfield is their inablility to hold the ball. Our passing has for the most part been crap. Needs to be more calmness in midfield. I think most of it is on Stewart and Grujic.
Moreno has pulled a few good forward runs, so has A-A.
To their defence, there's a lot of players in the line up playing in unfamiliar roles.

 

[Modo]

He's awful but a decent half today. Thank God its his last season. Cant take much more of this.

Jesus Christ that is a fucking sad post. He's been great today and that's what you come up with?

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Sounds like a good game!

If you're looking for an end to end game, or a dominating game from us, not a 'good game' ... I'm looking at the game for what it is ... 11 players who've rarely played together, stringing about some really nice moves and eager to stake their part in Klopp's first team plans.

 

[FoxForceFive]

It's two reserve teams who are fairly easily matched, with only our better striker to set us apart.

Basically exactly what it looked like it'd be when the teamsheets came out.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Sturridge at fault there? OUCH, hit his back foot.

 

[cloggypop]

I blame Fabio

 

[FoxForceFive]

Helluva ball from Stewart there. Lightning quick, just a tad too quick even for Daniel.

 

[hmmmmm1]

Studge has missed some easy chances.

The Suarez/ sterling season those were going in

 

[FoxForceFive]

Boss tackle by Grujic. Great play from Sturridge to create rhe chance, were it not for the foul he'd have scored again then.

 

[hmmmmm1]

Good link play from studge. That he always does

 

[ILD]

Wynaldum is working harder this half. Origi is having some fun out there.

 

[FoxForceFive]

Boss shot from Origi. Sting the keepers hands that did.

 

[Hansern]

Origi is boss aswell. Brendan you're off your tits with that one

 

[LeTallecWiz]

great tackle from gruic

great set up by studge (gini should have done better)

great shot by origi

 

[Markeh]

what do we have to do to score

 

[manwithnoname]

Great play from Sturridge, Wijnaldum makes a mess of the shot.

Origi with a belting effort. Good save.

 

[Squiggles]

Origi is looking very sharp tonight.

 

[FoxForceFive]

We just troubled them with a good whipped in corner, get another & take it short. Fucking nonsensical.

 

[ILD]

Sturridge looked good strolling past the Spurs defender there a while ago. Nice to see.