Well how do you pick the bones out of that? I suggest with a fucking shovel. Bury the bones deep and start over. Thing is though - we’re in serious shit. No denying that.
That right there is the fucking truth. It sucks but it’s true.I hope this kabak lad is good enough because playing to midfielders as center backs is a big ask.
Front 3 slices of my lentil lasagna looked top, top class.Still kind of waiting for the front 3 to look arsed again
True story....we won the league that year too
Mate our attack virtually stood still today. They waited for Robbo and TAA to make runs up the wing yet the passes were there to be made from midfield if the runs had been made when we won turnover. Instead they stayed in front of the defenders and it ended up getting recycled ... as has been the case in recent matches too.
On a more positive note, I didn’t watch the game, so the defeat wasn’t my fault and I didn’t have to sit through that shit-show.
Silver linings...
You should have watched the game then and we probably would have won. It's on you.
Mate, we have all watched lots of games where we have lost recently.Every other game I’ve watched since Christmas we’ve lost.
I don’t decide when the gods of fate flip their jinxyness.
I did wake up at 1-1 though... so you might be right - maybe I have to be asleep the entire game!!!!!
outplayed
Its funny in retrospect because your title defence doesnt start the first day of the season, it starts your first game after you become champions. We rocked up to City after clinching the title last year in party mode and they wanted to make a statement. They pasted us, no big deal we're Champions right. Well in my view we relinquished the title tonight playing the same sloppy, lethargic football we did last July.
City are sharper, hungrier and better balanced than us. They will walk it from here. We are not champions anymore, we need to let that sink in so we can stop deluding ourselves, then we need to start rebuilding for 21/22.
Mate, we have all watched lots of games where we have lost recently.
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Indeed. it seems to have been forgotten it all went downhill from the substitutions. Thiago and Jones were right on it in controlling the midfield and pushing us forward, we were in the ascendancy at that time and it looked as if we could go on and win it. In the 68th minute Klopp made that double change and although Millie had some involvement (mainly on the left, meaning we had less bodies in the centre) Shaq. was literally invisible, not involved in defending or in attack.Did you actually see the game ? - after we equalized with the penalty they were pretty much pegged back and we had most of the ball until our goal-keeper screwed us up. That is what happened today, and if I was to pick a fault I would say that taking off Curtis was a mistake, he has energy to get past players etc. and we needed that. The first half was ours clearly, and we played a lot of good football in the game, it does not matter because ultimately the score-line shows we lost 1-4. But take-away the mistakes and all I can say is that we were pretty matched with them. It's a shame the way it turned out, real shame. We just got to pick ourselves up and move on, and am excited to see our new recruits in action at the back.
Indeed. it seems to have been forgotten it all went downhill from the substitutions. Thiago and Jones were right on it in controlling the midfield and pushing us forward, we were in the ascendancy at that time and it looked as if we could go on and win it. In the 68th minute Klopp made that double change and although Millie had some involvement (mainly on the left, meaning we had less bodies in the centre) Shaq. was literally invisible, not involved in defending or in attack.
That's where the game tilted on its head and City took control (scoring just 5 and again 8 mins later, yes from Ali's errors but it's likely he wouldn't have been in those situations with Jones & Thiago on the pitch). It was far and away the worst set of substitutions I've ever seen Klopp make and I still can't reason out why he made them. Strengthen midfield to try and win it? Then put Kabak or Phillips into the back 4 and push Hendo or Fabs into midfield, but taking off two of our most influential players on the pitch ? WTF.